Was Jesus black? In one word…. uhhhhh no. Uhhhhh isn’t a word, so that doesn’t count. This is one of those things where people have twisted something written in the Bible to fit their own idiotic points of view. This is definitely nothing new. People years ago were killed for suggesting the Earth revolved around the Sun, even though it doesn’t say anywhere in the Bible that the Earth was the center of the universe. Men took it upon themselves to distort things to their liking.

Black theologians, such as Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright, have said that Jesus was actually black. Where do they get this idea? From Revelation 1:14-15 where it says Jesus had hair like wool and feet like brass. With something so small black religious zealots went “aha! Jesus was black!” Problem is in that vision of John of Patmos is that Jesus was brass. He was a candlestick holder holding the seven churches of Christ. Man, you really have to twist something really hard to come up with that meaning Jesus was black. Jesus was a Jew!

Of course that’s almost as ludicrous as the historical view of Jesus by white people that he was a pristine, blonde-haired, blue-eyed man of pale skin. Dumb. Jesus most likely had darker complected skin, brown eyes, and dark brown or black hair. History’s vision of Jesus is nearly as wrong as the contention that Jesus was actually black. Who comes up with this stuff? Aie aie aie.

While so many people are speculating on who the Antichrist is going to be, with some ridiculous nominees mind you, the False Prophet seems to be a forgotten person. Not much is written about him but he will obviously have a lot of power. In the prophecies of the end time in the gospels, such as Matt. 24 it says false prophets-plural will be so convincing that they will convince everyone but the election of grace with their claims. There will be many false prophets in the last days but one will have incredible power over the world’s religious, and especially Christian population. What is written of him is in Revelation 13:11 where it says he will have two horns like a lamb but will speak as a dragon. What the two horns like a lamb means is that he will be a Christian in the eyes of the world. Jesus was our Lamb. Speaking as a dragon means he will be Satan’s mouthpiece. The False Prophet will be in the clothes of a Christian, but will bring his followers to Satan. There are a few easy to understand verses in Rev. 13 of what the False Prophet will do.  After his reign, he will suffer the same fate Satan will in Revelation chapter 19:20 and 20:10.

While many are wondering what the beast spoken of in Revelation is, they aren’t wondering what church this mouthpiece for Satan will come from. I think that’s an important question to ask. Does the Bible give an idea? I think it does. Among the churches spoken of in Revelation chapters two and three, only one church does Jesus threaten to remove from its place among the churches of Christ. That is the church of Ephesus.

What is the church of Ephesus today? All indicators point the church of Ephesus to being the Catholic church. The Catholic church is the church of Peter, as many know. Peter was martyred in Ephesus. You can also make sense of the wrongs the church of Ephesus has committed in Revelation 2:1-7. Jesus says he appreciates their tireless work but he is still against them. The reason is because they have left their first love. Jesus then says to repent quickly and do the first works or he will remove their candlestick from its place. What is the first love for any Christian? Christ is. What should be the first work of any Christian church be? To teach the word of God. That is something the Catholic church absolutely does not do. They have ceremony, not teaching of God’s word. I know some will say “the Catholic church does have classes on teaching God’s word”, but that isn’t their first work is it? Having some class in the back whenever someone decides to take it isn’t a first work. These aren’t my words. These are Jesus’ words. You be the judge of what the first work should be for any Christian church, and you should realize it’s not giving a wafer after a ceremony.

