The tongue is such a tiny little organ. Yet, it can be one of the most powerful weapons.
James 3 has a lot to say about the tongue

The Episcopal Church, once again is under pressure after Gene Robinson, an openly gay candidate with a male lover, was elevated as bishop of New Hampshire in 2003. This move delighted gender liberation groups worldwide but caused tension among the members of the Church. Pro-gay members insisted that the move serves as an equalizing factor among people while conservatives declared the move as un-Biblical since the Bible specifically states that gay sexual relations is forbidden. David Steinmetz, an expert Christian historiographer from Duke University, says that there is a possibility of two camps under the same faith, or the camps might decide to separate. Strong pressure is particularly felt from the Anglican community though the ECUSA strives mightily to lay it off.

In particular, it is the predominantly conservative opinion and beliefs that cause the rift inside Anglicanism. The Episcopal Church conservatives refuse to open their minds and widen their views to accommodate the rapidly changing world views about gender, sex, and sexual identity. Homosexuality has outgrown the stigma it once carried, it is no longer a reason to be ashamed or ostracized. There is a large number of successful gay professionals that span many trades and industries. Though some still experience hostility, these are usually from seedier communities which lack proper education and instruction and are relatively rare and isolated cases. It is therefore ironic that the educated Church members that preach equality, freedom, love, and sharing remain deaf to the call of the times, and refuse to acknowledge people of different sexual orientation.

Shouldn’t the Episcopal Church and Anglicanism be at the forefront of acceptance and love since the Bible specifically portrays Jesus, and God as forgiving and accepting entities? Or do they merely accept and welcome people who are strictly men and women? If this is the case, then, they are not truly accepting and loving. They do not welcome everybody but only those that they want. They even go as far as to refuse others entrance to the proverbial kingdom. This should frighten Anglicans more than the acceptance and elevation of gay members to the Bishops’ College because this kind of action signifies a false love for community. A faith based on falsity and shallow, literal interpretations of the Scriptures is bound to crumble without genuine love, and eagerness to instruct and accept.

In United States of America we have an incredible system to distribute energy to our civilization. We have huge electricity grids and power plants and this has helped propel America to be the number one nation and indeed the greatest civilization ever created in history of mankind. Now that we have this great civilization, we should use our minds and leverage our technology to do even better and become more efficient, not only to save money but because it is the smart thing to do.

Consider if you will be recent Bush Administration Presidential Initiatives on Solar Energy and you can understand exactly why solar energy is so much more efficient now than it was a decade ago. Additionally battery life is getting much better as well and this means we’re able to store our energy that we collect solar cells and use it to its full potential.

When God made the heavens and the earth and then later made light, he was thinking way ahead of a great civilization with abundance and a population with strength of character to carry the torch of the human spirit ahead into the future and that great civilization is the United States of America. Let’s follow his lead and develop more solar power for our selves and our children’s future. Consider this in 2006.

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It works to either bring everyone their desires or push them further away.

It works alike for everybody.

The purpose of this message is to identify this law and uncover its 3-step application… to ensure that it works for us and not against us.

Why is this important for you?

Because once you grasp the simple secrets I’m about to share here, you can virtually guarantee that your desires will manifest… within the first 90 days of 2006.

Without fail.

Background

It is a well-known truth that what you focus on (and share) expands or increases. The more you focus on the things you want, the more of those things you manifest in your life.

Now the reverse is also true. The more you focus on what you don’t want, the more of those things you manifest in your life.

The problem is that 95% of people on this planet live within a matrix of fear, where they are programmed to be afraid of everything.

And there’s a huge danger in that… because, to put it simply, we always attract what we focus on.

In the Old Testament book of Job 3:25 we read:

“For the thing that I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.”

This is Job’s confession just after he was struck by massive disaster. He says he was already “greatly afraid” of this very thing.

You know what?

That fear and dread activated a powerful spiritual law and opened the door for disaster to happen in his life and family!

That is reason enough to pray in this manner from time to time:

“Every spirit of fear, loose your hold upon my life in the name of Jesus.”

