Friday, March 31, 2023

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from - Romans 8:38-39

Hymn #1

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.

1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] the very micro second you believe in Him:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [Num 21:4-9], even so must the Son of Man be lifted up [the cross], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Romans12.2

Our Pastor-Teacher is:

This ministry is non-denominational and is dedicated to teaching the Word of God from the original languages and making it available at no charge throughout the world.

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Internet Church Service – April 2, 2023; The Angelic Conflict - Part 13 is in HD Audio ONLY; with hover pop-up scripture references in Notes.

The Angelic Conflict - Part 13 - Point 4. - Two Categories of Fallen Angels Under the Command of Satan

(1) Non-operational angels.

a) Gen 6 angels involved in the angelic attack to infiltrate the human race, now in Tartarus.

b) The first demon assault army incarcerated in the abyss at this time.

The abyss is the location of the demon king Abaddon or Apollyon, Satan’s assistant or his right-hand man.

1. Only those in the cosmic system, the world system, can be attacked. Believers who are PTD [positive towards doctrine] are protected by a wall of fire.

2. They cannot kill their victims - this relates to crisis evangelism.

These demons actually have the power and the ability to be visible to man.

Locusts are used for an army of destruction. Scorpions are used as an analogy for torture. This is all a manifestation of the grace of God as warning before judgment!

This is God’s last appeal to the believer to get out of the cosmic system and to the unbeliever to become born again and saved!

Their target will be made up of people who live in the cosmic system, believers and unbelievers of the Tribulation.

Col 1:16 “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -- all things have been created by Him and for Him.”

Those who have the seal of God became saved after the Rapture, during the Tribulation, and are slaves or servants to God. They carry out the will and the purpose of God.

Their target includes only those people who actually reside in the cosmic system, but they cannot kill them.

torment = basanizo = to question by applying torture, to torture, to vex with grievous pains (used of body or mind), to torment, to be harassed, to be distressed.

Before TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] comes back in the Second Coming (Second Advent), Satan turns on his own kingdom.

Luk 9:25 “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?”

When our Lord returns to the earth, He doesn’t find a thriving world under the rulership of Satan but a kingdom divided - the kingdom of darkness is divided against itself.

So great is the pain and suffering from this demon assault army that many will seek death but they will never find it.

Only when a believer’s in fellowship, learning and applying Bible doctrine, and executing the plan of God, does he have any way of coping with adversity.

Good decisions result in great blessing and prosperity. Bad decisions result in great adversity. Man is the product of his own decisions!

As a result of living in the cosmic system, they will seek as the only solution to their problems the one solution which is a total admission of defeat - suicide.

The issue = the Millennial reign is about to start and every unbeliever is going to be removed from the earth by the baptism of fire - this is their last chance to be saved!

As believers they have hit the bottom, and the only decision that they can make that will start their recovery is to rebound, or if they’re unbelievers, to become a believer.

Robert R. McLaughlin Bible Ministries

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Robert R. McLaughlin 2001

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The following link is to a good-news message describing how one can receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about of their eternal future.

Monday, March 27, 2023

Weekly Bible Study, March 27, 2023; Fear will torment you and punish you. Part 1 https://ticket2heaven2009.blogspot.com/2023/03/weekly-bible-study-march-20-2023-book.html

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.

1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV [New King James Version]; we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive Eternal Life: John 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life." NKJV

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-15, 16, 17, 18, says: "14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Study to show yourself approved to God!

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Weekly Bible Study, March 27, 2023; Fear will torment you and punish you. Part 1

Rom 9:17-19, For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.” So, then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?”

And then the apostle Paul mentions or gives the answer to:

Rom 9:20-24, On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use, and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so in order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

This is a verse that teaches that God is not a respecter of persons and that salvation in time and in eternity is available to all members of the human race. In time, salvation actually refers to deliverance. In eternity, it refers to eternal life. Why do we need salvation or deliverance in time? Well, there is one verse that the writer of the book of Hebrews tells us the main reason why we need deliverance.

Heb 2:14-15, Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

All of this has to do with subject of fear. A subject we all have to deal with from time to time. So let’s stop for a moment and look at the doctrine of Fear.

I will begin this subject with my final point. Point 10. Summary.

1) Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

2) When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all.

3) Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

4) Most of our problems would be totally solved if, instead of fearing to face them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

5) Whenever we’re afraid, it’s because we don’t know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

6) Whenever we fear something, we give that which we fear power over us.

7) You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

8) Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear–not absence of fear.

So, we begin this subject by noting that fear is used two ways in the Bible.

Fear is used for a mental attitude sin, characterized by panic when in a dangerous situation as well as intimidation. Fear is a painful emotional distress aroused by impending pain, danger and disaster, evil or by illusions regarding the same. It can be fear of something that is real or imaginable.

But the point is fear will torment you and punish you. Fear is self-induced misery. This is why John said in 1Jo 4:18, There is no fear in virtue-love; but mature love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not matured in love.

Fear is worry, apprehension, consternation, or horror. Consternation is when a person becomes paralyzed toward their problems. Usually, they run away from the problem like a frightened horse or they close their doors and hide from society. In fact, it’s not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. That’s what fear will do, it will paralyze you.

Fear is also an active feeling of dread, of which fright and terror are the more intense degrees.

Fear is also used in the Bible for reverence, respect, or awe. It is a reverence manifesting itself in obedience. In this respect, fear is a Christian virtue, 1Pe 2:17, Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

So, the meaning of the word “fear” in the Bible is determined by the context in which it is used. Neglect or rejection of the mystery doctrine of the Church-age and failure to utilize its fantastic problem-solving devices result in many problems, including fear. Fear is also lack of thinking under pressure. It is a general problem in life.

We are designed by God to be rational creatures but fear makes us irrational. Fear is an irrational and emotional sin. In fact, many believers have discovered that when you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. For the believer, fear is failure to learn and apply Bible doctrine to the problems of life, and failure to learn and utilize the problem-solving devices.

Fear is also a part of the emotional complex of sins. Fear is made up of a whole system of sins that include worry, anxiety, insecurity, incapability of doctrinal application, and therefore inability to use the problem-solving devices. The word worry comes from the word to choke, to strangle, and it is an extension of fear.

By the way, we always have to throw this in, if you have fear, worry, anxiety or insecurity in your life, you are sinning in those areas.

Rom 14:23b, whatever is not from faith is sin.

Fear includes all the problems of emotionalism, for fear is an emotional sin. Many sins involve only thinking but fear involves emotion and no thinking. The Christian loser is bogged down and hindered from his advance by various categories of sins and arrogance related to fear. Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

The only thing we have to fear is Heb 4:1-4, Therefore, let us fear lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest,” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to really live.

Look at Heb 13:6, so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?”

And this is a quotation of Psa 56:4, “In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?”

To face your fears and not be afraid is the final test of maturity. Fear is crippling, it shackles those who could do great things and keeps them from even attempting that which they could possibly achieve. Fear chokes and kills dreams and creativity and the most interesting thing about fear is that it is a learned behavior. A subject we all have to deal with from time to time.

Then there is what we call the snowballing principle of fear. The more things you surrender to fear, the more things you fear. Today you may be worried about only one thing; tomorrow about two things, etc. And soon you become so emotionally involved in fear that you have no identity. Irrationality means loss of identity, which means the accumulation of fear until you are afraid of life. And fear is something that, if not controlled, continues to develop in your life until you have no capacity to enjoy life and as a believer you become a loser.

Speaking of the ungodly David said in Psa 53:5, “There they were in great fear where no fear had been;”

You see fear is irrational thinking, there was no reason to fear. One of the motivations for becoming addicted to drugs or alcohol is fear of life, anxiety, worry, and tension. So, the extent to which you surrender to fear, the greater is your capacity for fear. To the extent to which you surrender to fear, to that extent fear controls more and more of your life. And increasing fear means increasing insecurity, which destroys your capacity for love, life, happiness, and blessing. And no set of circumstances in life will ever make you happy. No matter how much wealth you have, success, prosperity, you’ll have all kinds of fears.

Psa 55:1-5, (For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David [a Maskil is a song or poem of instruction]). Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Thyself from my supplication. Give heed to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted, Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in anger they bear a grudge against me. My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me; And horror has overwhelmed me. That is what fear will do!

