The Church in Marshall and the Rapture

In January of 2007 Randy Shankle  came out preaching a pre-trib rapture. I discussed this when it happened here:

http://kingdomgospel.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/uncharted-territory/

and in a following week, here:

http://kingdomgospel.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/10-virgins-the-oil/

In some recent letters to other former CiM members, and with the evidence that Randy may have had some meetings centered about them getting on board the ship (his apostolic ministry perhaps) and that being inspired by reversing what I had already said about him, that he is steering them off coarse and ship wrecking the Church in Marshall. As well as comments by him stating that what I say is a reverse prophecy of God by satan (see my post about this here: http://kingdomgospel.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/sailed-away-and-shipwrecked/ ), and as also discussed in a recent email, Randy also had stated that I was a man of God who once preached Jesus and him crucified, and now preach Randy Shankle and him crucified, listen to his comment here:

While that comment was a negative one, it also shows he had some respect for me, otherwise he wouldn’t have called me a man of God who preached Jesus crucified. I also had been saying for years that Randy had fallen into his own prophesied trap of not following the Cloud of God and becoming a stale camp. Years ago he would spend time either at Doma Dome (possibly now turned into a church campground) or his prophet’s den in his barn, before a meeting to get revelation.

I know many times, including his teaching on the Merismos, that that came from other men of God. But which he received more revelation on the subject. And that’s cool, because we are to build on the apostles and prophets, there are no new revelations and truths, we only build upon that which has already been laid.

But for awhile now, years really, Randy has had no such new expanded revelation. Just regurgitated manna or fleshly error or demonic error mixed with old bread from heaven. So I wonder when he began to look elsewhere. And if he acknowledged publicly that he can get revelation from his adversary by using the reverse of what I say. I wonder if he used my rapture teachings over 2 years ago, from my website. I have no problem with that if he did. It just shows that he lost his connection with God. The gifts of God are without repentance. So he can be in sin, have teachings from other places, and use his God given gifts to pump and promote it.

Anyways this post isn’t about him using my teachings if he did. But the fact that he did preach about end times, Revelation, and the rapture. And as noted in my original post on the subject, that just wasn’t done at the Church in Marshall, and was even frowned upon. In fact many who left CiM before that changed hold that position still. Tim LaHay and Jerry Jenkins who wrote the Left Behind series state that because many pastors refuse to teach on end times stuff, that some people tend to know more on the subject because they go to other sources or if they don’t know more, they go looking.

This universalism that has crept into the church even has affected Bible believing churches into ignoring certain subjects, particularly end time stuff, out of fear of saying a mystery which hasn’t been fully revealed and making a mistake, out of fear of offending folks who don’t believe or wanna believe, out of fear for their wallets, and so on. All out of fear.

While it is true that teachers and preachers will be held accountable for bad teachings, God still wants us to preach. Nothing is certain in christianity except Jesus and Him crucified. Our entire belief system is based on faith, not fact.

This is why I state the following on my own Tenet page from my website:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/tenet.html

15. Everything I teach and believe is by faith. God made it so that we need the church and ministers to teach us doctrine. The Bible is not meant to be a handi-book of easy to read doctrines. The doctrines must be dug out and taught. For this reason, ministers will receive a stricter judgment. While many of my beliefs are accepted thru most of christendom and many of my more “rare” teachings are from a handful of ministers, I have gleaned many truths from many different sources. One of my favorite sayings is “a broken clock is right 2 times a day”. One of the baptisms in the Bible is called the Baptism into the Cloud (1 Cor 10:2). This baptism is God’s calling the church to follow after Him. This is often results in the restoration of doctrine and theology. The Reformation is a prime example of this. What often happens tho, is man follows God to a lost truth then makes a camp there, refusing to follow God further. We can glean truths from such stale camps, but should continue to follow God ourselves.

Isa 28:10: For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

1 Cor 13:12: For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

1 Cor 2: LITV
2 For I decided not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and Him having been crucified.

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Hence we must go out in faith on some teachings, but wait, isn’t it faith on all teaching? So some teachings take more faith. I wish I could find it somewhere, I have a tape where Jeff Arrington prophesies over me that I have the charisma of faith. If I ever do, I will post it. But it is true, I have the charisma of faith. And just as they taught at CiM and discipleship concerning the other gifts, teaching is the same thing.

Gal:3:5: He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

But is faith some mysterious thing with an unknown source? Where does faith come from?

