We see here that the Temple of God is said to be in Heaven at this time. There's no such bible verse declaring a rebuilt third Jewish temple on Earth.
Scholars agree that Ezekiel 40-48, which are often used to support a third temple, actually refer to the second temple. Moreover, these chapters do not resemble the writing style of Ezekiel 1-39.
In Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, Jesus gave a very extensive list of things to look for in the end times, yet never included to look for the rebuilding of the temple.
The temple in 2 Thes. 2 is the temple of God in Heaven according to Rev. 11:19 and the context.
Revelation 11:1, the temple is still in Heaven. People totally miss that the timing of John rising to measure the temple is at the last trumpet and the first resurrection. However, verse 2 mentions the "courtyard" on Earth, which refers to the Temple Mount and returns back in time to the beginning of the Great Tribulation. This pattern of going back and forth in time is very common in the book of Revelation and is for the purpose of keeping the truth hidden to people who aren't interested enough to seek the truth.
For more information please see the article on whether there will be a 3rd Jewish temple on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Dan. 12:11-12) “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the Abomination of Desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days."
(Rev. 11:2-3) "But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."
(Rev. 13:5) And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."
All these time periods of 42 months, 3.5 years, 1260/1290/1335 days are the same time period, within the 1335 day time-frame from the Abomination of Desolation (30 days before the Great Tribulation) to the return of Jesus.
The 7 year tribulation preachers teach that the first 3.5 year period will be a time of "false peace" during the time of a third temple. Yet we know that no third Jewish temple will be built. This claim of an additional 3.5 years before the tribulation is baseless and no evidence of it is found within scripture.
There's no scripture/bible verse that says "84 months" or "2,520 days" for a 7 year length of the Great Tribulation. We only see the "42 months", "1,260 days", "1,290 days", "1,335 days" and "a time, times and half a time", which all refer to the same time period without any need to add these together.
(Psalm 104:15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
(Deut. 14:26) And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household.
(Sirach 31:27) Wine is much life to humans if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
People who claim that alcohol is a sin also tend to claim that the Passover Communion was observed with grape juice. Yet Passover is before the grape planting season, so all they would have had was wine from last year.
1 Cor. 11:21 is very clear that the Passover wine was real alcohol, not just grape juice, and that the wine was strong enough to get drunk on, not as weak as water as some try to falsely claim.
Noah, Joseph, Isaac, and many other men of God in the bible were never condemned, punished or corrected for their drinking of alcohol.
Matthew 11:19 is very clear that Jesus drank alcohol, not only for Passover Communion, but at other times also. In fact, his first large public miracle was providing an extremely large amount of wine for a wedding party. He surely didn't intend for everyone at the party to take only one small sip each or to abstain.
For more information please see the article on whether alcohol is a sin on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
The Bible repeatedly calls the end time Son of Perdition "the Assyrian" or "the king of Assyria". Similarly, Daniel 11 also refers to him as the king of the north, which refers to Assyria. By this, and for many other reasons, we can very easily know that the ruler of Syria will be the end time antichrist.
In fact, the Arabic Bible actually gives the precise name of the antichrist in Revelation 13.
For more information please see the article comparing several popular antichrist candidates and the article on the identity of the antichrist on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
Jeremiah 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven (constellations of the Spring and Winter Equinoxes); for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs/traditions of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They deck/decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Isaiah 44 express a similar sentiment about decorated trees (Christmas trees). Moreover we find no command in scripture to observe Jesus's birthday annually. On the contrary, Christmas day was celebrated before Christ's birth as a pagan observance of the winter solstice and the birthday of false gods.
In Lev. 23 and other places we find commands to observe the biblical holy days, with instructions of how to observe them. If Christmas was a true holy day, Jesus would have given instructions for how to observe it and most importantly when. But we do not find such in scripture.
It's a very important fact that December 24-25 is observed as "The Feast of Adam and Eve", the anniversary of the fall of Adam and Eve and the taking of the forbidden tree.
Deut. 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
For more information please see the article on Christmas on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Acts 10:45) And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of The Holy Ghost.
The entire book of Galatians, Acts 15, and many other places discuss circumcision and state that it is no longer necessary and done away as part of the Levitical ordinances. The cults arguing for mandatory circumcision are shown to be enemies of the truth rather than partners.
It's mind boggling that there are people that believe that God will literally care about how much foreskin that a man has on his penis in relation to whether or not that same man can enter Heaven or Paradise. Wow! Salvation based on penis!
