
How We Know the Bible is the only Holy Book on Planet Earth [podcast]
There’s only one Book whose Author is God. Only God knows the future – and His foretelling of the future in the Bible clearly proves it’s His Book.
Law of probability and the fulfillment of Bible prophecies:
Odds of the more than 300 prophecies of the prophets concerning the coming Messiah, given hundreds of years prior to His arrival coming true are:
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703,082,425,425,639,811,996,797,503,692,894,052,708,092,215,296 to 1
Fact: Only the Almighty could know the future and forthtell it in specific detail, long before it ever happened. THIS is how we know that the Bible is truly the Word of the one true God and that all other so-called “holy books” are frauds.
“Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.” Mark 13:31
Jesus Christ came to the earth exactly how and when the “more sure word of prophecy”, the Scriptures, foretold that He would come and to fulfill the Messianic prophecies of Himself to the exact detail (2 Peter 1:19-21).
“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalms 40:7-8
“From cover to cover of the OT it was foretold not only that Christ would come into the world but that He would come with an eager, ready spirit to do the will of God. The will of God was not just in His head—it was inscribed in His very heart.” Believer’s Bible Commentary
The facts stated, demonstrated in this message will cause the wise to put God’s written Word as the final divine authority of their lives. He said it. I believe it. That settles it.
“For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.” Psalms 119:89
Of the words of God, the Bible assures us that “no one of these shall fail …” (Isaiah 34:16). We know that no promise or prophecy in Scripture has ever failed to come to pass, with the exception of the fulfillment of those which lie just ahead in this last hour as we anticipate the soon return of Christ and the setting up of His kingdom (Revelation 19:11-16, etc.).
“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” Psalms 89:34
FULFILLED PROPHECY: THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WITHOUT QUESTION, THAT THE BIBLE IS THE ONLY HOLY BOOK ON GOD’S EARTH
God told us “the end from the beginning” – He foretold what was coming – and this is why His people have the news before the news! (Isaiah 46:9-10)
This is an essential component of divine truth imperative for a sound foundation in Christ’s kingdom truth.
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: BEFORE they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:9
The Bible is God’s Word and therefore penned by divine inspiration (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-21). It is “the news before the news.” Only the Almighty could have foretold, told before it happened, the future things (Isaiah 46:9-10). This is how we know with no doubt that the Bible is the only Holy Book on His planet. Only God Himself could know the future and tell what would happen before it happened.
Read Matthew 24 and Luke 21. Then read the book of Revelation. This is the only way to see into the future and be prepared.
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:9-10
WHO could possibly declare “the end from the beginning” other than God Himself?
The Bible is unique among all supposed “holy” books. God’s Word, the Word He gave, foretells the END from the BEGINNING. It foretells what it fulfills. No other supposed Holy book can stake this claim.
ONLY GOD COULD KNOW “THE END FROM THE BEGINNING” (ISAIAH 46:9-10).
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:9-10
Did you catch that? Read it again.
MEDITATE ON THIS. THE BIBLE IS THE VERY WORD OF GOD AND IS SEEN TO BE JUST THAT BECAUSE IT FORETOLD IN DETAIL BEFOREHAND MANY EVENTS THAT HAVE COME TO PASS JUST AS THEY WERE SPOKEN HUNDREDS AND SOMETIMES THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THEY HAPPENED. FOR EXAMPLE: THE EXACT TOWN THE MESSIAH WAS TO BE BORN IN (BETHLEHEM) WAS FORETOLD AND HE WAS (MICAH 5:2), THAT HE WOULD BE MIRACULOUSLY BORN OF A VIRGIN AND HE WAS (ISAIAH 7:14), THAT HE WOULD BE CALLED EMMANUEL AND HE WAS AND IS (ISAIAH 7:14), THAT HE WOULD BE BETRAYED FOR 30 PIECES OF SILVER AND HE WAS (ZECHARIAH 11:12-13), …. MORE ON THE CHART BELOW.
The LORD told us in His Word that not one of His promises, including the prophecies of His and our Messiah, would ever fail. They are as sure as life and the One who gave it.
“Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail …” Isaiah 34:16
Only God could and does know and has told the end from the beginning and not one of His promises or prophetic utterances of future events, of the future, has nor will ever fail.
No other “holy book” can make this claim. Only the Bible foretells the future in exact detail and fulfillment. On this basis, we know that every other so-called “holy book” is not holy but rather fraudulent, from the enemy of God himself.
“No other book but the Bible has prophecy. Prophecy is something God said He will do for Israel and it happened hundreds and thousands of years later. The Bible proved itself over time that it is God’s Word. The Quran, or Tibetan book or writings of Confucius have no prophecy like the Hebrew Scriptures. Put your faith in the only trusted Book of the ages and the God who gave it to us. Jesus said heaven and earth will pass away but my word will never pass away but will last forever.” Terrence Przybylski
The specific details of THESE PROPHETIC PROMISES AND THEIR FULFILLMENT WOULD BE STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS THEY ORIGINATED FROM GOD WHO TELLS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING.
Recently a college student asked if Matthew’s Gospel was written merely from his own psyche. No. Matthew wasn’t manufacturing anything in his psyche. He was taking from the prophets, which told us 700 years earlier that the Messiah would be born of a virgin in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). Only the Almighty knows “the end from the beginning” and this is how we know that the Bible is the only Holy Book on HIS planet. No other so-called “holy book” has prophecy with the fulfillment of those prophecies. This is how we know that the words of Holy Scripture came from our Maker, the LORD. No other “holy” book can make this claim. The Bible is God’s Word.
Prophecy: Birth of the Christ foretold:
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14
Fulfillment:
“Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Matthew 1:22-23
More prophecies and their fulfillment on the chart below. Please pour prayerfully over the list of these prophecies and their fulfillment and please help others to know this amazing, divine phenomenon. This will be the most foundation-building study of your whole life. This is essential in being truly grounded in Christ.