Rom:10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Even Bruce DeLay has not come out publicly on end time teachings. Many times in emails he refused to discuss with me what he believed. But has condemned a pre-trib rapture.  He says he preaches from Revelation in some of his services, but won’t tell me what they are, nor does he put them on his website. And when I share that Math 22:1-13 shows us the wedding feast is in heaven. Luke 12:35-40 shows us that Jesus will return for the church left behind, after the wedding. These are Biblical statements. Bruce won’t read them literally. He believes they are allegorical. Perhaps, but Sir Isaac Newton said:

“About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the Prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition.” Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727 

This is another difference between Bruce and I. I believe in taking the Bible literally in every instance unless the text tells me not to. The reason I believe this comes from one of Bruce’s own teachings. Called the doctrine of the Nicolaitins. Found here:

http://www.church.sierra-vista.az.us/church/tst/nicolaitanes.htm

That teaching states (comes from Revelation) some will split the church into clergy and laity. Bruce is against that. However, any time one takes a passage of the Bible and forces it’s interpretation to come from special knowledge (sometimes called gnosticism) then you create laity. God does not want truth to be something gleaned by special knowledge. He wants us to be able to pick up the Bible and know Him and His ways. So Bruce says you have to go to college to understand some parts of the Bible, that you can’t read some parts literally. That causes a division between clergy and laity. When we all are priests before God. So I believe Newton was right. Many argue today about taking the Bible literally. And a line has been drawn, those who oppose a literal reading and those who believe in a literal reading. Newton’s prophesy of that fact came true. Another interesting thought is, if you don’t believe in reading some parts of the Bible literally, who decides which parts? That again creates a hierarchy in the church which God hates. God hates the doctrine of the Nicolaitins.

Rv:2:15: So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

I love Bruce, he’s an awesome man of God and a good brother, but this is where I differ with him, and why I told him that even the Old Testament prophesies that the end time shepherds are going to fail, and even though he is a good pastor, he is part of a broken system. So when I had that discussion with him I wrote the following blog post:

http://kingdomgospel.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/a-major-source-of-division-how-to-understand-scripture/

It’s a popular post and one which I may make into a permanent page.

A lot of times, folks don’t want to believe something in the Bible as literal, because it goes against the tradition. And these folks might not even be Catholic, but we must remember all humans like tradition, not just Catholics. We have to break tradition, if it interferes with God’s word. If the Bible says that the wedding is in heaven and then states that Jesus will come to the earth after the wedding, then that means a pre-trib rapture is true. That is a literal reading of the Bible.

Bruce argues that a pre-trib rapture has caused many christians to be lazy. Perhaps. But does the fear of counterfeit money make us stop believing in real money? People can misuse any doctrine, and until recently I fully realized the rapture isn’t about escape but is about judgment. A small recent revelation here.

I knew that the rapture wasn’t an escape, because I teach a partial rapture, seen here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/prepare.html

And I also knew that judgment was falling on those in the church left behind and they will become the latter rain here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/latter.html

But I finally put 2 and 2 together and realized the rapture is about judgment. And while I preach a coming judgment on America, judgment must begin in the church 1st. The judgment on America is an end time thing, and therefore the church must be judged 1st.

1Pt:4:17: For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

So under this understanding, there is no concern that the rapture is about escape, because it’s about going out of the frying pan and into the fire. Jesus is going to purify His church before His wedding.

Folks from CiM have been very resistant against end times teachings, especially those who left before Randy started preaching a partial pre-trib rapture. But do a little research, how many people actually preach a partial pre-trib rapture? Not many. Yet I preached it before Randy, do you think he was motivated by those teachings? Unfortunately he mixed it with dead works and other error.

Two main points I am trying to address are:

1. All teaching requires faith. No need to avoid end times teaching because it requires it.

2. We must take scripture literally or else we create Gnosticism or the doctrine of the Nicolaitins.

This does not mean I don’t have error. I am quite certain I do. I am going on faith. But I am going. I am looking forward to the day when we see clearly and prophecy will end. But that day hasn’t come yet.

Are we to always resist satan?

Scripture says:

James 4:7: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

But is resisting every work and plan of satan an absolute? At 1st thought one may say yes. But think about it. If every plan of his is to be disrupted and has no plan in God, wouldn’t God have chained him and all the demons away instead of a few? Yes, some demons are locked away until judgement:

2 Pet 2:4: For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Jude 1:6: And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

And if satan’s actions require 100% resistance, why did Jesus follow satan at all?

