Sign of the Cross or Mark of the beast ?
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5/10/2020
The SIGN of the CROSS . . . or . . . the MARK of the beast ?
Sign of the Cross or Mark of the beast ?
3/25/2015
A RETURN from HELL ? Dead Isis Fighter Returns, Repents, and Recants !
The Sign of the CROSS
Meditation for Passover Preparation Season
commonly called Lent
This post is from Bro. Brendon Patrick, as reported on
Wordpress blog: I Am Not Ashamed of The GOSPEL of CHRIST.
Year of Our LORD, 3.25.2015
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FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE AND PRACTICE SIN:
BE WARNED:
HELL IS REAL.
This is a true story.
In a recent event that took place near Aleppo in Syria, a jihadist was killed in a battle with the Syrian army. He received a burst of automatic weapons fire and went down with five or six bullet holes through him.
This incident was originally reported to the Aleppo Herald by Fr. Hermann Groschlin of the Dominican Catholic Presbytery of Ayyash, the Brothers who do this ministery.
In a recent event that took place near Aleppo in Syria, a jihadist was killed in a battle with the Syrian army. He received a burst of automatic weapons fire and went down with five or six bullet holes through him.
The isis jihadist was prepared to enter the islamic "jannah", the perverse "heaven" the islamic fighters are promised in islam.
He died and was moving toward light, when he was intercepted by a group of very un-beautiful entities which told him to come with them. He was taken to a very uncomfortable place, to hell.
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An Angelic being there told him that he had "failed as a human soul" This jihadist was made to endure all that he had done to other human beings, over and over and over again during the time he was dead.
He was even made to be beheaded over and over again ...
... enduring it through the eyes of the ones he had done that to, experiencing their terror and the feelings that his victims had at being beheaded. He was made to endure other things he had done as well.
A group of Dominican Brothers reported this. They had picked up the jihadists body for burial, a part of what they do as part of their ministry .
Upon reading this report, I remembered an Ancient pre-Nicene writing reportedly from the Apostle Paul and one from the Apostle Peter. Their writings are visions of what happens when humans die, both good and evil . The visions followed both kinds of humans departing this life, with an Angelic escort there to ask and answer questions about what was happening.
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These visions describe vividly what happened to the jihadist!
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There is no way the jihadist could have known about this Ancient Christian writing; even most Christians are not aware of its existence since it is not in the canon of scripture (The Bible).
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The two ancient writings are called '"The Vision of Paul" and "The Apocalypse of Peter", and they are found in the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8 and 9 . These writings/visions describe similar things to those the jihadist experienced while he was dead.
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In these ancient writings, the PUNISHMENTS for the un-righteous dead are made to occur over and over again upon the one who died in his sins, as he committed his unrighteous deeds over and over again in his life upon earth.
This incident points of the fact that these Ancient pre-Nicene visions are true and accurate.
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As the Dominican Brothers were taking his and some other bodies away from the battlefield for burial, they heard a moaning. They stopped to see where it was coming from and found the jihadist had come to life although in serious condition. They hurried to the hospital where doctors worked on him, amazed that he was alive.
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This man then told the Dominican Brothers what had happened to him.
He was TERRIFIED,
afraid that he would die again
and have to return
to " THAT PLACE " !
He said that what he had experienced would HAUNT him the rest of his life. He asked them what he could do.
They told him about The SON+ of GOD,
JESUS CHRIST,
and that HE+ is The LAMB+ of GOD
Who+ takes away the sins of the world ......
that there is FORGIVENESS of sin in HIS+ Name
and through HIS+ SHED BLOOD.
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The jihadist repented of his sins. which were many, and became a follower of CHRIST. He wants to try to warn other jihadists and muslims of what awaits those who live as he lived. He feels that he was lied to a very misled about this life and life after death.
At last report he has asked if he can live there with the Dominicans and learn as much about JESUS as he can, to warn others to repent.