For more information please see the article on circumcision on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
Ezekiel 8:15 "Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
(Whatever he had just seen, he's about to see something worst.)
:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
(Here are 25 people outside, with their backs to the house of God instead of facing the altar, they are facing the sun in the east. The only time the sun is in the east is in the morning. And notice this is a religious observance!)
:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them."
(These people do cry in God's ears! Yet He will not respect their vain worship!)
(1 Kings 11:4-5) For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth (Easter) the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
The name of Easter is identical to the demon Astarte/Ashtoreth/Ishtar, which names are properly pronounced "Easter".
Jesus gives no biblical command to observe Easter.
Moreover, the method used to determine annual Easter dates is entirely foreign to scripture and sometimes gives dates which are a month away from Passover, whereas Easter is typically said to be 3 days after Passover.
Again, Jesus was with the disciples for 40 days after His Resurrection and if He wanted it to be a holy day date, then He would have given instructions just like with the true biblical holy days.
It's well accepted that Easter was observed for thousands of years before Christ was born; around the same date and involving rabbits and eggs.
Deut. 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
For more information please see the article on Easter and the article on Christ's resurrection time on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Eccles. 9:5) For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
(Acts 7:59-60) And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
(1 Cor. 15:20) But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
We see from scripture that the dead sleep in the grave until the resurrections.
(Psalm 37:11) But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
(Rev. 21:2) And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Moreover, the future Paradise takes place on Earth and throughout the universe. If we were going to spend eternity in Heaven, then God would not bring down New Jerusalem upon the earth but would keep it in Heaven.
For more information please see the article on the afterlife, Heaven, and Hell on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(1 Cor. 5:5) "To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."
Here Paul speaks of condemning a sinner to death that he might be saved at a future time. This totally contradicts the idea of an immediate, eternal Hell.
(Rev 20:13-15) And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell (Greek word "Hades" which means the grave) delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death (Romans 6:23).
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Here we see that the final judgment is at a particular time in the future, not immediately upon death.
(Mal. 4:1-3) For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
And in Malachi 4 we see that the wicked are reduced to ashes after their torments. This is the logical conclusion of the final judgment, that the wicked are destroyed and forgotten. For if an eternal Hell were allowed to exist in the basement of Paradise, then it would not be Paradise. But instead sinners are forgotten like all our suffering and all bad things in the time before Paradise.
Finally, scripture indicates that there is a second chance for those who died in sin or disbelief, or simply couldn't obtain the truth at their particular time and location:
(Rev. 20:3) And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
(Isa. 65:20) There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed (cut off/destroyed).
During the Second Resurrection, all will live to 100 years and have a second, much better opportunity to get saved — even people who were sinners in the first life. Yet mainstream modern Christianity ignores this and instead teaches the eternal Hell torment doctrine, which makes God out to be a monster, and turns off many people from seeking the truth within scripture.
For more information please see the article on the afterlife, Heaven, and Hell on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Acts 20:16) For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
(1 Cor. 5:8) Therefore let us keep the feast (context: Passover), not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
We see here that Paul taught the keeping of Passover and Pentecost.
Moreover, we can see that Jesus commanded the continued observance of Passover too:
(John 6:53) Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
(Luke 22:19-20) And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
(John 13:15) For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
(Col. 2:16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Traditional modern Christianity uses Colossians 2:16 to prove exactly the opposite point of what it does make. But since Paul and the early disciples kept the sabbaths, new moons, and holy days, he is actually saying here to not let anyone condemn you for observing them.
1 Cor. 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: :8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
In 1 Cor. 11, Paul instructed the church on how to observe Passover in reverence and honor. He never said that we shouldn't keep the biblical holy days.
If these biblical holy days were only ceremonial, then we would find Jesus and Paul teaching to no longer keep them, as strongly as Paul taught against circumcision. Yet this is not found in scripture.
Moreover, the bible describes the Feast of Tabernacles being observed after Jesus returns:
(Zech 14:16-19) Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
17 And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
18 And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
For more information please see the article on the biblical Holy Days on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(John 10:30-33) I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
(John 14:6-9) Jesus saith unto him, I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto The Father, but by Me.
7 If ye had known Me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us The Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen The Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us The Father?