“I reject the spirit of fear; I claim the spirit of power and of a sound mind in the name of Jesus.”

The law we are looking at is called the Law of Attraction. It works on every thing that God created. It can work for good. It can work for evil. The law itself is neutral.

If you focus on things that you fear and worry about, you end up attracting more and more of those things into your life.

But things need not be this way.

Your 90 Day Desire

If you’ve read my ebook, “Prayer DNA Secrets,” you’ll already be familiar with the story of Joannie. She was the one who really insisted that I create my website so this kind of message could get out to more people.

That was after she had first-hand encounter with the concept of using simple prayer “points” to attract whatever you desire.

So I got her permission to use her as a case study here to explain something I call “core beliefs” and…

how they can shape your personality,
create your future and determine your ultimate destiny.

Joannie’s Case

Joannie was one of my early students. She was blessed with a great job, wonderful loving family, and good health.

But a time came that she lost that cushy job, her family fell apart, and the issue of money really became a problem.

In a few short weeks, she became an emotional and financial wreck.

For now, we are just going to focus on what happened in her financial life. (I covered how she was able to recover from marital disaster elsewhere on my website.)

Why?

Because money is such a big issue for so many people. Over 90% of the emails I receive contain woeful tales about money.

Here are some interesting facts you
may not know about money.

Research has shown that:

Money is the leading cause of disagreement in marriages
People have more fantasies about money than sex
92% of people will rather be rich than find the love of their lives
The biggest stress inducer in people’s lives is money
People worry more about money than their marriages or health

And here’s a shocking fact:

5% of lottery ticket buyers buy
51% of all lottery tickets sold

It’s unfortunate that even Christians are getting involved in this too).

Now, back to Joannie…

She grew up in a family where money (actually, the lack of it) was a huge issue.

Her parents would always tell her (or imply) that:

There’s never enough money

They always have to be on the lookout for some impending danger that’s going to take away all the money (maybe you’ve heard the expression, “saving for a rainy day.”)

What do you suppose her reality became about money?

1 There’s never enough
2 She’s eventually going to lose what she has

Now, here’s the sad part…

Even after she became an adult and she earned enough in her profession (an amount that most people will consider very substantial) she still didn’t have enough.

No matter how much she earned, she was always just getting by.

And of course she was afraid to lose what she had (which she did on several occasions).

So as you can see, she inherited her parent’s money issues.

We all inherit our parents’ money
issues unless we know how
to change them

Core Beliefs

For Joannie, her core belief was, “there’s never enough money and she’s going to lose what she has… and she brought this belief system (unconsciously) from her childhood into her adult life… and into her Christian life, without even seeing what she was doing to herself.

Unknown even to her, she was always operating out of “there isn’t enough and I’m eventually going to lose what I have” mindset… and that became her reality.

Just as in Job’s case, the Law of
Attraction was at work and she
didn’t even know it.

It was her truth:

No matter how well qualified… and how long and hard she worked, she always ended up with the same results.

No matter how much money she earned (and it was a lot) she either just got by or she managed to lose it.

And all this time, she was praying… and worrying about how she was going to make more money.

What’s important to understand here is that her motivation for making money was based on her fear of not having enough and losing what she had.

And like Job in the Bible, that fear triggered the negative side of this important spiritual law… and dumped financial crisis into her life.

What turned things around for her

Sometime after her marital problem was disposed of by the Holy Spirit, we soon turned our attention to clear up the financial mess in her life.

What I shared with her is what I’m about to show you now.

First I showed her the root of the problem (what I’ve just explained)… and pointed out what she’d been missing all along.

Simple Principle…
Far-reaching Results

I shared the principle with her that extremely wealthy people have been living by for years and, interestingly enough, sometimes without even knowing that they were doing it.

She realized all she had to do was follow those principles and she could produce the same results.

She learnt how to pray and attract the money she desired.

She discovered it wasn’t
too hard to do.