Fear destroys happiness. Where the fear is, happiness is not. And that’s because there is no way you can have true love or true happiness apart from a healthy mental attitude. And fear destroys the mental attitude. So the greater your capacity for fear, the more you increase the power of fear in your life. And the more you increase the power of fear in your life, the greater your mind set as a loser believer and the greater your chances of failure to execute the PPOG through the mechanics of the spiritual life under equal opportunity.

The greater your chances of failure to execute the PPOG [predesigned plan of God], the sooner you cancel your equal opportunity to glorify God. The sooner you cancel your equal opportunity to glorify God, the sooner you live a life of total misery through the law of volitional responsibility. So the more things that acquire the power of fear in your life, the greater your capacity for fear.

Most of our problems and obstacles would melt away if, instead of shrinking in fear before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. This is what happen to the children of Israel in when Moses told them to “stand still” and stop being afraid.

Exo 14:10, And as Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them,

2The verb to look is qal imperfect of the Hebrew word nasa which means that they kept staring and concentrated on Pharaoh’s army, the oncoming problem. And by concentrating on Pharaoh’s army, the problem, they were overwhelmed by fear and they completely forgot the grace of God and the power of God and the marvelous deliverance that they had experienced just a week or so before.

They concentrated on the wrong thing! They concentrated on the problem! And they not only panicked but they began to do something which all of us have been guilty of at some time “they began to whine and complain.”

Whining and complaining Christians are not going to solve their problems! If you’re complaining, you’re concentrating on the wrong thing! We have all done this at some time in our lives! We concentrate on the circumstances of pressure rather than the principles of doctrine. We concentrate on the disaster rather than the solution. The point is that you have to know what to concentrate on in times of pressure. And one of the main distractions in time of pressure is mentioned in verse 10, emotion which is described by the word frightened.

Notice the next part of the verse, Exo 14:10…and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.

The reaction of fear and panic removed any possibility of applying doctrine. They had seen the power of God in their deliverance from Egypt, but they made no application from that doctrine to this disaster.

Why?

Because they failed to concentrate on what they had learned and allowed fear and panic to control the soul. And they expressed their fear rather than their faith. And so they screamed in panic to the Lord!

Exo 14:11-14, Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.”

Notice that first they had to be stabilized in their mentality or else some of them would have turned back to the Egyptians “begging to be slaves”! And you’ll live like a slave unless you learn to become stabilized under pressure! The Jews faced extermination from the pursuing chariot army of Pharaoh…they were not trained in war…they were in a hopeless situation!

So, Moses told the Jews “do not fear!” When you’re in a hopeless situation that’s when you need to think! And here is a hopeless situation. The Lord will fight for you while you will keep your mouth shut!

It’s the same thing as David said in 1 Sam 17:47, “And that all this assembly may know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord’s and He will give you into our hands.”

And in the Church-age, it’s the same thing, Rom 8:31, What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

You see that’s the whole concept of the faith rest drill. In grace, the Lord fights our battles! Now, when you are afraid of a thing, you give that thing power over you. When you’re afraid of a person, you give that person power over you. And so fear is proof of a degenerate mind. In fact, what was the first thing Adam did after he sinned. He hid himself, right?

Why?

Gen 3:10, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

The greater your capacity for fear, the greater your capacity for arrogance and becoming a loser. For fear causes you to become totally preoccupied with yourself. And once in the arrogance complex, all the rest of the mental attitude sins come quickly. The combination of fear and arrogance causes many people to become mentally ill, psychotic and neurotic. The more things that acquire the power to promote fear in your life, the more punitive suffering and self induced misery you bring on yourself.

The more things that acquire the power of fear in your life, the greater your capacity for fragmentation and becoming a loser in the Christian life. And as a loser, your capacity for life, love, and happiness is completely destroyed. The greater your mindset as a loser-believer while living, the greater the intensification of your fear when dying.

You will be afraid of death! So remember that fear is an emotional sin. And emotions cannot think! Emotion has no true courage. It has a pseudo courage. Arrogance and emotional domination of the soul produce cowardice. And fear is irrational and irresponsible. It creates three things: the arrogance skills, the arrogance complex of sins, and the emotional complex of sins.

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

Friday, March 24, 2023

Internet Church Service – March 26, 2023; The Angelic Conflict - Part 12; in HD Audio ONLY; with hover pop-up scripture references in Notes.

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Please join us as we fellowship in the Word of God, listen to Christian Music, Pray in Christ’s Name, and Praise the Lord Our God in our Hearts and Minds.