Math 4:
1: Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
5: Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

Randy Shankle preaches he was visited by demons, and he says he spoke with them, and says we shouldn’t. But Jesus did, and even allowed Himself to be led by him. God also permitted satan to test Job. And God even say’s the anti-christ will have power over even christians!

Dan 11:
36: And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

Rev 13:7: And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

Yet a certain pastor emails me and says it’s his job to resist the devil in every situation. Including in government.

God sent Babylon to attack Israel for her judgment. Jeremiah said to the Israelites don’t resist Babylon. Yet Babylon was the devil’s playground! But God sent Babylon. He uses corrupt governments to bring judgment. Just like I believe he used demons to bring the plagues on Egypt. Why else did Paul say:

1 Cor 5:
4: In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5: To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Perhaps that’s what Jesus meant when He said:

Mt:16:19: And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

We can bind and loose angels and demons. And that’s what Paul did there. And what Peter did here:

Acts 5:
3: But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
5: And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
7: And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8: And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
9: Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

Some insist that God or the angels did that and not demons. But didn’t Jesus say:

John 10:10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

So when dirty works needs to be done, God allows the demons to do it. And they will do it gladly. Why else did David refuse to hurt Saul, and then punished the man who claimed to have killed Saul?

This is why I preach to not resist the corrupted governments in the world today. God is going to use them to bring judgement, to usher in the anti-christ, and then Jesus Himself will return and destroy his one world order.

This is why we do not always resist satan!

  

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The pastor mentioned above, says this is my opinion and not Biblical, even tho over half of what is stated above is from the Bible. But I have another witness. I found this on Google here:

http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:00_9YEBlKB0J:www.heavensfamily.org/uploads/5r/en/5renJ3FrGrODo1_taw-nrQ/gt_10.pdf

You can download the whole chapter here:

http://www.heavensfamily.org/uploads/5r/en/5renJ3FrGrODo1_taw-nrQ/gt_10.pdf

 

God’s Tests

 

By David Servant

TEN

 

Satan—Tool of God’s Judgment
Let’s take one more look at the subject of God’s restraining power over Satan. Through this chapter I want to help you understand how God uses Satan to bring about His discipline or judgment in the lives of the disobedient.

Let’s first consider two interesting Old Testament examples. The first one is found in Judges 9 and 10.

You perhaps remember the story of Gideon, and how God used him to defeat the Midianites with an army of only three hundred men. You may not remember that Gideon became the father of seventy-two sons by several wives and at least one concubine. After Gideon died, his concubine’s son, named Abimelech, along with the full support of the people of his home town (Shechem), formed a conspiracy and massacred seventy of Gideon’s sons. Only Jotham, Gideon’s youngest, escaped.

God, of course, was not pleased with Abimelech’s and the Shechemite’s treatment of Gideon’s sons, especially since Gideon had fought on their behalf against the Midianites, resulting in forty years of peace for Israel. The Bible says that God is not mocked, and whatever a man sows that shall he also reap (see Gal 6:7). God guarantees it. Read then how God brought His guarantee to pass in this situation:

Now Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, in order that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubball [Gideon] might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers (Judg. 9:22-24, emphasis added).

The end of the story is that Abimelech slaughtered all the people of Shechem and shortly thereafter he himself was killed in battle—all because of an “evil spirit,” which “God sent.” The question is, does God have evil spirits to send? No, not from heaven, but He does have sovereign control over Satan and his demons. As a result, He can sovereignly permit an evil spirit to gender strife between two parties in order to bring judgment upon them. Why does Scripture say this evil spirit was sent by God? Because the evil spirit came as a direct result of God’s sovereign will to judge a group of wicked
people.

Saul’s Evil Spirit
Another incident illustrating God’s use of Satan as a tool of His judgment had to do with Saul. As the first king of Israel, he was hand-picked by God and assumed his duties with humility and sincerity. Soon, however, Saul committed some serious sins, which disqualified him for having “a kingdom that would endure” (1 Sam. 13:14).

Thereafter, King Saul’s attitude and actions decayed, and he disobeyed God again. When it became clear to him that David, the young giant-slayer, was going to be his replacement, Saul grew jealous. Consequently, the Bible states that “the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and then an evil spirit from God” began to terrorize him (1 Sam.
16:14, emphasis added).

Was that evil spirit actually a spirit from God? In light of the rest of Scripture, it seems more reasonable to conclude that it was one of Satan’s evil spirits, permitted by God to afflict Saul in order to bring him to repentance. God also demonstrated His mercy toward Saul by giving young David an ability to play anointed music that would bring deliverance to Saul’s tormented mind.

