Expect Persecution

“Behold, I (Jesus Christ) send YOU (Believers) out as Sheep, in the midst of wolves (Unbelievers).  Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.  But beware of Men (Unbelievers), for they (Unbelievers) will deliver YOU (Believers) up to Councils and Scourge YOU (Believers) in their Synagogues.  YOU (Believers) will be brought before Governors and Kings, for My (Jesus Christ’s) Sake, as a Testimony to them and to the Gentiles.  But when they (Unbelievers) deliver YOU (Believers) up, do NOT worry about how or what YOU (Believers) should speak.  For it will be given to YOU (Believers), in that Hour, what YOU (Believers) should speak; for it is NOT YOU (Believers), Who Speak, but The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of Your Father (God Almighty) Who Speaks in YOU (Believers).  “Now, brother (Unbelievers) will deliver up Brother (Believers) to death, and a father (Unbelievers), his Child (Believers); and children (Unbelievers) will rise up against Parents (Believers) and cause Them (Believers) to be put to death.  And YOU (Believers) will be hated by All, for My (Jesus Christ’s) Name’s Sake.  But he (Believers) who endures to The End, will be Saved.  When they (Unbelievers) Persecute YOU (Believers) in this City, flee to another.  For assuredly, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU (Believers), YOU (Believers) will NOT have gone through The Cities of Israel, before The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) Comes.”

 

Who shall separate Us (Believers), from The Love of Christ (Jesus Christ)?  Shall Tribulation, or Distress, or Persecution, or Famine, or Nakedness, or Peril, or Sword?  As it is written: “For Your (Jesus Christ’s) Sake, We (Believers) are killed All day long; We (Believers) are accounted, as Sheep for the slaughter.”  Yet, in All these things, We (Believers) are more than Conquerors, through Him (Jesus Christ), who Loved Us.  For I (Saul/Paul) am persuaded that neither death nor Life, nor Angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate Us (Believers), from The Love of God (God Almighty), which is in Christ Jesus, Our Lord.  Therefore, I (Saul/Paul) take pleasure in Infirmities, in Reproaches, in Needs, in Persecutions, in Distresses, for Christ’s (Jesus Christ’s) Sake. For when I (Saul/Paul) am weak, then I (Saul/Paul) am strong.

We (Jesus’ Disciples) are bound to thank God (God Almighty) always for YOU (Believers), Brethren, as it is fitting, because Your (Believers) Faith grows exceedingly, and The Love of Every One of YOU (Believers), All abounds toward each other, so that We (Jesus’ Disciples), Ourselves, boast of YOU (Believers) among The Churches of God (God Almighty), for Your (Believers) Patience and Faith, in All Your (Believers) Persecutions and Tribulations, that YOU (Believers) endure, which is Manifest Evidence of The Righteous Judgment of God (God Almighty), that YOU (Believers) may be Counted Worthy of The Kingdom of God (God Almighty), for which YOU (Believers) also suffer; since it is a Righteous Thing with God (God Almighty), to repay with Tribulation, those (Unbelievers) who trouble YOU (Believers), and to give YOU (Believers) who are troubled, rest with Us (Jesus’ Disciples), when The Lord Jesus is Revealed from Heaven with His Mighty Angels, in Flaming Fire taking Vengeance on those (Unbelievers), who do NOT know God (God Almighty), and on those (Unbelievers) who do NOT obey The Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  These (Unbelievers) shall be punished with everlasting destruction, from The Presence of The Lord (Jesus Christ) and from The Glory of His (Jesus Christ’s) Power, when He (Jesus Christ) Comes, in that Day, to be Glorified in His (Jesus Christ’s) Saints and to be admired, among All those who Believe (Believers), because Our (Jesus’ Disciples) Testimony among YOU (Believers) was Believed.  Therefore, We (Jesus’ Disciples) also pray always for YOU (Believers), that Our God (God Almighty), would Count YOU (Believers), Worthy of this Calling, and Fulfill All The Good Pleasure of His (God Almighty’s) Goodness and The Work of Faith with Power, that The Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, may be Glorified in YOU (Believers), and YOU (Believers) in Him, according to The Grace of Our God (God Almighty) and The Lord Jesus Christ.  Yes, and All (Believers) who desire to live Godly, in Christ Jesus, will suffer Persecution.  But YOU (Believers) MUST continue, in the things which YOU (Believers) have learned and been assured of, knowing from Whom (Jesus Christ), YOU (Believers) have learned them, and that from childhood, YOU (Believers) have known The Holy Scriptures (The Holy Bible), which are able to make YOU (Believers) wise, for Salvation through Faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

Our Lord Jesus Christ gives Us (Believers) these encouraging words, “When they (Unbelievers) deliver YOU (Believers) up, do NOT worry about how or what YOU (Believers) should speak.  For it will be given to YOU (Believers), in that Hour, what YOU (Believers) should speak; for it is NOT YOU (Believers), Who Speak, but The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of Your Father (God Almighty) Who Speaks in YOU (Believers).”