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from - Romans 8:38-39

Hymn #1

Hymn #2

Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.

1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] the very micro second you believe in Him:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [Num 21:4-9], even so must the Son of Man be lifted up [the cross], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Romans12.2

Our Pastor-Teacher is:

This ministry is non-denominational and is dedicated to teaching the Word of God from the original languages and making it available at no charge throughout the world.

Sermon

NOTES

Unlike the bible study, these notes are not just for reading without watching the video. These notes are more designed to follow along during the sermon and to bring up the “hover pop-up scripture references;” if just hover doesn’t work, do a “control-left-click,” if that doesn’t work then look them up in your Bible when the Pastor asks everyone to turn to that passage in their bibles.

Internet Church Service – March 26, 2023; The Angelic Conflict - Part 12 in HD Audio ONLY; with hover pop-up scripture references in Notes.

Rev 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven [Satan] which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit [the abyss] was given to him.

Rev 9:2 And he opened the abyss; and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air became darkened by the smoke of the pit.

Rev 9:3 And out of the smoke came forth locusts [the demon army from the Abyss] upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Grace precedes judgment! There is never a judgment which destroys a segment of the human race until first of all that segment of the human race has an opportunity to repent.

Noah preached for 120 years before the flood came. Psa 76:10 “For the wrath of man shall praise Thee”

They are going to be restricted as to what they can do to their target - believers and unbelievers of the Tribulation who live in the cosmic system.

Rev 9:4 And they were told or commanded that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

The alternative to trying to commit suicide is to accept Christ as personal savior - or for believers to rebound and get out of the cosmic system.

Pain can serve as a motivation, but in some cases pain makes a person a lot worse. Pain, suffering, and adversity makes us worse or better, but it never leaves us the same.

Disaster, adversity, pain, difficulty, and problems give us a fantastic opportunity for improvement!

Thousands of years after members of the human race have been suffering in the lake of fire, if they were offered to believe on TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] and trust in Him as their Lord and Savior, I believe they would still reject Him.

The more some people suffer, the more bitter and arrogant and hateful and resentful and they become. Satan and the fallen angels still rebel against God even after they were given a second trial

When Satan is put in prison for a thousand years, the first thing he does when he gets out is start a human revolt against God.

The sin nature gets more and more corrupt as it gets older, Eph 4:22, and all of those in the lake of fire have their old sin nature.

Rev 9:4 And they were told or commanded that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Col 1:16 “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -- all things have been created by Him and for Him.”

The demon army can’t destroy vegetation. They are not permitted to kill their targets, torture only. Ac 12:23

While demons can perform extra-natural and super-natural acts in the environment of planet earth, they cannot control anything in planet apart from divine permission.

1Jo 4:4 “Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.”

Those who have the seal of God became saved after the Rapture, during this Tribulation period - only a certain group of believers have the seal of God.

The ones that are sealed are not called believers but “those believers who are bond-servants of God,” Rev 7:1-4.

bond-servants = doulos = those believers who are slaves or servants to God, who carry out the will and purpose of God.

The target is believers and unbelievers in the cosmic system, but there is no permission to attack believers.

2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord abstain from wickedness.”

Since these individuals have said “no” to the divine plan and therefore “yes” to the satanic plan, they are now turned over to Satan.

torture = basanizo = to question by applying torture, to torture, to vex with grievous pains (used of body or mind), to torment, to be harassed, to be distressed.

The wages of serving Satan is torture and misery from his own hand.

Before TLJC comes back in the Second Coming (Second Advent), Satan turns on his own kingdom. Satan will terminate his own rulership by his own decisions.

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Friday, March 17, 2023

Weekly Bible Study, March 20, 2023; The Book of Life and the Unlimited Atonement

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.

1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV [New King James Version]; we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive Eternal Life: John 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life." NKJV

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-15, 16, 17, 18, says: "14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Study to show yourself approved to God!

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Weekly Bible Study, March 20, 2023; The Book of Life and the Unlimited Atonement.

The Doctrine of the Book of Life.

