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Lineage of the
Modern Corrupt Versions

Compiled by Dr. Ken Matto

(THIS is this the foundation for the King James Bible and the others (new versions) …. one foundation is solid and the other sand ….What foundation is your faith build upon? Romans 10:17)

Just as the King James Bible has a rich lineage of un-corrupted transmission through the ages, the modern versions also have a lineage. Their lineage is one of corruption, deletion, omission, addition, rejection and confusion. Modern versions are the fruit of arrogant scholarship which includes homosexuals who worked on the NIV. God never calls unbelievers to preach and neither would He call a sodomite to translate His Word.

If your pastor rejects the pure lineage of the King James Bible and accepts the corrupt translations, then he is a proponent of modern scholarship which exalts the god of education above the God of the Bible. They are seriously deceived and are a danger to spiritual growth.

THE OLD TESTAMENT

Rudolph Kittel’s Biblical Hebraica**

Dead Sea Scrolls consulted

From the Translator’s Preface in the NIV:

“Sometimes a variant Hebrew reading in the margin of the Masoretic Text was followed instead of the text itself.”

“The translators also consulted the more important early versions-the Septuagint; Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion; the Vulgate; The Syriac Peshitta; the Targums; and for the Psalms the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome. Readings from these versions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading.”

This is known as “eclectic” scholarship. In other words, if I don’t like what I read in the manuscripts, there is always another writing by an unbelieving, perverted scholar who will tell me what I want to hear.

**The modern versions use Rudolph Kittel’s Biblia Hebraica for the Old Testament. The King James uses the 1524-25 Bomberg edition of the Masoretic Text known as the Ben Chayyim text. There were two editions of Biblia Hebraica in 1906 and 1913. In the third edition, changes took place, 20,000 to be exact from the Ben Chayyim text, when the editors incorporated the readings of the Leningrad Codex (circa 1008 A.D. and believed to be written in Egypt) in his 1937 edition (completed by Albrecht Alt and Otto Esselte – Stuttgart, 1937), and it is also used in the 1977 edition of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Their text was the Ben Asher text which they exchanged from the Ben Chayyim text and it contained the readings of a few minor Hebrew manuscripts.