As she told me later, it was a shock for her to find out that it’s not what you do that brings money. She now believes (like I do) that almost any legitimate system or strategy can be used to generate money, or even create massive wealth, once you understand how to…

Focus your thoughts and prayers on what you
desire, instead of worrying about
what you don’t want

The 3 Steps

Here are the 3 simple steps you need to take to manifest your desires…

Step #1 – Your Belief

What’s your core belief about money?

It’s never enough?
You have no qualifications to make enough money?
It is evil… or will take you to hell ?

You will have to change this belief and begin to agree with Scripture that money answers all things, i.e. it is there to meet your needs.

Concerning your desires, I am talking of your “core” desires here, i.e. something you really want with the whole fiber of your being. It can’t be something that somebody else wants for you.

You have to connect with what you truly
desire… and once you do that, it is literally
impossible to fail.

Your desire should be based on the belief that,

“My God shall supply all my needs
according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus,”

… as clearly stated in Philippians 4:19.

This is the foundation… and it must be laid solidly for things to happen.

Step #2 – Your Focus

Your belief determines your focus. Now, focus your prayers on what you want in the first 90 days of like this:

I desire breakthrough concerning _________ (mention it) within 90 days in the name of Jesus.

Notice the way this prayer “point” is structured.

When you pray this type of prayer, you shouldn’t just read them. You pray it for at least 5 minutes… every time you pray from now on!

And pray out loud and with fervency in your spirit.

Why?

So that you create the right “climate” in and around you… to receive the answers.

Think of these prayer points as
launching a rocket. Let’s call this
your rocket of desire.

The launching power is the Scripture backing it up, your faith that the promises of God will manifest in your life, and your expectation and excitement that you are really going to get what you want, no matter what happens.

Praying it aloud will help keep your thoughts and your prayers focused in the present on what you want instead of what you don’t want or the things you fear.

Step #3 – Correct your Thoughts in the Moment

This is the one crucial step that will determine whether you succeed or not… so stay with me here.

The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 10:5:

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”

You will have negative or opposing thoughts from time to time.

When this happens it is crucial to refocus and change the thought in the moment it occurs… not 5 minutes later, not one hour later, not the next day, but right in the moment.

How?

By using the Scripture above you can pray like this:

I cast down every negative thoughts in the name of Jesus

I dismiss and disband from my heart every thought, image or picture of failure in these matters in the name of Jesus

I cancel all ungodly suggestions against the speedy manifestation of my miracles in the name of Jesus.

Oh, how I love this!

This is what we call “lightning round prayers” because they happen spontaneously… all of a sudden you start praying them in your car, kitchen, office, everywhere you notice any ungodly thought rearing their ugly head.

Why is this so important to you?

The moment you allow a competing desire such as fear or worry to take over your thoughts, at a minimum that’s going to delay or throw your desires off-course and, more than likely, it is just going to cancel it out.

Don’t Lose Your Blessings

Let me repeat… this step is very crucial to your success. Because, if after you launch your rocket of desire something tells you:

“Are you really sure you can do this, or do you think this is going to work out…”

… if you don’t silence that thought immediately, then you’ve taken your rocket that was moving with great speed toward your goal and cut back the power.

The end result is:

Your rocket is going from soaring toward your goal to crashing into the ground.

That’s how the voice of your worry and fears push away the things that you desire. This voice of fear is energized by invisible vampires in the spirit realm… in order to cut the power that you sent your rocket of desire.

You can get your desires within the first 90 days!

That’s right.

You can launch your rocket of desire so it flies faster and higher and has more impact.

If you are in the habit of complaining, stop it.

If you have been thinking that external circumstances control your life, change that thought by renewing your mind with the blessed word of God.

Just step out, focus your prayers on that rocket of desire, and then take action towards achieving your desire when the Holy Spirit prompts you.

If you do this, I can assure you that you’ll receive what you desire… in the first 90 days of 2006!

Wishing you God’s Best in ‘06

Elisha Goodman

PS: I just concluded a 21-day Prayer Marathon with thousands of my online members… using these 3 simple steps I just described. Hundreds of praise reports (posted on the website) started coming in 3 days later… and have not ceased!