In order for the False Prophet to have such power over people he would probably have to come from the Catholic church. They put so much power into the hands of men. The Pope, Cardinals, Canon Law are powers taken away from God and put into the hands of men. In medieval times the popes had more power than kings. All a pope would have to do is accuse a man of heresy and that would be the end of his life. The Catholic church puts men in charge of forgiving man of sin. No man can take away sin. “Do this and give ten ‘Hail Mary’s’ and you will be forgiven.” Ridiculous. The Catholic church took it upon itself to redefine christianity by giving power to men, making Mary a deity (Mary, Mother of God… as if God had a mother), bowing to idols, and so on. They still call Mary the Virgin Mary. She wasn’t always a virgin. She had other kids after Jesus. How did that happen? Mary might have given birth to Jesus but she is not the mother of God. How can one call her a mother of something that existed before her? Mary was an incredible woman and chosen by God to mother His child. No greater honor could be bestowed upon a woman. Even with this Jesus did put her in her place on a number of occasions. He let her know what he was here to do and she should not get in his way. The bowing to idols even if they are of Jesus is wrong. I know that is going against Catholic doctrine at a huge level, but it is wrong. When it says to not bow to idols, it doesn’t say don’t bow to idols unless they are of Jesus. Why is bowing to any idol wrong? Because they were made by the hands of men. Sinful men. It’s not what is made that matters. It’s who makes it that does matter. It says it plain as day in Exodus 21:4 “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;”. Nowhere does it say “well you can make one of me. That’s okay.”

You know who agrees with the church of Ephesus being the Catholic church and what will happen? The Catholic church does. St. Malachy was one of the greatest Catholics in history. He had many prophetic visions, even those concerning popes. Through his visions he would give the names for all of the popes in the Catholic church’s future. He mentions that the last pope will betray the faith and after his tenure there will be no more Catholic church. This is all real, actual Catholic prophecy. The reason you may not know about it is because the Catholic church is trying to keep a lid on it, because after Pope Benedict XVI there will be only one pope left of the names given by St. Malachy. His name will be Pope Petrus Romanus, and according to the prophecy of St. Malachy, he will be the one to betray the faith. Pope Petrus Romanus will be the False Prophet spoken of in Revelation. With this, the candlestick of the church of Ephesus will be removed from its place.

The mystery of God’s elect, or the election of grace is a complex one. Some feel that every Christian is one of God’s elect. This is foolish. How can a person that chose Christ say that God chose them? That’s what God’s elect means. God’s chosen. The election of grace happened before this age started. Before the days of Adam. Grace is an act of God. The election of grace is the name of the people God chose before the foundation of this age. Simple as that. In Romans 11, Paul reiterates that the final generation will have seven thousand of these people. Paul states on his own that some have lived that were of the election of grace, but in the last generation there will be 7000. There will be more of God’s elect in the last generation than at anytime in this age’s history, because of the last generation’s importance. So anyone thinking that every Christian is someone God chose is quite conceited, not to mention foolish.

If this is the last generation, then there are only 7000 of these people. About one for every millionth person on Earth. Maybe that’s when things might get started. When the Earth’s population reaches seven billion people. One in a million. That’s just me thinking an enticing thought.

Jesus says that many are called but few are chosen. The chosen, being the election of grace, are also called. The difference is that the election of grace, no matter how hardheaded they are, will have to answer their call at some point. The call starts right around the time they turn 25. Not sure the reason for that, but maybe it’s because that’s when the person ceases in being a young adult and becomes an adult. God allows them to live their life for a period of time with restrictions, but then they have jobs to do. There are things that the elect aren’t allowed to do even before they are called.

The gifts the elect receive from their birth are bits and pieces of knowledge. They not only know there is a god, but they know who He is. They know who the Messiah is. They know the Bible is genuinely God’s word. If they have lost a loved one that has gone to heaven, they know they will see them again. It’s not a matter of faith or hope on these matters like with everyone else. No matter how strong someone’s faith may be, only the election of grace absolutely know. They just don’t have the proof until they answer their call.

If one of God’s elect refuses to answer their call, God will grind them down to a powder, figuratively speaking. God will make them humble if they refuse to humble themselves. In this generation, this may be the case with many of God’s elect. They may be prophets just like Paul, Ezekial, Daniel, Isaiah, and others, but they are human beings living in the worst generation in this age’s history. A froward and selfish generation. It may take time to separate the mindset of this generation from them, but eventually it will happen.