Fellow Believers, Stand with God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, Always, and They will Always, Stand with YOU!

The Last Day

Jesus Christ said, “This is The Will of The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me (Jesus Christ), that of All, He (God Almighty) has given Me (Jesus Christ), I should lose nothing, but should raise it up, at The Last Day.  And this is The Will of Him (God Almighty) who sent Me (Jesus Christ), that everyone (Believers), who sees The Son (Jesus Christ) and Believes in Him (Jesus Christ), may have Everlasting Life; and I (Jesus Christ) will raise him (Believers) up, at The Last Day.”  NO ONE can come to Me (Jesus Christ), unless The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me (Jesus Christ), draws him (Believers); and I (Jesus Christ) will raise him (Believers) up, at The Last Day.  Whoever (Believers) eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has Eternal Life, and I will raise him (Believers) up, at The Last Day.  He (Unbelievers) who rejects Me (Jesus Christ), and does NOT receive My (Jesus Christ’s) Words, has that which judges him (Unbelievers), The Word, that I (Jesus Christ) have Spoken, will judge him (Unbelievers), in The Last Day.”

Then The Beast was captured, and with him (The Beast), The False Prophet, who worked signs in his (The Beast’s) presence, by which he (The False Prophet) deceived those who received The Mark of The Beast and those who worshiped his (The Beast’s) image.  These Two (The Beast and The False Prophet) were cast, Alive, into The Lake of Fire, burning with brimstone.  The Devil (aka Satan, Lucifer), who deceived them, was cast into The Lake of Fire and brimstone, where The Beast and The False Prophet are.  And they (The Devil, The Beast, and The False Prophet) will be tormented day and night, Forever and ever.

Then I (John) saw a Great White Throne and Him (Jesus Christ) who sat on it, from whose Face, the Earth and the Heaven fled away.  And there was found no place for them (the Earth and the Heaven).  And I (John) saw the dead, small and great, standing before God (God Almighty), and Books were opened.  And another Book was opened, which is The Book of Life (The Lamb’s Book of Life).  And the dead were Judged, according to their works, by the things which were written in The Books.  The Sea gave up the dead, who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead, who were in them.  And they were Judged, each one according to his works.  Then Death and Hades were cast into The Lake of Fire.  This is The Second Death.  And ANYONE (Unbelievers) NOT found written in The Book of Life (The Lamb’s Book of Life), was cast into The Lake of Fire.

Now I (John) saw a New Heaven and a New Earth, for The First Heaven and The First Earth had passed away.  Also there was no more Sea.  Then I, John, saw The Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God (God Almighty), prepared as a Bride adorned for Her Husband.  And I (John) heard a Loud Voice from Heaven saying, “Behold, The Tabernacle of God (Almighty) is with Men (Believers), and He (God Almighty) will dwell with Them (Believers), and They (Believers) shall be His (God Almighty’s) People.  God (God Almighty), Himself, will be with Them (Believers) and be Their (Believers) God.  And God (God Almighty) will wipe away every tear from Their (Believers) Eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.  There shall be no more pain, for The Former Things have passed away.”  Then He (Jesus Christ) who sat on The Throne said, “Behold, I (Jesus Christ) make All Things New.”  And He (Jesus Christ) said to me (John), “Write, for these Words are True and Faithful.”  And He (Jesus Christ) said to me (John), “It is done!  I (Jesus Christ) AM The Alpha and The Omega, The Beginning and The End.  I (Jesus Christ) will give of The Fountain of The Water of Life freely to him (Believers) who thirsts.  He (Believers) who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his (Believers) God and he (Believers) shall be My Son.  But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their (Unbelievers) part, in The Lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is The Second Death.”