Over 300 Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ
| Prophecy | Description | Fulfillment |
| 1. Gen 3:15 | Seed of a woman (virgin birth) | Gal 4:4-5; Matt 1:18 |
| 2. Gen 3:15 | He will bruise Satan’s head | Col 2:14-15; Heb 2:14; 1 John 3:8 |
| 3. Gen 5:24 | The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated | Mark 16:19 |
| 4. Gen 9:26-27 | The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem | Luke 3:36 |
| 5. Gen 12:3 | Seed of Abraham will bless all nations | Gal 3:8; Acts 3:25-26 |
| 6. Gen 12:7 | The Promise made to Abraham’s Seed | Gal 3:16 |
| 7. Gen 14:18 | A priest after the order of Melchizedek | Heb 6:20 |
| 8. Gen 14:18 | King of Peace and Righteousness | Heb 7:2 |
| 9. Gen 14:18 | The Last Supper foreshadowed | Matt 26:26-29 |
| 10. Gen 17:19 | Seed of Isaac (Gen 21:12) | Rom 9:7 |
| 11. Gen 22:8 | The Lamb of God promised | John 1:29 |
| 12. Gen 22:18 | As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations | Gal 3:16 |
| 13. Gen 26:2-5 | The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer | Heb 11:18 |
| 14. Gen 28:12 | The Bridge to heaven | John 1:51 |
| 15. Gen 28:14 | The Seed of Jacob | Luke 3:34 |
| 16. Gen 49:10 | The time of His coming | Luke 2:1-7; Gal 4:4 |
| 17. Gen 49:10 | The Seed of Judah | Luke 3:33 |
| 18. Gen 49:10 | Called Shiloh or One Sent | John 17:3 |
| 19. Gen 49:10 | Messiah to come before Judah lost identity | John 11:47-52 |
| 20. Gen 49:10 | Unto Him shall the obedience of the people be | John 10:16 |
| 21. Ex 3:13-15 | The Great “I AM” | John 4:26; 8:58 |
| 22. Ex 12:5 | A Lamb without blemish | Heb 9:14; 1 Pet 1:19 |
| 23. Ex 12:13 | The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath | Rom 5:8 |
| 24. Ex 12:21-27 | Christ is our Passover | 1 Cor 5:7 |
| 25. Ex 12:46 | Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken | John 19:31-36 |
| 26. Ex 15:2 | His exaltation predicted as Yeshua | Acts 7:55-56 |
| 27. Ex 15:11 | His Character-Holiness | Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27 |
| 28. Ex 17:6 | The Spiritual Rock of Israel | 1 Cor 10:4 |
| 29. Ex 33:19 | His Character-Merciful | Luke 1:72 |
| 30. Lev 1:2-9 | His sacrifice a sweet smelling savor unto God | Eph 5:2 |
| 31. Lev 14:11 | The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood | Luke 5:12-14; Acts 6:7 |
| 32. Lev 16:15-17 | Prefigures Christ’s once-for-all death | Heb 9:7-14 |
| 33. Lev 16:27 | Suffering outside the Camp | Matt 27:33; Heb. 13:11-12 |
| 34. Lev 17:11 | The Blood-the life of the flesh | Matt 26:28; Mark 10:45 |
| 35. Lev 17:11 | It is the blood that makes atonement | Rom. 3:23-24; 1 John 1:7 |
| 36. Lev 23:36-37 | The Drink-offering: “If any man thirst” | John 7:37 |
| 37. Num 9:12 | Not a bone of Him broken | John 19:31-36 |
| 38. Num 21:9 | The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up | John 3:14-18; 12:32 |
| 39. Num 24:17 | Time: “I shall see him, but not now.” | John 1:14; Gal 4:4 |
| 40. Deut 18:15 | “This is of a truth that prophet” | John 6:14 |
| 41. Deut 18:15-16 | “Had you believed Moses, you would believe me.” | John 5:45-47 |
| 42. Deut 18:18 | Sent by the Father to speak His word | John 8:28-29 |
| 43. Deut 18:19 | Whoever will not hear must bear his sin | Acts 3:22-23 |
| 44. Deut 21:23 | Cursed is he that hangs on a tree | Gal 3:10-13 |
| 45. Joshua 5:14-15 | The Captain of our salvation | Heb 2:10 |
| 46. Ruth 4:4-10 | Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us | Eph 1:3-7 |
| 47. 1 Sam 2:35 | A Faithful Priest | Heb. 2:17; 3:1-3, 6; 7:24-25 |
| 48. 1 Sam 2:10 | Shall be an anointed King to the Lord | Matt 28:18; John 12:15 |
| 49. 2 Sam 7:12 | David’s Seed | Matt 1:1 |
| 50. 2 Sam 7:13 | His Kingdom is everlasting | 2 Pet 1:11 |
| 51. 2 Sam 7:14a | The Son of God | Luke 1:32; Rom 1:3-4 |
| 52. 2 Sam 7:16 | David’s house established forever | Luke 3:31; Rev 22:16 |
| 53. 2 Ki 2:11 | The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated | Luke 24:51 |
| 54. 1 Chr 17:11 | David’s Seed | Matt 1:1; 9:27 |
| 55. 1 Chr 17:12-13 | To reign on David’s throne forever | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 56. 1 Chr 17:13 | “I will be His Father, He…my Son.” | Heb 1:5 |
| 57. Job 9:32-33 | Mediator between man and God | 1 Tim 2:5 |
| 58. Job 19:23-27 | The Resurrection predicted | John 5:24-29 |
| 59. Psa 2:1-3 | The enmity of kings foreordained | Acts 4:25-28 |
| 60. Psa 2:2 | To own the title, Anointed (Christ) | John 1:41; Acts 2:36 |
| 61. Psa 2:6 | His Character-Holiness | John 8:46; Rev 3:7 |
| 62. Psa 2:6 | To own the title King | Matt 2:2 |
| 63. Psa 2:7 | Declared the Beloved Son | Matt 3:17; Rom 1:4 |
| 64. Psa 2:7-8 | The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated | Acts 13:29-33 |
| 65. Psa 2:8-9 | Rule the nations with a rod of iron | Rev 2:27; 12:5; 19:15 |
| 66. Psa 2:12 | Life comes through faith in Him | John 20:31 |
| 67. Psa 8:2 | The mouths of babes perfect His praise | Matt 21:16 |
| 68. Psa 8:5-6 | His humiliation and exaltation | Heb 2:5-9 |
| 69. Psa 9:7-10 | Judge the world in righteousness | Acts 17:31 |
| 70. Psa 16:10 | Was not to see corruption | Acts 2:31; 13:35 |
| 71. Psa 16:9-11 | Was to arise from the dead | John 20:9 |
| 72. Psa 17:15 | The resurrection predicted | Luke 24:6 |
| 73. Psa 18:2-3 | The horn of salvation | Luke 1:69-71 |
| 74. Psa 22:1 | Forsaken because of sins of others | 2 Cor 5:21 |
| 75. Psa 22:1 | “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” | Matt 27:46 |
| 76. Psa 22:2 | Darkness upon Calvary for three hours | Matt 27:45 |
| 77. Psa 22:7 | They shoot out the lip and shake the head | Matt 27:39-44 |
| 78. Psa 22:8 | “He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him” | Matt 27:43 |
| 79. Psa 22:9-10 | Born the Savior | Luke 2:7 |
| 80. Psa 22:12-13 | They seek His death | John 19:6 |
| 81. Psa 22:14 | His blood poured out when they pierced His side | John 19:34 |
| 82. Psa 22:14-15 | Suffered agony on Calvary | Mark 15:34-37 |
| 83. Psa 22:15 | He thirsted | John 19:28 |
| 84. Psa 22:16 | They pierced His hands and His feet | John 19:34-37; 20:27 |
| 85. Psa 22:17-18 | Stripped Him before the stares of men | Luke 23:34-35 |
| 86. Psa 22:18 | They parted His garments | John 19:23-24 |
| 87. Psa 22:20-21 | He committed Himself to God | Luke 23:46 |
