₦airaland Forum

↝ JERUSALEM: — FROM BEEN THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS TO BECOMING MOTHER OF THE HOLIES ↜

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️

The sins of this harlot, Jerusalem, became worse than the sins of Sodom (and Gomorrah). But the Lord God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for lesser sins compared to these greater sins He tolerated from Jerusalem: — and because He would still forgive, redeem and restore this sinful woman (Jerusalem) that sinned worse than Sodom, whom He had earlier destroyed with eternal fire and Brimstone, behold the Lord God would have to restore Sodom and Gomorrah again because He would restore Jerusalem.

Sodom and Gomorrah would be saved or restored in the Day of Judgment. Actually, Sodom is the younger sister to Jerusalem, and so the Lord God destroyed Jerusalem’s sister and then married Jerusalem after destroying her sisters and her mother for lesser sins than those done by His estranged wife He called a “Harlot.”

The story is this concise: The Lord God married Jerusalem a virgin that was elder sister of Sodom and Gomorrah, but younger sister of Samaria. The Virgin wife later became a Harlot and Prostitute to a point that other prostitutes were seen as more righteous or better compared to her. She would attain the position of being the “Mother of Harlots” just as Mystery Babylon the great would be the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth: yet there is a great difference between “Jerusalem as Mother of Harlots” and “Mystery Babylon the great Mother of Harlots.” — The main difference would be in the conversions of both Jerusalem and the harlots she would mother from being harlots into becoming holies

Here's how these would happen: —

♧A♧ — First all women in her family, that were all whores shall be restored and rebranded by the Lord God in awesome conversion and transformation. These include the sisters of Jerusalem, namely, Samaria, Sodom and even the mother of Jerusalem, but more importantly she herself, Jerusalem shall changed into becoming the Lord's Bride, even more beautiful and glorious than ever to a point one would wonder if the stories of her harlotry were ever true, considering what she became in perfection of beauty of holiness.

♧B♧ — Then, the Lord God would also convert those who used to be her mother and sisters into her children, making Jerusalem the mother of all, including mother of those who were once her mothers and sisters. The way those who were once fathers, mothers, elders, brothers and sisters, to the Lord Jesus Christ would all be converted and called children of the Lord Jesus Christ, and He made Father to them all — even so shall Jerusalem be made mother of all before her and all after her, including mother of Adam and Eve. Any one of her children, even if they were born during the days of her harlotry or adulteries, they all shall eventually become the children of God because they are her children. For and in her sake, the Lord will have mercy on No-mercy; and God will say those to who were not God's people, “You are now the Children of God” (being children born in her).

So, the punishment for her sins of adulteries, harlotries, murders of her children and idolatries, against the Lord God and Husband of her, only left her desolate, but not divorced. She's left desolate by her Husband in the name of the Lord, but the Lord never divorced her for her infidelity or fornications — since He married her a Virgin. Their first marriage covenant had been broken by her, giving opportunity for the annulment and divorce; yet the Lord would rather enter into a new covenant or new marriage covenant with her again, though He left her desolate. For the Lord remembers she was His Undefiled, the virgin He was first to have. The Lord was the One who took her virginity and sanctifies her. Therefore, She is the Lord's Sanctuary to all eternity. Yes, She's a Woman literally and yes She's a City literally also — even as the Lord, Her Husband is a Man literally and at the same time He is much more many things that are neither man nor human literally.

[Romans 10:17] — "So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."

↝ PROSTITUTE THAT CAN HEAR GOD ↜

[Ezekiel 16:35 NCB] — "Therefore, you harlot, listen to the word of the LORD."
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:35 BSB] — "Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!"
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:35 NLV] — "So, sinful woman, hear the Word of the Lord."

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️

In this bible verse in red, there are two calls:

■1■ — One of the two calls is a Label of Conviction in concluding she's a Convicted Sinner, Convicted Harlot or Convicted Prostitute.

■2■ — The other call of the two calls is a Call to give listening, hearing, attention and attendance, to the Word of the Lord.

To natural men, here is the case of giving her a bad name (but suitable based on evidence and conviction of her), calling her a sinful woman, a harlot, a prostitute, etc., yet you expect her (not to retaliate in calling you bad names in return but instead) to humbly keep her hearing, listening and attention, to the Word of the Lord from you. Is this a case of approaching or addressing her disrespectfully or rudely, yet calling her to hear the word of God?

Rather, this is a case hope, faith and love: — Basically “Grace” and “Truth.” The truth is that “She a sinful woman or harlot:” But Grace that came with the truth is that “The Word of God still comes to her, calling for her attention.” If I conclude or know that a woman is notorious harlot or sinners, I might not even be in talking terms with her in my “holier-than-you” attitude or malice against sinners based on prejudice towards harlots or women dressed like harlots. I may not be wrong in my regarding him/her as sinners or harlot because that's who they are; but as one who has the Spirit of Christ and on doing the Lord's works, I may be wrong to not talk with them or not be in speaking terms with them to give them the Grace or Chance to hear the word of God.

Since God does not hear sinners, therefore we should make the sinners to hear God instead. It is not like this, “You are a harlot/sinner, and the Lord will hear you;” rather it is, “You are a harlot/sinners, therefore you should hear the word of the LORD.”

●A●~ Does God hear sinners? No. As it is written,

[John 9:31 LG] — "Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.”

The sinners must first hear God, believe the Word of God they hear, confess and call upon the name of the Lord, then God would hear them in the “Time accepted” or in the “Day of Salvation.”

●B●~ Does the Word of God speak or talk to sinners? Yes. Though God does not hear sinners, God speaks or talks to sinners for them to hear God first. Some people were wondering why the Lord Jesus was talking with the sinners since He was a prophet or a holy man. The Lord Jesus did not come to call the righteous, but to call the sinners to repentance by Him speaking to sinners: It's the sick that need the Doctor not the healthy. He did not just call the sinners “Sinners,” but rather He called sinners to repentance and to hearing His voice as members of His Sheep that hear His Voice.

[Luke 7:39-40,47-48,50] — "When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him— for she is a sinner!” But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said…… … Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.” Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” … And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.””

Actually, the bible verse in red, calling her a harlot or sinful woman while charging her to hear the word of the LORD, meant that she, the harlot or sinner, is already hearing the Word of the Lord because it is by hearing God that she or any sinner comes to know they are sinner — for it is the Word of God they hear that exposes or reveals that to them, convicting them of their sin or sicknesses. As it is written,

[1 Corinthians 14:24-25 NLV] — "But if a man who is not a Christian comes to your church meeting while you are all speaking God's Word, he will understand that he is a sinner by what he hears. He will know he is guilty. The secrets of his heart will be brought into the open. He will get on his knees and worship God. He will say, "For sure, God is here with you!"”

Therefore, this bible verse in red is the “Turning Point:” — as in the beginning of this Harlot’s conversion and restoration — which always begins by and with the ability of any sinner to hear the word of the LORD at any point in their depths of sins. If any harlot or prostitute or sinner can still hear the word of the LORD, that soul is still having grace of God with hope, faith and love therein. So do not give up, looking at the size of the sins or iniquities done; rather look at whether their hearing can still hear and understand or their seeing can still see and perceive, and whether their hearts can still understand the Word of the Lord God to them.

[Matthew 13:15-16 BSB] — "For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.”

Have I not said that this Harlot’s ability to still hear the Word of the Lord means she is potentially still having “Grace and Faith” though she lost her “Charms for attracting men and her Favor.”

Her great treasures and worth remaining in her or in any sinner, (irrespective of how much she as a harlot or prostitute had lost), is her “Hearing the Word of God:” — This brings faith to her.

[Romans 10:17 BBE] — "So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”

There's hope for this harlot in hearing the Word of the Lord: — She will become the beloved of the Lord once more and exalted.

[1 Corinthians 7:2] — "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband."

↝ THE OPPOSITE OF A PROSTITUTE ↜

[Ezekiel 16:34 FBV] — So you're the opposite of other prostitutes. No one comes to you asking for sex, and you pay the prostitute's fee instead of receiving it. You're the exact opposite!
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:34 AKJV] — And the contrary is in you from other women in your prostitutions, whereas none follows you to commit prostitutions: and in that you give a reward, and no reward is given to you, therefore you are contrary.
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:34 NLV] — You are different from other women in your sex sins. You go after men; they do not come to you. You pay men instead of them giving pay to you. Yes, you are different."

