Saturday, 4 April 2009

AWAKE TO POWER!

A book by Edward Laughlan, featuring the apostle Paul:

CHAPTER TWO

WHO SHALL BE SAVED?

Know this first—that it is the goodness of the Creator, Yahweh, that leads a man to repentance—not vain threatening! Who taught you otherwise? Do you think that threatening men with the fires of Hell will turn their hearts toward the Gospel? No! It will only harden them against it!

You may have read, "Repent and flee from the wrath to come,"—but who gave you the authority to tell a man that he has one chance only, and if he does not take it, he shall be cast into Hell forever? By doing so, you provoke wrong reactions! Some may seek to believe through fear, while others—who were on the edge of believing your witness—may be offended and reject your words altogether!

Do all things in the love of the Creator, and with the patience and longsuffering He has shown to us! Do you not know that the Father loves them far more than you do? When was the last time you gave counsel to the Almighty?

Yes, it is truly written: "He that believeth and is baptized (with holy spirit) shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be condemned." (Mark 16:16)

But did our beloved Saviour say that all men shall be eternally condemned after rejecting one witness? Or two? Or three?

What of the man who lives his life rejecting many witnesses—yet in his old age, on his deathbed, repents and is saved? Shall he not be counted a child of God? But according to your doctrine, the Creator is a respecter of persons, preferring one man above another! You speak as if you understand His ways—but I tell you, you understand very little!

For it is written:

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith Yahweh. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)

And as I have told you before, the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of men! (1 Corinthians 1:25)

Did not Yahweh listen to Moses and change His mind when He thought to destroy His nation, Israel, in the wilderness? Did He not tell Moses that He would raise up a new nation from him? And yet, when Moses interceded, Yahweh relented!

Do you not understand that the Father will judge no man, but has handed judgment over to His Son? And have I not told you plainly before—we shall judge both men and angels? (1 Corinthians 6:3) Why then do you still worry and fret over your loved ones? Is Yahweh hard of heart? No! Yahweh forbid! But you are hard of heart—hard of hearing, and slow to understand!

Consider this:

There once lived a man—of good report and honest standing among his people—in a far and remote place on the Earth. This was about 1500 years ago. He lived and died without ever hearing the Gospel, for no one had dared venture to such a distant land.

Upon his death, the man found himself in Hell, suffering in unbearable torment. In great distress, he cried out for help, for he did not know where he was, nor why he was there.

Yahweh Answers

The man, trembling, asked, "Why am I in this dreadful place?"

Yahweh responded, "Because you did not believe in My Son, Yeshua Ha-Mashiach, whom I sent to save the world from sin."

The man, confused and broken, pleaded, "But I never knew of any Saviour! No one ever told me of Your plan of redemption! How could I believe in Him whom I had never heard of?"

And Yahweh replied, "Sorry, but rules are rules! Anyone who lived and died after My Son’s death and resurrection without being born again ends up here—tough luck!"

Brethren, does this sound like the justice of our Father? Does this align with His mercy, righteousness, and lovingkindness? Or have you, in your small understanding, made Yahweh into an unjust judge?

That, brethren, is what you teach in your churches! Your doctrines are absurd and do not align with the greatness of Yahweh’s salvation plan!

You brush aside entire generations of people who have lived and died over the past two thousand years without ever receiving a witness to the Gospel. And where do you place them? In Hell—right alongside the most wicked offenders in human history! You make no distinction between the ignorant and the defiant, between those who never knew and those who knowingly rebelled. Is this the wisdom of God, or the cruelty of men?

I thank my God that He has more love and wisdom than all of you combined! That His longsuffering is so great that even those of you who are saved—remain so!

And what of a child? I have heard your many strange ideas concerning them. Some are designed simply to please men, while others are cold-blooded and hard, unworthy of those who call themselves sons of Yahweh!

You say that a child becomes fully responsible for believing or rejecting the Gospel at an age set by God, which is different for each child. Oh heartless generation! How does the Lord Yahweh keep patient with you? You speak as natural men, without the love of the Father within you. And this makes me wonder whose children you really are!

If a child comes of age, hears the Gospel, and rejects it the first time—and then suddenly dies—do you say he is lost forever? And yet an old man, who spent his whole life rejecting the truth, may, at the final breath, call upon Yahweh and be saved!