Elisha Goodman is an online prayer coach and author of five books, including his free book: Passion Prayer of Jesus the Christ. His f.ree online prayer coaching ministry (http://www.firesprings.com) has helped thousand all over the world to grow spiritually as well as in the areas of health, wealth and relationships. Thousands participated in his recent 21-day Prayer Marathon that witnessed the manifestation of new cars, houses, money, new relationships, and emotional and physical healing. For more on his coaching sessions here: http://www.firesprings.com/dnabook.htm

My Heavenly Master said, “Being in the midst of the heavens and the earth, Man must not regard oneself as unsurpassed and superior to others, or consider oneself as the center of everything. This is the so-called: There are heavens exterior to a heaven; there are Men exterior to a man. You should understand that you are just a grain in a vast sea, just a grain of sand. Then, within this sand-territory of the Ganges (the entire universe), the roles that you must play are just a matter of several decades. When you have finished with singing this opera, where are you moving house again? This is uncertain. You must be far-sighted, be very sure that you don’t get attached to the beautiful scenes before your eyes and that year after year, you spend the time only in serving your own interests; only serving your own happiness!

Take a look at your national heroes, the idols within your hearts. These heroes could be so peerless in their martial skills and become everyone’s idols. They can make so many people fall with one kick. But could they conquer ‘impermanence’? No, they couldn’t. Instead, they were fallen by just a gentle kick from impermanence. Hence, no matter how adaptable people are; no matter how high and unsurpassed their wisdom is, they cannot fight against a gentle blow from the impermanence. When ‘Yama’ (underworld guardian angel) sends the blank paper over (issue an order), mustn’t people let go what their hands have grasped and leave the human world?”

Nobody can escape old age, sickness and death. Let’s think about this: How many happy events are there in this life? The most anxious thing for people is just hunger and cold. Even if one wears silk, drinks fine wine, tastes exotic food everyday and lives in mansion, the flesh cannot stay unwithered for a hundred years. The wealth and nobility of life is actually a dream. People are entangled by many things in the world; and these entanglements are all invited by oneself.

Everyone of us must go through the sour, sweet, bitter and spicy parts of life. Human existence in the world has more suffering than joy. To put an end to this suffering, we must make contributions and build our virtues. Only with true merits and honest repentance can Heaven offer true help. Make the journey of life a meaningful one and let’s see a poem by my Heavenly Master JiGong;

“Reconize the directions clearly. Turn the steering wheel on seeing the wind (grip opportunities). Rebuild a new life and seek the Root. Throw away and let go all greed, anger, ignorance and blind love and passion. To the ones with affinity, the Saints and Worthies are beckoning from afar. Do encourage yourself and do cultivate with haste.”

Wisdom of life is to reconize ourselves, who we are and why we are here. In this land of endurance there is a great heap of defects and frustrations. We have a choice and don’t live without choices. Humble ourselves and learn the way to liberation of life. Use the false self (body) to save the true self (soul). Let go of all attachments and don’t crave for fame and wealth. Free ourselves from greed and worries and if we are willing to adapt to all conditions, a bitter gall-bladder can turn into a sweet spring; if we can transform the situations, a thatched cottage can be an elegant mansion too.

Author: T.A Chew

T.A Chew, till now has been living a simple life and his small little house temple is like a mansion with a beautiful willow tree. If ever he has to build a great mansion, it would be a great temple for all to come together to study and practise Tao. Website: http://www.white-sun.com

Guile is another way of saying treachery or deceit. In other words our spoken words are not full of truth but deceit.

I would say this; any words that are not uplifting, any words that are not edifying to the hearer, any words that are contrary to God’s words are deceitful. I would also say that days that are full of grief and sorrow, sickness and disease, broken relationships and destroyed families are not good days are they? Do you want to see good days? Do you love life?

Jesus said in John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

I would like to ask this question, if our words are not speaking life then what are they speaking? The opposite of life is always death. They never co-mingle. Life and death have nothing in common!