Then One of The Seven Angels, who had The Seven Bowls filled with The Seven Last Plagues, came to me (John) and talked with me (John), saying, “Come, I (One of The Seven Angels) will show YOU (John) The Bride (Believers), The Lamb’s (Jesus Christ’s) Wife.”  And he (One of The Seven Angels) carried me (John) away, in The Spirit, to a great and high mountain, and showed me (John) The Great City, The Holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God (God Almighty), having The Glory of God (God Almighty).  Her Light (The Holy Jerusalem) was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.  Also She (The Holy Jerusalem) had a great and high Wall with Twelve Gates, and Twelve Angels at The Gates, and names written on them (The Gates), which are The Names of The Twelve Tribes of The Children of Israel:  Three Gates on the East, Three Gates on the North, Three Gates on the South, and Three Gates on the West.

Now, The Wall of The City (The Holy Jerusalem) had Twelve Foundations, and on them (The Twelve Foundations) were The Names of The Twelve Apostles (Jesus’ Disciples) of The Lamb (Jesus Christ).  And he (One of The Seven Angels) who talked with me (John), had a Gold Reed to measure The City (The Holy Jerusalem), its Gates, and its Wall.  The City (The Holy Jerusalem) is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth.  And he (One of The Seven Angels) measured The City (The Holy Jerusalem) with the reed: Twelve Thousand Furlongs.  Its length, breadth, and height are equal.  Then he (One of The Seven Angels) measured its Wall: One Hundred and Forty-Four Cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an Angel (One of The Seven Angels).  The construction of its Wall was of jasper; and The City (The Holy Jerusalem) was Pure Gold, like clear glass.  The Foundations of The Wall of The City (The Holy Jerusalem) were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: The First Foundation, was Jasper, The Second, Sapphire, The Third, Chalcedony, The Fourth, Emerald, The Fifth, Sardonyx, The Sixth, Sardius, The Seventh, Chrysolite, The Eighth, Beryl, The Ninth, Topaz, The Tenth, Chrysoprase, The Eleventh, Jacinth, and The Twelfth, Amethyst.  The Twelve Gates were Twelve Pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl.  And The Street of The City (The Holy Jerusalem) was Pure Gold, like transparent glass.

But I (John) saw no temple in it (The Holy Jerusalem), for The Lord God Almighty and The Lamb (Jesus Christ), are its Temple.  The City (The Holy Jerusalem) had no need of the Sun or of the Moon, to shine in it (The Holy Jerusalem), for The Glory of God (God Almighty) Illuminated it (The Holy Jerusalem).  The Lamb (Jesus Christ) is its Light.  And the Nations of those, who (Believers) are Saved, shall walk in its Light, and the Kings of the Earth, bring their Glory and Honor into it (The Holy Jerusalem).  Its Gates shall NOT be shut, at All by Day (there shall be NO Night there).  And They (Believers) shall bring The Glory and The Honor of the Nations into it (The Holy Jerusalem).  But there shall by no means enter it (The Holy Jerusalem), anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie (Unbelievers), but ONLY those (Believers), who are written in The Lamb’s Book of Life.

And he (One of The Seven Angels) showed me (John) a Pure River of Water of Life, clear as crystal, proceeding from The Throne of God (God Almighty) and of The Lamb (Jesus Christ).  In the middle of its Street, and on either side of the river, was The Tree of Life, which bore Twelve Fruits, each Tree yielding its Fruit every month.  The Leaves of The Tree, were for the healing of the Nations.  And there shall be no more curse, but The Throne of God (God Almighty) and of The Lamb (Jesus Christ) shall be in it (The Holy Jerusalem), and His Servants (Believers) shall serve Him (God Almighty).  They (Believers) shall see His (God Almighty’s) Face, and His (God Almighty’s) Name shall be on Their (Believers) Foreheads.  There shall be no Night there: They (Believers) need no lamp nor light of the Sun, for The Lord God (God Almighty) gives Them (Believers) Light.  And They (Believers) shall Reign, Forever and ever.

My prayer for YOU, is that YOUR NAME will be found written, in The Lamb’s Book of Life.