Does this make sense to you?

The truth is, we cannot tell who belongs to the Father and who does not—unless the Father Himself reveals it. Neither can we determine the moment at which a person will be born again, for these things belong to God.

It seems to me that you are altogether much too eager to send people to Hell! And thank God He has not left this decision in your hands! Are you so void of understanding?

O hard-hearted generation!

The subject of Hell we will leave for later, but now I must clarify Yahweh’s total plan of redemption. If the Father truly loves far more than we do—and He most certainly does!—then why do you hold in your hearts the idea that He is using a wide-meshed sieve to lose as many souls as possible?

If you, in your limited love, would exhaust every effort to save your own family, then how much more will Yahweh, whose love is deeper than man can fathom, employ every method at His disposal to save as many as possible? Has He not finer-meshed sieves?

Does not the Almighty Father, the Creator of all, work in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform? Or has God Himself told you—by revelation—that all the children of the infidel nations put to death in ancient times by the nation of Israel are bound for Hell? Or do you simply presume so?

Could it not be that Yahweh, in His eternal wisdom, ordered the deaths of these little ones so that they might be saved in the future? That they might be given a proper chance at life—instead of the one they were headed for, raised by parents who were Devil worshippers?

How can you tell?

Has the Creator shown you these things in a vision or revealed them to you in some other way? How can you, O man, comprehend the plans of the Almighty Creator Yahweh, to save mankind? In your wisdom, you have reworked God’s complex scheme, and now you will advise Him on how to proceed—like a child instructing his parents in matters of right and wrong!

Yes, I am aware that on some occasions, the women and children were spared, while on other occasions, they were not. I understand your beliefs on this matter. But who has confirmed the truth of it? Man, by nature, jumps to conclusions! The plan is God’s—not man’s!

Yahweh, who gave His only begotten Son to be humiliated, beaten, and tortured—and whose Son willingly gave His life for all mankind—seeks the maximum harvest!

Happy are the humble in pride, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Happy are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.


Happy are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.


Happy are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.


Happy are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy


Happy are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.


Happy are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.


Happy are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

But understand this, brethren—these words were not spoken to us, the believers under this Grace administration. Rather, they speak of those who will yet be added to the family.

Not until the Kingdom is established will we see the fullness of this prophecy—a fulfilment that will reach far beyond the present age, stretching backward into history and forward into the days to come.

Even those living under the 1000-year reign of Messiah Yeshua will witness its unfolding!

"Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy—that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, laying up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life."

Now, brethren, to whom is this scripture speaking? To the sons of Yahweh? But we already have eternal life! Consider instead the words of our Lord Yeshua Messiah, when His disciples asked: "What shall be the sign of the end of the world?"

Messiah answered:

"When the Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the Throne of His Glory. Before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

"Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me meat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.

"Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we do these things for You?’

"The King shall answer and say unto them, ‘When you did these things for even the least of these, My brethren, you did them for Me!’"

Yahweh has made all these people righteous—not by their own merits, but because of their behaviour and treatment of the brethren!

My beloved children, does it not thrill you to witness the many ways Yahweh has provided to save His family? Do you now understand more deeply His tremendous love for His creation? His people are many, and in His glorious wisdom and boundless love, He has provided a way for all those written in the Book of Life—which I believe is large and thick!

Yes, some may need to be re-educated in the Truth, but is anything impossible for our God when measured against the immeasurable value of a human soul? It is true, as our Lord and Saviour said:

"Wide is the way that leads to destruction, and many are they that find it. Narrow is the way that leads to life and happiness, and few are they that find it."

But did our Lord Yeshua ever explicitly say that if one missed the narrow way the first time, they are lost forever?

I write these things for the hard-heartedness of the Church, that you may not walk so narrow-minded, but rather, that your vision and understanding of Yahweh’s Kingdom might expand—that you may begin to grasp the incomprehensible greatness of His redemption plan.

I thank my God again that He did not leave these matters for man alone to decide. For who indeed would be saved if it were left to your judgment? The hard-heartedness of man cuts to the heart—like cold steel!

Did not Daniel write, “And at that time (the end of the seven year tribulation period), thy people (Israel) shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the Book.?