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Is this just an inconsequential saying that we can ignore, or is there really death and life in our words as the Scripture is saying?

Peter said that in order to see good days we had to keep our tongue under control and not speak deceit. I usually concentrate on the positive side of our words however there is a negative side as well that the Word of God talks about, so it needs to be addressed. It is easy when everything is going good to give God praise and say the right things, however when the trials of life come our way it is also just as easy to start complaining or speaking negative. I have learned to give God praise in the rough times as well as the good times. Recently this message was quickened in my spirit. A gentle reminder to keep my tongue.
These gentle reminders from the Holy Spirit will save us much grief if we will just pay attention to them.

How often do we just say what ever is on our mind? You might say well, I’m really not hurting any one. Really, you could be hurting yourself, your family, and loved ones with the very words you speak. Words have power to hurt as well as heal. I don’t know who originally said sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me, but I know they did not know the horrible hurt that can be inflicted by them.

Please consider this and start to take stock of your words, and realize that you are sowing seeds that most assuredly will germinate and grow. This is a very sobering thing to consider.

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

I have seen so many Christians who are unconcerned about their words and never consider the real importance of idle talk or negative words. God’s Word has much to say about this and God has put a premium on words so we should learn to do so as well.

Psalms 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised, But he honors those who fear the Lord; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

It goes on to say in vs. 5 that this person shall never be moved. I believe people are so careless about their words that they can not really have faith in their own words. I have seen this over and over and have even been there myself. How can you speak the word of God with Boldness and expect it to come to pass if you can not even honor your own words that you speak? The answer to that is that you can’t. How can you have faith in God who you have never seen if you are full of lying and deceit, you won’t and can’t.

People often blame God for their failures and get frustrated and will not admit that it could be them and not God who is to blame. We can not grow up if we will not acknowledge the truth, and if we don’t acknowledge the truth we can never be truly free in Christ.

There can never be good from evil speaking, none! I think every ones mother probably said this at one time or another, if you can’t say something good about someone don’t say anything at all.

Maybe our mothers didn’t know it, but this is a Scriptural principle in God’s Word.

Refrain your tongue from evil. They were saying nearly the same thing that James was saying, even if they didn’t realize it.

James said this … James 3:2-10 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

He goes on to say; Thus no spring can yield both salt water and fresh. What is he really saying here? He is saying that what you speak is what is coming up out of you, and what is coming up out of you is either salty or fresh. Whose fault is that? Jesus said a very similar thing… Matthew 12:34 “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. We need to check up on what is in our heart. We after all, we are the ones who program these earthly computers.

Speaking correct words is one of the first lessons the Lord taught me as a young Christian.
It has also been a recurring theme in my teaching. This is something the Lord has reminded me of at several important times in my life.

Many Christians mess up the plan and purpose of God for their lives and the lives of their families as well with their negative attitude and words. God’s plan for us can be thwarted if we will not side with Him and begin to speak the things He has already told us to speak in His Word. I have been in this situation myself and received a wake up call from the Lord concerning my children some years ago. Being a parent is not always the easiest thing in the world, however we are given instructions on how to raise them. We have a responsibility in this. I was saying things to my children that was preventing God from acting in their lives. The things I was saying were said as a concerned parent trying to help, yet they were not the things God wanted me to say. I would say things like you are messing up your life with this kind of behavior, and if you don’t stop this you will never amount to anything. Although in the natural these things were true, it was not what God wanted from me. One day during a time of study the Lord spoke to me and told me to hush the things I was saying. The truth was I knew better, yet even if we know better it is easy sometimes especially with something that is as close and as personal as your own children to forget the things you know. After this I repented before the Lord and began to see and speak the correct things by faith. I know by experience how hard this can be, but I also know beyond a shadow of a doubt how faithful God is. He gives us the grace to succeed.

God is faithful and always honors His Word. Not sometimes, ALWAYS. I can say as a testimony to all that will listen. He is no respecter of persons. What He did for me he will do for you. Glory to His Name.
Here are a few Scriptures to consider. There are many more through out the Word of God.

Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health.

Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Proverbs 4:20 My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart;
22. For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Deuteronomy 30:19 “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

I would like to ask this question. Are you speaking death filled words or life filled words? God has given us this choice and even told us what to choose. Choose life.
This not only affects us, but the future of our families as well. I’m so glad I chose life, and want to encourage you to do the same. It is our decision to make, choose life.

Do you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Do you want to be a joint heir with Christ?
If so, I urge you to earnestly pray the following prayer.

Dear Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. Your word says, “…and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” (Jn.6:37),

So I know You won’t cast me out, but You take me in, And I thank you for it. You said in your Word, “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Ro. 10:13).

I am calling on Your name, So I know You have saved me now, You also said, “…that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.” (Ro.10:9,10).

I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe He was raised from the dead for my justification. And I confess Him now as my Lord, Because Your Word says, “… with the heart one believes to righteousness…” and I do believe with my heart, I have now become the righteousness of God in Christ. (2 Cor. 5:21),

And I am saved! Thank You, Lord!
I can now truthfully say, I see myself as a born again child of God!

Glory to God!!!! Amen.

I was raised Catholic, and was born again at the age of 17. I received God’s call into ministry at the age of 19 and began to prepare for ministry. I graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center in 1979, The Lord has called me to teach. I want to help other come to a knowledge of the truth and have started a web site for the purpose of teaching and discipleship called The Olive Branch;
Mark E. Baker
http://www.olivebranchministries.us

They will all come before God in what is called the Great White Throne Judgment. This event has to be the most disturbing and most bothersome event in all of Scripture. Before this happens, the Bible tells us that all the unsaved people are kept in a place called Hades (Hell) until the Millennium Kingdom is up. Hades (Hell) is a temporary place of torment that these souls are kept in until they have to appear before God in this final judgment, which will determine their eternal fate once and for all.

The New King James version calls this place Hades. However, the Original King James version calls this place Hell. Either way – Hell or Hades is a temporary place of torment where all unbelievers go to before this judgment comes to pass.

Here is the verse giving us the details on what will be happening in this judgment of the unsaved.

“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire.” (Revelations 20:11-14)

Remarks

1. The above verse refers to a “second death.” The first death is when the unsaved are thrown into Hades after they physically die and are kept there until the Millennium Kingdom is up. The second death refers to when the unsaved are cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone where they will remain for all of eternity.

Notice that the above verse definitely establishes that these unsaved people are in kept Hades until this judgment comes forth. The verse says that “Hades delivered up the dead who were in them.”

2. After this final judgment is pronounced, not only are the unsaved cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, but Hades itself is also cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone. This would thus be a “merger” of Hades and the Lake of Fire and Brimstone. Not only is God going to merge His heaven with our earth when we get the new heaven and new earth – God is also going to merge Hades (Hell) with the Lake of Fire and Brimstone when all is said and done. This will God’s final ultimate end for the saved and the unsaved.

The Bible does not give us the specific details of the nature of the torment that they will be under once they are thrown into the Lake of fire and Brimstone. And God may never tell any of us, even when we get into the new heaven and the new earth. It may be something He may never really want us to know about and we may be better off not knowing the full details.

However, just the thought that a certain percentage of humanity will not make it into the new heaven and new earth, and will have to spend the rest of their eternal lives in this horrible place of torment just blows the human mind!

Some people ask how could a loving God create such a horrible place of torment for people to end up in if they choose for whatever reason not to accept Him. I believe there is only one answer to that question.

I believe God has everything set up on a “all or nothing” principle. There is only maximum life or maximum death. If you choose God and Jesus, then you will end up with maximum life in the new heaven and new earth. If you do not choose God and Jesus, then you will end up with maximum death – which is the Lake of Fire and Brimstone. There is no middle ground or neutral areas! It’s all or nothing. It’s God or the Devil. It’s heaven or hell. It’s maximum life or maximum death. It’s really all black and white.