THE NEW TESTAMENT

30-95———-Original Autographs
150————-Tatian’s Diatesseron
200————-Clement’s Manuscripts
225————-Origen’s Hexapla
331————-Vaticanus (B) – Believed to be one of Constantine’s Bibles by Eusebius
331————-Sinaiticus (Aleph) – Believed to be one of Constantine’s Bible by Eusebius
400————-Jerome’s Latin Vulgate (official bible of Roman Catholic Institution for over 1,000 years)
450————-Codex Alexandrinus (circa)
450————-Codex Ephraemi (circa)
450————-Codex Bezae (circa)
1481———–Discovery of Vaticanus (B) Manuscript in Vatican Library
1582———–Douay-Rheims New Testament
1592———–Clementine Bible (By Pope Clement VIIII 1592-1605)
1610———–Douay-Rheims Complete Bible (Jesuit Bible)
1657———–Brian Walton’s Polyglot
1707———–John Mill’s Edition
1729———–The New Testament in Greek and English (Unitarian tendencies) by Daniel Mace
1745———–The Primitive New Testament – William Whiston
1750———–Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate – Richard Challoner
1764———–A new and literal translation of all the books of the Old and New Testament; with notes critical and explanatory by Anthony
                       Purver – Otherwise known as the Quaker Bible
1768———–A Literal Translation of the New Testament – Edward Harwood
1774———–Griesbach’s Greek New Testament
1790———–An Exposition of the New Testament – William Gilpin
1791———–A Translation of the New Testament – Gilbert Wakefield – He was a Unitarian
1795———–A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – Thomas Haweis
1796———–An Attempt toward revising our English Translation of the Greek Scriptures – William Newcome (Unitarian)
1798———–A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – Nathaniel Scarlett (A Unitarian Version)
1808———–The New Testament, An improved version upon the basis of Archbishop Newcome’s new translation with a corrected text
                       and notes critical and explanatory.  A Revision of Newcome’s 1796 Unitarian version
1808———–The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Covenant based upon the Septuagint – Charles Thomson
1823———–The New Testament in Greek and English based upon the manuscript of Greisbach
1826———–The Sacred Writing of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ, Commonly Styled The New Testament. Translated
                       from the Original Greek by Alexander Campbell
1828———–The Gospel of God’s Anointed, the Glory of Israel, and the Light of Revelation for the Gentiles by Alexander Greaves
1828———–The New Testament in the Common Version by John Gorham Palfrey
1833———–A New and Corrected Version of the New Testament by Rodolphus Dickinson
1836———–The Book of the New Covenant of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Granville Penn
1840———–The New Testament translated from the text of J. J. Greisbach by Samuel Sharpe
1841———–The Holy Bible, containing the Authorized Version … with twenty thousand emendations – John Conquest, Editor
1842———–Carl Lachmann’s New Testament
1844———–Discovery of Sinaiticus (Aleph) in garbage pail at St. Helens Monastery in Sinai
1850———–The Commonly Received Version of the New Testament … With Several Hundred Emendations by Spencer Cone and
                       William Wyckoff
1851———–The New Testament translated from the Syriac Peshitta – James Murdock
1856———–A Translation of the Gospels – Andrews Norton
1857———–Tregelle’s New Testament
1858———–New Testament translated from the Original Greek based on Tischendorf’s text by Leicester Ambrose Sawyer
1859———–Tischendorf’s 7th Edition New Testament
1862———–The Life and Epistles of St. Paul – W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson
1863———–A Literal Translation of the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ based on the Vaticanus Manuscript by
                      Hermann Heinfitter – Real name Frederick Parker
1864———–The Emphatic Diaglott – Benjamin Wilson
1867———–The Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Book of Revelation: Commonly called the New Testament by J. N. Darby
1867———–The Holy Scriptures, Translated and Corrected by the Spirit of Revelation, by Joseph Smith, Jr. the Seer – Mormon
1869———–Alford’s New Testament
1869———–The New Testament – George R. Noyes (Unitarian)
1872———–Tischendorf’s New Testament
1872———–Rotherham Version – Translated from Tregelles Text – Joseph Bryant Rotherham
1875———–The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1876————The Holy Bible … translated literally from the original tongues by Julia Evelina Smith Parker
1881———–The Revised Version of Hort & Westcott
1888———–The New Covenant – J. W. Hansen
1890———–The Holy Scriptures – John Nelson Darby
1899———–Douay-Rheims American Edition
1900———–Epistles of the New Testament – Henry Hayman
1901———–The American Standard Version – Phllip Schaff – Editor
1901———–Modern American Bible – Frank Schell Ballentine (Revised in 1909)
1901———–Moffatt’s Historical New Testament – James Moffatt
1901———–Way’s Epistles – Arthur Way
1901———–Young People’s Bible or the Scriptures Corrected – Harriet Jones
1902———–The Emphasized Bible – Joseph Bryant Rotherham (4 Volumes)
1902———–Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – W. B. Godbey (Based on Codex Sinaiticus)
1902———–Twentieth Century New Testament (Revised 1904)
1903———–The Holy Bible in Modern English – Ferrar Fenton
1903———–The New Testament in Modern Speech – Richard Weymouth
1904———–Worrell’s New Testament – A. S. Worrel (A mediocre revision of the ASV of 1901)
1904———–Century Bible (Contains both KJV text and RV of 1881)
1905———–LLoyd’s New Testament – Samuel LLoyd
1906———–Forrester Translation – Henry Forrester
1907———–Bourne’s Gospel – A. E. Bourne
1907———–Moulton’s Modern Reader’s Bible – Richard C. Moulton
1908———–Rutherford’s Epistles
1909———–Bible in Modern English
1909———–Weaver’s New Testament – S. Townsend Weaver
1910———–The Cunard’s by F. W. Cunard
1912———–The Improved Bible Union Version – American Baptist Publishing Society
1913———–The New Testament: A Translation in Modern Speech by James Moffatt (Revised 1917)
1914———–The Numeric New Testament – Ivan Panin (Revised 1935)
1914———–Cunnington’s New Testament – E. E. Cunnington (Based on the Western Texts in the 4th Edition Greek nestle Text)
1916———–The McFayden Psalms in Modern Speech – John McFayden
1917———–The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text – Jewish Publication Society Bible
1918———–Anderson New Testament from the Sinaiticus Manuscript – Harry Tompkins Anderson
1919———–The Messages of the Bible – Frank Sanders & Charles Kent
1921———–Common Speech by T. W. Pym
1921———–The Shorter Bible – Charles Foster Kent
1921———–A Plain Translation of the New Testament by a Student – Bird McCarron
1922———–The Plainer Bible – Chaplain Frank Valentine
1923———–The New Testament: An American Translation – Edgar Goodspeed
1923———–The Riverside New Testament – William G. Ballenteen
1923———–The Robertson Translation – A. T. Robertson
1924———–The Labor Determinative Version
1924———–Centenary Translation of the New Testament – Helen Barrett Montgomery
1925———– Askwith’s Psalms – E.H. Askwith
1925———–People’s New Covenant -Arthur E. Overbury
1925———–Children’s Bible – Charles Foster Kent and Henry A. Sherman
1926———–The Moffatt Bible: A New Translation of the Bible – James Moffatt
1926———–Concordant Version – Adolph Ernst Knoch
1927———–Kent’s Student Old Testament
1927———–Smith’s and Goodspeed’s Translation
1928———–The Christian’s Bible – George LaFever
1928———–Good News according to Matthew for use by “Christian Spiritualists” – J. W. Potter
1928———– Czarnomska Version – Elizabeth Czarnomska
1929———–The Galwyn’s Psalms
1930———–The Loux Mark Edition – Dubois Loux
1931———–The Wales Psalms – Frank Wells
1932———–The Chaplain Ballenteen Edition – Frank Shell
1932———–The Kleists Memoirs of St. Peter – James Kleist
1933———–Torrey’s Four Gospels – Chaplain Cutler Torrey
1934———–Royd’s Epistles and Gospels – Thomas Fletcher Royd
1934———–The Old Testament in Colloquial English
1934———–The Wade Translation – G. W. Wade
1935———–The Westminster Version of the Sacred Scriptures (A Roman Catholic Version) – Revised 1948 – NT Only
1937———–The Cornish Translation of St. Paul – Gerald Warre Cornish
1937———–Greber’s New Testament – Johannes Greber
1937———–Martin’s New Testament – William Wallace Martin
1937———–21 Canonical Epistles
1937———–Spencer’s New Testament – Francis Spencer
1937———–The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People – Charles B. Williams
1938———–The Book of Books – United Society for Christian Literature
1938———–Buttonweiser’s Psalms – Moses Buttenweiser
1938———–Clementson’s New Testament – Edgar Lewis Clementson
1939———–The Osterley Psalms – W. O. E. Oesterley
1940———–Dakes’s Gospels – John A. Dakes
1941———–St. Mark in Current English – Mary Matheson