And is this not clearly stated also in the book of Revelation?

Revelation 20: 4: “And I saw thrones, and they (we the saints) sat upon them, and judgement was given unto them, and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Yeshua (tribulation saints) and for the Word of Yahweh (Israel), and whosoever had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands (a third group of people! Not Israel, and not tribulation saints!), and they lived and reigned with Messiah a thousand years.”

The goodness, greatness and mercy of Yahweh! Clearly stated after this verse is, “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years had passed.”

The rest of the dead include the following:

1. All the most evil devil seed people who have wilfully and knowingly walked contrary to all the Creator stands for, following the leadings of their Serpent king, Satan.

2. All the people who have ever lived and died, not knowing the Creator and His Son, but who did not fall to Satan.

3. All people since Pentecost who did not receive a witness of the Gospel.

4. All people since Pentecost who were of good heart but for varying reasons did not accept their calling i.e. the churches throughout history have invariably given a very bad image of the Creator and have actually driven many away from God and His plan of salvation.

5. The mentally ill, born on the Earth during all ages, some abandoned by their families.

6. All people who have lived a life of mental and physical abuse since childhood, becoming severely psychologically damaged.

7. All children born into satanic families and sacrificed to Satan, never having had a chance to live.

8. Aborted children of which there are countless millions along with many others who died in their mother’s wombs for varying reasons.

These countless millions died unjustified and therefore must appear at the Great White Throne Judgment of the Unjust—to receive either justification or condemnation.

I must explain something further at this point.

In Mark 16:16, it is recorded:

“He that believeth and is baptized (directly with holy spirit) shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be condemned.”

Now, let me ask you—what exactly did Yeshua say here? By our fallen nature, we as men tend to jump to conclusions—often big ones! But notice carefully:

The Greek word used for "condemned" (or "damned") is katakrinō—which signifies a definite, negative judgment from which there is no escape.

But brethren, read carefully—did our Lord say:

  • “He that believeth not immediately on hearing shall be damned”? No!
  • “He that believeth not during his lifetime upon Earth shall be damned”? No!

There is no time limit placed on Yeshua’s words—only a condition:

“He who does not believe.”

It does not specify when a person must believe!

Yet man, in his eagerness to pounce upon the negative, boldly proclaims damnation, blowing it out of proportion—why? Because that is the nature of the old man! But learn from this, beloved:

We must be very careful when reading Yahweh’s Word—not inserting our own private interpretations. Yahweh does not speak as man speaks! His words carry depth, sometimes hidden meanings, which He reveals to those who apply themselves—to those who meditate, study, and pray with a sincere heart.

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” (James 1:5)

Now consider Revelation 20:13.

Here, the Greek word used for "judged" is not katakrinō (negative judgment), but krinō—which means:

  • A determining judgment
  • A concluding decision

In other words, at the Great White Throne Judgment, people will not be automatically condemned—rather, they will be assessed as to their fate! WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE!

This is why the Book of Life is brought forward! As it is written in Revelation 20:15:

“And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire.”

These are the goats of Matthew 25:32.

But brethren, do you see the hope in this? This means some will be found written in the Book of Life! Yahweh’s ways are far greater than man’s narrow understanding! Let His wisdom guide you, not the cold judgment of men.

As I pointed out before, brethren, Yahweh does not waste words.

He does not give us written information that is unnecessary or insignificant. Every word of Scripture serves a divine purpose. So I ask you—why then is the Book of Life brought forward at the Great White Throne Judgment?

If none of those appearing there are written in it, why even bring it forth? If all who stand before that throne are already condemned, what purpose does this Book serve? Yahweh is far wiser than to do such a thing!

By this one fact alone, we must re-examine Mark 16:16 and understand it properly:

“He that believeth on Me shall be saved, but at the end of time, when all is said and done, when every chance has been given, those who still refuse to believe shall be condemned.”

This is consistent with Yahweh’s will—for He desires that all men come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved! Yet, brethren, we must also understand—He has given man free will.

And in the final reckoning, when every opportunity has been extended, some will still reject Him. Even during the 1,000-year reign of Messiah, there will be those who refuse to follow Him. When the millennium ends, these rebellious ones will gather together, forming a great multitude, and they will attempt to destroy Israel and Yeshua Himself!