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️

She's the one chasing men to have sex with her; no man is chasing her or asking her out. So she's willing to pay or bribe men to sleep with her. What happened to her? She used to be the most beautiful woman in the world, but now she has no charm or attraction to even seduce any man to sleep with her unless she uses bribe to pay men before they consider being with her. How had she fallen from the most attractive to now the most ignored and contrary?

Some would want the hunter become the hunted, and the hunted become the hunter: — Even if you want the pursued to become the pursuer, you shouldn't want to be in the current state of this woman pursuing her men to be lovers because no man would pursue her. As for the money or bribes she offers, obviously with those she can only target the poorer men that can be swayed with the money or rewards she offers, but not the richer men\princes.

In this bible verse in red, this woman thus described was declared “Contrary” or “Exact Opposite” of conventional “Prostitutes.”

Usually, I considered “Opposite of a Prostitute to be a Virgin.” But learning from the Lord Himself in this bible verse in red, I will now consider opposite of a Prostitute to be a “Paid Sex-Matron” (Sugar Mummy or a Lady\Woman who chases men, hires or pays men to have sex with her): — According to this bible verse in red.

Notwithstanding all I have written against the woman chasing the men or paying for sex with her, instead of the vice versa, exception to these is the woman chasing after her husband or paying for her husband to have sex with her like we saw Leah did to Jacob her own husband whom she also hired to sleep with her.

It's abnormal for a woman to chase or hire men for sex with her, but lovely and great for a woman to chase or hire a man to marry her or be her husband, just as Leah after Jacob or as Ruth after Boaz. See this woman as Bride, sought after her Husband, like the Queen of Sheba sought after Solomon and perhaps became one of Solomon's wives\concubines before she returned to Ethiopia: —

[Song 5:6-8 BSB] — "I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer. I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls. O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.”

The point is that the woman shouldn't have left her Husband only to be chasing after dogs (male prostitutes) she had to pay to sleep with her. Her sin was leaving her Husband, who is the LORD and Fountain of Living Waters, to be chasing other wells (men that are not her husband) that had no true water for her, just as the Samaritan woman by the well, for she had five husbands and yet she chased or hired a man who wasn't her husband to be with her instead of her five husbands - according as the Lord Jesus declared

[Jeremiah 2:11-13 BSB] — "Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.”


So you see that a woman who has a husband as a well or cistern with water has no business chasing men or hiring the dogs. But for the rich or financially able woman without a husband, avoid fornication but instead have — buy, hire or pay for your own husband. As a man can buy to have his own wife, so also a woman can buy to have her own husband: all to avoid fornication: —


[1 Corinthians 7:2] — "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”


Instead of hiring men to sleep with you, and you pay them; rather hire a man to marry you even if you have to be paying him weekly, monthly or yearly salary for the job of him being just your husband. Forget if he's in it for the money and not for love, provided he performs his job or duties as your husband.

And nothing wrong in becoming a second or third wife, to already married man willing to be your husband also, especially if you are financially able to sustain yourself without relying on dragging the man's money or properties with the other wives. Polygamy can be as wise and spiritual as monogamy: Both are used by the Lord God: He is both the God of Monogamy and the God of Polygamy.

Better still, if you have one or more fellow friends you can share the same husband with, you all can put money or hire together to hire a man to marry you all together as your collective husband.

[Isaiah 4:1 GWN] — "When that day comes, seven women will grab one man and say, "We'll eat our own food and provide our own clothes. Just let us marry you for your name. Take away our disgrace."”

↝ PAYMENTS OF PROSTITUTE’S PRICE↜

[Ezekiel 16:33 FBV] — Normally all prostitutes are paid, but you were the one giving gifts to all your lovers. You even bribed them to come from all around and have sex with you.
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:33 MKJV] — They give a gift to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them to come to you from all around, for your fornication.
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:33 BBE] — They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️


Some people argued about why a man should still pay a prostitute for sex when both of them enjoyed the sex and the man may have done more of the works during the act of fornication. Some even suggest that the woman (the prostitute) should be the one paying instead of the other way round, if atall payment should be made.

Take these three important points and don't forget any:

♧A♧ — It is “God Forbid” to join a member of Christ to a harlot or prostitute by sex or fornication — [1 Corinthians 6:15-18]

♧B♧ — It is “Normal” for a man joined to a harlot or prostitute by sex or fornication to pay or gift her — [Bible verse in red]

♧C♧ — It is “Abnormal or Sickness” when a harlot or prostitute pays or bribes the men to join her in sex or fornication — [tagging this Woman that was already Joined to the Lord but afterwards became the harlot seeking and bribing other male prostitutes to be joined to her].

Obviously the male objects or toys for self-serving sex were not enough anymore for her, and so she now pays to hire or bribe male prostitutes.

However, you must know the Lord God as One who is very strict and sensitive to all forms and all flows of “Payments, Offerings, Gifts or Rewards.” The Lord God is very sensitive and keen to every kind of Transactions and Payments for the sake of His Wisdom, Righteousness and Justice system. As you can see in this bible verse in red, He frowned at the “Offerings” or “Payments” this harlot or hedonist was giving out, instead of receiving in.

When she's the one giving the gifts or payments instead of receiving them like the other prostitutes do, her gifts or payments here are called “Bribes.” “Bribe Price” is the payment a woman gives to have men sleep with her, while “Bride Price” is the payment a man gives to sleep with a virgin, while “Prostitute’s Price” is the payment a man gives to sleep with a prostitute.

Don't forget this: — No one pays for sex more the Lord God pays for sex. The Lord paid or will repay for every sexual intercourse among men and women in all generations.

● The same Lord God would frown at anyone or debtor who refuses or delays to pay for goods or services others rendered in transaction to the debtor.

● The same Lord God would frown at anyone, seller or payer, who uses double standards, false or unbalanced scales for different people when offering and transacting goods or services to them.

● The same Lord God would cut off one's rewards or payment in heaven when or if the person already received the due rewards or payment from men on earth.

● The same Lord God would pay or repay both all the unpaid good and the unpaid evil by and on all souls and spirits.

So, if such Lord God being that sensitive to all forms and all flows of “Payments, Offerings, Gifts or Rewards and Transactions” frowns at the fact that this harlot in the bible verse in red was not getting the payments but instead giving out the payments like a cheerful giver or “Sugar Mummy” to her Escorts — Then this is a very serious matter\concern. Whether those male Prostitutes are called male strippers or dancing bears or escorts or sons of sugar mummies, they are referred to as “Dogs” or “Sodomites” in bible.

It is true that the Lord God loves a “Cheerful Giver” both in offerings and in payments for goods and services: but I tell you, the Lord God does not love this particular kind of cheerful giver in the bible verse in red, neither would He accept offerings or payments from cheerful givers that are still either prostitutes or dogs (male prostitutes). As it is written,

[Deuteronomy 23:18 WEB] — You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

[Deuteronomy 23:18 AMPC] — You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the price of a dog (a sodomite) into the house of the Lord your God as payment of a vow, for both of these [the gift and the giver] are an abomination to the Lord your God.

↝ HEDONISM IN HIGH PLACES; CRAVING STRANGERS, NOT SILVER — PAID IN PLEASURE, NOT IN GOLD ↜

[Ezekiel 16:32 AMPC] — Rather, you were as an adulterous wife who receives strangers instead of her husband!
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:32 MKJV] — "[Like] the adulterous wife, instead of her husband, she takes strangers.”
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:32 LBP] — And even not as clever as a whorish wife who takes a price from strangers.

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️

I have selected this bible versions here to represent this bible verse in red, because these translations rendered it with the use of comparative words (including — “Like” or “As” and “Rather” or “Instead”): for this bible verse in red is in conjunction with its preceding verse: — Let me express how they would be:

“You built high place in every crossroad, and invested in facilities on every street junction; yet you were not like other prostitutes because you refused to take payments from those your provided your self and services to — Rather, you were as an adulterous wife who receives strangers instead of her husband!”