Preach The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, unless one is Born Again, he cannot see The Kingdom of God.”  Jesus continued, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, unless one is Born of Water and The Spirit, he cannot enter The Kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is Born of The Spirit is Spirit.”  And Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, We speak what We know and Testify what We have seen, and YOU do NOT receive Our Witness.  If I have told YOU Earthly Things and YOU do NOT Believe, how will YOU Believe, if I tell YOU Heavenly Things?  No one has Ascended to Heaven, but He (Jesus Christ) who came down from Heaven, that is, The Son of Man (Jesus Christ), who is in Heaven.  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) be Lifted Up that Whoever Believes in Him (Jesus Christ) should NOT perish but have Eternal Life.  For God (God Almighty) so Loved the World that He gave His ONLY Begotten Son (Jesus Christ), that Whoever Believes in Him (Jesus Christ) should NOT perish but have Everlasting Life.  For God did NOT send His Son (Jesus Christ) into the World to condemn the World, but that the World, through Him, might be Saved.  He (Believers) who Believes in Him (Jesus Christ) is NOT condemned; but he (Unbelievers) who does NOT Believe is Condemned already, because he (Unbelievers) has NOT Believed in The Name of The ONLY Begotten Son of God (Jesus Christ).  And this is the condemnation, that The Light (Jesus Christ) has come into the World, and Men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil.  For everyone practicing evil hates The Light and does NOT come to The Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.  But he (Believers) who does The Truth comes to The Light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God (God Almighty).”

Jesus said, “Do YOU NOT say, ‘There are still four months and then comes The Harvest’?  Behold, I say to YOU, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for Harvest!  And he (Believers) who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for Eternal Life, that both he (Believers) who sows and he (Believers) who reaps may rejoice together.  For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’  I (Jesus Christ) sent YOU (Believers) to reap, that for which YOU (Believers) have NOT Labored; Others (Believers) have Labored, and YOU (Believers) have entered into Their Labors.”  “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, he (Believers) who hears My Word and Believes in Him (God Almighty) who sent Me (Jesus Christ), has Everlasting Life, and shall NOT come into Judgment, but has passed from death into Life. 

 

Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU (Believers), do NOT labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to Everlasting Life, which The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) will give YOU, because God (God Almighty), The Father, has set His Seal on Him (Jesus Christ).  This is The Work of God (God Almighty), that YOU Believe in Him (Jesus Christ) whom He sent.”  Then Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, Moses did NOT give YOU The Bread from Heaven, but My Father (God Almighty) gives YOU The True Bread from Heaven.  For The Bread of God is He (Jesus Christ) who comes down from Heaven and gives Life to the World.”  And Jesus said, “I AM The Bread of Life.  He (Believers) who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he (Believers) who Believes in Me shall never thirst.  All (Believers) that The Father (God Almighty) gives Me (Jesus Christ) will come to Me, and the one (Believers) who comes to Me, I will by no means cast out.  For I (Jesus Christ) have come down from Heaven, NOT to do My Own Will, but The Will of Him (God Almighty) who sent Me (Jesus Christ).  This is the Will of The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me, that of all (Believers) He has given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at The Last Day.  And this is The Will of Him (God Almighty) who sent Me, that everyone (Believers), who sees The Son (Jesus Christ) and Believes in Him, may have Everlasting Life; and I will raise him (Believers) up at The Last Day.”

Jesus answered, “NO ONE can come to Me, unless The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me, Draws him (Believers); and I will raise him up at The Last Day.  It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’  Therefore everyone (Believers), who has heard and learned from The Father (God Almighty) comes to Me.  Not that anyone has seen The Father, except He who is from God; He has seen The Father.  Most assuredly, I say to YOU, he (Believers) who Believes in Me, has Everlasting Life.  I AM The Bread of Life.  This is The Bread which comes down from Heaven that one may eat of it and NOT die.  I AM The Living Bread which came down from Heaven.  If anyone (Believers) eats of this Bread, he will live Forever; and The Bread that I shall give is My Flesh, which I shall give for the Life of the World.”  Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to YOU, unless YOU eat The Flesh of The Son of Man and drink His Blood, YOU have no life in YOU.  Whoever (Believers) eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has Eternal Life, and I will raise him up at The Last Day.  For My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed.  He (Believers) who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood abides in Me, and I in him.  As The Living Father (God Almighty) sent Me, and I live because of The Father, so he (Believers) who feeds on Me will live because of Me.  This is The Bread, which came down from Heaven, he (Believers) who eats this Bread, will live Forever.”

Then Jesus said, to those who Believed Him, “If YOU abide in My Word, YOU are My Disciples indeed.  And YOU shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make YOU free.”

Jesus answered, “My Sheep (Believers) hear My Voice, and I know them, and they Follow Me.  And I give them Eternal Life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My Hand.  My Father (God Almighty), who has given them to Me, is Greater than All; and NO ONE is able to snatch them out of My Father’s Hand.  I and My Father, are One.”  Jesus said, “I AM The Resurrection and The Life.  He (Believers) who Believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.  And whoever lives and Believes in Me, shall never die.  Do YOU Believe this?”