Why? Because they do not want to be ruled by Him! They will not submit to the laws of the Creator, Yahweh! Now, brethren, do you see it?

The Scriptures of Daniel, Matthew, Mark, and Revelation fit perfectly together—without contradiction! And the people we are speaking of—the nations mentioned in Revelation 21:24-26—these are not the Body of Messiah. They are not Israel, the Bride.

Rather, they are the multitudes—some from the Great White Throne Judgment, others from the 1,000-year reign, who will be brought into Yahweh’s eternal plan.

Brethren, let your hearts be enlarged! See the wider scope of Yahweh’s mercy—the greatness of His redemption plan!

Brethren, have you considered this? How else could we reign as a nation of priests after the 1,000-year reign? Does not Scripture declare that we shall be kings and priests unto Yahweh? (Revelation 1:6)

And how shall we be priests if there are none to minister to? It is clear—countless millions will be required in order for us to fulfil this divine role! Even beyond the 1,000-year reign, there will be people with physical bodies—sustained eternally by the Creator, just as Adam had been in the beginning before his rebellion.

And for their healing, Yahweh has provided! The trees of life, the living wood—planted on both sides of the river that flows from the New Jerusalem—these are not mere symbols!

Their leaves are for the healing of the nations! (Revelation 22:2) This alone proves that the nations shall continue!

Now, let me address another matter—the resurrection of the dead.

Daniel 12:2 declares:

“Many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”

But notice—Daniel did not say ‘all.’ Why? Because there are some who shall never rise again!

The fallen ones—the Nephilim—are cut off forever! These hybrid offspring, these beings of corrupt seed, are mentioned in Isaiah 26:14 under another name—Rephaim, translated as “the deceased.”

They are the wicked rulers, the tyrants of old, who oppressed God’s people. And what does Yahweh say concerning them?

“They are dead, they shall not live. They are deceased, they shall not rise. Therefore, Thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish!”

Six judgments pronounced upon them! And is that not significant? For those who oppose the Most High are marked with the number six!

  • Goliath—a giant of the Nephilim—was armed with six pieces of armour.
  • Nebuchadnezzar—the king of Babylon—set up an image 60 cubits high, 6 cubits wide.
  • And the Antichrist himself bears the number 666!

These wicked ones, the Nephilim/Rephaim, Yahweh has obliterated from memory! They shall not rise!

Brethren, do you now see it? How much more emphasis must Yahweh place before you take note? The Nephilim are cut off. The nations remain. And we shall reign forever as priests of the Most High!

Brethren, do you remember what I wrote to you before concerning unbelieving husbands and wives? I told you then that it was I who spoke, not Yahweh—taking liberty to say what I said, knowing the goodness and mercy of our Creator.

Now I say it again, with even greater confidence: The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband. For they do good, one to the other, and as such, the unbelieving partner must be rewarded!

The word "sanctified" in Greek is "hagiazō," which corresponds to the Hebrew "kodesh"—translated as "holy," but in truth meaning "set apart."

Set apart for God! This word first appears in Exodus 3:5, where Yahweh tells Moses:

"Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground."

Do you see? It is not a moral quality but a designation—a setting apart for divine purpose!

My beloved, how else could Yahweh promise:

“He shall wipe away all tears from our eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain” (Revelation 21:4)?

Yes, it is true—the former things shall pass away. But shall this include our loved ones? Brethren, we must resist the temptation to jump to conclusions! Instead, we must pray for wisdom and understanding—that we may see more clearly the glorious plans of the Father. His wisdom is unsearchable! His mercy unfathomable! His love beyond comprehension!

Remember This Always:

“The words of Yahweh are pure words, as silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times” (Psalm 12:6).

Seven—the number of spiritual perfection—the hallmark of Yahweh’s wisdom!

Beloved, respect what is written! Treat His Word with the same care and reverence with which it has been given to us! As for me, I read. I pray. I meditate. I speak in tongues. I pray in tongues. I seek from the Father wisdom and enlightenment. And so I urge you to do the same!