God the Father is a God of maximum intensity. He is not playing games. There is only one
God and one Savior – Jesus Christ! There is only one way to live and that is to choose God and Jesus and follow all of Their ways and all of Their commandments. Here is the Scripture verse that I feel really captures this thought:

“… I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days …” (Deuteronomy 30:19)

I don’t think God could make things any more clearer than the way that He has it spelled out in that verse. That verse is about as black and white as you can possibly get. You’ll notice that God says nothing about any type of neutral areas or any type of middle ground. However, the actual choice is up to each and every person. God will not force Himself or His ways on anyone. Each person has to freely choose God and His ways with their own free wills. If they don’t – for whatever reason – the consequence will be maximum death in the most horrible place imaginable.

The other thing to understand about why God would create such a horrible place is to just look at some of the people who commit pure evil in this life. The serial killers, the rapists, the murderers, the leaders of nations who enslave and torture their own people. Just look at the nature of Satan himself and all the horrors and evil he has caused throughout the history of our earth. Some of these fallen angels and evil human beings deserve nothing less that maximum death, which really does line up with their evil natures and personalities.

The real sad part about all of this is why a certain percentage of the angels and humans have chosen to live their lives on the “dark side,” and to allow themselves to deteriorate to the lower levels of the dark side where they themselves have now become pure evil – giving God no other alternative but to throw them into this lake of fire for the rest of their eternal lives.

None of these angels and humans were born or created pure evil. They became pure evil over the course of their lives and they freely chose to do so with their own free wills. To fully understand why these humans and fallen angels have chosen to live this life on the dark side, when they also had a chance to choose God and the “good side” of this life will probably always remain a mystery.

But for those who have chosen God and His ways – you will not have to go through the Great White Throne Judgment. Your reward is going to be maximum life – and this reward is going to be the new heaven and the new earth. I will discuss what the Bible has to say about this new paradise in the next article.

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Since Catholicism must exist in harmony with Islam due to its proximity to it’s core, their choice for Pope seems to make a lot of sense to them. Benedict XVI was a former Hitler youth and Islam would see this as an Anti-Jew Choice, this is why the Catholic Church was quick to leak this information about his service to the Hitler Youth and then quickly make a statement that: “He only joined because it was compulsory.” The PR worked perfectly. It asked the world to forgive, while showing he was anti-Jew to protect them from Islam and keep peace giving the Church time to home in on possible future parishioners of moderate non-practicing Muslims. It really is all about Public Relations and positioning. Of course when you talk about truth sometimes no one wants to hear it. Many Americans are quite concerned with the choice of a Nazi Hitler Youth Pope such a Benedict the XVI and have not forgotten that we lost 100’s of thousands of men fighting Hitler’s Armies. Meanwhile Benedict the XVI was there blessing and praying with them to kill our soldiers and our allied troops. Of course there were also Catholic Priests on our side praying against them. Playing both sides against the middle is what the Catholic Church has done well in their long reign over nations and peoples.

Although Islam does not have a whole lot of nice things to say about the Infidel Catholics, right now they are not saying anything negative and for the most part are happy with the choice. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend and any Jew hater is a friend of mine” said an American Muslim we interviewed off the record, without giving us his name. We interviewed another for a second opinion a Muslim woman this time she was much better; “I think that he [the Pope] will look good in that little Popemobile.”

It appears there is a little tension even in America over this issue of Pope selection. How do you feel about the Catholic Church in America, the recent 100 plus molestations charges and the bankruptcies of some of the largest Arch Diocese? How does your family feel about the choice?

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Millions, perhaps billions of people will once again run full throttle into the upcoming fall and winter holiday seasons of Halloween and Christmas. Many fully acknowledge that the customs of these events are deeply rooted in paganism.

Many take paganism as an ugly word, but it simply means teachings of the nations that did not know the Jewish or Hebrew God of the Bible. An important point to always remember is that the Hebrews or Israelites and not the nations (non Hebrews) were the ones who brought us the knowledge of God. Even in the New Testament we know that Jesus and the Apostles were Israelites. This is why scripture says, “You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.” So it always comes as a surprise to me that the tail (the nations) tries to wag the dog when it comes to religious knowledge. Yet this is what is commonly allowed in the so-called Christian holidays.