1941———–The New Testament of our Lord and Savior (Translated from Jerome’s Latin Vulgate)
1944———–The Callan’s Psalms – Charles J. Callan
1944———- Wand’s New Testament Letters – J. W. C. Wand
1945———- Stringfellow’s New Testament – Erwin Edward Stringfellow
1946———–Lenski’s Interpretation – by R. C. H. Lenski
1946———–The Revised Standard Version of the NCC – Luther Weigle, Editor
1947———–Eerdman’s Psalms – B. D. Erdman
1947———–Swann’s New Testament – George Swann – Translated from the Greek of Hort and Westcott
1948———–The Letchworth New Testament – Thomas and Ralph Ford
1949———–The Basic Bible containing the Old and New Testament in Basic English – S. H. Hooke, Editor
1949———–The Leslie Psalms – Elmer A. Leslie
1950———–The Sacred Name New Testament – Angelo Traina
1951———–The Authentic Version – Brotherhood Authentic Bible Society
1951———–The New Testament in Modern English – Olaf Morgan Norlie (Reprinted in 1962 as the Children’s Simplified NT
1951———–Vernon’s Mark – Edward Vernon
1951———–The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ commonly styled the New Testament by G. Campbell,
                      J. MacKnight, P. Doddridge
1952———–The Revised Standard Version update
1952———–The New Testament, a New Translation in Plain English – Charles Williams
1952———–The Penguin Bible – Emil Victor Rieu & C. H. Rieu
1952———–The Four Gospels, A new Translation from the Greek – Emil Victor Rieu
1954———–The New Testament rendered from the original Greek with Explanatory Notes by James A. Kleist and Joseph L. Lilly
1954———–Kleist and Lynam’s Psalms – James Kleist & Thomans Lynam
1954———–The Kissane’s Psalms – Monsignor Edward J. Kissane
1954———–St. Paul’s Shorter Letters – Hobart G. Hoerber
1954———–The Moore’s New Testament – George Albert Moore
1954———–The Amplified Gospel of John
1955———–The Holy Bible; A Translation from the Latin Vulgate in the Light of the Hebrew and Greek Originals by Ron Knox
1955———–The Authentic New Testament, edited and translated from the Greek for the General Reader by Hugh J. Schonfield
1956———–The Inspired Letters in Clearest English – Frank C. Laubach
1957———–The Concordant Version – Concordant Publishing Concern
1957———–The Lamsa Translation – Translated from the Peshitta – George M. Lamsa
1958———–The Amplified New Testament
1958———–The Hudson Translation – James T. Hudson
1958———–The Meissner’s Gospels – Lawrence Meissner
1958———– Tomanek New Testament – James L. Tomanek
1958———–Phillips New Testament in Modern English – J. B. Phillips
1959———–Mark – Annie Cressman
1959———–The Berkeley Version in Modern English by Gerrit Verkuyl and other translators
1959———–The Modern Language Bible
1960———–Reina-Valera Revision (Spanish)
1960———–The New American Standard Version
1960———–The Children’s King James
1961———–The New English Bible New Testament – C. H. Dodd
1961———–The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses) – Revised from the 1950 edition
1961———–Noli’s Greek Orthodox New Testament – Fan Noli
1961———–One Way Bible
1961———–Simplified New Testament – Olaf M. Norlie
1961———–Wuest Expanded New Testament – Kenneth Wuest
1962———–The Children’s Version
1962———–The New Jewish Version – Jewish Publication Society
1962———–Four Gospels and the Revelation – Richard Lattimore
1963———–Beck’s New Testament – William F. Beck
1963———–Holy Name Bible – A. B. Traina
1963———–The New Testament: A New Translation in Plain English – Charles Williams
1963———–Gelineau’s Psalms – Joseph Gelineau
1964———–The Anchor Bible – William Albright & David Freedman
1964———–The Hadas Psalms – Gershon Hadas
1965———–Bruce’s Expanded Paraphrase of the Letters of Paul – Frederick Bruce, Moulton, & Scrivener
1965———–The Complete Amplified Bible – Frances Siwert
1966———–Today’s English Version (Good News for Modern Man) New Testament – Robert Bratcher
1966———–Jerusalem Bible – Alexander Jones, Editor
1966———–The Bible in Simplified English – The Liturgical Press
1966———–The Burke Translation – Carl F. Burke
1966———–The Living Scriptures – Jay Green
1967———–Dale’s New World Bible – Alan T. Dale
1967———–The Liverpool Vernacular Gospels – Dick Williams & Frank Shaw
1968———–The Cotton Patch Version – Clarence Jordan
1968———–Hanson’s Psalms in Modern Speech – Richard Hanson
1968———–Restoration of Original Name New Testament – Rotherham
1969———–Barclay’s New Testament – William Barclay
1969———–The Children’s New Testament – Gleason H. Ledyard
1969———–The New Life Testament – Gleason H. Ledyard
1969———–New Life Version
1969———– Worldwide English New Testament – Annie Cressman
1970———–King James II New Testament by Jay Green (1)
1970———–New English Bible with the Apocrypha – C. H. Dodd
1970———–New American Bible (Roman Catholic) – Louis F. Hartman and Myles M. Bourke Editors
1971———–Blackwell Exegetical Translation – Boyce Blackwelder
1971———–The Living Bible – Kenneth Taylor
1972———–J. B. Phillips Translation
1972———–The Bible in Living English – Steven Byington (Jehovah’s Witness)
1972———–The Alba House New Testament – Kevin Condon
1972———–Today’s English New Testament – Don Klingensmith
1973———–New International Version
1973———–The Common Bible – RSV plus Apocrypha
1973———–The Translator’s New Testament – W. D. McHardy
1973———–The Better Version of the New Testament by Chester Estes (Based on Greisbach’s Text)
1973———–The Psalms – Mother Maus
1973———–A Child’s Bible – Anne Edwards
1974———–Klingensmith New Testament – Don J. Klingensmith
1975———–The Word Made Fresh – Andrew Edington
1976———–Train Up A Child – Ben Nutt
1976———–The Holy Bible in the Language of Today – William F. Beck
1976———–New Life Testament – Gleason Ledyard
1976———–The Heart of Paul: A Relational Paraphrase of the New Testament – Ben Johnson
1976———–Concise Jewish Bible – Philip Birnbaum
1976———–Good News Bible – both Old & New Testament – Robert Bratcher
1976———–Renaissance New Testament – Randolph O. Yeager
1977———–The Gospels in Scouse – Dick Williams and Frank Shaw
1977———–Marrow Gospels
1977———–The Psalms – David L. Frost
1977———–Christian Counselor’s New Testament – Jay Adams
1977———–Holy Bible for Children  – Allan Hart Johnson
1978———–The New Testament for the Deaf – Deaf Missions
1978———–Holy Name Bible – Scripture Research Association
1979———–New King James Version
1979———–English Messianic Jewish Version
1979———–Ephesians – R. Paul Caudill
1979———–Lattimore’s Gospels and Revelation – Richmond Lattimore
1979———–Sasson’s Ruth – Jack Sasson
1979———–The Psalms – Bonaventure Zerr
1979———–Mitchell’s Job – Stephen Mitchell
1980———–The Four Gospels: An Exegetical Translation
1981———–The Simple English New Testament – International Bible Translators
1982———–The Messianic Edition of the Living Bible – David Bronstein
1982———–The Basic Bible
1982———–Reader’s Digest Bible
1985———–New Jerusalem Bible – Henry Wansbrough Editor
1985———–The New Testament Recovery Version
1987———–The Everyday Bible: New Century Version – Ervin Bishop
1988———–McCord’s New Testament Translation of the Everlasting Gospel by Hugo McCord
1989———–The New Revised Standard Version
1989———–The Revised English Version with Apocrypha ( A revision of the 1970 New English Bible)
1989———–Jewish New Testament – David H. Stern
1993———–The Message – Eugene Peterson
1993———–The Five Gospels: The search for the authentic words of Jesus – Robert W. Funk
1994———–The Inclusive New Testament – Craig Smith Editor
1995 ———-New American Standard Version Update
1995———–Contemporary English Version
1995———–New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version – Victor Gold
1995———–God’s Word – Eugene Bunkowske
1995———–The New Testament: An Understandable Version – William Paul
1995———–Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version – Barclay M. Newman (American Bible Society)
1995———–The Five Books of Moses – Everett Fox
1996———–NIV: Inclusive Language Version – London, England
1996———–The New Testament – Richard Lattimore
1996———–New Living Translation
1996———–Bible in Worldwide English
1996———–New International Readers Version
2001———–English Standard Version  (National Council of Churches production)
2001———–New English Translation – W. Hall Harris, Editor
2002———–The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language – Eugene Peterson
2002———–Today’s New International Version
2003———–Holman Christian Standard Bible
2003———–Revolve New Testament (New Century Version)
2004———–The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary – Robert Alter
2004———–New Living Translation – Second edition – Mark Norton, Editor
2004———–Good As New: A Radical Retelling of The Scriptures – John Henson of the One Community
2005———–Today’s New International Version (Complete Bible)
2010———–Lexham English Bible
2010———–Common English Bible
2011———–2011 New International Version