| 88. Psa 22:20-21 | Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel | Heb 2:14 |
| 89. Psa 22:22 | His Resurrection declared | John 20:17 |
| 90. Psa 22:27-28 | He shall be the governor of the nations | Col 1:16 |
| 91. Psa 22:31 | “It is finished” | John 19:30; Heb 10:10-12, 14, 18 |
| 92. Psa 23:1 | “I am the Good Shepherd” | John 10:11; 1 Pet 2:25 |
| 93. Psa 24:3 | His exaltation predicted | Acts 1:11; Phil 2:9 |
| 94. Psa 30:3 | His resurrection predicted | Acts 2:32 |
| 95. Psa 31:5 | “Into Your hands I commit my spirit” | Luke 23:46 |
| 96. Psa 31:11 | His acquaintances fled from Him | Mark 14:50 |
| 97. Psa 31:13 | They took counsel to put Him to death | Matt 27:1; John 11:53 |
| 98. Psa 31:14-15 | “He trusted in God, let Him deliver him” | Matt 27:43 |
| 99. Psa 34:20 | Not a bone of Him broken | John 19:31-36 |
| 100. Psa 35:11 | False witnesses rose up against Him | Matt 26:59 |
| 101. Psa 35:19 | He was hated without a cause | John 15:25 |
| 102. Psa 38:11 | His friends stood afar off | Luke 23:49 |
| 103. Psa 38:12 | Enemies try to entangle Him by craft | Mark 14:1; Matt 22:15 |
| 104. Psa 38:12-13 | Silent before His accusers | Matt 27:12-14 |
| 105. Psa 38:20 | He went about doing good | Acts 10:38 |
| 106. Psa 40:2-5 | The joy of His resurrection predicted | John 20:20 |
| 107. Psa 40:6-8 | His delight-the will of the Father | John 4:34; Heb 10:5-10 |
| 108. Psa 40:9 | He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel | Matt 4:17 |
| 109. Psa 40:14 | Confronted by adversaries in the Garden | John 18:4-6 |
| 110. Psa 41:9 | Betrayed by a familiar friend | John 13:18 |
| 111. Psa 45:2 | Words of Grace come from His lips | John 1:17; Luke 4:22 |
| 112. Psa 45:6 | To own the title, God or Elohim | Heb 1:8 |
| 113. Psa 45:7 | A special anointing by the Holy Spirit | Matt 3:16; Heb. 1:9 |
| 114. Psa 45:7-8 | Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed) | Luke 2:11 |
| 115. Psa 45:17 | His name remembered forever | Eph 1:20-21; Heb. 1:8 |
| 116. Psa 55:12-14 | Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy | John 13:18 |
| 117. Psa 55:15 | Unrepentant death of the Betrayer | Matt 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19 |
| 118. Psa 68:18 | To give gifts to men | Eph 4:7-16 |
| 119. Psa 68:18 | Ascended into Heaven | Luke 24:51 |
| 120. Psa 69:4 | Hated without a cause | John 15:25 |
| 121. Psa 69:8 | A stranger to own brethren | John 1:11; 7:5 |
| 122. Psa 69:9 | Zealous for the Lord’s House | John 2:17 |
| 123. Psa 69:14-20 | Messiah’s anguish of soul before crucifixion | Matt 26:36-45 |
| 124. Psa 69:20 | “My soul is exceeding sorrowful” | Matt 26:38 |
| 125. Psa 69:21 | Given vinegar in thirst | Matt 27:34 |
| 126. Psa 69:26 | The Savior given and smitten by God | John 17:4; 18:11 |
| 127. Psa 72:10-11 | Great persons were to visit Him | Matt 2:1-11 |
| 128. Psa 72:16 | The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground | John 12:24-25 |
| 129. Psa 72:17 | Belief on His name will produce offspring | John 1:12-13 |
| 130. Psa 72:17 | All nations shall be blessed by Him | Gal 3:8 |
| 131. Psa 72:17 | All nations shall call Him blessed | John 12:13; Rev 5:8-12 |
| 132. Psa 78:1-2 | He would teach in parables | Matt 13:34-35 |
| 133. Psa 78:2b | To speak the Wisdom of God with authority | Matt 7:29 |
| 134. Psa 80:17 | The Man of God’s right hand | Mark 14:61-62 |
| 135. Psa 88 | The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary | Matt 27:26-50 |
| 136. Psa 88:8 | They stood afar off and watched | Luke 23:49 |
| 137. Psa 89:27 | Firstborn | Col 1:15-18 |
| 138. Psa 89:27 | Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 139. Psa 89:35-37 | David’s Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 140. Psa 89:36-37 | His character-Faithfulness | Rev 1:5; 19:11 |
| 141. Psa 90:2 | He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2) | John 1:1 |
| 142. Psa 91:11-12 | Identified as Messianic, used to tempt Christ | Luke 4:10-11 |
| 143. Psa 97:9 | His exaltation predicted | Acts 1:11; Eph 1:20; Phil 2:9 |
| 144. Psa 100:5 | His character-Goodness | Matt 19:16-17 |
| 145. Psa 102:1-11 | The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary | John 19:16-30 |
| 146. Psa 102:25-27 | Messiah is the Preexistent Son | Heb 1:10-12 |
| 147. Psa 109:25 | Ridiculed | Matt 27:39 |
| 148. Psa 110:1 | Son of David | Matt 22:42-43 |
| 149. Psa 110:1 | To ascend to the right-hand of the Father | Mark 16:19 |
| 150. Psa 110:1 | David’s son called Lord | Matt 22:44-45 |
| 151. Psa 110:4 | A priest after Melchizedek’s order | Heb 6:20 |
| 152. Psa 112:4 | His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al | Matt 9:36 |
| 153. Psa 118:17-18 | Messiah’s Resurrection assured | Luke 24:5-7; 1 Cor 15:20 |
| 154. Psa 118:22-23 | The rejected stone is Head of the corner | Matt 21:42-43; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 155. Psa 118:26a | The Blessed One presented to Israel | Matt 21:9 |
| 156. Psa 118:26b | To come while Temple standing | Matt 21:12-15 |
| 157. Psa 132:11 | The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body) | Luke 1:32; Act 2:30 |
| 158. Psa 129:3 | He was scourged | Matt 27:26 |
| 159. Psa 138:1-6 | The supremacy of David’s Seed amazes kings | Matt 2:2-6 |
| 160. Psa 147:3-6 | The earthly ministry of Christ described | Luke 4:18 |
| 161. Prov 1:23 | He will send the Spirit of God | John 16:7 |
| 162. Prov 8:23 | Foreordained from everlasting | Rev 13:8; 1 Pet 1:19-20 |
| 163. Song 5:16 | The altogether lovely One | John 1:17 |
| 164. Isa 2:3 | He shall teach all nations | John 4:25 |
| 165. Isa 2:4 | He shall judge among the nations | John 5:22 |
| 166. Isa 6:1 | When Isaiah saw His glory | John 12:40-41 |
| 167. Isa 6:8 | The One Sent by God | John 12:38-45 |
| 168. Isa 6:9-10 | Parables fall on deaf ears | Matt 13:13-15 |
| 169. Isa 6:9-12 | Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words | Acts 28:23-29 |
| 170. Isa 7:14 | To be born of a virgin | Luke 1:35 |
| 171. Isa 7:14 | To be Emmanuel-God with us | Matt 1:18-23; 1 Tim 3:16 |
| 172. Isa 8:8 | Called Emmanuel | Matt 28:20 |
| 173. Isa 8:14 | A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense | 1 Pet 2:8 |
| 174. Isa 9:1-2 | His ministry to begin in Galilee | Matt 4:12-17 |