The Catholic encyclopedia seems to struggle somewhere between acknowledging that modern Christianity has incorporated pagan teachings and no it is just a coincidence. A coincidence? When you look at the preponderance of coincidences like a day for all the dead Saints that comes on the heels of an ancient Celtic fire festival called Samhain (notice that this is a nations non Hebrew pagan teaching here) now called Halloween in which we have children dressing as demons, ghosts and skeletons or we shift to Christmas and really examine through some simple web research about the origin of these Bacchanalian or Saturnalia type festivities.

Research the origins of the Yule log, tree, mistletoe, wreaths, greenery, birthdays, gifts, caroling (yes even seemingly innocent Christmas carols are from ancient circle dances dealing with fertility rites of the medieval Celtic countries of Europe) and lights. Bacchanalian festivities also had parties celebrated with drinking and promiscuity orgies and riotousness. The Saturnalia festivities also included exchanging gifts, greenery, lights etc. It is impossible to ignore that we have ties to teachings of the nations or pagans that we have justified just as the Bible says, “everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Yet again the Bible says, “what communion has light with darkness?” But we say we cleaned it all up. Why we Christianized it Lord! Yet again the Bible says, “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!”

But some may ask isn’t it all ok. Can’t we just have some fun? Why half the stuff I do isn’t really Christian related, I just do it for fun and I’m not thinking of Christ. I’ve seen these attitudes. They are attitudes of someone who thinks they have some distinguishable alter ego. That somehow we can separate ourselves from ourselves like some type of Jekyl and Hyde. But do you think you can really hide half of yourself from before the Lord? The Bible says, “For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord” and “He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord” Therefore all we do is in plain sight of God.

So how dangerous is all this? Well this is what I call mixing of religions or religious practices. Though it appears to be innocent by most, truly it is the most dangerous of all sins. Believe it or not this is something that gets God absolutely furious. Notice God said, “do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way”. If nothing else notice the word nations in the above. God is saying do not adapt the practices of the nations. In another example from the book of Ezekiel we read, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary?” What was this sanctuary? Why it was God’s temple back in the Old Testament. What were they doing to drive God far from His Temple? Well a further read says they were doing things like bringing in, “every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols”, the Bible says the, “women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.” (It is known that there were ancient pagan religions that practiced weeping. Tammuz was an agricultural god who got weak as summer waned on and we all know how we get sad as summer nears its end, so they wept) and the Bible reads, “twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east” (hey look it’s a first Easter sunrise worship.)

The point of all this is that it all occurred in God’s temple. They had stained, soiled, desecrated and defiled the Temple of God by bringing in the ways and teachings of the nations, the pagans, those who did not have a knowledge of proper worship of the true God. After all, why do you think they were called pagans? Because they were stupid, get it? And why is it that their knowledge is so great now that it is brought into Christianity? Because we are stupid I guess. Belittling God’s Temple is not relegated just to the Old Testament. I’m sure we all remember how infuriated Jesus became when He encountered the merchandising in the Temple and made a whip and started to crack some heads. Some things are just off limits.

But now for the biggie because there is a scripture that we need to look long and hard at which says, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” Defiling our human temple here is no different than all we just read about defiling the physical one. Simply intermix paganism, mix in the bad with the good and you are defiled. As a matter of fact if you mix in any ways of any kind of disobedience you are on your way to defilement and utter destruction.

Disobedience leads to destruction, but obedience and a humble spirit leads one to salvation. It is your disobedience that caused Christ to have to die for our sins (our disobedience) so why do we think it is ok to continue to disobey? Now that you have learned nothing from paganism, for what did you learn from the Yule log or dressing your child up as an Easter egg? Why not learn from God about His holidays? Most people do not even know that God also has Holidays (Holy Days). Well He does and there are seven of them that He commands us to observe.

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