(1) Jay Green’s translation is listed here because he, like the modern scholars, disputes whether Acts 8:37 & 1 John 5:7 are really in the text. 1 John 5:7-8 has been found in the Old Latin Vulgate (not Jerome’s) and early church lectionaries. Acts 8:37 is found in the Old Latin Vulgate Version, a Middle Egyptian Version and a Syriac Version.

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“Modern scholarship” comes out of the jesuit-corrupted seminaries and is a belly laugh. Layers and layers of lies covering its dirty tracts are stack up to “confirm” the previous lies. Most modern so-called “scholars” use Satan’s “bibles” which is all we need to know! The corrupt defend corrupted “bibles.” Any man who can use those horrible excuses for a Bible is in darkness. What’s that say for the lightweights many call “pastors” today? You have to cast away the “Spirit of truth” and the common sense God gave you to be indoctrinated by the doctors of damnation and to buy into the new “bible” version lies (John 16:13-14). SMH

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Apostasy

The Sensual Seduction and Solicitation of the Modern Church!

Spiritual Seduction is a Reality!

“How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly LUSTS. 19 These be they who separate themselves, SENSUAL, having not the Spirit.” Jude 18-19

Of this passage, one disciple notes:

“The dictionary defines sensuality this way: sen•su•al (sen shu – al) adj.
1. Relating to or affecting any of the senses or a sense organ; sensory.
2. a. Of, relating to, given to, or providing gratification of the physical and especially the sexual appetites.
b. Suggesting sexuality; voluptuous.
c. Physical rather than spiritual or intellectual.
d. Lacking in moral or spiritual interests; worldly.

“The Holy Spirit here warns us concerning the Last Times when people would be Sensual not having the Spirit. These are people who would enter the churches not simply people outside the churches; else we would not need to be warned against them. It is commonly felt that “Sensual” always is synonymous with sexuality; however the context here is with regards to the physical ‘senses’—’Feelings’ and ‘sensations’. We have five senses; Sight, Sound, Touch, Taste and Scent. We are told that we ‘walk by faith’, as opposed to walking ‘by sight’. -2 Corinthians 5:7 ‘For we walk by faith, not by sight’. This is simply a reminder that our lives must not be governed by our feelings, our senses. Back in the sixties one of the philosophies of the world was always, ‘If it feels good, it IS good’. Another question that is often asked is, ‘Is this so wrong if it feels so right?'”