Then Jesus cried out and said, “He (Believers) who Believes in Me, Believes NOT in Me, but in Him (God Almighty) who sent Me.  And he, who sees Me, sees Him (God Almighty) who sent Me.  I have come, as a Light into the World that Whoever Believes in Me should NOT abide in darkness.  And if anyone (Unbelievers) hears My Words and does NOT Believe, I do NOT judge him; for I did NOT come to judge the World, but to Save the World.  He (Unbelievers) who rejects Me, and does NOT receive My Words, has that which judges him, The Word, that I have Spoken will judge him, in The Last Day.  For I have NOT spoken on My Own Authority; but The Father (God Almighty) who sent Me, gave Me a Command, what I should say and what I should speak.  And I know that His Command is Everlasting Life.  Therefore, whatever I speak, just as The Father (God Almighty) has Told Me, so I speak.”

 

Jesus said, “Now, The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) is Glorified, and God (God Almighty) is Glorified in Him (Jesus Christ).  If God (God Almighty) is Glorified in Him (Jesus Christ), God (God Almighty) will also Glorify Him (Jesus Christ) in Himself (God Almighty), and Glorify Him (Jesus Christ), immediately.”

“Let NOT your heart be troubled; YOU Believe in God, Believe also in Me.  In My Father’s House are many Mansions; if it were NOT so, I would have told YOU.  I go to prepare a place for YOU.  And if I go and prepare a place for YOU, I will come again and receive YOU to Myself; that where I am, there YOU may be also.  I AM The Way, The Truth, and The Life.  NO ONE comes to The Father except through Me.”

“If YOU (Believers) Love Me (Jesus Christ), keep My Commandments.  And I (Jesus Christ) will pray to The Father (God Almighty), and He (God Almighty) will give YOU another Helper (The Holy Spirit), that He (The Holy Spirit) may abide with YOU Forever, The Spirit of Truth (The Holy Spirit), whom the World cannot receive, because it neither sees Him (The Holy Spirit) nor knows Him (The Holy Spirit); but YOU know Him (The Holy Spirit), for He (The Holy Spirit) dwells with YOU and will be in YOU.  I (Jesus Christ) will NOT leave YOU orphans; I will come to YOU.”

 

“These things I (Jesus Christ) have spoken to YOU (Believers), that My Joy may remain in YOU, and that your joy may be full.  This is My Commandment, that YOU Love one another as I have Loved YOU.  Greater Love has NO ONE than this, than to lay down One’s Life, for his friends. YOU are My Friends if YOU do whatever I Command YOU.  No longer do I call YOU servants, for a servant does NOT know what his master is doing; but I have called YOU friends, for all things that I heard from My Father (God Almighty), I (Jesus Christ) have made known to YOU.  YOU did NOT choose Me, but I (Jesus Christ) Chose YOU and Appointed YOU that YOU should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever YOU ask The Father (God Almighty), in My Name, He may give YOU.  These things I command YOU, that YOU Love one another.”

 

 “If the World hates YOU (Believers), YOU know that it hated Me (Jesus Christ) before it hated YOU.  If YOU were of the World, the World would love its own.  Yet because YOU are NOT of the World, but I (Jesus Christ) Chose YOU out of the World, therefore the World hates YOU.  Remember, The Word that I said to YOU, ‘A servant is NOT greater than his master.’  If they (Unbelievers) Persecuted Me (Jesus Christ), they (Unbelievers) will also Persecute YOU.  But all these things they (Unbelievers) will do to YOU, for My Name’s Sake, because they (Unbelievers) do NOT know Him (God Almighty) who sent Me.  If I had NOT come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He (Unbelievers) who hates Me, hates My Father (God Almighty) also.  If I had NOT done among them, The Works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.  But this happened that The Word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They (Unbelievers) hated Me, without a cause.’

 

 “But when The Helper (The Holy Spirit) comes, whom I (Jesus Christ) shall send to YOU (Believers), from The Father (God Almighty), The Spirit of Truth (The Holy Spirit), who proceeds from The Father (God Almighty), He (The Holy Spirit) will Testify of Me (Jesus Christ).  And YOU (Believers) also will bear Witness.”

[What more can I say, that Our Lord Jesus Christ, did NOT already say, in His Own Words.]