Point 1 is our definition. We noted the important principle that first of all, to be crystal clear on this doctrine, you need to understand that the book of life is one thing in time and something different in eternity. The issue is very clear:

What think ye of Christ? (Mat 22:42) “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (Jn 3:18)

“He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” (Jn 3:36)

There are the three different phases of the book of life:

Phase 1 – the book of life has to do with members of the human race who were selected by God in eternity past.

Phase 2 – In time, it has to do with being a registry of all believers who are given the opportunity to become a winner in the book of life.

Phase 3 – In eternity, it is the registry of all believers, losers momentarily at the JSOC, but saved forever.

Point 2. Passages Referring to the Book of Life.

Point 3. The Book of Life In Relation to Believers.

Point 4. The Results of the Believer Who Doesn’t Have His Name Blotted out of the Book of Life.

Point 5. The Book of life in Relation to Unbelievers.

Those points have been covered in our Philippians series, and will not be covered here. I want to go to Point 6 which deals with The Motivation Believers should have toward Unbelievers because of the Book of Life.

Because it is not God’s will that any should perish, 2Pe 3:9, and that all men should be saved,

1Ti 2:3-4, this should be the mind of Christ as manifested in the believer. Now, part of our understanding this subject is found in 2Co 5:14 beginning at verse 14.

Occupation with TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] is one of the first giant steps for the Christian way of life.

For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; (2Co 5:14)

One of the first signs that you are getting somewhere in your spiritual life is the verb sunecho which means a complete change in your spiritual motivation. This is what the word controls means. It means that your love for Christ motivates you. Great motivation begins when the believer personally loves God. This results first of all in excitement over His word and then His plan. The word controls is the present active indicative of the verb sunecho which means to hold something together so that it doesn’t fall apart, it also means to retrain, to enclose, to press, or to pressure.

Your spiritual life is going to fall apart from time to time, but motivation from your love for Christ will keep you going. People may let you down from time to time, the church may let you down; however, your love for Christ keeps you going. I don’t mean church hopping every time you have a personality conflict, I mean once you identify your pastor-teacher and submit to his ministry, you don’t let people come in between you and the calling of God upon your life.

Sunecho also means to overpower or to rule, hence it connotes motivation for the believer, a thought or a doctrine that overrules the soul. In other words. It means to be totally controlled and overruled by what you think. You do not, repeat, do not, let your emotions rule and dictate over you. Once you reach personal love for God and spiritual self-esteem, from then on you are motivated by your doctrinal thoughts or by what you think. This means when you are alone you are happy and content. When you are in a crowd you are happy and content.

For the love of Christ keeps on motivating us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; (2Co 5:14)

Notice that it says “the love for Christ keeps on motivating us,” not “the love for people.”

Why?

Having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died. If all died then why look to the dead for life. The Book of life and love for TLJC will motivate you to reach out for others even if you particularly care for them. For example, Jonah was one of the most successful evangelists in the Old Testament, but he didn’t like those to whom he was sent, the people of Nineveh, Jn 3:1-4, 11.

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk. Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered {himself} with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes. And he issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. “But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. Who knows, God may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shall not perish? When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do {it.} But it greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my {own} country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.” And the Lord said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?” Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant. But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered. And it came about when the sun came up that God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with {all} his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.” Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.” Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work, and {which} you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. And should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know {the difference} between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

Jonah learned that the Lord Jesus Christ died for everyone. Jonah learned that the Lord Jesus Christ died for those who hated Him. He died for those who despised Him. He died for everyone, and that is grace! That is why the fact that every member of the human race had their names written down in the book of life is one of the most magnificent grace illustrations in the entire Bible. Christ didn’t die just for you nor did He die just for the elect – He died for everyone, Therefore, every member of the human race had their names written down in the Book of Life. Christ died for those who hated and despised Him…and that is grace. That is impersonal unconditional agape love. When He was hanging on that Cross and the crowd ridiculed, laughed at Him and blasphemed Him, but that didn’t keep Him from bearing the imputation of their sins. That is one of the most magnificent and obvious illustrations of grace that appears to all men.

“Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luk 23:34)

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, (Tit 2:11)

Back in 2Co 5:14, why does verse 14 say for the love of Christ keeps motivating us?

For the love of Christ keeps on motivating us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; (2Co 5:14)

The phrase having concluded is the aorist active participle of the verb krino which means to judge, to reach a conclusion, to make the proper evaluation. Paul is actually saying, because we have reached this conclusion. And the conclusion is going to come from the unlimited atonement, or the fact that every member of the human race has their name written down in the book of life.