| 175. Isa 9:6 | A child born-Humanity | Luke 1:31 |
| 176. Isa 9:6 | A Son given-Deity | Luke 1:32; John 1:14; 1 Tim 3:16 |
| 177. Isa 9:6 | Declared to be the Son of God with power | Rom 1:3-4 |
| 178. Isa 9:6 | The Wonderful One, Peleh | Luke 4:22 |
| 179. Isa 9:6 | The Counselor, Yaatz | Matt 13:54 |
| 180. Isa 9:6 | The Mighty God, El Gibor | 1 Cor 1:24; Titus 2:3 |
| 181. Isa 9:6 | The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth | John 8:58; 10:30 |
| 182. Isa 9:6 | The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom | John 16:33 |
| 183. Isa 9:7 | To establish an everlasting kingdom | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 184. Isa 9:7 | His Character-Just | John 5:30 |
| 185. Isa 9:7 | No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 186. Isa 11:1 | Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer | Matt 2:23 |
| 187. Isa 11:1 | A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse | Luke 3:23-32 |
| 188. Isa 11:2 | Anointed One by the Spirit | Matt 3:16-17; Acts 10:38 |
| 189. Isa 11:2 | His Character-Wisdom, Knowledge, et al | Col 2:3 |
| 190. Isa 11:3 | He would know their thoughts | Luke 6:8; John 2:25 |
| 191. Isa 11:4 | Judge in righteousness | Acts 17:31 |
| 192. Isa 11:4 | Judges with the sword of His mouth | Rev 2:16; 19:11, 15 |
| 193. Isa 11:5 | Character: Righteous & Faithful | Rev 19:11 |
| 194. Isa 11:10 | The Gentiles seek Him | John 12:18-21 |
| 195. Isa 12:2 | Called Jesus-Yeshua | Matt 1:21 |
| 196. Isa 22:22 | The One given all authority to govern | Rev 3:7 |
| 197. Isa 25:8 | The Resurrection predicted | 1 Cor 15:54 |
| 198. Isa 26:19 | His power of Resurrection predicted | Matt 27:50-54 |
| 199. Isa 28:16 | The Messiah is the precious corner stone | Acts 4:11-12; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 200. Isa 28:16 | The Sure Foundation | 1 Cor 3:11; Matt 16:18; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 201. Isa 29:13 | He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word | Matt 15:7-9 |
| 202. Isa 29:14 | The wise are confounded by the Word | 1 Cor 1:18-31 |
| 203. Isa 32:2 | A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place | Matt 23:37 |
| 204. Isa 35:4 | He will come and save you | Matt 1:21 |
| 205. Isa 35:5-6 | To have a ministry of miracles | Matt 11:2-6 |
| 206. Isa 40:3-4 | Preceded by forerunner | John 1:23 |
| 207. Isa 40:9 | “Behold your God” | John 1:36; 19:14 |
| 208. Isa 40:10 | He will come to reward | Rev 22:12 |
| 209. Isa 40:11 | A shepherd-compassionate life-giver | John 10:10-18 |
| 210. Isa 42:1-4 | The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer | Matt 12:18-21 |
| 211. Isa 42:2 | Meek and lowly | Matt 11:28-30 |
| 212. Isa 42:3 | He brings hope for the hopeless | John 4 |
| 213. Isa 42:4 | The nations shall wait on His teachings | John 12:20-26 |
| 214. Isa 42:6 | The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles | Luke 2:32 |
| 215. Isa 42:1-6 | His is a worldwide compassion | Matt 28:19-20 |
| 216. Isa 42:7 | Blind eyes opened | John 9:25-38 |
| 217. Isa 43:11 | He is the only Savior | Acts 4:12 |
| 218. Isa 44:3 | He will send the Spirit of God | John 16:7-13 |
| 219. Isa 45:21-25 | He is Lord and Savior | Phil 3:20; Titus 2:13 |
| 220. Isa 45:23 | He will be the Judge | John 5:22; Rom 14:11 |
| 221. Isa 46:9-10 | Declares things not yet done | John 13:19 |
| 222. Isa 48:12 | The First and the Last | John 1:30; Rev 1:8, 17 |
| 223. Isa 48:16-17 | He came as a Teacher | John 3:2 |
| 224. Isa 49:1 | Called from the womb-His humanity | Matt 1:18 |
| 225. Isa 49:5 | A Servant from the womb | Luke 1:31; Phil 2:7 |
| 226. Isa 49:6 | He will restore Israel | Acts 3:19-21; 15:16-17 |
| 227. Isa 49:6 | He is Salvation for Israel | Luke 2:29-32 |
| 228. Isa 49:6 | He is the Light of the Gentiles | John 8:12; Acts 13:47 |
| 229. Isa 49:6 | He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth | Acts 15:7-18 |
| 230. Isa 49:7 | He is despised of the Nation | John 1:11; 8:48-49; 19:14-15 |
| 231. Isa 50:3 | Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation | Luke 23:44-45 |
| 232. Isa 50:4 | He is a learned counselor for the weary | Matt 7:29; 11:28-29 |
| 233. Isa 50:5 | The Servant bound willingly to obedience | Matt 26:39 |
| 234. Isa 50:6a | “I gave my back to those who struck Me” | Matt 27:26 |
| 235. Isa 50:6b | He was smitten on the cheeks | Matt 26:67 |
| 236. Isa 50:6c | He was spat upon | Matt 27:30 |
| 237. Isa 52:7 | Published good tidings upon mountains | Matt 5:12; 15:29; 28:16 |
| 238. Isa 52:13 | The Servant exalted | Acts 1:8-11; Eph 1:19-22; Phil 2:5-9 |
| 239. Isa 52:14 | The Servant shockingly abused | Luke 18:31-34; Matt 26:67-68 |
| 240. Isa 52:15 | Nations startled by message of the Servant | Luke 18:31-34; Matt 26:67-68 |
| 241. Isa 52:15 | His blood shed sprinkles nations | Heb 9:13-14; Rev 1:5 |
| 242. Isa 53:1 | His people would not believe Him | John 12:37-38 |
| 243. Isa 53:2 | Appearance of an ordinary man | Phil 2:6-8 |
| 244. Isa 53:3a | Despised | Luke 4:28-29 |
| 245. Isa 53:3b | Rejected | Matt 27:21-23 |
| 246. Isa 53:3c | Great sorrow and grief | Matt 26:37-38; Luke 19:41; Heb 4:15 |
| 247. Isa 53:3d | Men hide from being associated with Him | Mark 14:50-52 |
| 248. Isa 53:4a | He would have a healing ministry | Matt 8:16-17 |
| 249. Isa 53:4b | Thought to be cursed by God | Matt 26:66; 27:41-43 |
| 250. Isa 53:5a | Bears penalty for mankind’s iniquities | 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 2:9 |
| 251. Isa 53:5b | His sacrifice provides peace between man and God | Col 1:20 |
| 252. Isa 53:5c | His sacrifice would heal man of sin | 1 Pet 2:24 |
| 253. Isa 53:6a | He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind | 1 John 2:2; 4:10 |
| 254. Isa 53:6b | God’s will that He bear sin for all mankind | Gal 1:4 |
| 255. Isa 53:7a | Oppressed and afflicted | Matt 27:27-31 |
| 256. Isa 53:7b | Silent before his accusers | Matt 27:12-14 |
| 257. Isa 53:7c | Sacrificial lamb | John 1:29; 1 Pet 1:18-19 |
| 258. Isa 53:8a | Confined and persecuted | Matt 26:47-27:31 |
| 259. Isa 53:8b | He would be judged | John 18:13-22 |
| 260. Isa 53:8c | Killed | Matt 27:35 |
| 261. Isa 53:8d | Dies for the sins of the world | 1 John 2:2 |