The job of God’s elect is to not make a choice, like with just about everyone else. They cannot falter. They are not allowed to bow to another. They are not allowed to be convinced to follow false christs and prophets. God will not let them. Even the most convincing of them, the False Prophet and Satan will not be able to convince the elect of anything that everyone for at least a moment will. Read Matthew 24. It’s not possible for the elect to be deceived. The job for the elect is to help those who need to make a choice make the right one. Such a great weight upon their shoulders for the sakes of the people of the last generation. To help save souls so God does not have to destroy them after the next age.

As I’ve written before, there is an age after this one. One that will last a little more than a thousand years. It’s all written there and made clear in the original Greek. Many times when the word “world” is written in the NT, that word in the original Greek is “αιων”, which really means age, as is the case in Matthew 24:3. Even though they are only here to help this creation, they will be hated by many but respected by all. Once one of the elect reaches to a point of great wisdom and Pentecost Day comes, everyone will know who the election of grace are. Will you let them show you the way to salvation, or will you have antipathy towards them when they tell you what you’re doing is wrong? At the end, will you be divided to the right or the left of Jesus? That’s up to you.

That’s a question that has perplexed man for centuries. Even moreso now does this question come up. Some of the answers from paranoid speculation are pretty funny. No, it’s not President Bush. The Bible does give clues as to who the antichrist will be and what his origin will be. Don’t just look at a world figure you don’t like and say “AHA!” That’s just dumb. Try actually reading for once.

In Daniel chapter 7 it tells of the origin of the antichrist. It talks about the number of world kingdoms that have conquered Israel. This prophecy says that one is yet to come. Their reign will not last forever but there will be a revival of this empire. Nowhere does it actually say revival but it mentions how this kingdom will reform. The kingdom that took over after Daniel was the Roman Empire, so where the antichrist will come from will be from the revival of this Roman Empire.

Many speculate that the European Union is this revival of the Roman Empire. I happen to agree with that speculation. This revival will have ten kings, which means countries, at first. Then the eleventh country from this revival of the Roman Empire will be diverse. This is where the antichrist will come from. It says the prince of that nation will speak great things against the Almighty. If the speculators are correct, then it will be the eleventh nation to join the European Union. The EU did start out with ten nations. The eleventh is a little foggy because Spain and Portugal both came in at the same time. So which one will it be if this is true? The eleventh nation, according to prophecy, will bring in three more. Spain had a big hand in bringing the next three countries. Also, the headquarters were moved to Madrid. This is where the power of the EU lies.

So if the speculators are correct, then the antichrist will have to come from the nation of Spain. Many wise Christians believe it is King Juan Carlos, but I have reason to believe it is not him. It’s certainly not President Bush, Barack Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Bill Clinton, or Spongebob Squarepants. It has to be a person from Europe, even if the EU isn’t what Daniel’s prophecy speaks of, and it has to be from the eleventh nation of this rising empire.

Now what will be the role of the antichrist? The antichrist is a human being with the spirit of Satan inside him. Halfway through the tribulation the antichrist will die. Yes, he will die. It will happen in a war with a wound to the head. Three days later he will seemingly rise again. Nearly all will be in awe, except for the 7000 members of the election of grace. When he seemingly rises again, it will no longer be the antichrist as a human being. It will be Satan in the flesh. It’s after the war in heaven, spoken of in Revelation 12, kicking Satan out of heaven and onto Earth that begins Satan’s reign as antichrist. He will have three and a half years of trying to convince everyone to accept him as their god. To simply just say you’re going to know he’s not will not prepare you for how convincing he will be or how needy you will be. It will feel like you need to accept him as your god just to stay alive and be better off. . He will play on every human weakness that will be exposed during the events of the tribulation period. It says in Matthew 24 that he and others will be so convincing that only the election of grace will not be convinced for at least a moment. The election of grace are not allowed to be swayed or convinced. Everyone else for at least a period of time will be.