(Matt. 28:9) And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
(Rev. 22:9-10) And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
10 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
We can see here that Jesus repeatedly declares Himself as God, which is what provokes the Jews to want to stone Him. Moreover, the disciples worshipped Jesus after the Resurrection. Were He not God, He would have said as the holy angels do, "Do not worship me. Worship God."
Yet He does not say this and there is no wrath from God upon anyone, proving again that Jesus is God and that He should be worshipped as God.
For more information please see the article on whether Jesus was just a prophet on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Luke 14:26 in KJV) If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
(Compared: Luke 14:26 in The Alpha & Omega Bible) "IF ANYONE COMES TO ME, AND IS NOT WILLING TO (if & when necessary) FORSAKE HIS OWN FATHER AND MOTHER AND WIFE AND CHILDREN AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YES, AND EVEN HIS OWN LIFE, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE."
Revelation 2:1 in KJV: Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write;
Revelation 2:1 in AOB: TO THE MESSENGER (Pastor) OF THE CHOSEN ASSEMBLY OF THE KINGDOM IN EPHESUS WRITE:
All bible scholars agree that the letters are written to the pastors of the congregations, not angels. The Alpha & Omega Bible translates it better as "messenger" (pastor).
Acts 12:4 in KJV: And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Acts 12:4 in AOB: WHEN HE HAD SEIZED HIM, HE PUT HIM IN PRISON, DELIVERING HIM TO FOUR SQUADS OF SOLDIERS TO GUARD HIM, INTENDING AFTER THE PASSOVER TO BRING HIM OUT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
Hebrews 4:9 in KJV: There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Hebrews 4:9 in AOB: THEREFORE, THERE REMAINS THE SABBATH DAY OBSERVANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THEOS.
For more information please see the article comparing the KJV with the NASB and the article describing the curses upon the KJV translators on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Matt. 5:17-18) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Is everything fulfilled? No, of course not. Therefore the law remains. Now this refers to the commandments and holy days and principles such as tithing, which are separate from the ceremonial laws.
(Rev. 19:8 in AOB) IT WAS GIVEN TO HER TO CLOTHE HERSELF IN FINE LINEN, BRIGHT, CLEAN; FOR THE FINE LINEN IS THE SAINTS' RIGHTEOUSNESS/HOLINESS ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
The word here specifically refers to righteousness according to the law. This phrase describes the saints' righteousness, showing that there does remain law to keep and observe.
It can also be seen that the lawless churches do ironically have their own laws and customs which they teach must be kept; such as Sunday, Christmas, Easter, and the Trinity. Moreover, everyone would agree that the 6th commandment, to not murder, must still be kept. But they pick and choose what to observe and ignore rather than properly following the whole of God's law.
For more information please see the article on which laws were done away with on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Exodus 20:8-11) Remember THE (not a) Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9-10 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
No instruction is ever given in scripture to reset the 7 day count at the beginning of each month. The lunar Sabbaths were in fact a pagan practice of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
It makes absolutely no sense to count the first 7 days of the month, the second set of 7 days, the 3rd and the 4th, but then completely ignore the final remaining 1-2 days of the month and not count them at all. If the Sabbath was really that complicated, we would have instructions in the bible declaring such calculation. We see the instructions for counting to Pentecost and to other holy days, but never such instructions to count from the New Moon to the weekly Sabbath.
For more information please see the article on the Lunar Sabbath theory on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Rev. 13:7) And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
(Dan. 7:21) I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
(Matt. 21:9) Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Both Revelation 13, Daniel 7, and Matthew 24 are about the same end time event: the war waged against the saints by the antichrist. We can see here that the saints are on Earth and are overcome by the war against them.
Matthew 24 was the perfect place for Jesus to mention the pre-tribulation rapture if there was one, but instead He warns his disciples that at that time Christians will be tortured and murdered.
Moreover, we have to consider that the two witnesses (Rev. 11) will be preaching on Earth during that time. Yet these men are certainly saved. Why weren't they raptured?
Finally, the bible speaks of great multitudes from every nation being saved during that time. First, 144,000 evangelists are sealed (Rev. 14:1); why weren't they raptured away at the start?
Then, there are countless multitudes saved by the end:
Rev. 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
In Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, Jesus gives a very detailed list of end time events and says absolutely nothing about a pre-tribulation rapture, but rather instead, the complete opposite.
For more information please see the article on the Rapture on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Hebrews 4:8-9 in the earliest/oldest bible manuscripts) FOR IF JESUS HAD GIVEN US (a new) REST (day), WOULD HE NOT HAVE SPOKEN OF ANOTHER DAY AFTER THAT (resurrection)?