So, what is the conclusion?

2Co 5:14…having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; God in His grace found a way for the sins of the world to be judged. While we do feel the repercussions of our sins now and then, we are not being judged for them. Your sins, my sins, the sins of the entire world were judged only once, on the Cross. This is why the evangelist who makes an issue out of your sins is wrong. The issue is not sin, the issue is Christ. Christ has already been judged for your sins. The Lord Jesus Christ is your substitute and therefore the issue is Acts 16:31, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved.

So, you don’t renounce your sins to be saved. You don’t repent from your sins to be saved. You don’t do anything about your sins to be saved. That’s where evangelism becomes heretical, misleading and evil. The yapping, yelling, screaming and goofy Bible pounding evangelist is an insult to the character and nature of God. Sin is not an issue in salvation (Mat 22:42). Sin is not an issue in the judgment of the believer (2Co 5:10). Sin is not an issue at the last judgment for the unbeliever (Rev 20:11-15). Sin is only an issue at the Cross, which occurred 2,000 years ago, and the doctrine of the book of life and the unlimited atonement says: “DO NOT MAKE SIN AN ISSUE!”

When you think of sin you have to think of two things.

a. The Cross, where all sins were judged.

b. The law of volitional responsibility.

While you will never be judged for your sins, you must take the responsibility for your volition and the sins incurred by your own decisions. That’s where sowing and reaping comes in. The result of sin is self-induced misery…you may pay the piper, sort of speak, but you are not going to pay the penalty.

When it comes to the book of life, we need to look at the concept of reconciliation.

Reconciliation is that concept and that doctrine of soteriology recognizes a barrier between God and man. It is a barrier that can only be removed by God. There are actually three parties involved in reconciliation:

1. God the Father who is the reconciler. When any Greek word for reconciliation is in the active voice, God the Father is always the subject.

2. God the Son who is the agent of reconciliation. That of course is through His blood or His saving work on the Cross.

3. And then there is mankind who is the beneficiary of reconciliation. So, that officially the doctrine says man is reconciled, God is the reconciler and the Lord Jesus Christ is the agent of reconciliation. Also, it’s important to understand that man is reconciled to God, not God to man.

Reconciliation is for the entire human race under the doctrine of the unlimited atonement. When the Lord Jesus Christ was on the Cross and judged for the sins of the world the barrier went down and man was reconciled to God. The barrier was sin, Rom 3:23, For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The penalty was separation from God, Rom 6:23, For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. This was solved by expiation.

Then there was the problem of physical birth, Psa 51:5; 1Co 15:22, solved by regeneration. There was also the barrier because of the character of God,

Psa 145:17, solve by the doctrine of propitiation. There was also the barrier of man’s righteousness, Isa 64:6, solved by the doctrine of justification, Gal 2:16. There was the problem of our position in Adam, 1Co 15:22, solved by our new position in Christ by means of the baptism of the Spirit.

We will see in our passage that this is the meaning of the phrase “All things are from God who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ.” All of these things refer to the work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross plus the new creation, the escrow, and the divine plan or Mat 7:14.

God the Father is the author of the divine plan. He is the provider of our escrow blessing. He is the architect and manufacturer of the principles found in predestination including the equal privilege and equal opportunity that we all have. He is also the creator and designer of our very own predesigned plan which is unique for everyone of us.

Now, there are two categories of reconciliation.

1. That which is accomplished for the entire human race for both believers and unbelievers alike.

2. That which is accomplished for the believer only the reason is that when anyone believes in the Lord Jesus Christ or steps across that line there are other barrier situations that immediately go down but they are accomplished for the believer only.

So, our next principle is what is accomplished for the human race at the doctrine of reconciliation. This all begins with spiritual death at birth. The fact that any member of the human race is born physically alive and at the same time spiritually dead means that they have been chosen under the doctrine of selection. I said selection not election. God the Father is the one who imputes human life to the soul, Isa 57:16.

“For I will not contend forever, Neither will I always be angry; For the spirit would grow faint before Me, And the breath {of those whom} I have made.” (Isa 57:16)

No one can enter into this world without the imputation of human life from God the Father. God the Father imputes human life to the human soul and human life resides in the human soul forever. This is true for both believer and unbeliever, and we call that selection. The very fact that God created life and gave life to each one of us at birth means selection. It means that God has a purpose and desire for each member of the human race, 1Ti 2:4; 2Pe 3:9.