“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 14:12

Most of the social media messages tell us, continually remind us that God loves us but nearly none of them inform us that the God who loves us, sent His Son to die on a cross for us, and requires and commands us to be “crucified with Christ.” (Galatians 2:20; Romans 8:29; Colossians 3:3) Beware of the half-truth false gospel of today! We must walk in the original Gospel – all of it – if we are to escape and not be “Led away with the error of the wicked.” (2 Peter 3:17) 

False prophets will speak about seeking the supposed presence of God yet never preach on the cross, personal holiness, or obedience. Beware.

The only way we can prevent being deceived is by astute study and belief of God’s Word whereby we are able to rightly divide His Word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).

 

One saint writes: “Throughout the whole world error and truth travel the same highways, work in the same fields and factories, attend the same churches, fly in the same planes and shop in the same stores. So skilled is error at imitating truth that the two are constantly being mistaken for each other. It takes a sharp eye these days to know which brother is Cain and which is Abel!”

Those who do not submit to God in their daily personal life, calling upon the LORD to circumcise and purify their hearts, will be caught up in and snared by sensuality. They will live by the senses, the flesh, and not the Spirit and be sent by God Himself a “strong delusion” so that they “believe a lie” and are ultimately “damned.” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)

Some seek the rush of a sensual feeling instead of the reality of the risen Savior – through the cross life!

Jumping around to the music in a so-called “church building” doesn’t mean you have real relationship and spiritual life with Christ!

“I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.” Revelation 3:1

HAVE you noticed how these new lightweight “churches” brag about their “Top 10 Core Values”? What a joke! In other words they pick out 10 socially acceptable things most people will like and that’s their top 10. And they do this instead of simply announcing that they endeavor to adhere to the whole of the Bible. KJB. Lame.

The primary way God leads His NEW Testament church is by the Holy Scriptures and not self-appointed false prophets and false apostles (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalms 119:105; 2 Peter 1:19-21, etc.).

Those who pretend to be today’s prophets aren’t grounded in the written Word! RUN!

Scripture often warns us of those who would seduce us away from Christ – just as an adulterous woman seeks to seduce a husband away from his wife!

“For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.” Mark 13:22

“These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.” 1 John 2:26

“Not Withstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.” Revelation 2:20

“And this I say (here’s the reason I write you!), lest any man should beguile you with enticing words … 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 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.” Colossians 2:4, 8-10

“Church” attendance was never ordained by God to displace, to replace the personal study of His Word. Church membership endears the people, the prey, to the organization and it’s leaders and members and not to the LORD Himself. This has displaced the individual priesthood and fellowship God ordained for each and every individual believer. Lots of people replace personally diligently seeking the LORD with going to “church.” They either merely dabble with or don’t even personally study God’s Word for themselves and yet are members in good standing at these local entertainment centers many call “church.” The pastors have sold them on this lifestyle by promoting and emphasizing church membership and not discipleship.

Seminaries are wolf factories. The protestant seminaries were infiltrated by the vatican jesuits decades ago and are now marketing schools producing greedy wolves who set up church busine$$ to market the gospel – which is the meaning of taking the name of the LORD in vain! (Exodus 20:7). Satan’s Seminaries Exposed!

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7 

To take the name of the LORD in vain is to use His name for any other purpose except true, honest worship of Him! Those who use the name of Jesus to make dishonest gain by exploiting people for their own self-serving purposes, are not guiltless before a holy God!

Many Seek the Presence and not the Person, the Face of Jesus Christ!

If you name the name of Christ, this writer, this disciple would encourage you to honestly search out this whole “seeking the presence” cult. Contemplative prayer and spiritual formation are a cheap counterfeit for a real walk with God. They substitute a real walk with Jesus wherein He commands us to seek and obey HIM, not merely His presence. When we do seek HIM and obey Him, He promises to manifest Himself to those who obey His Word (John 14:21-23).

Perhaps those who seek the presence of God and not the face of God, are simply looking for some kind of feeling. They have not truly repented and are self-willed and living out of a self-serving agenda.

God plainly told us that he will only give His presence to those who know, seek, and obey Him – and not those who merely seek His presence (John 14:21- 23).

Those who seek His HAND instead of His FACE are completely self-serving, cross-less idolaters!

Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his FACE continually.” 1 Chronicles 16:11

WE seek the PERSON of Christ and not merely the PRESENCE of Him. Beware of this deception saints. When we seek the FACE of the LORD, He will fill us with His Spirit and make His abode in and with us. Our part is to worship and obey Him and not to merely seek His presence. Many who are not seeking to know the LORD seek a feeling instead of seeking the face of the LORD! Beware of this idolatrous spiritual adultery. These same people are not studying and grounded in the Word or the cross of Christ.

Let’s look at who Jesus says truly loves Him:

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. … 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” John 14:21, 23

In this passage above, Jesus teaches us that His presence, He and His Father, abide in the lives of those who are His (born again) and presently obeying Him.

Those who love Jesus seek His Word and obey Him. These true disciples, God manifests Himself to. These are those He chooses to make His abode with and not those who simply seek to exploit the LORD for a feeling they call His presence. Beware!

Many today seek a feeling, a sensation and not the Savior! They’ve allowed the false leaders of today to mislead them.

“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away … Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” 2 Timothy 3:5,7

Those not submitted to the authority, the power of God which is Christ, have only a mere “form of godliness.” As was specifically foretold, today we see the fulfillment of Paul’s warning where we have so many with a mere “form of godliness.” In their daily lives they deny, reject “the power” or the authority of Jesus to reign. When Jesus reigns in a life, His cross is central to that person’s life. They are grounded in the cross – the crucified life – without exception.

Yet today we see some who never grow after being saved because false ministries have intercepted them from the LORD. Those false prophet ministries emphasize any and everything except Jesus Christ!