I loved the movie “Raiders Of The Lost Ark”. The great thrillride of trying to achieve the most sought after religious artifact ever, and battling the Nazis at the same time. The third Indiana Jones movie “Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade” was another great one after another religious artifact, the cup of Christ. So where are these things? I’ll give you some answers before you don your leather jacket and bullwhip to look for them.

The ark of the covenant is nowhere on Earth. That’s that. Too brief? Okay, well I’ll elaborate. In Revelation 10:6 it says that the ark of his (God’s) testimony will be opened in heaven and there will be thunderings and such. The same things associated with the opening of the ark of the covenant. The ark of God’s testimony and the ark of the covenant are the same thing. What is God’s testimony? The Ten Commandments. What is this testimony inside? The ark. So you can all now stop your searching. It will never be found because it’s not here. I have to tell you, that’s a pretty easy one.

The other thing is the Holy Grail. The cup of Christ. As it is written, Jesus says anyone who drinks from this cup will have everlasting life. Again, this one is really pretty darn easy. He’s saying anyone who believes he was the Christ and died for our sins that they will have everlasting life. Notice he didn’t say “heaven”. You can read the blog “There Is A Difference Between Heaven And Everlasting Life” for more on that. There is no mug around somewhere you can find and drink that will allow you to be human forever. Sorry, it doesn’t exist. Jesus also broke bread and said this is my body. Was the bread pieces of his skin for the disciples to eat? Of course not. That’s sick. Neither was he saying if someone drinks from that cup that they live forever. All the disciples there drank from the cup. They’re all dead, but have everlasting life. Yep, pretty darn easy folks.

We are a very self-obsessed society these days. “It’s all about me” is today’s motto. You ask most people nowadays what they want most and they’ll answer “to be happy”. People look for happiness. Not looking to be content. Those who will look for happiness will never find it. Usually people want material possessions in order to be happy. “If I only got this, I’ll be happy.” Unless that person works out on making their souls right, they can never find happiness. They might as well search for the yeti if they don’t deal with their soul. Since many people don’t have a good grasp of their own soul, they are unhappy. The soul is a peculiar thing. It’s quiet. And the more a person ignores their soul, the quieter it becomes. At the same time, that soul will definitely make itself known. The person will feel uncomfortable and restless among other things. This is the soul’s way of attracting attention.

Every human being has three entities within them. There is the human mind, the human heart, and the God given soul. The human mind deals with things such as ego, believing in things it only sees, logic, and the desire or antipathy to fit in with the crowd. The human heart deals with the cares of this world, sympathy, love, and passion. The soul we all must take with us knows always what is right and what is wrong. Those who are in good touch with their soul are the ones who seem to always do the right thing.

The human heart and the human mind always disagree. They’re polar opposites of one another. The human heart and the soul usually agree while the mind and the soul usually disagree. The flaws of the heart is looking to explain the good things out of everything or showing kindheartedness to those even if it’s making them worse or does them no good. Giving charity to someone who’s hooked on drugs knowing what they’ll spend their money on is the wrong thing to do. Thinking you’re more compassionate than God is foolhearty. Because of the human heart possibly dominating your thoughts, you cannot take into consideration that there are more important things than one’s human body.

The human mind in this day and age is what seems to dominate people’s thoughts. Most are ruled by the mind today. Usually for a period of time after becoming an adult, the mind will take hold over a person. Being that the mind desires to keep control over a person, it’s hard to let it go. Even with questions like “why am I here” that everyone of us deals with on occasion, the mind will try to keep the person from actually looking. If the person looks to see why they are here, that may lead them on a journey of rediscovering their soul. Something the mind does not want them to do.

Because most of us are headstrong, we have little recollection of our souls even though the soul is trying to get each of us to notice it. Afterall, it is the only thing you take with you. Each of us has to answer for our souls. Nobody’s heart or mind is in danger of losing everything when all is said and done. It is our very souls on the line.