| 262. Isa 53:9a | Buried in a rich man’s grave | Matt 27:57 |
| 263. Isa 53:9b | Innocent and had done no violence | Luke 23:41; John 18:38 |
| 264. Isa 53:9c | No deceit in his mouth | 1 Pet 2:22 |
| 265. Isa 53:10a | God’s will that He die for mankind | John 18:11 |
| 266. Isa 53:10b | An offering for sin | Matt 20:28; Gal 3:13 |
| 267. Isa 53:10c | Resurrected and live forever | Rom 6:9 |
| 268. Isa 53:10d | He would prosper | John 17:1-5 |
| 269. Isa 53:11a | God fully satisfied with His suffering | John 12:27; 19:30 |
| 270. Isa 53:11b | God’s servant would justify man | Rom 5:8-9, 18-19 |
| 271. Isa 53:11c | The sin-bearer for all mankind | Heb 9:28 |
| 272. Isa 53:12a | Exalted by God because of his sacrifice | Matt 28:18; Phil 2:9 |
| 273. Isa 53:12b | He would give up his life to save mankind | Luke 23:46; Jn 10:18 |
| 274. Isa 53:12c | Numbered with the transgressors | Mark 15:27-28 |
| 275. Isa 53:12d | Sin-bearer for all mankind | 1 Pet 2:24; 2 Cor 5:19 |
| 276. Isa 53:12e | Intercede to God in behalf of mankind | Luke 23:34; Rom 8:34 |
| 277. Isa 55:3 | Resurrected by God | Acts 13:34 |
| 278. Isa 55:4a | A witness | John 18:37 |
| 279. Isa 55:4b | He is a leader and commander | Heb 2:10 |
| 280. Isa 55:5 | God would glorify Him | Acts 3:13 |
| 281. Isa 59:16a | Intercessor between man and God | Matt 10:32 |
| 282. Isa 59:16b | He would come to provide salvation | John 6:40 |
| 283. Isa 59:20 | He would come to Zion as their Redeemer | Luke 2:38 |
| 284. Isa 60:1-3 | He would show light to the Gentiles | Acts 26:23 |
| 285. Isa 61:1a | The Spirit of God upon him | Matt 3:16-17 |
| 286. Isa 61:1b | The Messiah would preach the good news | Luke 4:16-21 |
| 287. Isa 61:1c | Provide freedom from the bondage of sin | John 8:31-36 |
| 288. Isa 61:1-2a | Proclaim a period of grace | Gal 4:4-5 |
| 289. Jer 23:5-6 | Descendant of David | Luke 3:23-31 |
| 290. Jer 23:5-6 | The Messiah would be both God and Man | John 13:13; 1 Tim 3:16 |
| 291. Jer 31:22 | Born of a virgin | Matt 1:18-20 |
| 292. Jer 31:31 | The Messiah would be the new covenant | Matt 26:28 |
| 293. Jer 33:14-15 | Descendant of David | Luke 3:23-31 |
| 294. Ezek 34:23-24 | Descendant of David | Matt 1:1 |
| 295. Ezek 37:24-25 | Descendant of David | Luke 1:31-33 |
| 296. Dan 2:44-45 | The Stone that shall break the kingdoms | Matt 21:44 |
| 297. Dan 7:13-14a | He would ascend into heaven | Acts 1:9-11 |
| 298. Dan 7:13-14b | Highly exalted | Eph 1:20-22; Phil 2:9 |
| 299. Dan 7:13-14c | His dominion would be everlasting | Luke 1:31-33 |
| 300. Dan 9:24a | To make an end to sins | Gal 1:3-5 |
| 301. Dan 9:24a | To make reconciliation for iniquity | Rom 5:10; 2 Cor 5:18-21 |
| 302. Dan 9:24b | He would be holy | Luke 1:35 |
| 303. Dan 9:25 | His announcement | John 12:12-13 |
| 304. Dan 9:26a | Cut off | Matt 16:21; 21:38-39 |
| 305. Dan 9:26b | Die for the sins of the world | Heb 2:9 |
| 306. Dan 9:26c | Killed before the destruction of the temple | Matt 27:50-51 |
| 307. Dan 10:5-6 | Messiah in a glorified state | Rev 1:13-16 |
| 308. Hos 11:1 | He would be called out of Egypt | Matt 2:15 |
| 309. Hos 13:14 | He would defeat death | 1 Cor 15:55-57 |
| 310. Joel 2:32 | Offer salvation to all mankind | Rom 10:9-13 |
| 311. Jonah 1:17 | Death and resurrection of Christ | Matt 12:40; 16:4 |
| 312. Mic 5:2a | Born in Bethlehem | Matt 2:1-6 |
| 313. Mic 5:2b | Ruler in Israel | Luke 1:33 |
| 314. Mic 5:2c | From everlasting | John 8:58 |
| 315. Hag 2:6-9 | He would visit the second Temple | Luke 2:27-32 |
| 316. Hag 2:23 | Descendant of Zerubbabel | Luke 2:27-32 |
| 317. Zech 3:8 | God’s servant | John 17:4 |
| 318. Zech 6:12-13 | Priest and King | Heb 8:1 |
| 319. Zech 9:9a | Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem | Matt 21:8-10 |
| 320. Zech 9:9b | Beheld as King | John 12:12-13 |
| 321. Zech 9:9c | The Messiah would be just | John 5:30 |
| 322. Zech 9:9d | The Messiah would bring salvation | Luke 19:10 |
| 323. Zech 9:9e | The Messiah would be humble | Matt 11:29 |
| 324. Zech 9:9f | Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey | Matt 21:6-9 |
| 325. Zech 10:4 | The cornerstone | Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 326. Zech 11:4-6a | At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders | Matt 23:1-4 |
| 327. Zech 11:4-6b | Rejection causes God to remove His protection | Luke 19:41-44 |
| 328. Zech 11:4-6c | Rejected in favor of another king | John 19:13-15 |
| 329. Zech 11:7 | Ministry to “poor,” the believing remnant | Matt 9:35-36 |
| 330. Zech 11:8a | Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them | Matt 23:33 |
| 331. Zech 11:8b | Despised | Matt 27:20 |
| 332. Zech 11:9 | Stops ministering to those who rejected Him | Matt 13:10-11 |
| 333. Zech 11:10-11a | Rejection causes God to remove protection | Luke 19:41-44 |
| 334. Zech 11:10-11b | The Messiah would be God | John 14:7 |
| 335. Zech 11:12-13a | Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver | Matt 26:14-15 |
| 336. Zech 11:12-13b | Rejected | Matt 26:14-15 |
| 337. Zech 11:12-13c | Thirty pieces of silver cast in the house of the Lord | Matt 27:3-5 |
| 338. Zech 11:12-13d | The Messiah would be God | John 12:45 |
| 339. Zech 12:10a | The Messiah’s body would be pierced | John 19:34-37 |
| 340. Zech 12:10b | The Messiah would be both God and man | John 10:30 |
| 341. Zech 12:10c | The Messiah would be rejected | John 1:11 |
| 342. Zech 13:7a | God’s will He die for mankind | John 18:11 |
| 343. Zech 13:7b | A violent death | Mark 14:27 |
| 344. Zech 13:7c, 9 | Both God and man | John 14:9 |
| 345. Zech 13:7d | Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him | Matt 26:31-56 |
| 346. Zech 14:4 | He would return to the Mt. of Olives | Acts 1:11-12 |
| 347. Mal 3:1a | Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah | Mark 1:1-8 |
| 348. Mal 3:1b | Sudden appearance at the temple | Mark 11:15-16 |
| 349. Mal 3:1c | Messenger of the new covenant | Luke 4:43 |
| 350. Mal 4:5 | Forerunner in spirit of Elijah | Matt 3:1-3; 11:10-14; 17:11-13 |
| 351. Mal 4:6 | Forerunner would turn many to righteousness | Luke 1:16-17; Heb 6:20 |
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“A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey” [podcast]

DADDY’S IN THE HOUSE!