This means,

●1● — She was not practicing prostitution like a prostitute; but instead, she was practicing prostitution like an adulteress;

●2● — What prostitute regards as payment (that is money or gift) is not what she wants; but instead, what an adulteress wants (that is a taste or longing to feel other strangers’ or other men's joysticks or joysticks different from the taste or feel of her Husband's own) is what she regards as payment enough for her.

"Thus, she was not even craving (lusting) for material things like a prostitute; instead, she was craving (lusting) for sensual things (pleasurable experiences) like a hedonist.”

A prostitute would seek to be richer, but she as hedonist would only seek to be high on pleasures, filled or drunk with different excitements.

Onetime difference between this hedonist and Leah in considering their “Husbands” sleeping with them as their “Hire or Payments” includes: — This hedonist or adulteress considers other strangers (other men) sleeping with her instead of her husband as Payment: while on the other hand, Leah’s payment (for her son's mandrake) was Leah's own husband (Jacob) sleeping with her. As it's written:

[Genesis 30:14-16 FBV] — At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben found some mandrake plants when he was out in the fields. He took them back to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah, “Please give me some of the mandrakes your son found.” “Aren't you satisfied with stealing my husband?” Leah replied. “Are you going to take my son's mandrakes too?” “Fine, he can sleep with you tonight if you give me some mandrakes in return,” Rachel responded. When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You have to sleep with me because I've paid for you with my son's mandrakes,” she told him. So he slept with her that night.

Thus, the hedonist fanned Hedonism in High Places; Craving Strangers, Not Silver — Paid in Pleasure, Not in Gold

Ezekiel 16:31: "Actually you weren't even a normal prostitute when you built yourselves pagan shrines at the top of every street and high places of idol worship on every public square— because you refused to be paid for your services!"

Don't forget my point is not to praise evil or iniquity, but to praise cleverness, shrewdness, wiseness or good business inside the evil or iniquity done.

↝ PROSTITUTION IS EVIL, BUT PROSTITUTION WITHOUT PAYMENT IS BAD BUSINESS ↜

[Ezekiel 16:31 NEB] — You have built your couch at the top of every street and constructed your stool in every open place, but, unlike the common prostitute, you have scorned a fee.
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:31 AFV] — "In that you build your eminent place at the head of every crossroad, and make your high place in every square. Yet you have not been as a harlot, in that you scorn any payment to you from your lovers."
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:31 LBP] — "In that you built your notorious shrines at the head of every way, and set your altars in every street; and yet you were not as clever as a harlot who charges a price;"

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️

We saw in preceding verse to this bible verse in red that to the Lord, stubbornness is weakness of heart, not strength or power — For the Lord is Doctor Himself who diagnoses (searches) the heart and reins, and reveals to everyone his hidden sickness or wealth, weakness or strength. He was with the Prostitutes and publican as the Lord Jesus, associating with the sinners. Some religious folks criticised His association with prostitutes, harlots, whores, hooligans or sinners. But the Lord Jesus replied them saying:

[Matthew 9:12-13 BSB] — “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”"

She's the sick, the Lord's the Doctor: And according to the Doctor (in preceding verse to this bible verse in red), her stubbornness in prostitution was symptom or sign of weakness of her heart. Now in this bible verse in red, another sign of her weakness or ignorance is her doing prostitution but not getting paid as a professional prostitute — She's both doing evil and bad business:

■1■ — She's doing Evil because doing Prostitution is Evil;

■2■ — She's doing Bad Business because doing Prostitution without getting paid as a prostitute is Bad Business.

I want you to understand that even when two men or women are doing the same evil thing, one of them could be clever in business doing that evil while the other is foolish or poor in business doing the same evil thing. You read the story of two women who ate their children as cannibals: but one of the women that was clever in business doing that evil hid her child but made the other woman to kill and cook the woman's child for both of them to eat.

Judas Iscariot betrayed (sold) the Lord Jesus — that was terribly evil thing to do: But in doing that terrible iniquity or evil, Judas was clever in business to charge 30 pieces of silver as payment. That payment, 30 pieces of silver, was commended by the Lord saying, “It was a good Price I was valued by them” and that 30 pieces of silver bought a field or large size of land even if it's for burial or it's called field of blood. — As it is written,

[Zechariah 11:12-13: MKJV] — "And I said to them, If [it is] good, give My price; and if not, let it go. So they weighed My price thirty [pieces] of silver. And the LORD said to me, Throw it to the potter, the magnificent price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.”

Don't forget my point is not to praise evil or iniquity, but to praise cleverness, shrewdness, wiseness or good business inside the evil or iniquity done. Look at the parable of the unfaithful steward told by the Lord Jesus Christ: – Notice the shrewdness of the unfaithful manager was commended even when his unfaithfulness was condemned. Before I cite the bible reference, let me first tell you that this unfaithful steward (or manager) somehow did with his master’s goods the same things that the prodigal son did with his father's goods — Both wasted or squandered their principal’s goods or money under their care: However, the steward was clever, while the prodigal son was foolish, in both doing similar things. The reason the steward was clever in doing unfaithfulness or corruption while prodigal son was foolish in doing corruption was because — The steward gained debtors owing his master to owe him, so that he would make more friendship with the debtors by forgiving them some debts as discount or bonuses if they could come up with half or some fractions of the payments for their debts. But on the other hand, the prodigal son squandered all his principal’s wealth with harlots or prostitutes he barely knew or that would desert him as soon as his wealth is gone.

[Luke 15:30 BSB] — "But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’”

When both the prodigal son and the unfaithful steward ran out of graces, the prodigal son was reduced to feeding with pigs because even though he begged no one gave him something to eat; but on the other hand the steward said he cannot dig (labour work) and he's ashamed to beg — so he used his sense without feeding with pigs to find homes or houses that would receive him as friends, while the prodigal son only came to his senses after feeding with pigs and in his sense he returned to his father's house to be received as servant not as son or friend. See the steward\manager after seeing the prodigal son because the story of the Steward or Manager is the next story you see immediately following the story of the prodigal son in the bible.


[b][Luke 16:1-11 GWN] — Then Jesus said to His disciples, "A rich man had a business manager. The manager was accused of wasting the rich man's property. So the rich man called for his manager and said to him, 'What's this I hear about you? Let me examine your books. It's obvious that you can't manage my property any longer.' "The manager thought, 'What should I do? My master is taking my job away from me. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg. I know what I'll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I've lost my job.' "So the manager called for each one of his master's debtors. He said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' "The debtor replied, 'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.' "The manager told him, 'Take my master's ledger. Quick! Sit down, and write "four hundred!"' "Then he asked another debtor, 'How much do you owe?' "The debtor replied, 'A thousand bushels of wheat.' "The manager told him, 'Take the ledger, and write "eight hundred!"' "The master praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. Worldly people are more clever than spiritually-minded people when it comes to dealing with others." [Jesus continued,] "I'm telling you that although wealth is often used in dishonest ways, you should use it to make friends for yourselves. When life is over, you will be welcomed into an eternal home. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with a lot. Whoever is dishonest with very little is dishonest with a lot. Therefore, if you can't be trusted with wealth that is often used dishonestly, who will trust you with wealth that is real?[/b]

Again, don't forget my point is not to praise evil or iniquity, but to praise cleverness, shrewdness, wiseness or good business inside the evil or iniquity done.

Satan the devil is evil doing evil, but Satan does good business inside evil doings or evil works. So, the serpent was wiser than the beasts of the field the Lord God made. The woman in the garden first knew the serpent's wiseness before she knew the serpent's evil or wickedness. The Lord still uses Satan for his cleverness.

Now let's focus on the bible verse in red at the very top. See it here

[Ezekiel 16:31] — "Actually you weren't even a normal prostitute when you built yourselves high places at the top of every street and customers’ centre on every public square— because you refused to be paid for your services!”