THEREFORE, THERE REMAINS THE SABBATH DAY OBSERVANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THEOS.
We see Jesus and His disciples observing the Sabbath. After Christ's Resurrection, He is with them for 40 days yet He says nothing about the Sabbath being done away with or change.
We also have to consider the origin and meaning of the Sabbath:
(Gen. 2:1-3) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
The Sabbath was instituted by God at creation. The seven day cycle is a built-in feature of the very universe, and not a ceremonial law only given to Moses. To cancel or change the Sabbath would be a very major change worthy of multiple announcements. Yet we find no such announcement anywhere in scripture.
Isaiah 66:23 declares that in the millennium 1,000 year reign of Jesus and the 100 years of Isaiah 65:20 thereafter, that the Sabbath will still be observed.
For more information please see the article on the Sabbath on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Hebrews 4:8-9 in AOB) FOR IF JESUS HAD GIVEN US (a new) REST (day), WOULD HE NOT HAVE SPOKEN OF ANOTHER DAY AFTER THAT (resurrection)?
THEREFORE, THERE REMAINS THE SABBATH DAY OBSERVANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THEOS.
See the above section on the Sabbath being done away with. The 7th day Sabbath was instituted by God at creation (Genesis 2), as a feature of the creation. Changing this would be a very major change worthy of multiple announcements, yet we find no such announcement in Scripture. The Sabbath is still Saturday. Sunday is the day of Sun worship, as is well documented in Roman Catholic history.
For more information please see the article on the Sabbath on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Rev. 2:14) But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
(Rev. 2:20) Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
(Acts 15:29) That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
It is clear from the words of both Paul and Jesus that eating meats sacrificed to idols (Halal) is still an abomination to God and must be abstained from.
For more information please see the article on sacrificed meats on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
Also read the article about Halal and the Mark of the Beast.
The bible says no such thing.
During the time of Jesus and the apostles, clothes were rarer and much more valuable than they are today. Outdoor workers would often leave their clothes and work naked outdoors to prevent the clothes from being ruined. Fishermen would take only whatever wool and linen coats were necessary and leave the more fragile clothing at home. Many times they would fish naked, even if near the shore where women could see.
The fact that being nude/naked is never mentioned as a sin in scripture is enough to prove that the modern doctrine is a man made tradition.
Moreover, one of the first things that Adam and Eve did after consuming from the forbidden tree was to make themselves loincloths, when there was no previous need for them. This mandate for clothing is the original man made doctrine.
Compared to going completely nude, which was and is acceptable in God's eyes, shirtlessness is such a small thing that to consider it as a sin is incredibly legalistic.
Pentecostals accuse us for being legalistic just for obeying the 10 commandments including the biblical 7th day Commandment. But the truth is, they are extremely much more legalistic than what we could ever be.
Modern Pharisees love to twist and distort 1 Timothy 2:9 "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array".
The context of this bible verse is extremely clear; women should abstain from prideful displays of wealth. The "modesty" in this context has absolutely nothing to do with men or the amount of skin showing, but rather that people should be modest in their purchases and how they display their attire. It's actually a restriction on the types of clothing/attire for worship services, not a command to wear more clothing.
For more information please see the article on shirtlessness on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Mal. 3:8) Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
The context of this verse from Malachi is talking about the end times, our generation.
Moreover, we have to consider the principle of tithing: It is to support ministers of God and the poor, the orphans, and widows. Do we still have ministers and poor to support? Yes, then tithing is still required. To do away with tithing is to do away with taking care of the ministers and the poor, which is an outcome God detests.
Hebrews 7 confirms the continuation of tithes in the New Covenant time era.
The Apostle Paul specifically spoke against animal sacrifices and circumcision. In Acts 10, God told Peter specifically that He had cleansed the previously unclean animals.
Never did Paul, Jesus or any of the apostles declare that tithes were done away with. Never. To teach or believe that tithes are no longer required, is to teach/believe something that the bible never says.
And the fruit of such teaching is that poor people, the needy and the gospel and the ministers of the true gospel, all suffer. And Jesus will absolutely hold accountable the people responsible for causing the suffering and neglect of the poor, needy, the true gospel and the true servants of Christ. Isaiah 1.