The vast majority of today’s pastors are sensually soliciting their prey to worship at the altar of self and not soundly grounding their audience in the cross and sound doctrine which is God’s written Word!

So many run to pack themselves in with the herd, to get turned on in what is supposed to be praise and worship. Some of it is a hollow sound and mere lip service.

“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” Matthew 15:8  

The hoards consist of the same souls who do not daily, diligently seek the LORD in His Word and a set apart life of prayer (Matthew 6:6; 2 Timothy 2:15). They do not live a crucified life! (Luke 9:23-24; Galatians 2:20, 24, etc.) They are “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” because they are not being grounded in the Word of God.

The powder puff pansies use fake news “bibles” instead of the KING JAMES BIBLE.

Any leader not getting you into God’s Word for yourself, is absolutely a wolf! Run!

“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

The Witchcraft of the Modern Church!

There is no instance in the 27 books of the New Testament canon where God’s people gathered to be entertained and enamored in what the modern church falsely claims to be praise and worship.

Those false ministries who stage these events are appealing to your natural senses, your emotions. They are on a marketing journey – to sell their prey into a community and not to root them in Christ!

Proof? Name 5 people you know who attend such false churches who can quote just 5 Bible verses they’ve memorized. Case closed!

Seeking and Knowing the LORD Himself!

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;” Philippians 3:10

Jesus told us that the chief purpose that He came is that we might know Him and the Father. Such a cardinal, central Gospel truth is never heard in modern apostate churches today!

“And this is life eternal (the whole divine reason for it), that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” John 17:3

The cross reveals your sin, and God’s love, not how wonderful you are! Repent!

Beware of this “knowing the Tangible Presence” idea. Spiritual formation and contemplative prayer is heresy! These heretical systems are rooted in the occult and perpetrated by “many false prophets” which Jesus specifically warns us “shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:11). Christ’s true disciples today live BY FAITH not feelings (2 Corinthians 5:7). True followers of Jesus live by the Word of God and not by their senses, their feelings (Psalms 119:105; 2 Timothy 3:16-17). Yet, many today are being led to conjure up a feeling, not realizing they are summoning up evil spirits that pose as the Holy Spirit of God – another Jesus, another gospel, another spirit (2 Corinthians 11:2-4, 11-15). Those who seek an experience instead of seeking the face of the LORD, will be misled by evil spirits and false prophets (1 Chronicles 16:11). Many today are sensual and not truly spiritual in the biblical sense. There is no cross at the center of their lives (Colossians 3:3). Their daily life is not rooted in Christ – the cross! They have been led by the self-serving wolves of today’s modern church to get addicted to a feeling instead of growing in grace and obeying the LORD and Savior Himself. Self-idolatry. They love to go do what some falsely call “praise and worship” to get that feeling. Praise and worship are biblical and yet, not what many have made it out to be. There are many houses of worship if you will, which do not have Christ, the cross, at the center and therefore are not worshiping the LORD by teaching the pure, sound doctrine of the Word of God – the King James Bible. These ravenous wolves know how the church busine$$ works and so they front with a good band, good music, using young, gifted people as their pawns as they stage their deceptive exploitation, hiding behind that good music! Beware saints.

Wolves entertain goats and market their church busine$$ to grow, to gain nickels, noses, and numbers. True under-shepherds ground God’s people in the daily cross, in the fear of God, and in the sound doctrine which is the written Word of God (2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17; 4:2-4; 2 Peter 1:19-21, etc.).

This is a big part of the end time deception we were often warned of….

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” 1 Timothy 4:1-2

Have you ever been part of this type “church”? I sure have. Think about it. If you’re like myself, you enjoyed the praise and worship (to some degree) and yet, were left empty due to the lame “word” and lack of biblical teaching. Can anyone relate?

In any given town in America, one can search high and low, near and far, and never find even one pastor who is true to God. Is this not a fulfillment of prophecy?

“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

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:2-4

If you still believe that most pastors today are true, stay deeply in God’s Word daily and your discernment will change. You will begin to realize that over 90% of today’s pastors are “accursed” wolves and we know this because they do not preach the original Gospel that Christ and His holy apostles preached and gave us (Jude 3).

Modern church false gospel …. No repentance, no sin, No judgment, no holiness, no cross, No warnings to beware of false prophets and heresies, no return of Christ for a spotless – sinless – bride, no Christology (study of Christ!) …

Those who preach any other gospel other than the original and complete Gospel of Jesus Christ, are “accursed.”

“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:6-9

Then Paul reveals why false leaders do not preach the original, the real and whole Gospel of Christ – because they love self and therefore fear and cater to mere men and not Jesus Christ!

“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10

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WHY were 24,000 of God’s People Killed at Peor? [podcast]


“Baal was most often portrayed as a strong warrior and was considered the god of storms and fertility. He was said to rule from his palace atop Mount Zaphon, the highest peak in Syria. Baal is referenced several times in the Bible’s Old Testament, where he is depicted as the main rival of the god of the Israelites.”

We must understand that God is severe in His judgment of rebels of which there are “many” who claim they are saved. Eternal damnation awaits all rebels (Matthew 7:13-23, etc.).

“Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.” Romans 11:22

DIVINE JUDGMENT, the “severity of God,” IS NOT GOING AWAY JUST BECAUSE YOU OR SOME FAKE PREACHER IGNORES IT!

Christians avoid doing as did the Israelites when they worshipped baal by worshipping the LORD, the Father and Jesus Christ “in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 John 1:3) This begins with fresh and complete repentance, confession of all sin, and denouncing of all dependence, idolatry, all pagan practices like yoga and mantra chanting, etc., and by understanding that truly worshiping the LORD, the one true God, is based on sincere loyalty to Him and not to get things from Him like success or possession in this fleeting world. The heart of the disciple of Jesus must be circumcised perpetually and this is happening as we examine our hearts for idols, the daily crucified life, living a life of prayer, setting boundaries against temptations, and being wholly accountable to the LORD, while avoiding syncretism (mixing pagan rituals with Christian practice) and prioritizing God’s Word.