She invested much resources into building those places or those facilities for the conveniences and services of customers in need of prostitution — but she either refused or was too weak to demand payment from the customers or men that came into her. So, she was both doing terrible evil (prostitution or idolatry) work and yet she was doing bad business — spending or investing without getting or collecting returns. This was unlike how other prostitutes do, infact she's not fit to be called prostitute if she's not getting paid for her sex services. Have you not seen prostitutes beat up a man for not paying them after using them and their facilities? Why would you spend so much and give so much to strangers for free at your own detriment and destruction?

If you must give free gifts or give things for free, make such both the gifts and the works are good, acceptable and perfect will of God. Every good and perfect gift comes from God, and are therefore paid by God when given freely. There's a reason why the best things of life are free, while somehow the things that are expensive or costly are things that can also damage, corrupt, spoil or things of vanity. Evil has short lifespan and short efficiency, and so evil cost more or charges much in returns for its exchanges.

Again, why would she spend so much or lose so much to do evil but get nothing from the evil in return, not even a satisfisfaction? To gain the whole world as return for losing your soul is already a bad business with no profit. How much more losing your soul but gain nothing or no one in return for losing your soul.

Few weeks ago, there were 2 different reports about transactions in exchange for virginity or prostitution of virgins.

[A] — One of the reports stated that somewhere in Ghana, virgins are losing their virginity in exchange for just fish. It continued the outcry saying, men are luring young girls to bed of sex just with fish, soup or a plate of food as their payment or reward. One of them, at the age of 13 years already gave birth to a child in her father's house.

[B] — The other report stated that The 2025 UK virginity auction refers to the widely reported case of Laura, a 22-year-old student from Manchester, who auctioned (sold) her virginity for £1.7 million through an escort agency’s website, with a Hollywood actor placing the winning bid. This event, covered by outlets like Moneycontrol, NDTV, Hindustan Times, and Daily Mail, sparked global attention and debate due to its intersection of economic motivations, personal autonomy, and traditional values.

Laura, raised in a religious and "very strict" household, decided in December 2023 to auction her virginity via Cinderella Escorts, a German-based agency. She viewed it as a pragmatic financial decision, stating, “Many girls lose their virginity without getting anything in return. At least I secured my future.”

The auction attracted high-profile bidders, including politicians, business tycoons, and celebrities. A competitive process culminated in an “extremely well-known Hollywood actor from Los Angeles” outbidding a London politician and a Dubai businessman. The transaction was finalized at a five-star London hotel, with a medical examination confirming Laura’s virginity for authenticity, conducted discreetly to protect all parties’ identities.
Financial Outcome: The £1.7 million enabled Laura to buy apartments for rental income, purchase new clothes, and travel. She described the sum as “life-changing” and expressed interest in pursuing a “sugar baby” lifestyle, seeking a wealthy partner for financial support and romance.

In nutshell, Laura kept her virginity till 22 years, but sold her virginity to any man who would disvirgin her at the cost of £1.7 million. [The £1.7 million from the 2025 UK virginity auction converts to approximately **$2.18 million USD**, based on an exchange rate of £1 = $1.283 (as of mid-2025 estimates).] Business men, politicians and celebrities, across the world came and bidded to have this virgin prostitute, but it was a Hollywood Actor that outbid them all at that price he valued her virginity and willing to pay just to sleep with this undefiled virgin as the first man, but after sleeping with her he's done with her as with a prostitute in a five star hotel.

Though the cases in the two reports I cited from few weeks ago are about “Virgin Prostitution” which are equally evil, yet one report was report good (clever) business that even got the virgin defiled prostitute a house of her own and things, while the other left those newly recruited to whores or prostitutes from being virgins but still under their parents houses in Ghana. Which of these evils or Prostitutions was good or bad business?

MaxInDHouse:
So i'm telling you confidently that true Christianity died after the death of first century disciples of Christ {Revelations 11:7} but in the twentieth century rose again as Jehovah's Witnesses {Revelations 11:11} that's why God gave them another group name to distinguish them out of all the false religions claiming Christians:

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES! Isaiah 65:15

If you don't agree it's OK but that's the undeniable truth and reason why you can't mention the name of your own church now!

Your confidence is saying that — true Christianity died with the death of first century Disciples of Christ (alluding to Revelation 11:7) but in about 2000 years later the dead Christianity rose again as Jehovah's Witnesses (as their God's given name) — that confidence is a confidence of one who is wise in his own eyes.

[Proverbs 26:12 FBV] — "Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!"

The men who died in [Revelation 11:7] you cited were the same men who rose in [Revelation 11:11] you also cited. How comes Christianity died with the death of the Disciples of Christ about 2000 years earlier, but about 2000 years later those men Christianity died with did not rise from the dead only their Christianity rose again from the dead and God changed its name to Jehovah's Witnesses? Who rose from the dead or from the sleep with the new version of Christianity after 2000 years dead? Was Charles Russell Taze among the earlier Disciples of Christ that died about 2000 years ago but the only one who rose again from the dead 2000 years later with the Christianity now called Jehovah's Witnesses? Or was the group by which the dead Christianity rose again from the dead among those early Disciples? What about the Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible Translation: was their Bible translation dead but rose from the dead alone with them and the same used by those early Christianity?

Your so-called "God's rename" to you as the risen and replacement to Christianity — even the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" is a contradiction to the true Gospel and Reality of the Dispensation of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

It's now about the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, not about "Jehovah:" — It's about naming the name of Christ, not naming the name of Jehovah. It's about praying in the name and Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, not in the name of Jehovah. The Church is built on "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God", not built on "You are Jehovah." It is the revelation of who Christ Jesus the Son is, and there is no other name by which mankind can be saved. It is about every knee bow at the mention of the name of Jesus Christ, and every tongue confess that "JESUS IS JEHOVAH." It's is about those who believe in His name Jesus Christ to be saved, not those who believe in the name "Jehovah."

True "Christians" or "Christianity" bears the name of Christ: You must be baptised on the name of Jesus Christ, not in the name Jehovah. You must be identified, saved, sanctified or justified, all in that name of the Lord Jesus Christ, nothing more and nothing less.

[1 Corinthians 6:11] — "And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

[1 John 3:23] — "And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us."

We are not "Jehovah's Witnesses:" rather we are "Witnesses of Jesus Christ" having the Testimony of Jesus Christ who is the Centre of true Gospel.

One of the differences between you and us is that as for you, "You are Jehovah's Witnesses;" but as for us "Jehovah is our Witness, while we are Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ, having the true Testimony Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit of Christ.

MaxInDHouse:
Can you mention one church where their members have the same line of thought so that whenever they talk about their teaching people can say "i know the church having that teaching" like Jehovah's Witnesses? John 17:22; Ephesians 4:3

NO!

Not No, but Yes. There are churches their members are known by their doctrines or teachings, by their style or codes of dressing, by their way of prayers, by their discipline or conducts etc.

MaxInDHouse:
Can you mention one church where their members are globally known for love among themselves like Jehovah's Witnesses? John 13:34-35

NO!

Not No, but Yes: yet not necessarily like Jehovah's Witnesses but as the Lord would have love shared amongst them

MaxInDHouse:
Can you name a religion among all those claiming Christian churches that's actively preaching and teaching like Jehovah's Witnesses? Matthew 28:19-20

No

Not "No" but "Yes" I can name Christian Churches that are actively preaching and teaching, but not necessarily like Jehovah's Witnesses.

JW go door to door knocking, and sharing their Awake and Watchtower messages. I even benefited from one who taught me as a child using "My book of my Bible Stories" in the 1990s.

However, there are Churches that preach and evangelize without door to door, but by sending out Missionaries and sponsoring them, some by television or media evangelism, some by morning cry or early morning town crying, some by preaching in the buses or parts as mobile Evangelists, some by outreaches in schools including secondary schools, programmes, crusades, campus fellowships etc. some by sharing tracts and Bibles like the Gideon Bible outreach, some by public video or cinema projection evangelism showing Christian or Gospel movies especially the crucifixion of Christ, some by acting dramas, some by hospital visitations, some by charity and less privilege ones under their care, some running schools and teaching Christian values and morning devotions during assembly in school or during special school fellowship break time, some by buying and sharing monthly or Daily Christian devotional or journals like Deeper life Women Mirror then or Christ Embassy's Rhasody of Reality the way you JW share Awake or Watchtower for a token etc.

