Forgiveness For Those Who Don’t Want It

And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. Luke 23:34

Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit! And falling on his knees, he cried out loudly, Lord, fix not this sin upon them [lay it not to their charge]! And when he had said this, he fell asleep [in death]. Acts 7:58-60

The really powerful Truth with these verses is that not one of the people who were forgiven were seeking forgiveness. That is the power of the anointing that our Father has placed within us. It doesn’t matter one iota if people want forgiveness or not. When we are empowered by the the Holy Spirit to forgive them, they are forgiven. Their sin will never be held against them.

[Now having received the Holy Spirit, and being led and directed by Him] if you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained. John 20:23

The love that abides within us lives to forgive others. We have the very power of Christ permanently living within us to intercede for others. It doesn’t matter what a person has done. It doesn’t matter if they have done it to us or to others. It doesn’t matter if we know what they have done or not. Through Christ we intercede for others and forgive them and amen they are forgiven. It doesn’t even matter if the don’t want the gift that we are being used to give. If we forgive, they are forgiven. Their acceptance of their forgiveness is not a requirement at all. Isn't that great!

So in the full power and demonstration of Christ, go and forgive all today. Intercede for strangers and for loved ones. Forgive those who you know what they have done and those that you have no idea what they have done. Grace is all undeserved and we have grace abounding from us. Grace is a river of living water flowing from us. Go and flood the world today with forgiveness. 

They Say That Today, Oct 21 Is The End Of The World, The Rapture Will Occur

I was listening to the morning news and the so called preacher who predicted the end of the word earlier this year is back and he now says that today is actually the end of the world. So I decided to repost the Truth from the last time this false prophet spoke. It is our Father’s Truth that sets us free and it is His Truth that brings peace.  

Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed). In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed). 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)! Revelation 11:15

For this we declare to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. 1 Thessalonians 4:15

These four verses show us plainly that there will be no rapture today. If there were a pre-tribulation rapture today, then these verses would be incorrect and the last 3 1/2 years, which would have had to have been the Great Tribulation, were pretty easy to endure. Sure the economy has been bad, but it has in no way been what Jesus tells us that it will be in Revelation.

The Truth is that before we can go to be with Jesus, our brothers and sisters who have died in Him have to be raised from the dead first. We who are living in Christ can in no way precede the dead in Christ. The dead in Christ cannot be raised from the dead until the last trumpet is sounded. We are plainly told that the last trumpet is the Seventh Trumpet, and when it sounds, Jesus returns to take over the rule of the earth. The living in Christ are not taken away seven years before Jesus returns. Where would we go, because according to the Bible, we could not go to be with Jesus? If we did, then we would have preceded the dead in Christ to be with Him. So relax, there is no pre-tribulation rapture today. The Truth is that many false prophets are going to arise before Jesus returns and they will prey on people. The Truth is what sets us free from their lies and attacks and the Truth is Jesus and He is alive and active in us. 

Eternal Life For All?

[Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. John 17:2

We are shown here that our Father gave Jesus control over all flesh. Jesus tells us that our Father did this so that He could give eternal life to all who have been given to Him. Can I get an amen from the choir here? The Truth is our Father gave all flesh to Jesus so that all flesh could have eternal life. Hey I am not misquoting this, Jesus said that all have been given to Him and He will give eternal life to all who have been given to Him.

Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, And every tongue [frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11

Every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord and isn’t that what we are told that must happen for a person to be saved?

Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9

Every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord and Jesus will give eternal life to all who He has been given and He has been given all flesh! People eternity is going to be filled will all flesh. Some flesh will be transformed to be just like Jesus and we will rule and reign with Him forever, 1 Corinthians 15:52. Some flesh will be raised up from Hades to be made like the angels, these shall be the guests, Matthew 22:10 & 30. And some flesh will remain just as we are now, except they will never die. We know this because in Revelation 20 we are never told that those who are living, those who are not raised from the dead, when our Father comes to the earth are ever judged. 

Jesus was super successful by going to the Cross and He will save all flesh from the Lake of Fire. He will allow us to come to know our Father and we will live forever with Him in glory.

Now, don't get me wrong, this Truth in no way limits what we are to preach on this earth. There is a Hades, Luke 16:23. It is a place of discipline and we are to go into all of the world and preach to all of the people, Mark 16:15. We are to tell them that the Kingdom of our Father is for them right now. We are to tell them the Truth that will set them free and we are to show grace to all, especially our enemies. We will not get to all, Jesus tells us that many will be called, not that all will be called, Matthew 20:16. A few who we are used to tell are chosen to be the Bride of Christ. The others we tell are called to be our guests at the Wedding Feast, Matthew 22:10. These people will first have to go through Hades to arrive at the Wedding Feast, 1 Corinthians 3:15. But amen, they will be allowed to attend. 