Our Precious LORD JESUS has commanded us to, " Do unto others in all things as you would have them do unto you."
It is good --- when it comes time to die and leave this sad world --- to have lived our lives as Christians having practiced our LORD'S+ Words. We enter into HIS+ Presence with joy and a clear conscience that we have not gone against HIM+ in any area of our lives.
As we can see here, what we choose to do to others will certainly be inflicted upon us, apart from repentance and that backed up by the fruits of said repentance.
A very sobering event. May The LORD+ anoint this man to warn many islamic jihadists and others about what he experienced so that they might repent before it is too late.
May the Grace of our LORD+ JESUS CHRIST,
And the Love of GOD our FATHER,
And the Communion of
The Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.
Be with us all, Now and Forever, unto the ENDLESS AGES.
AMEN
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3/10/2015
The SIGN of the Cross... Martyred Children Who Refused to Deny CHRIST!
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of GOD, and for the testimony which they held:
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of JESUS, and for the word of GOD, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with CHRIST a thousand years.
Revelation 6:10-12
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O LORD, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
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Young as they were,
these youthful martyrs now are wearing WHITE and glistening robes, resting at
the Throne of our FATHER, WHO art in Heaven, hallowed be His Name, forever and ever. Amen.
O HOLY FATHER...
in
Whose LIGHT we see light, bless these young martyrs who would not deny the Name
of JESUS before their murderers.
Forgive me for the
subtle ways I have denied you before men, being ashamed of being "found
out" that I belong to Thy SON+ JESUS CHRIST, hiding my Light under a
bushel to avoid discomfort.
Grant me the boldness
of these children, that I may not be denied of THEE+, O CHRIST, before The HOLY FATHER Who
art in Heaven, hallowed be His Name.
In the Name of JESUS
the CHRIST I pray ,
Amen.
3/08/2015
Byron's Final Message ---- The Sign of the CROSS --- Being Crucified with CHRIST
Are we truly and daily.... CRUCIFIED with CHRIST ?
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| Drawing by The ORDER of The GOOD SHEPHERD+ |
I am crucified with CHRIST: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST liveth in
me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the SON+ of GOD, Who+ loved me, and gave HIMSELF+ for me.
Galatians 2:20
CHRIST through us...
not "I"
showing how to live...
but Christ showing through me,
with CHRIST being the
see-able aspect of my life.
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Final Part of Byron Miller's Message to Wellspring Mennonite Church, Athens, TN.
Thinking back to Colossians 3... seeking,
setting, mortifying... these things are not automatic.
They require deliberate, willful choices,
choosing GOD'S perspective on priorities and mind-set, carried out in action.
It is a choice. The rest of the chapter goes on then to express that in daily
action.
Therefore, how do we reckon ourselves dead,
inactive, alive through Christ, rather than alive "in ourselves ?"
Look at Philippians 2, where CHRIST intentionally put Himself+ into
humble subjection, choosing to put Himself+ into the plan of GOD, knowing what
it was asking of HIM+. It was going
against what the humanness in HIM+ desired.
We all have that human nature within us, that
Self.
HE+ went against that,
and HE+ was the perfect example.
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Old Testament animals were sacrificed. They
were put on the altar. They did not go willingly. They struggled, even though
they did not know to the full extent what was being asked of them. Simply being
restrained, they struggled. It is natural to struggle against outside control.
But after they died,
after they were killed, the struggle stopped. When life stopped, the struggle
stopped. There was no more resisting, no will, no fighting control. There was
no choice of struggle or surrender; the choice was taken away.
Now, let’s look at our own sacrifice in
Romans 12: 1 and 2....
12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service.
12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.
What is the difference between a sacrifice
and a LIVING sacrifice ?
He specifically says, "a LIVING
sacrifice."
GOD wants us to put OUR WILL on the altar
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by OUR choice.
No binding, no forcing,
no coercion.
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HE+ wants us to simply put our desire and our will into His+ hands
to be placed upon the altar.