Now, many are evangelizing even by online, websites, social media and forums like this.

So, do not think only the JW do evangelism. [Not to mention the errors in JW teachings].

MaxInDHouse:
Are you saying Jesus is not the perfect way to know the truth about God? John 14:6

How can you say what Jesus (God's Son) told us to do can be deceitful?

Guy thanks for your time, goodbye!

I am saying knowing Jesus the Lord and following the Spirit is the way to know any one or any fruits without being deceived.

MaxInDHouse:
Well the interpretation is simple.

Figure TWO spiritually signify strength in the sense that when one is getting weak the other will give him a backing {Ecclesiastes 4:9} so this refers to the disciples of Jesus who were two groups of sheep {John 10:16} their preaching and teaching in the first century was really effective that they covered the known world of their time.
Their death is what Jesus said at Matthew 13:25 that men were sleeping that's the time Satan's agents overshadowed them and from that time true Christianity disappeared on planet earth {Luke 18:8} until the twentieth century when Jehovah's Witnesses began doing the work again exactly like the first century disciples of Christ! Revelations Revelations 11:11

Errors:

The number two does not spiritually signify strength. No number signifies strength. The reference you cited in Ecclesiastes was only showing how two is better than one, and then how three or threefold cords is better than two.

The reference you cited in "John 10:16" that says the Lord Jesus had other sheep not of this fold; and He would gather them together with these under one fold and one Shepherd, Himself, — The other sheep outside the one fold was not another fold of sheep outside but He was referring to the lost sheep He was yet to find or gather.

The two witnesses in "Revelation 11" were neither "Jehovah's Witnesses" nor referring to Two-Fold Sheep of the early Apostles — Who fed you all these lies and confusion?

The Two Witnesses are the Two Olive Trees standing before the Lord of the whole earth.

[Revelation 11:4] — "These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth."

Again in old testament, see the two Witnesses or two Olive Trees in Zechariah:

[Zechariah 4:11-14] — "Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?” “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied. So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”"


The death of the two olive trees or two witnesses had nothing to do with the death of Christianity or the sleeping time the enemy planted tares. Infact, that event is yet to happen in future, not a past event. — I am disappointed with this lack of understanding. Their death is just three and half days, following after both how long and where the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified or died in what was figuratively called Sodom and Egypt.

Like I said to you, true Christianity never disappeared or died. And Jehovah's Witnesses are not replacement to Christianity or the Church Movement. Neither do Jehovah's Witnesses represent the rising of the dead to the Christianity you claimed died, like the two witnesses rose from the dead.

By the way, why didn't the Jehovah's Witnesses ascended into heaven like the two witnesses ascended into heaven immediately they rose from the dead? Didn't the same Jehovah's Witnesses deny men can go into heaven, but believe only in paradise on earth?

Maximus692:
Guy there is a FRUIT God's Organization should produce.
This fruit has nine qualities: LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, KINDNESS, FAITH, MILDNESS and SELF-CONTROL! Galatians 5:22-23

No imperfect human can have all these qualities but when talking about the gathering of imperfect humans where God's Holy Spirit is in control imperfect humans will exhibit these qualities as one group! John 17:22

Ọmọ you never know anything but since you feel you know i will leave you alone if you want me to go!

By their fruits, you shall know them — says the Lord.

However, knowing them by their fruits only has limits and can be deceitful. You cannot fully know any man or organisation just by their fruits, including those so-called nine qualities of the fruit you listed.

There are levels of knowledge past knowing by fruits, to knowing by discernment, knowing by revelation or knowing by word of knowledge.

If you still trust only knowing Organizations or persons by their fruits, you are vulnerable to strong deception. The Spiritual discerns all things by the Spirit, not by the fruits. Grow up.

It is called fruits of the Spirit: but you are called to walk in the Spirit, not just to walk by the fruit of the Spirit. The Fruits of the Spirit is like the shadows of a man: judging by the Spirit instead of judging by the Fruits of the Spirit, is like following the man instead of following the shadows of the man. Don't put the cart ahead of the horse.

Follow the Person, the Lord or the Spirit: not the by products. As many as are led by the Spirit are the sons of God.

Again, the best way to know fake naira is by knowing the real or true naira very well.

Stop judging people, churches or organisations in the name of the Lord Jesus by carnal parameters of goodness. There are good motives behind some evil people and there are evil motives behind some good people.

[1 Corinthians 4:3-5] — "I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God."

MaxInDHouse:
This is your own opinion whereas Jesus said:

"By their fruits you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit.  A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit" Matthew 7:16-18

Jesus said i should make sure i identify them so i will follow Jesus' instruction!

This is not just my opinion, but the wisdom of God: — You should seek and identify God's Voice and Spirit more than you should identify them by their fruits.

You cannot follow Jesus' instructions just by making sure you identify them or those you term as false. You can only fully follow the Lord's instructions by looking at the Lord and seeking to know Him above all else. Your goal is not to avoid or discriminate against them, but to follow the Lord.

It is not the duty of a true sheep to know strangers in order to avoid them: Rather it's the duty of the Sheep to know the true Shepherd and follow the voice of the Shepherd.

You cannot effectively avoid a counterfeit by knowing the counterfeit: Rather the proper thing is for you to know the real or original, and that knowledge of the true one will keep you from falling into the counterfeit.

MaxInDHouse:
What are the qualities of a true Christian gathering so that we can all identify God's organization when we come in contact with them?

Do not seek to identify God's organisation, rather you should seek to identify God's calling, God's Voice, and God's Words, and to obey or keep them.

You could be among fellowship of true Believers, but God's calling for you is to separate from them for the works God called you. You are not separating from them because of any fault of them, but separating from them because the Lord sends you to the field or to separation. Example, Paul and Barnabbas here:

[Act 13:2] — "And as they were ministering and fasting to the Lord, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate both Barnabas and Saul to Me for the work to which I have called them.”"

Seek fellowship with God more than you seek fellowship with men

MaxInDHouse:
What are the qualities of a true Christian gathering so that we can all identify God's organization when we come in contact with them?

Do not seek to identify God's organisation, rather you should seek to identify God's calling, God's Voice, and God's Words.

You could be among fellowship of Believers, but God's calling for you is to separate from them for the works God called you. You are not separating from them for any fault, but for your path to walking closer with the Lord Jesus who calls you, like Paul and Barnabbas here:

Acts 13:2: "While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”"

MaxInDHouse:
Paul wrote:

And let us consider one another so as to incite to love and fine works, 25 not forsaking our meeting together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as you see the day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25

Are all gatherings of worshipers claiming Christians worth associating with?

Jesus said:

"For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.” Matthew 18:20

Is Jesus in all gatherings of worshipers claiming Christians?

Not all gatherings of self-proclaimed Christians are necessarily worth associating with, nor is Jesus necessarily present in all such gatherings, despite their claims. Let’s break it down based on the scriptures you provided and broader biblical principles.

Hebrews 10:24-25
Paul’s words in Hebrews encourage believers to meet together to inspire love and good deeds, especially as the "day" (likely referring to Christ’s return or judgment) approaches. The emphasis is on gatherings that foster spiritual growth, mutual encouragement, and genuine faith. However, not all groups claiming to be Christian align with these goals. Some may promote division, false teachings, or behaviors contrary to biblical principles. For example:
- **2 Timothy 4:3-4** warns that some will gather around teachers who "tickle their ears" with pleasing but false doctrines.
- **1 John 4:1** advises testing the spirits to discern whether a group’s teachings are truly from God, as not all who claim to follow Christ are genuine.

Thus, discernment is key. A gathering worth associating with should reflect Christ’s teachings, promote love, and adhere to sound doctrine (Titus 2:1). If a group deviates into hypocrisy, legalism, or immorality, it may not be a healthy spiritual environment.