The Anti-Christ's Sermon

For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane. 2 Timothy 3:2

I was listening to a national radio talk show a couple of days ago and the host was talking about how everything is going to change with the world in the near future. He was talking about economies crashing and societies completely falling apart. Yet he proclaimed that he had the answer and the answer to stop all the impending doom, was ourselves. Yep, he was saying that we have the power on our own to stop all the catastrophes. He said that we can change everything if we only come together and just begin to do what it right. He briefly mentioned God in his address but he never mentioned Jesus. His message and his answer to all the worlds problems was us. He spoke of how he had prayed and that he had searched for the Truth and now he was ready to lead us from our own self destruction. Our Father was sprinkled ever so slightly through his message, he does not and did not deny that God had a role to play, but the main course of what he was saying was all man. According to what he was selling it was up to us to do on our own what God wanted us to do. He was saying that we had a choice to act or not to act. According to him we have the responsibility and if we first act, then God will act. He went on to say that if we do what is right, future generations will build museums that will honor our heroic efforts. 

Look at what our Father had Timothy write about the end times: lovers of self, self-centered, proud, boasters, and arrogant. The message of what this guy was saying on the radio is the message of the anti-christ. The anti-christ will speak of glorious things and he will do it better than anyone else ever has, Revelation 13:2. He will speak of the power of man and he will cause people to glory in what they believe that they have done. It will all look and sound very religious. Our Father will be spoken of but man will be the center and end of every proclamation. The anti-christ will cause people to be blasphemous as they boast of what they have done for the Lord and how they have chosen to do the right things. They will brag about how they have prayed enough and that they have worked enough. They will arrogantly proclaim that they are working the works that will allow God to move in this world. The anti-christ and his followers will act and sound very religious, but Jesus will proclaim that He never knew them, Matthew 7:23. 

When the people called Jesus good, He proclaimed to them that only God was good, Mark 10:18. Jesus told the people that it was God in Him doing all the works, John 14:10. The anti-christ’s message will be that we do the works that allow our Father to work in this world. The True message of Christ is that our Father is doing all of His works through us and that He is greater in us and that without Him we can do nothing. The Truth is Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Jesus should be the message with the focus on His power fully working through us and enabling us to do all things.  

How Many People Are Killed At Armageddon?

Revelation 14:19-20 tell us how much blood will flow at the Battle of Armageddon.

So I used my very basic, and I do mean basic, understanding of Math and here is what I came up with.

3,097,600            Yards in 1 square mile

619,520,000        Yards in 200 square miles

1,858,560,000     Yards in 200 cubic miles 

3,717,120,000     Yards in 200 Cubic miles 6 feet deep

202                       Gallons in a square yard

18,401,584           Gallons of blood in 200 square miles 6 feet deep

1.5                        Gallons of blood in average person

12,267,723           Number of people to fill 200 square miles 6 feet deep

3,500,000,000      Half of Earth’s population (estimated number of people left after 3 1/2 years of wrath)

0.0035                  Percent of people gathered to Armageddon to be destroyed

58”                        Height in inches of average horse bridle

I am sure that there are math major’s that will be able to clarify this formula far better than I, but even if I 

am 100% short, that still means that less than 1% of the worlds population will be gathered to 

Armageddon to be destroyed. That shows us the power of salvation during the last 3 1/2 years of this

age in our history! Over 99% of the people who are here right before Jesus returns have not taken the Mark of the Beast! 

How Do We Wash Each Other's Feet?

If I then, your Lord and Teacher (Master), have washed your feet, you ought [it is your duty, you are under obligation, you owe it] to wash one another's feet. John 13:14

Jesus said that we are obligated to wash each other’s feet, yet we never read about the disciples going around and washing other people’s feet. Why would Jesus make such a bold statement of what we are to do, then we never read in the Bible about it being done again? The answer is that it was done all of the time and we do read about it. The act of washing feet, the thing that we are obligated to do, isn’t taking water and soap and washing a persons feet, it is interceding for them and forgiving their sins. 

Jesus said to him, Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is clean all over. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you. John 13:10

Once we are saved we become clean. There is no longer anything that can ever separate us from our Father, we can never loose our cleanliness, Romans 11:29. We will never be left or forsaken by God once we are grafted into Jesus. Dirt can get on us, but that dirt will not separate us from our Father. Dirty feet can cause problems though. So what did Jesus tell us to do? He told us to intercede for each other and forgive each other. In other words, wash each other’s feet. We keep the dirt off of each other by interceding for each other.

For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matthew 6:14

Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others]. 1 Peter 4:8

Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference (a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive]. Colossians 3:13

What is really powerful about washing feet, is that Jesus doesn’t tell us to wash our own feet, but to wash other people’s feet. So many are always asking God to forgive them for what they have done, when Jesus tells us to always be forgiving others. We are kept clean by interceding for others, not because we intercede for ourselves. Read the Lord’s prayer, we are forgiven because we forgive, not because we ask for ourselves to be forgiven. Love covers up our sins. They are not covered because we ask for them to be forgiven. We are forgiven by our Father because we have been empowered with the Holy Ghost to forgive others. We have conquered sin in our own lives because Christ is within us causing us to love others and intercede on the behalf of others.

Don’t believe this? Go and try to find the scriptures that tell us that we are to ask to be forgiven. You will find that time and time again Jesus tells us that our forgiveness is based on us forgiving others. Now thank God that we have Jesus in us causing us to forgive, so there is no worries whatsoever. Jesus will absolutely cause us to forgive others, so that we can absolutely be forgiven!