What must we do to get a hold of our souls? Don’t soulsearch. Don’t look to be happy. Don’t try to find yourselves. You want to make those bad feelings to go away? You want to be content and actually be happy? Then just drop everything. Let everything go. All these thoughts of striving to be happy you must let go in order to be happy. Complicated eh? It’s not as complicated as it sounds. Even with nearly everyone having the spirit of slumber, the Bible has the answers for you to find yourself. When you are able to foresake man’s influence on the Bible, realize God’s always right, and listen to your conscience you can get a good hold of your soul.

Since most everyone really is only here to make a decision, one must prepare themselves to make the right decision. When you reach the point of no return, which is it’s nearly impossible for you to make the wrong decision, you will be content and thus happy. You’ll have answers to many of your mysteries. You’ll know what you’re here to do. You don’t think God will reward you for getting to that point? Trust me, he will.

Because of the traditional teaching of men, most people assume that when the Bible speaks of going to heaven, then that equates it with everlasting life. They also assume since in the New Testament when it says one must go through Christ to have everlasting life, that they can’t get to heaven without going through Christ as well. Don’t be so quick as to make these assumptions. Why would God send a soul to a bad place after their death when they were unaware of Christ or didn’t have much of a chance to make that choice? Answer is He wouldn’t. God wouldn’t punish a soul for that. God does speak of innocence and how He does not punish those who are not held accountable for what they don’t know.

After this age ends, which is when Jesus returns, there is a new age to begin. Proof of that is in Matthew 24:3 when the disciples privily ask Jesus what the signs of his coming are and the end of the world are. That word “world” really isn’t world at all. In the original Greek, the word there is “αιων” (ahee-OWN) which really means age. The disciples were not only asking for the signs of the end of the age, but were saying when Jesus returns that this is the end of the age too. There is a whole thousand year period written of in Revelation where Jesus and his saints reign on Earth while Satan is imprisoned in the bottomless pit, right? It’s been there the whole time. Why do men forsake this writing? No idea. Once that millennium is over, Satan is loosened from his prison to deceive the world once again. Once that period of temptation is over, then that age ends as well. THEN the books are opened. THEN judgment is given. Not beforehand. Read without the influence of men and see that I’m right on this.

So what is the next age for? A last chance? For those who were not given the opportunity to make the right choice? To reward those who made the right choice? All of the above are correct. So, a good-hearted person who’s not a Christian can possibly get to heaven after this life. That is not my assumption to make however. I’m just saying it’s possible, maybe even probable. That isn’t everlasting life though. That’s not eternal. Someone who has led an evil life will have punishment after their death unless they repent. This is beyond a doubt. But that too is temporary.

Everyone either in this age or the next must choose Christ in order to have everlasting life. At the end of this age, everyone will know Jesus is the Messiah and that the Bible is genuine. The prophets of this age will be kings and queens in the next one. They will be charged with preparing those who still need to make a choice to make the right one at the end of the next age. For those who make the right choice in this age or the next one, they will have everlasting life. For those who make the wrong choice in the next age, they will cease to exist.

So when someone comes to you and says “what if a person led a good life but wasn’t a Christian, can they still get to heaven?”, now you have an answer. My gut tells me not only is it possible, but it’s most likely true. I’m as close to 100% sure of this as I can be without knowing for sure. Everyone though, will at some point have to choose Jesus whether it’s this age or the next one, but everyone will know what the right choice is. It will be up to them to show some strength and make the right choice instead of choosing the one that plays on their temptations masterfully.

In Revelation 8:10-11 it says “And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.” So what is “Wormwood”? This is one of those exciting things that once you learn it, it will open your eyes. The word “wormwood” in the Ukrainian language is the word “chernobyl”. Yes, it’s true. Go ahead and look it up. Do an internet search and type in “wormwood” and “chernobyl” and click the search button and see what you come up with. Pretty incredible, huh? Now replace the words “wormwood” in those verses with “chernobyl” and it makes some sense, doesn’t it?