Matthew 18:20
Jesus’ statement about being present where "two or three are gathered in my name" implies a condition: the gathering must truly be *in His name*. This means the group is aligned with His teachings, character, and purpose. Jesus is not automatically present in every gathering that claims His name if their actions or beliefs contradict Him. For instance:
- **Matthew 7:21-23** shows that not all who claim to act in Jesus’ name are recognized by Him, as some are called "workers of lawlessness."
- **1 Corinthians 5:11** warns against associating with those who claim to be believers but practice unrepentant sin, indicating that not all "Christian" gatherings are endorsed by Christ.

Jesus’ presence is tied to the authenticity of the gathering’s faith and purpose, not merely their profession of His name.

Practical Considerations
To determine if a gathering is worth associating with or if Jesus is truly present:
1. **Test their teachings**: Do they align with scripture? (Acts 17:11)
2. **Examine their fruit**: Do they produce love, unity, and godliness? (Matthew 7:16-20)
3. **Seek discernment**: Pray for guidance and compare their practices to biblical standards (James 1:5).

In summary, not all gatherings claiming to be Christian are worth associating with, nor is Jesus necessarily present in them. Use scripture and discernment to evaluate their authenticity.

Maximus692:
Please interpret what Jesus meant in this verses:

When they have finished their witnessing, the wild beast that ascends out of the abyss will wage war with them and conquer them and kill them. And their corpses will be on the main street of the great city that is in a spiritual sense called Sodʹom and Egypt, where their Lord was also executed on the stake. And those of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their corpses for three and a half days, and they do not allow their corpses to be laid in a tomb. And those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and celebrate, and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those dwelling on the earth. Revelation 11:7-10

I may not fully expand these verses because if I do it may take over ten thousand words for me to exhaust these whole verses.

But what exactly are you pointing at in or from these verses.

Summarily, the reference refer to two Witnesses from heaven, from the very Presence of the God of the earth, who were sent to witness or prophesy on earth for 3½ years. Nothing could harm them during the days of their prophesying, but as soon as their days of prophesying ended the Beast or Antichrist that ascended from the Abyss would then kill them. The world celebrate their death for three and half days, but eventually they rose from the dead and with the call to come into heaven they ascended physically or visibly into heaven in the sight or view of all men including their haters.

Again, what point are you pursuing or pushing with these verses?

Maximus692:
Jesus taught his disciples never to raise weapons against anyone! Matthew 26:52

Jesus said his disciples must have love among themselves. John 13:34-35

Jesus prayed for his disciples to have the same line of thought! John 17:22

Can you please mention any church that has all these apart from Jehovah's Witnesses?

When you talk about church, you are referring to a "Denomination" or "Sectarian Group" following common idealogy and a set of doctrines.

But when I talk about church, I refer to the "Elects" or "True Few Chosen and Faithful Ones" drawn from every Tribe, Nation, Denomination or Sect, and gathered as Saints under one Fold only the Lord Jesus Christ Himself Shepherds.

I am not interested in a perfect Denomination, perfect Sect, or Perfect Organisation, like Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran, Jehovah's Witnesses, Pentecostal, Charismatic, etc. The perfection of any of these groups has never been my view or interest, because all Denominations are Divisions that are not from the Lord but from men dividing the faith in order to rule or control those following them.

You are still trapped in the Divisions or Denominations battles or comparisons among and against themselves, while you are defending the one called "Jehovah's Witnesses" led by Charles Russell.

I do not defend Denominations, but Disciples of the Lord. I am interested in the few True Disciples, Chosen and faithful ones, who are in all and every Denominations but know and follow only the Voice of the Lord Jesus Christ alone in their devotion.

To me, there's no perfect Denomination, and I don't even seek one: but I seek Perfecting of the Saints in every and all churches. Let all Denominations perish, but let all Saints live, flourish, and abide forever in and under Christ alone, not under any pastor or any so called man of God as overseer of any man-made church group.

MaxInDHouse:
... today true Christianity has fully recovered from it's deathlike condition {Revelations 11:7-10} from the year 1931 the true God gave this group a new name which separated them from all others claiming Christians they are known globally today as JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES! Isaiah 65:15

Jesus returned in the year 1914 only to find out that what he commissioned in the first century has taken a totally different shape {Luke 18:8} so as a spirit king himsel and his angels began looking for any religion that's prepared to make changes so as to conform to what he laid down in the first century.
The only group that yielded to his call is called The International Bible Students Association back then led by one Charles Taze Russell from that time till the year 1931 Jesus continued to teach them how to return to true Christianity all other religions were mocking this group because they keep changing from one doctrine to another as if they don't know what they are doing unknowingly to observers that Jesus the invisible spirit king is the one doing the restructuring until today that everyone on planet earth now know this group as the most active and united group when it comes to preaching and teaching about God's Kingdom throughout the world! Act 1:8

The recovering of the Church is not the interpretation of the Bible reference you made of Revelation 11:7-10.

The Lord Jesus did not return in year 1914. Charles Russell was a liar and a false prophet.

Neither God nor the Lord Jesus founded the organisation of Taze Charles Russell, known as Jehovah's Witnesses. The Lord Jesus is not coming to find or be part of one group or denomination: rather He is coming or returning to take over all, including taking over all the churches and taking over all the world and taking over all kingdoms.

The returning of the Lord Jesus Christ will not be as an "Invisible King" or "Invisible Entity" you were falsely taught. Rather all eyes shall see Him when He returns, including the eyes of those that pierced Him. So, cease from this errors of He had returned as Invisible King in 1914.

Yes, the Lord Jesus is with us as the Spirit of God and Invisible God with us. But the return or coming of the Lord is Physical or Visible, just as His ascension on Mount Olives was Visible and Physical with Flesh.

The second Coming or Return of the Lord Jesus Christ would not be needing "Witnesses" to spread Him as "Eyewitnesses" or "Jehovah's Witnesses." The fact you call yourselves "Witnesses" or "Jehovah's witnesses" while testifying that the Lord Jesus has returned, shows you people are false witnesses.

If He truly returned or came, then all witnesses announcing He returned are false because He will come as the Sun rises and be seen by all. If you alone saw the sun rise, but witnessing to me that the sun has risen while I cannot see the sun with my seeing eyes, the fact you have to suffer to witness or convince people that sun has risen shows you are false or ignorant, because everyone by default would see the sun or light of the sun if it rose.

The Lord Jesus puts it this way, warning against witnesses announcing His has returned:

[Matthew 24:23-27] — "At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. See, I have told you in advance. So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man."

MaxInDHouse:
This has continued until the twentieth century when America declared freedom of speech expression and worship from that time true Christianity began taking shape again and today true Christianity has fully recovered from it's deathlike condition {Revelations 11:7-10} from the year 1931 the true God gave this group a new name which separated them from all others claiming Christians they are known globally today as JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES! Isaiah 65:15

There was no age or era after the Lord Jesus Christ that true Christianity lost shape or died. Even though the number or population of the true Christians became fewer in some of these ages, true Christians were never lacked in any of the ages. Christians are the Salt of the Earth or Ages since then.

Yes, there were era when persecution and killing of Christians trended most, but yet Christians also thrived in those ages.

Wrong to credit the freedom of expression of Christianity to America or American Declaration. True Freedom and Liberty are from the LORD God and His Spirit in all ages, irrespective of state persecutions. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty and there is Utterances (freedom of speech). It is not American Declaration, but the Declaration (Utterance) and Presence of the Spirit of the Lord.

MaxInDHouse:
Satan has been working tirelessly so that Christianity may fail and to an extent he has been making progress because Jesus handed over the commission to imperfect humans who will in turn pass over the assignment to other imperfect humans when they die or as Jesus puts it in a parable (when men are sleeping) {Matthew 13:25} so after the death of Jesus' twelve apostles and first century disciples who knew the truth Satan began promoting apostates (rebellious excommunicated members who were disciplined due to misconduct and unchristian course) these individuals became political something no member of the first century disciples partake in and they began persecuting anyone who speaks against their activities until they were able to silence or make other members compromise their stand...

The Lord Jesus did not handover any commission of the Kingdom movement to any imperfect humans. He Himself still runs things by the Spirit of God. He only chose or sent them, but directed them to wait for the Holy Spirit and Power to guide them and teach them all things.