But then, unlike the sacrificial animals, we also
continue living and surrendering.
Not only
are we to continue living and surrendering, but we are to do it with joy
... because of Who+ we are surrendering unto .
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This is only possible with a changed
mind-set, a deliberate choice to surrender.
The choice to surrender will need to be
re-enacted many times, though, in our lives.
It is not a one-time
surrender that takes care of it all for
life.
It is a daily surrender which brings honor and glory to GOD.
It is our
daily choice of giving , of surrendering.
HE+ does not take away our power of
choice... for even one minute.
And when we CHOOSE to daily surrender, that
honors HIM+.
We are an on-going, willing, living
sacrifice, consciously and intentionally
choosing His+ LORDSHIP instead of being our own master.
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That is the transformation HE+ is talking
about. That is what HE+ wants us to experience, according to verse 2.
Will we ever come or grow to the point of
doing that automatically ? That is, will we ever have an automatic impulse to
give up our will ? Is our first thought in any situation, "What would
Christ want?"
Satan will often cease tempting our Self in
an area where we are learning to depend upon Christ. Satan may leave us; he may
stop. After all, he hates loosing. He does not like seeing a person
intentionally turning in the direction of GOD.
Satan will go to other areas, however. He
will find other ways for Self to assert its "Self." He will cleverly
bring something different or maybe often a different thought process or a
different way of looking at that same situation ... a new logical
thought process.
We are trained to be logical, aren't we? Does Self ever stop trying to assert itself
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No, it does not.
As long as there is life, Self will still
want to assert its "Self," will want to retain that Throne in our
life, will want to be in control.
An older Indian believer once said, "It
is like having two dogs inside of you. The one you feed the most grows the
biggest and strongest."
How is that feeding done?
It is by our daily
choices, by our moment by moment choices.
Which spirit do we feed?
Which one do
we allow to be in control?
That is how
we feed the two "dogs" in us.
Our own natural man is never permanently
dead, unable to assert itself.
We --- by
intentionally seeking what GOD wants and choosing that instead of our own way
--- can strengthen the inclination, the
desire, the knowledge of what is GOD'S will,
in our heart.
In the same way that habits are built,
good
or bad,
that daily choosing
will strengthen
--- or weaken ---
GOD'S claim in our heart.
We have all seen the trick birthday cake
candles that you try blowing out, but they keep coming back; they simply will
not go out. You either have to determinedly pluck them from the cake to snuff
them out or else you must put them into water.
Dealing with our human Self that wants to be on the Throne is like that.
It takes intentional, decisive action on
our part to deal with Self ruling in our hearts.
Satan will not give up. He always tries with
new ideas, new desires. He will try something that Self did not seem to value
when we were young. We reach another stage in life, and he will find something
else to entice us, and the battle with Self will start again .
Self just does not want to die.
Impulsiveness and quick wit in response to
situations are dangerous if we are wanting GOD on the Throne and in control of
our lives. The quick answer SELDOM is the right answer. James 3 says no man can
control the tongue. NO MAN! That tongue is in a pretty slippery place, after
all.
Now, how did JESUS tell us to handle Self ?
Looking at His+ Words in Matthew 16: 24-26:
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If
any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me. For whosoever will save his
life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find
it. For what is a man profited, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul?
CHRIST'S call is
to say NO to our own Will
,
to follow His+ Example
as HE+ followed
His+ FATHER'S Will.
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The world with all its glitter has a lot to
offer: wealth, power, prestige, excitement.
But, if any one of us could attain ALL the world, it would be an
extremely poor trade for our soul.
Easy-believism theology does not require our
physical death ... and rightly so. JESUS died for us, in our place, and we
thank HIM+ for that. You and I are not required to die a physical death.
But erroneously, neither does Easy-Believism
require the living sacrifice of our will.
We naturally want to experience the power, the change of life, the
strength, that comes from the resurrection. There has to be a death, the death
of our Will.