The Chernobyl reactors, which meltdowned in 1986, were discarded. Many people died and had deformities because of radiation leakage from the reactors in the Ukraine. Even though the reactors were taken down, what happened to the nuclear waste? Where did the Russian government put the radiological poison? Do you trust Russia to dispose of this in the correct manner? I don’t.

I love genuinely good people. It’s sad to say but there are very few genuinely good people anymore. In this day and age, good seems to have no identity. People look down on good. People envy evil or certainly very flawed things. Even many of those who don’t envy evil basically claim that there is no evil. Just “misunderstood”. People nowadays like to make this great gray area so that way they feel smarter. People are so egotistical anymore. They don’t want to accept things as black and white. They can’t feel smart doing that. They’d feel simple and like the rest of society. They can’t have that so they not only question everything, but disagree with everything. If Hitler was around nowadays, people wouldn’t be calling him evil either. “There must be reasons why he’s doing what he’s doing” they would say. Not to brag, but I have a 178 IQ. It’s not good for much. Only real good thing about it is when I hear people call others who believe things I do, or agree with the same points as I do “stupid”. Then knowing this person who’s calling us “stupid” doesn’t have nearly as high of an IQ as I do. I’m much more proud of my grasp of common sense. My sense of right and wrong. To be able to admit that I just might be wrong. To know that I cannot outthink God. To understand that just because I have the ability to think of something it doesn’t equate it with a fact. The reason I mention my IQ is because from experience I can say that these personal debates on what causes people to do certain things gets you nowhere. It’s all an elaborate display of the mind to raise the ego. It’s all futile though when you cut down to the chase. Everything you can come up with still takes you to the same destination. It’s either right or wrong. Things ARE black and white. There IS right and wrong. There IS good and evil. Yes, it’s that simple. I guess luckily for me, I realized I can’t outthink what my conscience tells me so there’s no reason for me to try. I don’t care how smart or dumb I am. I know what is right and what is wrong. Everyone has the ability to do that. It’s only those who want to hold the complete opposite opinions as conventional thinking that distort that ability. People who want to feel smart want to complicate things because that way it’s no longer simple. Their questions are not what they think most people can think of. I think most can, given time. Anyone can twist things with their mind until they arrive to the conclusion they want to reach. Anyone can. That’s not being honest with oneself though.

As I’ve grown older, I’ve grown wiser. I’m more mature and appreciate things that are good more than I used to. I never really took good things or people for granted, but there’s always room to appreciate good times with good people more. Last year I lost a friend due to an accident. It had been a while since I saw him, but for years there I saw him nearly everyday. He was very good. Not only was I friends with him, but friends with his whole family. His dad is one hell of a character. I spent more time with his dad than I did with anyone in the family. We were close. He’s a very good man as well. His more than beautiful sister is a treasure in the highest sense. Her strength during the funeral was unbelievable and admirable. She didn’t only deal with her own pain of loss and shock of the whole situation, but she took on her mother’s overwhelming grief as well. I knew she was the strongest person I had ever met. What I saw only confirmed that. The mother is such a sweet, wonderful woman. She has such a great motherly instinct. Even though she was an older woman, she possessed a great innocence. Now that innocence has been taken away. They will never be the same. All because of a moment. A blink of the eye. Life goes on for them and their strength will carry them through. The whole family is a remarkable one. If I had a family of my own, I’d want an exact replica of theirs. God bless them.