Those whom the devil planted in the vineyards were not part of those the Lord Jesus chose or sent, though these antichrists or wolves in sheep clothing crept into the fold while men slept or unawares to the true ones, and corrupted the unstable ones but not those the Lord chose and discipled with His discipline in them.

Mar 14:21: "The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”"

Gal 6:7-8: "Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life."

John 7:39: "He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified."

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️

REPLYING A CONSPIRACY THEORIST FOR JUDAS ISCARIOT

According to this Conspiracy Theorist:

“Have you ever heard about the Book of Judas? According to the Book of Judas, which was removed from the Bible, Judas was not a betrayer but rather the most obedient disciple.

It was Jesus who instructed him to hand Him over in order to fulfill the secret divine agenda.

Did you know that the story of Judas’ death in the Bible is contradictory? Matthew 27:5 contradicts Acts 1:18. Go check it for yourself; I didn't make it up.”

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

Now, here are some of the comments generated from this:

Akabueze Victor Daberechi:
Yes you are correct. Mathew said he dropped the money at the temple and went to hang himself. While Acts said he used the money to buy a field, there he fell, his belly went open and his intestines gushed out.

Dylan James Oswald:
Omenala Bu Uzo Ezioku Na Ndu the book of Judas was never part of the Bible… Therefore it was not removed.

Taye Plush Feelnmyselftodeath:
(Replying to Dylan James Oswald): — It was.

Ernest Honing:
One common interpretation is that Judas hanged himself (as described in Matthew), and then, at some point later (perhaps after decomposition had begun), his body fell from the tree or structure where he hung himself, resulting in the physical injuries described in Acts.

Russ Fenstermaker:
(Replying to Ernest Honing): — and that would be another contradiction considering the second part was in a field he bought with the money, so...

Akabueze Victor Daberechi:
(Replying to Ernest Honing): — what about the part they talked about how he used the money? Why do you people always come up with silly explanations in defense of someone else's poetry?

Fresh Bambi:
(Replying to Ernest Honing): — so what about the money he dropped in the temple? ...and what about the same money he dropped in the temple he still used it to buy field?

You will explain so tayyyyy!!!

Ernest Honing:
(Replying to both Bambi and Victor): — Judas threw the money at the religious leaders and they, acting as agents for him, took Judas’s money and bought a field.

Fresh Bambi:
1). He threw the money down in the temple and hanged himself.
2). He bought a field with the money and died on the field with ruptured bowel.
After throwing the money in the temple and dying on ropes, he resurrected, took the money from the temple, bought the piece of field and died again on the field?
Now:
Matthew
or
Acts
Who's lying ...because one must be a lie or mistake 🤔

Russ Fenstermaker:
(Replying to Fresh Bambi):— both are a lie, tbh

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

Now here is my Replying to these:

ON THE EXCLUSION OF THE BOOK OF JUDAS

First, if the book of Judas was written by this same Judas that betrayed the Lord Jesus was part of the bible, the whole bible would be defiled or false. The reasons included: [A] Satan entered or possessed Judas, and he never lived to receive the Holy Spirit in the day of Pentecost. [B] None of the books of the Bible written by any of the disciples or Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ before the day of Pentecost would qualify as Scriptures because none of them had the Spirit of God yet, though they had the Lord Jesus with them. All Scriptures are by the Holy Spirit of God, not just by eyewitnesses. If they were just eyewitness’ accounts, they would not qualify as Scriptures even though they are testimonies and verified. So the bible must be above eyewitnesses accounts to attain as “Scriptures” having the Breath of the Spirit of the Lord God in them.

Therefore, none of those eyewitnesses walking with the Lord Jesus Christ had the Spirit of God to write any Bible Book or Scriptures by the time the Lord Jesus Christ was yet to ascend in the heavens — The reason was from the moment the Spirit of God descended like a dove and dwelt on the Lord Jesus at Baptism till the day of Pentecost after the ascension of the Lord Jesus, no one else received or had the Holy Spirit, though the Holy Spirit was Promised of the Father to be poured on all flesh in the last days.

[John 7:39] — "He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.”

So, understand that the books of the bible were written either before or after the Lord Jesus walked and dwelt among men as the “Son of man.” Those scriptures written in “BC” (before Christ was born) are the Old Testament collection, while the New Testament collection are those Scriptures written after Christ Jesus ascended.

This is why I frown at Pastors or Christians when they say, the New Testament began from the Book of Acts or from Paul’s Letters, implying that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, are part of the Old Testament because they talked about the Lord Jesus while He was on earth. But I tell you, all the books of the Bible written after the day of Pentecost are New Testament or New Covenant Books including the Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, written after the Pentecost and ascension of the Lord Jesus. Those Four spoke of events that happened before Pentecost, but by the Spirit, Grace and Perspective that happened after Pentecost, in the Church Age. Just as the book of Genesis spoke of the Beginning or Creations that happened before Moses was born, but written after Moses had seen God and endured seeing the Back of the Lord God who is the Invisible and Eternal One.

Moreover, the Scriptures era ended with the death of the last Apostle of the Lord then. Any other book written after all the twelve Apostles died, do not qualify as Scriptures or Foundation of the Faith. The Faith is laid on the Foundation of the Apostles (after Christ) and Prophets (before Christ), while Christ is Corner Stone.

[Ephesians 2:19-22] — "Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.”

[Revelation 21:14] — "The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”

[C] — Judas was replaced, and his office given to another person. This replacement cut across all spiritual Inheritance he once had, including his authority to Scriptures or Cannonized Bible Books. All the Church cast lots to replace Judas, and therefore Judas was excommunicated from the Church even after he died.

ON THE SUPPOSED DISCREPANCY BETWEEN BOOKS OF ACTS AND MATTHEW PERTAINING JUDAS ISCARIOT’ DEATH

Read both references elaborately: Do not just take one verse only from each of the passages to build up your Conspiracy: Read:

[b][Matthew 27:3-8] — "Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? see you to that.” And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, “It is not lawful for us to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.” And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. This is why that field was called, “The field of blood, to this day.”

[Acts 1:18-19] — "Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; so as that field is called in their proper tongue, “Aceldama,” that is to say, “The field of blood.”[/b]

Both references spoke of the same man (Judas Iscariot) and gave the same name to the field, — “The Field of Blood” but gave:

[1] Two different reasons as to why the field was called the “Field of blood.”

[2] Two different buyers of that field of blood, but same money.

[3] Two different postures or sights seen of Judas’ carcass on that field.

Now [1] — The Two different reasons as to why the field was called the “Field of blood” all point to one fact — Judas’ carcass was there, and Strangers were buried there. Matthew say they bought the field to bury strangers, and Acts say Judas’ Carcass was pinned there. Harmonising Matthew and Acts means Judas’ Carcass was the first Stranger and Outcast that was buried there, but not the only stranger to be buried there. Judas became a stranger or outcast, no more part of Israel or part of the Church.

Now [2] — Two different buyers of that field of blood, but same money — blood money or reward of iniquity belonging to Judas. Matthew said the priests and elders used Judas’ blood money to buy the field called “Field of blood,” and Acts said Judas used his blood money or reward of iniquity to buy the “Field of blood.” The idea is not that Judas literally bought the field with the money before he died, but that Judas bought the field with the reward even if he had died.

It's a spiritual expression to tell you that though a dead man does not do anything with his money or properties, the dead man still does things with his rewards or wages of his past deeds he left still in motion. I don't want to say it as men say it, “The evil that men do lives after them or after they die.” But my point is, Matthew spoke of the money (physical purchasing objects) but Acts spoke of the Rewards or Fruits (Outcome) of that evil transaction still in motion or still processing. It's like though a man did not literally or physically do something, but he is blamed or held responsible for it though another person did it, because of what that man had earlier done still ongoing or did not do to prevent or stop the ongoing. So, the language used in Acts was “Rewards of Iniquity” or Wages of Sin or “Gains of robbery” Judas used to buy field of blood even though Judas already died and he physically did not use the blood money to buy field of blood.

[Galatians 6:7-8] — "Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”


Now [3] — Two different postures or sights seen of Judas’ carcass on that field.

Matthew tells you how Judas died — “by hanging himself;” but Acts tells you how Judas was confirmed dead — “by falling down and his Bowels burst open.”

