Steadfast
04-17-2009, 05:23 PM
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Revelation 6:4
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Rev 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace (eirene) from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
G1515 – Greek eirene - (to join); peace (literally or figuratively); by implication prosperity: - one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.
http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1515
a state of national tranquillity exemption from the rage and havoc of war
peace between individuals, i.e. harmony, concord
security, safety, prosperity, felicity, (because peace and harmony make and keep things safe and prosperous)
of the Messiah's peace the way that leads to peace (salvation)
of Christianity, the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is
the blessed state of devout and upright men after death
Christianity has failed miserably. The record is an abomination. Since the first century, it has become tarnished with false doctrine and blood-stained with the blood of men. It has been measured and found wanting.
Therefore God will permit the ride of the 4 horsemen to cleanse and refine those who claim to be Christians.
Will they stand or fall? Will they take the mark of the beast or not?
This may be what the great tree of Daniel 4 pictures. The 'kingdom' of Christianity is cut-down and the foliage ripped off and the animals and birds who found refuge in it are scattered to the wilderness. The root-stock of it is left in the earth…banded in copper to protect it, so at the proper time, when the bands are removed, the cleansed 'Kingdom' will sprout: First the 144,000, and afterwards those who join them.
This true kingdom will not be led by some False Satanic Messiah (Nebuchadnezzar), but the True Messiah, Jesus Christ.
The remnant of the 144,000 are not part of this destructive cleansing as it is they who are commissioned to preach the final message in sackcloth, which in this case, represents mourning and a call to repentance, not only by Christians but also the world.
Rev 11:3 And I will give power to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
This is not to say that the Christian 'denominations' will be destroyed. Satan is too clever for that. He has mounted a campaign to infiltrate and control Christianity from within, under the guise of 'new light.' This 'new light' is New Age theology.
The churches will not be a safe place during the great trib as it is the 'Christian' churches and the pagan temples that will be used for their New Age, Satanic initiations. Those who stay in them will be putting themselves in danger.
Take to heart what Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 2:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be delivered.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be condemned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
This deceit started in Paul's day with Simon Magus, and will reach its final manifestation and overwhelming crescendo during the rule of this False Messiah…this antichrist who seats himself in the temple of God.
There is no safety but under the sheltering wings of Jehovah God and his Son. They will provide for what is theirs.
If Jehovah's Witnesses think they are exclusively God's house, they are living a delusion themselves. When the blind lead the blind, they both fall into the pit.
Love,
Steadfast
Revelation 6:4
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Rev 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace (eirene) from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
G1515 – Greek eirene - (to join); peace (literally or figuratively); by implication prosperity: - one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.
http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1515
a state of national tranquillity exemption from the rage and havoc of war
peace between individuals, i.e. harmony, concord
security, safety, prosperity, felicity, (because peace and harmony make and keep things safe and prosperous)
of the Messiah's peace the way that leads to peace (salvation)
of Christianity, the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is
the blessed state of devout and upright men after death
Christianity has failed miserably. The record is an abomination. Since the first century, it has become tarnished with false doctrine and blood-stained with the blood of men. It has been measured and found wanting.
Therefore God will permit the ride of the 4 horsemen to cleanse and refine those who claim to be Christians.
Will they stand or fall? Will they take the mark of the beast or not?
This may be what the great tree of Daniel 4 pictures. The 'kingdom' of Christianity is cut-down and the foliage ripped off and the animals and birds who found refuge in it are scattered to the wilderness. The root-stock of it is left in the earth…banded in copper to protect it, so at the proper time, when the bands are removed, the cleansed 'Kingdom' will sprout: First the 144,000, and afterwards those who join them.
This true kingdom will not be led by some False Satanic Messiah (Nebuchadnezzar), but the True Messiah, Jesus Christ.
The remnant of the 144,000 are not part of this destructive cleansing as it is they who are commissioned to preach the final message in sackcloth, which in this case, represents mourning and a call to repentance, not only by Christians but also the world.
Rev 11:3 And I will give power to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
This is not to say that the Christian 'denominations' will be destroyed. Satan is too clever for that. He has mounted a campaign to infiltrate and control Christianity from within, under the guise of 'new light.' This 'new light' is New Age theology.
The churches will not be a safe place during the great trib as it is the 'Christian' churches and the pagan temples that will be used for their New Age, Satanic initiations. Those who stay in them will be putting themselves in danger.
Take to heart what Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 2:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be delivered.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be condemned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
This deceit started in Paul's day with Simon Magus, and will reach its final manifestation and overwhelming crescendo during the rule of this False Messiah…this antichrist who seats himself in the temple of God.
There is no safety but under the sheltering wings of Jehovah God and his Son. They will provide for what is theirs.
If Jehovah's Witnesses think they are exclusively God's house, they are living a delusion themselves. When the blind lead the blind, they both fall into the pit.
Love,
Steadfast