There will not be even one rebel in glory …. The LORD loves and calls you to Himself today….. to settle down humbly in true repentance …. asking God to forgive your sinful stubbornness, rebellion, and self-idolatry, self-adultery. Ask Him to give you a heart of flesh and to take away every trace of a stony heart in you (Ezekiel 36:24-26).
If you had a real dad growing up, you know HE was large and in charge in his house…. and so is God!
He’s Large and in Charge!
He’s Daddy, “Abba Father”! (Romans 8:15).
He’s Your Father – yet only if you endure His chastening! (Hebrews 12:5-12)
“A land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8) is a biblical phrase that describes a place of great abundance and prosperity, symbolizing the fulfillment of God’s promises and the richness of the Promised Land. It emphasizes a land that is fertile, nourishing, and provides an abundance of sustenance, with milk and honey serving as symbolic representations of this richness.”
“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba (Daddy), Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” Romans 8:15-17
Growing up in daddy’s house, you did things his way, right? Not your way but his way…. he was the man of the house, not you. You abode under his provision and his care and love for you, as your daddy, right? Well, that’s how it is with God. He loves you beyond measure and yet you must simply humble yourself and do things His way. When you do, the blessings will flow, will overwhelm you, will consume you, will flood your life! BAM. Memorize Matthew 6:33 today.
Let’s get something straight …
NO DOUBT: There’s no doubt that God wants to bless your life! Yet, you must do it His way beloved. He wants to bless you and yet, you must ask yourself if you really want Him. Are you truly hungering and thirsting for more of Jesus, more of His righteousness?
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6
The Old Testament summed up: In dealing with His people, His transactions, our LORD’s business concerned their salvation and restoration – promised land blessings! Read Numbers 13-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13. And, we are now “the Israel of God” (Galatians 6:16). All these things were written and are on record for us – for our learning, comfort, peace, and blessings (Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:11).
As was the case with Old Testament Israel, God brought you out of a life of sin in this fallen world (Egypt) in order to bring you IN – into His land of abundant blessings, walking victoriously in a cross-abiding relationship with Christ (John 15).
“And he brought us OUT from thence, that he might bring us IN, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.” Deuteronomy 6:23
There’s a promised land of blessedness, of abundant fruit, the likes of which we have not even begun to taste. Yet, appropriating, walking into this treasure house, this field, this gold mine of blessedness, requires that we closely, diligently trust and obey the Giver of “every good gift … every perfect gift” (James 1:17).
HE BROUGHT YOU OUT OF SOMETHING FOR GOOD REASON – TO BRING YOU INTO SOMETHING MUCH GREATER – WHICH HE PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD ON THAT CROSS!
Many who read these words are seeking to get and to live out what God alone can provide – as you abide in a real relationship with Him, loving Him with all you are, wholeheartedly.
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalms 37:4
Delighting in the LORD assures that we will be possessed with His desires and they will be granted!
Truly Trusting and OBEYING God
Are you forgetting any of His “benefits” – the ones Jesus died to give? Are you neglecting to appropriate them by a real walk with Him? “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalms 103:2).
Jesus was the perfect example of delighting in God. In the days of His flesh, Jesus toiling as He faced going to that cross for us, cried “not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). Have we cried out to the LORD today with a “Not my will but thine be done”?
“First” means First, not Second. Putting God where He Belongs in Your Life – “First”
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33
If you are out of Bible order, you are out of Bible blessings!
If your life is not in Bible order where Jesus is literally FIRST, you will not walk in the blessings of God – the blessings Jesus died to give you!
“IF”
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.” Isaiah 19-20
GOD DESIRES TO BLESS YOU – to bring you into “A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey.”
The phrase “milk and honey” appears 20 times in God’s Word and in every case, refers to God’s desire and declaration to bring His people into His land of rich blessings, flowing with the bounty of His goodness!
“And I am come down to deliver them (salvation) out of the hand of the Egyptians (the world), and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites” (Exodus 3:8).
In other words, “I’m going to bring you into a land flowing with milk and honey right in the middle of your enemies!”
The LORD brings us OUT of sin, “OUT of darkness INTO his marvellous light”!
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar (special) people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you OUT of darkness INTO his marvellous light:” 1 Peter 2:9
“Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.” Exodus 33:3
The LORD brings, saves us out of the world and into His kingdom family and blessings!
“And I have said, I will bring you up OUT of the affliction of Egypt (sin; the lost world) unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey (salvation).” Exodus 3:17
The “Milk and Honey” of Christ’s Salvation!
God brought His beloved people OUT of Egypt (represents the world) to bring them INTO the promised land He ordained for them! In the same way, God has brought you and me out of sin, out of the kingdom of the world, in order to bring us IN to His promised land of blessing in Christ! Read Ephesians 1 afresh beloved of God.
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet (fit) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us FROM (out of) the power of darkness, and hath translated us INTO the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:” Colossians 1:12-14
God never brings you OUT of something not to bring you INTO something much better! safeguardyoursoul.com
He made us to bless us and yet – will only do so as we walk with Him on His stated terms.
“That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.” Jeremiah 11:5
“And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.” Deuteronomy 11:9
God Sent His Son to Bless Us – His People
“Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.” Acts 3:26
Repentance Always Leads to Refreshing from Heaven!