In those days, someone could be hanged on a tree or pole and still not be dead. Absalom, a son of David, was seen hanging on a tree, but was not dead until Joab thrust and other soldiers with him pinned spears into the hanging man's heart and belly before he died [2 Samuel 18:14-15].

About that week, atleast four men were hung on trees: Judas that hung himself, and the Lord Jesus and the two thieves crucified with Him. The Jews had a tradition that forbids any man hanging to remain hanging although the night: they must bring the man or his corpse down from the hanger before night falls. They came to Judas to bring him down, but found Judas had fallen headlong and his belly bursted open revealing his dirts and corruptions. They came to the two thieves besides the Lord Jesus crucified, and they were still alive, and so they broke the legs of those thieves so they wouldn't escape when they are pulled down from the cross. So those thieves crucified with Him did not eventually die with Him. But when they came to Him, the Lord Jesus was already dead: then one of them pierced Him and instead of His bowels or any dirt or corruption to come out, rather clean and pure water and blood sprinkled like shower upon men.

Judas was a son of perdition, but the Lord Jesus is the Son of God.

You see why the money called “Blood Money” (Matthew) or “Reward of Iniquity” (Acts) had nothing to do with why the Field was called “Field of blood.” — It was called “Blood Money” or “Reward of Iniquity” because it sold the Righteous Blood to death; while on the other hand, the field bought with the blood money was called the field of blood or blood field because of the blood of Judas was on that field. It's not the Blood of Jesus, but the blood of Judas that made that field the field of blood: a grave for strangers.


As for you, the Conspiracy theorist, how dare you say Judas was very obedient disciple, and he was following instruction of the Lord Jesus to betray Him because of divine hidden agenda? Do you also want to become a son of perdition like the Antichrist? Or are you one of the fools that say, if Judas did not betray the Lord Jesus there's no way the Lord Jesus would have gone to the cross for our salvation? Do not say that anymore:

Judas himself, on returning the blood money, confessed he had sinned by betraying the Innocent blood to death. How dare you turn it to saying he had obeyed by betraying the Lord because he was secretly sent the Lord to betray Him? The Lord Jesus said His going to the cross was sure thing to happen, and betraying Him was unnecessary but woe to the man who chose that part or role of Judas in betraying the Lord.

[Mark 14:21] — "The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.””

— "Darkened heart": “They became futile in their thinking… and their foolish hearts were "darkened". Claiming to be wise, they became fools.” (Rom 1:21-22)

— "Rebellion against the Creator": Sinners suppress the truth and exchange it for a lie, calling evil good and good evil (Isa 5:20).

↝ IS A STUBBORN HARLOT “WEAK” OR “STRONG?” ↜

[Ezekiel 16:30 ICB] — ‘Truly your will is weak, says the Lord God. You do all the things a stubborn prostitute does.
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:30 AKJV] — "How weak is your heart, said the LORD GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;"
⇵
[Ezekiel 16:30 BBE] — "How feeble is your heart, says the Lord, seeing that you do all these things, the work of a loose and overruling woman;"

♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️

Question:
Would you describe a stubborn harlot given to bold and shameless sex as strong in heart or weak in heart?

Answer:
I would describe such a character as weak in heart. The behaviors you mention—stubbornness, harlotry, bold and shameless sex—are not signs of inner strength or moral courage. They suggest a lack of self-control, a surrender to lust, and a disregard for virtue or dignity. True strength of heart involves restraint, integrity, and the courage to uphold what is right, even when it is difficult. These actions, by contrast, reflect a heart enslaved to impulse and desire, which is the opposite of strength.

Question:
Rebellion or stubborn is not strength but weakness according to you, true or false?

Answer:
True—if the rebellion or stubbornness is rooted in pride, selfish desire, or an unwillingness to acknowledge rightful authority or truth, then it is a moral weakness rather than strength. Genuine strength of heart is shown in disciplined self-mastery and humble adherence to what is good, not in obstinate defiance of it.

Question:
What would you say from this bible verse in red?

Answer:
This verse in red contains a reminder called “Declares (says) the Lord,” to remind us these were the very expressions of the Word of the Lord God Himself saying them. Here, the Lord and Healer Himself played the role of a Doctor and gave diagnostic or medical report of the sickness or disease this woman had. He was telling her she was sick, weak, feeble or faint in heart; which is ironic because she appeared to be strong, bold, brazen and shameless in her sexual escapades and adventures. This is like the Lord played the role of the Doctor, and diagnostically reported the sick conditions of church that ironically paraded herself in in opposite appearance of what this Doctor, the Lord, was describing to her as her true state, illness, problems and diseases: — That Church thought and felt she was rich, had need of nothing and was living in prosperity: but this Doctor, the Lord Himself, gave her the true report she was poor, wretched, miserable, blind, naked, without knowing — Then He counselled her to come to Him to get the treatment or solution for her sick conditions [Revelation 2:17-18]

Though He is the Healer and the Doctor (Physician), yet there are sicknesses or miserable conditions He wouldn't just cure until the person or people with them first realize they have such problems, become converted, and humbly seek Him for solutions to them. In this bible verse in red, the Lord and Doctor declared to her such:
“How sick is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute…”

■1■ ~ “How sick (or faint, feverish, weak) is your heart…” — Here, the Lord God did not describe her as “strong” but as “sick.” The Hebrew word “ḥālâ” used here suggests a heart that is diseased, feverish, morally feeble.

■2■ ~ “…because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen (or bold, shameless) prostitute.” — The outward boldness is not courage; it is the frantic energy of a diseased heart. What looks like strength is, in reality, a catastrophic weakness that cannot say “no” to evil.

Therefore, this bible verse in red exposes the false illusion that rebellion equals strength. Jerusalem’s fornication is depicted as weakness of heart, not power. In biblical categories, the strongest heart is the one that can refuse sin and cling to covenant love; the weakest is the one so enslaved to desire that it brazenly flaunts its own degradation.

Question:
But do you observe that people in the world celebrate emotional and sensual escapades in evil things as boldness, strength and power? Some view people who keep self-control and restraint over indulging in inordinate sex as if those people are either abnormal, unhealthy or weak, especially as if they are impotent for not having such sexual intercourse unlike them. Why is that so, when the Lord God has different declaration of true strength or weakness from what the world describe as strength or weakness? (Please use bible references to support your answer)

Answer:
Here are some reasons the world applauds as strength what God calls weakness:

◇◇ 1. The world’s "inverted scale" of strength and weakness:
Scripture diagnoses the problem as ‘spiritual blindness’ produced by "the god of this age:” - “The god of this world has "blinded" the minds of unbelievers… For what is exalted among men is "an abomination" in the sight of God.” — [2 Corinthians 4:4; Luke 16:15].

What the world labels “bold” is often nothing more than "the inability to say no" to lust; yet that inability is paraded as power. Conversely, the person who exercises self-control is mocked as “repressed,” “impotent,” or abnormal because the world’s measuring tape is "the flesh", not the Spirit.

◇◇ 2. The Bible’s "true definition" of strength:
"Self-mastery" is called a "Spirit-given power:” — “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but "of power" and "love" and "self-control".”
— [2 Timothy 1:7]. "Lack of self-control" is explicitly labeled "weakness:” “A man without self-control is like a "city broken into and left without walls."” — [Proverbs 25:28]

"Sexual restraint" is praised, not pitied:

Potiphar’s wife promised Joseph the very thing the world calls a “conquest.” Joseph’s refusal looked like weakness, yet Scripture records: “He would not listen to her"… and he "fled" and got out of the house.” — [Genesis 39:8-12]. By worldly standards Joseph missed an opportunity; by God’s standard he became "second only to Pharaoh".

Sinners suppress the truth and exchange it for a lie, calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). Thus, “Do not be "conformed" to this world, but be "transformed" by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God.” [Romans 12:2]

Therefore, the one who "abstains" from sin is not impotent but "powerful"—armed with the Spirit’s self-control—while the one who boasts in sensual “freedom” is, in God’s sight, "enslaved and weak" (John 8:34; Romans 6:16).