The Tribulation Period

I must now deal with this soon coming last week of the seventy-week period revealed to the prophet Daniel, of the which, sixty-nine weeks have been fulfilled:

“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”

This final prophetic week will be split into two separate periods of 42 months or 1260 days based on the Hebrew calendar year of 360 days. After the Rapture which will occur midway through the last week—the gathering of the saints—the Antichrist will be made known to all—the man of deception—who fooled the nations into believing he was a bringer of peace. Now his true nature will be revealed! He will wage war, destroying any who resist him. He will desecrate the holy Temple in Jerusalem. He will blaspheme the name of Yahweh. Thus shall begin the time of Yahweh’s wrath upon the nations!

The Antichrist will hunt down all who turn to the Creator in those days. Many will be martyred!

Yet even in this time of tribulation, multitudes shall be saved!

As it is written:

“After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” —Revelation 7:9

And again:

“These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” —Revelation 7:14

Could it be any clearer?

This is not the nation of Israel! This is not the 144,000, for they are of the tribes of Israel!
This is not the Body of Messiah, for the Church had already been removed! These are the ones who were given a second chance to believe—once the true Church was gone!

Let the Word speak for itself! Let the doctrines of devils be cast down! Give place to the truth of Yahweh’s Word! Have not Yahweh’s prophets, from the days of old, been sent time and time again? For years—sometimes for generations—they cried out, warning His people:

“Repent of your evil! Turn back to Yahweh before judgment falls!” And did Yahweh change? No! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever! He is constant in His ways! He is just and righteous in all His dealings with man! Thus, I perceive that all men will be treated with fairness.
All will be given an opportunity to believe. For Yahweh is no respecter of persons!

Did not I—the least of all saints—receive an exceptional and unwarranted witness of the Gospel?

Would it not be said by many, "His witness was unfair! I received no such witness—otherwise I too would have believed!" But who shall accuse the Father of injustice? Who shall stand before Yahweh and say, "You have not been fair!" No man! No one will have cause to complain!

Now, consider the 144,000 mentioned in Revelation:

They are special men of God, priests, undefiled by women. They shall be sealed and protected, so that none may harm them. They will preach the Gospel with power during the Great Tribulation. And what shall be the result? A harvest beyond number!

At the end of the seven year Tribulation period, Messiah will return to end the war before all flesh is consumed. His reign will begin—and countless millions more will be saved!

Think on this, brethren: What kind of witness will these people receive? Surely, the greatest witness of all time! How then, can you continue to say: "If you do not believe now, you will go to Hell!" Do you call that justice? Is your God not a just and righteous God?

One ridiculous notion I must address is this:

That at the return of Messiah, every unborn child and every young child on Earth will be taken in the Rapture—leaving none behind for the Tribulation period. Brethren, this is utter nonsense!

Why do you teach such things? Do you not see that Scripture itself refutes this? If Yahweh intended to remove all children, why then did Yeshua say:

“And woe unto them who are with child and to those who give suck in those days…” (Matthew 24:19)

Does this not prove beyond doubt that pregnant women and nursing infants will remain on Earth during the Tribulation? Life will continue as normal, just as we have been told:

“And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.” (Luke 17:26-27)

Why then do you spread this false doctrine that God will cause a massive disappearance of children? Do you also teach that no woman will be able to conceive during the Tribulation?
Do you suggest that no children will be born in those years?

And yet, children live and die today in great misery and pain.

If Yahweh has not chosen to miraculously remove all children from the sufferings of this world now, then on what grounds do you claim He will do so in the last days?

Where is your logic? Where is your consistency?

Taken from AWAKE TO POWER! By Edward Laughlan and featuring the apostle Paul.


Wakeup call to the Redeemed of God!

An excellent source of sane, on the Word teachings of the TRUE Gospel of Yeshua Messiah and what the redeemed of God should be hearing, can be found by checking out the following post. You need to understand clearly, the difference between "everlasting life" and "eternal life" - your understanding is most probably very wrong! Indeed - "There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth"... but NOT by unbelievers!! The resurrection of unbelievers comes AFTER the initial 1000 year plus reign of God's only begotten Son, Yeshua: 

http://this-present-crisis.blogspot.com/2010/05/gospel-of-yeshua-messiah-grove-bible.html





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