No matter where the individual is geographically, how fantastic his circumstances are, what barriers exist between him and civilization, when anyone receives human life at birth it is selection. And, selection simply means that God decided to let a person become a person with a human volition. However, at the moment of human life Adam’s original sin was imputed to you as well.

Therefore, you as all members of the human race were born in sin (Psa 51:5; 58:3; Rom 5:12,17-18; 1Co 15:22). You were condemned at the moment of physical birth. Before you ever committed your first personal sin, you were condemned.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Internet Church Service – March 19, 2023; The Angelic Conflict - Part 11 - Point 4. - Two Categories of Fallen Angels Under the Command of Satan

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.

1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] the very micro second you believe in Him:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [Num 21:4-9], even so must the Son of Man be lifted up [the cross], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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(1) The non-operational angels.

(a) Gen 6 angels who were involved in the angelic attack to infiltrate the human race, now incarcerated underneath the ground in Tartarus.

Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God [angels] had sex with the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

(b) The first demon assault army incarcerated in the abyss at this time. The abyss is the location of the demon king, Satan’s right hand man, called Abaddon.

Hades Chart

The abyss is the jail for certain demons who have disobeyed the rules for the angelic conflict in human history.

The Church today is the focal point of invisible warfare, and therefore we are required to become invisible heroes.

The abyss is related to visible warfare during the Tribulation period. It is the barracks for the first demon assault army under the command of Abaddon (Hebrew) or Apollyon (Greek).

There will be visible heroes among believers - Moses and Elijah and the 144,000 Jewish evangelists.

When Satan is cast down to the earth, he will be permitted to release his three hard-core demon armies, and they will attack human beings physically.

1. Only those involved in the cosmic system, the world system, can be attacked. Believers who are positive toward doctrine are protected by a wall of fire.

2. The angels cannot kill their victims.

The Tribulation - A time of wrath, 1Th 5:9; Rev 6:16-17; Rev 11:18; 14:19. A time of judgment, Rev 14:7; 15:4; 16:5-17.

A time of indignation, Isa 26:20-21; 34:1-3. A time of punishment, Isa 24:20-21. A time of trial, Rev 3:10.

A time of trouble, Jer 30:7. A time of destruction, Joel 1:15. A time of darkness, Joel 2:2; Zep 1:14-18.

The fifth angel is one of the elect angels who have privileges and authority for glorifying TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] in the first angelic rebellion.

Isa 14:12 How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!

Luk 10:18 “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.”

bottomless = abussos = the abyss. pit = phrear = a well, it refers to the pit of the abyss.

Satan is permitted to release his first demon assault army and they will torture their targets for five months.

Satan does this to his own servants because he is an ungrateful master; once he can no longer use those involved in the cosmic system, he tries to destroy them.

Once Satan is cast out of heaven, he sheds all hypocrisy; he shows his real colors in pettiness, vindictiveness, implacability, arrogance, and colossal vanity!

Arrogance tortures arrogance!

Satan is ruthless; he uses what God has given him to destroy those who have served him against God, both carnal believers and unbelievers.

Mat 7:7 “Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.” Jer 29:13 “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Mark 12:30 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.”

If you’re in the cosmic system you are the servant [slave] of Satan.

Two areas where demons are in prison, Tartarus and the Abyss, both contain smoke.

2Pe 2:4 For if God Himself did not spare the angels when they sinned, but He incarcerated them in Tartarus with chains of darkness [zophos - black clouds and a mist], keeping them for judgment;

Jud 1:6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under thick darkness [zophos - black clouds and a mist] for the judgment of the great day.

locusts = akrides = an army of destruction. The destruction of Nineveh is described in terms of the locust plague, Nah 3:15-16.

Pr 30:27 The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;

Whenever the locusts form up and go into the air, their wings make an awesome sound and they literally darken the sky around them.

For the first time in history, in the middle of the Tribulation, demons are permitted to attack men.

scorpions = skorpioi - belongs to the spider family, usually 5 or 6 inches long and has a poisonous sting in its tail.

This is all a manifestation of the grace of God.

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