Deuteronomy 4:1-10

24,000 of God’s own people, men, departed from obeying the instruction, the standard, the Word of God and were destroyed. They partook in the soul damning sin of fornication.

“Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.” Deuteronomy 4:1-10

Departing from the pure Word of God always leads to sinful living as was the case with 24,000 of God’s people’s worship at Baal Peor.

“And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Luke 4:4

In Deuteronomy 4, Moses warns God’s people not to change or depart from the LORD’s Word and brings up the example, reminds the people of God’s judgment upon 24,000 of His own people for doing so (Numbers 25).

Of the worship of Baal-Peor, one writer notes:

“Yet what was this worship of Baal-Peor and why did it draw such wrath from God? Baal-Peor is a Moabite god who was worshipped with obscene rituals. The name means ‘Lord of the Opening’ from Baal meaning owner/ husband and Peor coming from pa’ar meaning ‘open wide.’ ‘I found Israel Like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers As the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal Peor, And separated themselves to that shame; They became an abomination like the thing they loved.’ (Hosea 9:10) The worship of Baal-Peor IS an abomination. Notice that those who join themselves to Baal-Peor also ‘become’ an abomination before the Lord.”

Every person who has an idol, just one, has demons (Deuteronomy 32:17; 1 Corinthians 10:19-21). Repent now. Follow Jesus.

In Deuteronomy 4:3, Moses brings back to the memory of God’s people the judgment that fell upon the 24,000 of His own people for their idolatry and fornication. This idolatrous abomination is recorded in Numbers 25.

“And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.” Numbers 25:6-9

Dear reader, camp out on Numbers 25, the whole chapter. Your life is not complete without this vital component of divine truth.

Of Baal, one source notes:

Baal was a major ancient West Semitic storm and fertility god, meaning “lord” or “master,” prominent in Canaanite and Phoenician cultures, associated with rain, thunder, and agriculture, and often depicted with a thunderbolt. He was seen as a powerful deity, central to life, but became a focal point of biblical opposition as Israel’s worship of him (linked to lust and sometimes child sacrifice) was seen as idolatry against God, culminating in Elijah’s famous challenge on Mount Carmel. In later demonology, Baal (or Bael) is a powerful archdemon, and the name appears in various modern media as a demon or powerful entity.

In Ancient Religions

  • Identity: A powerful god of fertility, weather (rain, lightning, wind), war, and kingship, often identified with the storm god Hadad.
  • Worship: Widespread in the Levant (Canaan, Phoenicia) and beyond, with temples and rituals often involving cultic prostitution and sometimes human sacrifice, especially during droughts.
  • Mythology: Key myths involve his battles with the sea god Yamm and the god of death Mot, representing natural cycles, and his dwelling on Mount Zaphon.
  • Biblical Conflict: The Bible portrays Baal worship as a major temptation for Israelites, a rival to God, whose priests (including those of the Phoenician goddess Asherah/Astarte) were famously confronted by Elijah.

In Demonology & Culture

  • Demon: In demonology, Bael (Baal) is a powerful archdemon, often the first of the three kings of Hell in grimoires, associated with invisibility and wisdom.
  • Modern Media: The name appears in many forms, from Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons (Bhaal/Bael) to anime like Gundam and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, often as a powerful demon or god.”

Not one of us has lived perfectly holy and yet, at this moment in time, some will choose to truly repent and confess their sins and others will refuse (Proverbs 28:13). Eternity depends on true repentance which always, without fail, yields a changed life, a holy life (Matthew 3:7-10; Luke 13:3).

“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16

These 24,000 Israelites were slain for their sin. God is still holy and “The wages of sin” is still death (Romans 6:23; Ezekiel 18:4).

“The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” Ezekiel 18:4

Zimri, a Simeonite (of the tribe of Simeon) was the Israelite whom Phinehas, grandson of Aaron, did slay for his utterly audacious display of sin, having brought the fornication in the middle of the camp of God’s people and even into the midst of their worship (Numbers 25:6, 14).

The great apostle brings this very incident to account 1 Corinthians 10:1-12 and warns New Testament saints never to partake lest they also be destroyed. The sins Paul cites form the natural acronym L.I.F.T.M. = lust, idolatry, fornication, tempting Christ, murmuring.

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The spear of Phinehas must begin with ourselves – as we truly repent, lay down our lives in this world, and cut off the hand, pluck out the eye of any sin in our lives. The conscious eternal suffering, the severity of eternal judgment coming on any person who dies in sin is most profoundly declared by the Son of God Mark 9:43-49. Many of the new fake “bibles” removed this important passage.

The new “bibles” have lowered the standard and weakened many by their changing of God’s Word which Moses specifically warns us of in this main text, Deuteronomy 4.

“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Revelation 22:18-19

Departing from the Word of God, not obeying God on His stated terms, is the sure way to be weakened, destroyed, here and eternally. The LORD speaks often in His Word about this.

“Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:” Jeremiah 26:2

Each Man is Choosing to Drink from One Cup or the Other

Baal was ultimately Satan himself and involved things like sacrificing ones own child in exchange for being blessed by this false good. Jesus informed us that Satan has come “to steal, to kill, and to destroy.” (John 10:10).

As was the case at Baal Peor, Satan is behind every idol and so all idolatry is the worship of Satan.