I guess my whole point in this blog is that we should all get a strong grasp of good and hold it in our clutches. Whether the good be just a time or a person, we should hold onto it. First of all, we need to learn to find good. What is good? That’s something for you to figure out. Your conscience will tell you. How good in touch are you with your conscience? How many times have you compromised with that trusty voice in your head telling you not to do the wrong thing? The more you do that, the more quiet your conscience becomes. Then you will not know what good and evil is. You’ll inflate that gray line because you understand why people do the wrong things because you do it too. People don’t want to be told what they are doing is wrong by anyone, including themselves. Hopefully before you get to that point, you’ll keep a firm grasp on what good is and what your conscience tells you to do. It’s there for a reason. I know what good is. I also know what evil is. If you know truly good people, then appreciate them as much as you can. Anytime a bad thing can happen to a good person. A good person can be taken away in the blink of an eye. In a world that embraces bad things or certainly very flawed things, it can’t afford to lose good people. But it happens.

I don’t know how much time I have. My illnesses are deadly. Hopefully I can live out my life in a decent fashion. Anyone who knows me knows I’m a good person. Before I go, whenever that is, I intend to let those good people know that I know they are good. I intend to thank them for being the light in this dark world we live in. It’s time you do the same.

As Romans chapter 11 says, there are only 7000 of God’s elect in the final generation. Being that there will be more of the election of grace in the last generation than at any other time in this age’s history, it’s not every christian like the baptists like to think. The number of them is written there. If this is the last generation, there are more than 7000 christians, right? Paul said some of the election of grace have already lived, but God has reserved 7000 of them for the last generation.

The call will feel like an uncomfortable pulling. A thought that won’t leave telling the elect to read. This will happen right around the time one of the elect turns 25 years of age. The elect at some point will HAVE to answer this call. The longer they go without answering this call, the more uncomfortable they will feel. This inner agitation will make them feel like tearing the skin right from their body. They will feel like no matter where they are that they wouldn’t be in the right place. When they answer this call, these bad feelings will go away. Why does God make them feel badly? Because no human being will answer their call if they feel good.

All God wants them to do is to read a chapter, two, or three a day. That’s it. Anymore and the information that needs to be processed will not be. A little at a time is the only way the elect should read the Bible. There’s no way that you can read ten chapters a day and take in what all God is saying. No way. You can pass a trivia test, but you won’t get the understanding. That’s the most important part. The understanding.

The elect must and will understand God’s word for how He truly means it. No church or teaching of men gets it right, because they aren’t allowed to. Again in Romans 11 it says that all have been given the spirit of slumber. Eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear. This is for their own protection. This is why Jesus spoke to everyone in parables, except for his disciples. His disciples were of the elect. That’s why they knew the secrets of understanding God’s word. That’s why the disciples asked Jesus in Matthew 24:3 what are the signs of his coming and the end of the age. That word “world” there in the Greek originally is the word “aion” which means “age”. How did they know how to ask Jesus the signs of the end of the age? Because Jesus told them about the ages.

Jesus is against five of the seven churches of Christ, as it is written in Revelation 2-5. The only two he finds no fault in do not exist yet. Don’t let any denomination tell you that they are the ones to really figure it out. Read Jesus’ own words.

The elect must read on their own and erase any memory of what they have heard about what’s written in the Bible. This is the only way they can truly understand God’s word. To erase the sin and lack of understanding of men. When the elect have answered their call and excelled in their learning, they can understand this parable:

There was a man who had a son. This man was very good with his hands. He did the plumbing. He kept the car in order. He fixed up the house with his own hands. When the son was fully grown, he said to his father “teach me the secrets of working with your hands”. The father agreed to teach him, only under one condition: that he never calls anyone else “father”. The son agreed, so the father taught him the secrets of working with his hands. Not long after that a liar of a man approached the son and told him he was the real father of him. The son believed him and called him “father”. His real father, who taught him the secrets of working his hands found out and hit his son. His son had amnesia. He never did fully regain his memory. He did know who his father was though. One day he saw his father working on the car and had seen him working on the house. So he says, “teach me the secrets of working with your hands”. The father says “no, I already taught you and you did the one thing I told you not to do”.