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As Christians
our focus on this world
and how
to live most comfortably
is not a GOD-given focus.
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It is so easy for our Self
within to think only of the here and now.
We need to focus rather on GOD'S ETERNAL kingdom, on what brings HIM
honor and glory, on what His+ desire is for GOD'S eternal Kingdom here and now...
and through eternity.
Now The GOD of Peace
that brought again
from the dead
our LORD JESUS
That GREAT SHEPHERD+ of the sheep,
through the BLOOD
of the Everlasting Covenant
make you perfect in every good work
to do HIS Will,
working in you that which
is well-pleasing in HIS sight,
through JESUS CHRIST;
to WHOM+ be glory
forever and ever.
Amen.
3/06/2015
Part 3 .... The Sign of the CROSS.... in TRUTH+
What Would JESUS , The TRUTH+, Do ?
Message by Byron Miller, Wellspring Mennonite Church, Athens, TN.
Message by Byron Miller, Wellspring Mennonite Church, Athens, TN.
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| Drawing by The ORDER of The GOOD SHEPHERD+ |
Think about the answer to the motto, or the
words, "What Would Jesus Do ?"
That motto is good,
but I think
often the answer
would be
more
self-evident,
be easier to discern,
if GOD'S Kingdom was my consuming
focus.
In other words, our selfish desires often
bring us
into compromising situations,
into positions,
that cause us to question
what GOD really wants in a given situation.
SELF CLOUDS OUR MIND FROM TRUTH.
There is nothing that can cloud our mind more
than
allowing Self to be in control.
Do we really desire our will to be in
subjection to any?
Too often we do not
want that; that is not our desire.
The
human-ness in us balks at that ; it does not want it.
We can yield here, we can
yield there, in different areas... as long as we can still be our own master.
But GOD'S strength comes only through
submission. We can try many other things, many good things.
But do we want GOD'S strength in our lives
?
Look at Romans 6 ....
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? GOD forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into JESUS CHRIST were
baptized into His+ death?
Therefore we are buried with Him+ by baptism into death: that like as CHRIST was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the FATHER, even so we also should walk
in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His+ death, we shall be
also in the likeness of His+ Resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him+ ...
I do not know that there were any survivors
of crucifixion ,save one, CHRIST.
HE+ died, but HE+ "survived" ,
later.
Crucifixion is death.
... that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Now if we be dead with CHRIST, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that CHRIST being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more
dominion over Him+. For in that HE+ died, HE+ died unto sin once: but in that HE+ liveth, HE+ liveth
unto GOD.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto
GOD through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the
lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but
yield yourselves unto GOD, as those that are alive from the dead, and your
members as instruments of righteousness unto GOD.
The call here is for Self to be
dead,
buried,
crucified,
destroyed.
That is our Self, our will within.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves
to be dead indeed unto sin,
but alive unto
GOD
through
JESUS CHRIST our LORD.
What does it mean? How do I reckon ?
What exactly does that mean?
Reckon means: account, credited as, account as
dead, and to count in expectation, looking forward.
In exchange for our "death," these
verses tell us
we are planted,
we are freed,
alive,
and
... we are to be
yielded.
That is what HE+ wants for us, what HE+ will give us, in exchange for our death.
( Part 4 to be continued.)
Dear Heavenly FATHER,
From Whom all blessings flow, help me to be dead unto my Self ... in all aspects of my desires, my own will ... and alive only unto Thy Beloved SON+ JESUS CHRIST.
O Holy FATHER, I call HIM+ "LORD," yet I do my own will so often. I neglect to submit my thoughts unto HIM+.
I am careful to ask HIM+ to bless my plans... but I am forgetful to WAIT BEFORE HIM+ until I receive His+ approval of those plans.
Please help me to be regenerate in my mind, for the glory of Thy Holy SON+JESUS CHRIST, in Whose+ Name and by Whose+ strength I pray...
Amen.
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