“What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?” 1 Corinthians 10:19-22

This passage above is speaking of the Baal Peor event and also to the temptation of Satan and his children today. Baal worship is alive and well today, calling God’s people to worship at the altar of devils, to partake is vile atrocities that separate one to Satan and away from the LORD. “No man can serve two masters” and anyone living in sin is not serving the one, true, holy LORD and Savior (Matthew 6:24)

“They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.” Psalms 106:28-31

One writer notes:

“Baal Peor, or the Baal of Peor, was a local deity worshiped by the Moabites. When the Israelites, following Moses to the Promised Land, were in the vicinity of Peor, some of them fell into idolatry and worshiped Baal Peor. As a result of their sin, the men of Israel were judged by God.”

Baal Peor consisted of the worship of a false god, Satan, and fornication. Satan is behind the worship of all idols and such idolatry is filled with his devils/demons (1 Corinthians 10:19-22).

Modern day types of Baal Peor are the pornography, strip clubs, and everything in our society that has to do with any form of fornication. Movie and media are filled with such evil. The 24,000 who were destroyed in Moses day (Numbers 25), departed from the Word of God and the standards set forth there for holiness and the divine prohibition of sex outside of marriage between one man and one woman (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8). Read Deuteronomy 4 and Numbers 25 side by side.

“Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.” 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 

Before their blunder at Peor, after God brought them out of Egypt (the world), Israel was innocent. Judgment, destruction ensued their sin of all who participated. Today, we can witness that many who once worshipped God with a pure heart, have now turned away to the worship of idols involving fornication of all kinds. Those who would rebuke these backsliders could be liked unto Phinehas.

“I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.” Hosea 9:10 

“I found Israel – The Lord speaks of himself in the person of a traveler, who unexpectedly in the wilderness finds a vine loaded with grapes; such love did God bear to Israel. Your fathers – Whom I brought out of Egypt. As the first – ripe – As the earliest ripe fruit of the fig – tree, which is most valued and desired. Separated themselves – Consecrated themselves to that shameful idol. Their abominations – Their idols, and way of worshipping them. As they loved – As they fancied.” John Wesley

Deuteronomy 4, Numbers 25, and 1 Corinthians 10 speak of the same event – the sin of God’s people in Baal worship at Peor and the consequent divine judgment that fell upon 24,000 of them. This is an eternal memorial for the judgment of God against all sin, namely idolatry and fornication.

“What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?” 1 Corinthians 10:19-22

“To abstain from idol feasts was the clear duty of all Christians. By partaking of heathen sacrifices which were offered to demons, they became one with the demons and their votaries; just as in the Lord’s Supper we show our oneness not only with the Savior but with each other. It was clear, therefore, that the Corinthian Christians could not consistently partake of idol feasts and the Lord’s Supper. What an incentive is given here to frequent and reverent participation in the Lord’s Supper! It proclaims our union with Him and His people, and it gives us a distaste for all that is alien to its spirit.” FB Meyer

Those who depart from the standards set forth in God’s Word separate themselves to idols, to devils and are under divine judgment from the unchanging God (Malachi 3:6).

The Examples of Phinehas and Jael

Perhaps we can liken what Phinehas did in spearing the sin out of the camp of God’s people, with those who call His people to worship Him in Spirit and in truth and according to His pure, uncorrupted Word (Numbers 25:10-18; Psalms 12:6-7; Proverbs 30:5-6; Revelation 22:18-19). Phinehas boldly, courageously in the fear of God stood up and stamped out sin in the camp. The judgment ended. Those who stand and boldly, fearlessly declared the Word of God and call out sin among God’s people, are the Phinehas’ of our day. Do we have a Phinehas priesthood in our midst?

“Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?” Psalms 94:16

In Job 4:21-22; 5:24-27 we read about another bless-ed patriarch of the faith who stood up, who rose up against sin, slaying a wicked king.

In both the cases of Phinehas and Jael, these biblical accounts make specific record that the LORD greatly blessed these faithful followers of His, and their families, and He will do the same today for His true bold witnesses who stand against the evil of this late hour.

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The Result of Real Repentance [podcast]


“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16

WE DON’T NEED JUST ANOTHER “CHURCH SERVICE” OR “SERMON,” WE NEED TO REPENT AND WHEN WE REALLY DO, WE WILL OBEY GOD—OTHERWISE WE DIDN’T TRULY REPENT.

“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
2  And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3  For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4  And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5  Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6  And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9  And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
10  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” Matthew 3:1-12

“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” 2 Corinthians 13:5

When we repent – re-turn to God: Do we want to see who has truly repented, beginning with the examining of ourselves?

  1. We will be washed afresh from our sins and have “times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.” (Acts 3:19)
  2. We will forsake our lives in this fleeting world, deny self, take up the cross daily and follow Jesus (Luke 9:23-24; 14:33; 17:33).
  3. We will live holy “in this present world.” (Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 1:15-16)
  4. We will be about our “Father’s business” and not our own – the Great Commission He gave us (Luke 2:49; Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20).

Forsaking All?

What does that mean?

“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:33

One must be willing and obedient to put aside religion and familial bonds to follow Christ, or he will not and “cannot be my disciple” says the LORD. Non-negotiable. If Jesus Christ is not first place, first priority of your life, you are a hell bound counterfeit who shall suffer the flames of eternal justice, damnation (Mark 9:43-49).

Jesus says:

“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” Matthew 10:37

Repent. Turn wholly to the LORD, putting all of your trust in the LORD your God, who “is a jealous God.” Jesus Christ is the name of the only LORD and Savior!

“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:” Exodus 34:14

Jesus says He will “spue,” vomit, reject anyone who dies without Him being their very “first love” their “first” priority—and talk is cheap (Revelation 2:4-5; 3:15-16).

“Psalm 51 is our perfect model of repentance and restoration in the Lord! God forgave the beloved David because of his honest prayer of repentance and restored to him the joy of his salvation!” Karen Cochran

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