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” Acts 3:19-21
God Requires Repentance and Faith in All Who will be His and Receive His Ultimate Blessings
¨I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.¨ Deuteronomy 30:19-20
¨Numbers 14:8 says if He delights in us, then He will give us a land flowing with milk and honey. This means in order to receive a land flowing with milk and honey He must delight in us. This notes a condition of obedience and faith. We have to embrace and conform with His ways (the cross) to receive the spiritual blessings and to receive eternal life.¨ Karen Cochran
¨And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.¨ Numbers 14:17-19
PRAYER: Heavenly Father thank You for being so unimaginably loving and benevolent to Your creation, to all those You made in Your very image. I love You LORD Jesus and here and now give You praise and thanksgiving for coming to die for my sins and then buried and raised again for my justification. Now dear LORD, please make me whole, from the inside out. Please pour out Your Holy Ghost on my life now and use this vessel to bring eternal glory to You. Bless Your people to abide in You Jesus, to have vital union with You and thereby the abundance of fruit, more fruit, and much fruit. In Jesus´ name. Amen.
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Articles
Nicolaitan Nightmare [podcast]

The Scourge of Beguilers
Controlling, Gaslighting, Manipulating Operatives of Satan Exposed
Conquering and controlling people by deceit has long been the work of deceivers and “There is no new thing under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). In fact, in this last hour, the Bible tells us that “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse” and “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time” (2 Timothy 3:13; Revelation 12:12).
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome (by lies), of the same is he brought in bondage.” 2 Peter 2:19
Why did Jesus say He Hates the Deeds and Doctrine of the Nicolaitans?
“But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” Revelation 2:6
“So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.” Revelation 2:15
Jesus told us that He hates the “doctrine” and “deeds of the Nicolaitans” (Revelation 2:6, 15). When we simply break down this word Jesus uses here – “Nicolaitans” – we gain insight into its meaning and what our LORD says He hates. Nico means “to conquer” while laitans means “the laity” which is the people. So, “Nicolaitans” simply means, “to conquer the laity.” This is the doctrine of control that the Master addresses here. In fact, this doctrine and the deeds that accompany it, so infuriate the LORD that it is the only thing that Christ ever went on record to say that He “hates”! Selah!
Beware of this usurpish witchcraft demon that seeks to bring believers under its control through false ministers.
JESUS CHRIST IS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR! NO MERE MAN, NO SINNER DIED FOR YOUR SINS – TO PURCHASE YOU TO HIMSELF! THE DECLARATION OF EVERY ONE OF CHRIST’S TRUE UNDER-SHEPHERDS is – “Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.” 2 Corinthians 1:24
The fear and nightmare of nicolaitan wolves is that they will be seen for who they really are. Their nemesis is informed and discerning believers who quickly identify them and mark and expose them as the Bible says to do (Romans 16:17-18).
“For though I should boast somewhat more of our AUTHORITY, which the Lord hath given us for EDIFICATION, and not for your DESTRUCTION, I should not be ashamed:” 2 Corinthians 10:8
“Authority” from the LORD is “given us for edification, and not for your destruction.”
The Holy Ghost would never anoint any of His servants to control or destroy but rather to edify.
YOU BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST: He made you (Colossians 1:16). Then He came for you. JESUS alone died for you – on that cross where the Son of God bore, carried away your sins with His own life blood (Isaiah 53:5; John 1:29). Then He found you when you were a lost sheep. He brought you into His family. You don’t belong to some church or pastor. You belong to the LORD Himself. He is jealous over you (Exodus 34:14; Beware of the controllers, the pastors who are operating in witchcraft and seek to assert undue control over your life.
The apostle Paul espoused the members of the body of Christ to CHRIST Himself and not to Paul!
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband (JESUS!), that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:2
Wolves are very cunning and manipulating. They deceitfully conflate you submitting to them with submitting to God Himself. Not.
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MESSAGE RECEIVED:
“Good morning brother! I’m troubled by this statement I am being told …here it is: ‘You need to submit to leadership and learn humility and not rebuke an elder or pastor or any leader, no matter what you should always go with the direction of leadership.'”
REPLY:
God gave us a Bible in order to grant us discernment… and that our faith and trust and obedience would be in HIM….and in that Bible He warns us repeatedly to beware of such false Nicolaitan (means to conquer the people) wolves (Rev. 2:6, 15). The LORD primarily leads His New Testament church through the Holy Scriptures which were given by the Holy Ghost (2 Timothy 3:15-17, etc.). “THY WORD is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalms 119:105).
The LORD applauds His disciples at Berea for not taking even Christ’s apostle Paul at his word but rather searching the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul was saying was divine truth (Acts 17:10-1; 2 Timothy 3:15-17). 1 John 4:1 says “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
Any man or men saying that you must obey THEM no matter where they lead or what they say are diabolical wolves. Read 1 Corinthians 2:1-5.
There are 2 chapters in the book Deceivers and False Prophets Among Us dealing directly and in detail on this Nico-Laitan (means to conquer the people) leadership which Jesus says He hates (Revelation 2:6, 15).
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The High Treason of False Leaders [podcast]

PWT = Preach, WARN, Teach
“Whom we PREACH, WARNING every man, and TEACHING every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:” Colossians 1:28
Did you catch what the apostle Paul did to prepare the church to meet Christ?
- Preach
- WARN
- Teach
Letting God Speak for Himself
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15
Bible truths/words you never hear from wolves: Repent, obedience, the cross – crucified life, holiness, judgment, eternal Hell, the lake of fire, being spotless and ready for Christ’s return, etc..
Many today preach the crown but not the cross, the promise without the condition. They perpetually peddle half truths as they use words like “soar” and “rise up” and “elevation,” a going upward but never the essential non-negotiable condition of going downward before God will raise one upward (Isaiah 37:31; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12). Their misleading cross-less messages are “another gospel” and we know that because there is no cross, no mention of dying downward, no crucified life (2 Corinthians 11:2-5; Galatians 1:6-9; Philippians 3:18-19). The LORD will raise no one upward who doesn’t first humbly bow downward before His Majestic holiness (Luke 9:23-24; James 4:6-10). | Myth of Elevation without the Cross
“MANY pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.” Jeremiah 12:10-11
Were we not warned repeatedly to beware of those who would spoil us (ruin us eternally)?
This “famine” is here and has been induced by the “MANY false prophets” Jesus and His apostles foretold (Amos 8:11; Matthew 24:11; Isaiah 9:16; 2 Peter 2:1-3, etc.).
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:” Amos 8:11
Self-induced “famine”: Those rebels who refuse to repent and get into God’s Word for themselves are starved out and deceived by the false gospel of the apostate modern church world. In contrast, every true disciple will study God’s Word diligently for themselves and feast in the midst of this prophesied “famine” for the Word of God.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
PAUL GAVE LITTLE PLACE TO FALSE LEADERS (GALATIANS 2:4-5). THEY ARE TO BE IDENTIFIED, REBUKED, REJECTED, AND MARKED UNLESS THEY REPENT (ROMANS 16:17-18; TITUS 1:13).