For more information please see the article on tithing on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Isa. 45:5) I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
(Deut. 6:4) Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
(Isa. 43:11) I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
(Rev. 2:8) And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
(Eph. 4:5-6) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
We see dozens of verses like these where God proclaims He is one. Yet of the verses used to support a trinity, Matthew 28:19 and 1 John 5:7, are actually corruptions of scripture. That is very easily proven for anyone that actually cares about the truth. Unfortunately, most people don't care about facts. They only want to believe what they want to believe.
There is no mention of a "Trinity" in authentic scripture, nor a teaching that God is three different persons. It does not make sense that God is three different people. Which then is the first and strongest? How can a weaker being still be God? Where does The Holy Spirit sit in Heaven, on the right of the right? On the left? Is The Holy Spirit the uncle? The nephew? When did The Holy Spirit ever speak to The Father?
What we find instead in Scripture is that the Father, the Son, The Holy Spirit, The Holy Ghost, and King Melchizedek and "the angel/manifestation of The Lord" are all different roles/manifestations of the same one God being/person rather than 2-3 or 5 different persons. We are either monotheistic or else we are pagan polytheistic. The trinity doctrine specifically says that God is 3 different distinct persons which is heathen polytheism.
For more information please see the trinity article on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
(Mark 7:19) Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? (Other translations like NIV and AOB explicitly specify that in saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
(Acts 10:9-16) The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
11 He saw Heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into Heaven.
We can see here that God declared all meats as clean to Peter, which Peter wrongfully denied.
(Gen. 7:1-2) And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
(Gen. 9:3) Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
We also see that before getting onto the ark there was a distinction between clean and unclean animals. But that after getting off the ark God declared to Noah that all animals were clean and good for eating. This shows the ceremonial nature of the laws, that they are additional rules subject to coming and going as God wills. This disproves any claim that the clean and unclean animals are built into the creation and must be distinguished forever.
It's wrong when people try to use the verse "God is the same yesterday, today and forever" and "changes not", in reference to law. God is not law. God changes not. But He is not his law. God's character is the same forever. But very clearly, now God doesn't care how much foreskin that a man has. Circumcision was never required in the first century church, because they understood that there are times that some of the laws of God have changed. Otherwise, animal sacrifices are still required today, and Jesus isn't the Messiah and He didn't die for anyone. You can't have it both ways. It's one or the other. Either his blood did remove animal sacrifices, circumcision, and unclean meats, these 3 very carnal/fleshly Old Covenant ordinances or else He's not the Saviour. But we know that He is, and He did.
For more information please see the clean/unclean meats article on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
People who use the names Yah, Yahweh, Yeshua, Yahshua, Jehovah and many dozens of other imaginative variations get their pronunciations and tradition from the Babylonian Assyrian Aramaic language, not Hebrew. They are ignorant of very basic undeniable facts such as that the Jews today are speaking and writing the Assyrian Aramaic language with a Hebrew dialect, and they have been speaking/writing Assyrian ever since the time of the Babylonian conquest of Judea.
(Phil. 2:9-11) Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him (The Messiah), and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
As we think about Philippians 2, If the Father is superior to the Son, then why would the name of the Son of Mankind (the Messiah who died for our sins) have a name that is above the name of The Father? Please pause a minute to really think about that astonishing question.
Why did Jesus never mention the "other" name of the Father during His entire life and ministry? Please pause another minute to really think about that astonishing question.
It is plain that both The Father and The Son have the same name, because they are the same spirit/being/God.
When fathers want to preserve their name, they pass their first name onto their first born son.
Another way to understand that the name of God is Jesus rather than YHWH/Yahweh/Jehovah/Yeshua/Yahshua is to look at the comparisons of the ancient Paleo-Hebrew script used on the Moabite stone as compared to Greek. The 1st letter is plainly the Greek I/J, and the 2nd and 4th letters are plainly a Greek E. These spell "JEUE" (Jesus when masculinized).
To consider the 2nd and 4th letters as an H rather than an E is ridiculous. The Moabite Stone script is plainly related to Greek and unrelated to modern fake Hebrew (actually Assyrian Aramaic).
When people claim that God's name is YHWH/Yahweh/Jehovah/Yeshua/Yahshua, they are baseless and cannot prove it. It is the name found in man's traditions. These groups also focus excessively on the fake Hebrew which is Babylonian Assyrian Aramaic, which is where they get the letter Y name traditions from.
For much more extensive proof, please see the Sacred Names article on the I Saw The Light Ministries website.
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