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening (devouring) wolves.” Matthew 7:15
The false leaders Christ speaks of here would have all the trappings of a true Christian leader so as not to be detected. But the true remnant cling to Christ and therefore His Word and are thereby able to discern (Ezekiel 44:23).
“The majority has always believed the lies, gone the wrong way, never changed, and suffered great devastation. The pattern is repeated every third or fourth generation. People warning them are always considered alarmist or fools (conspiracy theorists). But God ordains faithful people. They will not cease to warn them until repentance is no longer an option.” C.
Paul Speaking to the Ephesians
“Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.” Acts 20:27-32
God’s Word informs us that Christ’s true servant-elders WILL TEACH God’s people to discern by weighing all against the standard of the Word of God (Ezekiel 44:23; Acts 17:10-11; 1 John 4:1, etc.). Therefore we know that any man in leadership not teaching people to discern between the holy and profane, between true and false, is himself a wolf!
“Even the very elect! We need to be guarding our hearts every moment because the devil loves an idle mind.” Charles Pray
“DISCERN”
“And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.” Ezekiel 44:23
For a moment, let’s explore what true ministry is so that we can see what is not true ministry. Perhaps one good definition of what true ministry is would be: Giving people God’s Word in order to endear them to Him by His very own words. Is not the divine Person of the Holy Spirit integrally involved in that exchange? Did He not orchestrate it?
Watch closely at what the elders of Israel did when they stood before the people:
“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly (directly, literally), and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” Nehemiah 8:8
Truly God-fearing servants of Christ get people into HIS Word so that they follow Him and not them – mere men. Note that in this important passage in Nehemiah 8, we see the principle for leadership: Leading the souls of men to Christ, not to self.
Those who flatter you by refusing to preach the absolute necessity of repenting, taking up the cross daily and following Jesus…. Are setting you up for the kill …. You may vainly believe that it’s all fun and games now but judgment is coming if you don’t repent and diligently study and adhere to the whole counsel of God’s Word. When you do truly repent, you will no long put yourself under a smooth talking wolf who refuses to preach the whole counsel of the original Gospel of Christ (Isaiah 30:9-10; 2 Timothy 4:2-4).
“A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.” Proverbs 29:5
All ministers who soft peddle and do not endeavor to unapologetically declare the whole counsel of God’s Word, are deceivers. Run.
JUST because a preacher has a few good quotes does NOT at all mean he’s not a false teacher. If he has one false doctrine, he is false. Speaking of false doctrine, Paul wrote: “A little leaveneth the WHOLE lump” (Galatians 5:9). Example: There are many teachers/pastors of old who left behind good quotes and yet were false teachers. Examples would include the often quoted wolf C.S. Lewis, the diabolical monstrostity John Calvin, and the vile legalist Charles Finney. Also, there are many today who say a lot of good things and yet, then you find out they believe calvinism or the lie of eternal security/OSAS. Run.
One minister of Christ declared:
“People think that because I skin the brethren alive when I preach, that I’m not showing any love. That’s because they’ve been brainwashed by the glass toilet (the TV), and they respond to the tone of my voice much as my German Shepherd would. But I do love the brethren. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t preach against their sins. I would preach on coping and sharing and family values and let them hit a bonfire at the Judgment Seat of Christ.”
Think about how many people are promoting THEIR ministries and how much money is wasted on such trash.
“For THE LEADERS of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.” Isaiah 9:16
Leaders who betray the LORD and His people.
Remember that according to the record of the Gospels, it was the wicked religious leaders, the Jews of Christ’s day, who betrayed the Son of God their KING to the Roman authorities, calling out for His crucifixion (Matthew 27; John 19, etc.).
The kingdom of God is not about mere men’s ministries or churches or church organizations. Reading the history of Israel and the New Testament plainly reveals that false leaders have done inestimable damage – they have done so very much to oust Christ right out of the hearts and minds of the people they are misleading while posing as those who are leading them in the ways of the LORD (Isaiah 9:16).

“And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer (true worship); but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Matthew 21:13
Today is no different – In fact we are told it will get even worse in these final days at the hands of deceivers (2 Timothy 3:13). Like the wolves of old who were constantly exposed by Israel’s prophets, modern beguilers are intercepting the heart affections and resources of those they have misled. Listen to God’s prophet Ezekiel:
“There is a conspiracy of her prophets (false leaders) in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening (devouring) the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening (devouring) the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.” Ezekiel 22:25-27
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“O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Psalms 34:3
The eternal kingdom of God is all about KING Jesus.
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil (ruin) you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power … Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.” Colossians 2:6-10, 18, 19
Most men in ministry are “not holding the Head” of the body – Christ – and therefore have intercepted the affections of the people in order to exploit them to build their own ministry business.
Any leader who is not constantly doing every possible thing he can to get YOU into God’s Word for yourself, is an absolute wolf of the worst kind.
Revelation: People don’t need you and me – they need the LORD – and He reveals Himself through His Word.
Christ must be magnified, not mere men – “And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another” (1 Corinthians 4:6).
IT’S SO very important not to over aggrandize any mere man. We must rid our hearts of all idols (Ezekiel 14:3). The personality cults must be seen for what they really are and shunned by Christ’s true remnant. Think about the personalities so many (most) modern popular ministries are built upon? Think about the ingratiating, manipulative, and flamboyant personalities of circus clowns like Jesse Duplantis, Joel Osteen, and Joyce Meyer, Rick Warren, and a host of other false leaders who have built their enterprises/empires on THEIR own personalities and telling people what THEIR unrepentant hearts want to hear instead of what God says in the full counsel of His Holy Word (2 Timothy 4:2-4). Others we could name are more subtle and yet nevertheless draw people to THEMSELVES, not Christ! This is robbery – robbing Christ of the glory due only to Himself.
The great apostle went out of his way – he made sure and steadfast provision – to never draw or entice the affections of men’s hearts to himself. That would be theft – high treason against Heaven. In the holy fear of God, Paul took great precaution not to endear the hearts of men to himself, a mere man, but rather he espoused them to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2-5). Listen to him:
“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2
Have you memorized the above verse yet?
“I Have Espoused You to … Christ”
Let’s again listen closely to the heart of Paul to the people of God, Christ’s messenger/apostle:
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?” 2 Corinthians 11:2-7
Paul espoused those he oversaw to Jesus, not to himself. He caused them to trust Christ through His blessed Word and invited others to compare what he taught to the Holy Scriptures (Acts 17:11; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:15-17). Is this what your pastor is doing?
In a recent conversation with my friend Tim, he was edified to hear the encouragement that every time he gets someone into the Word of God for themselves, he is doing much more than most pastors or “Christian” authors who make people dependent upon them – so that they get repeat customers for their business.
Are you in the Word daily friend?
How can God’s Word get into you if you don’t get into it?
Are you drawing and remaining close to the Savior in this late hour like the wise virgins who kept the oil of His presence in the lamp of their lives and were therefore ready when He returned? (Matthew 25:1-13)
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly (abundantly) in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16
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