Scripture says, “Whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil
spirit would depart from him” (1 Sam. 16:23). God was in effect saying to Saul, “I love you and want you to be free from torment, but you must repent of your selfish jealousy.”

From these two Old Testament examples, we can see how God uses Satan as a tool of His discipline or judgment upon the disobedient.

A New Testament Example
One New Testament example that reveals this same principle is found in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. In the church in Corinth, a man was living in an immoral relationship with his step-mother. Yet he was still attending church, and nobody was doing anything about it. Paul instructs the Corinthian believers:

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus…deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus (1 Cor. 5:4-5, emphasis added).

Notice that they delivered the man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh. Satan is often credited as being the one behind sickness (see Acts 10:38). Also notice that the purpose behind the disciplinary action was so that the man’s spirit would “be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” Hopefully, when the man found his body being assailed with sickness, he would come to his senses and repent of his sin.1

Once more we see God using Satan as a tool of His discipline upon a disobedient person. God is sovereign.

If sickness assails us, should we immediately conclude that God is trying to discipline us? No, sickness can occur for reasons other than God’s judgment. We’ll discuss those other reasons later on. It certainly is wise, however, to do a spiritual examination of our lives any time sickness strikes in order to make sure we have not opened the door to God’s discipline by our disobedience.

1 A similar example is found in 1 Tim. 1:19-20.

Randy Shankle, Bruce DeLay, Constance Cumbey, and the anti-christ

Recently I began doing some internet searches on Randy again. Because there have been some dealings I can’t discuss yet publicly at this time. And as I was about to do a search on Google on Randy, I accidentally allowed Google to do an auto search on the terms “Randy Shankle cult”. I think its cool that the Google folks have made such an automatic search term available, but it doesn’t pull up any real relative info, just Googling his name brings more info. But anyways I did find the following blog link:

http://cumbey.blogspot.com/2005/04/more-on-eric-jon-phelps-aka-eric-jon.html

The blog page discusses the Jesuit/Catholic conspiracy with the new World Order on Constance Cumbey’s blog. I never heard of her. But below the article, someone whom went to CiM, and whom I had dealings with, discussed here:

http://kingdomgospel.wordpress.com/excim-history/

started a discussion that went sour, below the article. The person unnamed here, owns a website I used to link to, whom had a fit when they discovered I did. Anyways, Constance mentions Randy to him, and how he was under his spell and such. You can read it if you like, but it’s not very important or interesting, but does give evidence this guy just isn’t quite operating normally.

I emailed her yesterday asking what she knows of Randy, but haven’t heard back. Today I went thru the discussions under the article and emailed her again, about what I am doing on my blog and such. And I also talked about how I deal with the new World Order information.

She links to a video on her blog describing how she began and learned about the New Age movement with the New World Order. Here is the video:

And you know, I am not here to condemn her efforts. And perhaps like Bruce, her true intent may not succeed, though I am not certain what her intent is. If she wishes to stop the movement she will fail. If however she wishes to help people know the truth and come to God, and flee the occult, new age, and the New World order, then she will have limited success. If she wishes to do something inbetween and try to narrow down the political pieces of the anti-christ for either revelation or to stop them, she will have little success.

The anti-christ is gonna come. There is no stopping that. Trying to is actually hindering the return of Christ, because Christ will come to stop the anti-christ. But until that time, God grants the anti-christ power to do what he’s gonna do, and even over christians! A point Bruce refuses to believe. But here it is:

Rev 13:7: And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

And while I cannot condemn Bruce either, efforts made by folks like Bruce to politically oppose the New World Order will not succeed:

Dan 11:
14: And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
15: So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
16: But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
33: And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34: Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35: And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
36: And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
40: And at the time of the end…

It is appointed and prophesied that the anti-christ will rule. Opposition to it (the New World Order) or him (the anti-christ) will fail. This does not mean that I give in to evil, endorse sin, and so on. We continue to oppose evil personally, but not governmentaly. Paul did not oppose Rome. The christians were not instructed to do so in scripture. The Old Testament gives us an example of when a nation has come to be judged, we do not oppose that judgment.

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/gov2.html

Jer 27:
2: Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
5: I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
6: And now have I given all these lands unto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

The yoke of Babylon is ordained to come. If you oppose it, scripture states that the sword or imprisonment may be your fate. The New Testament has a calling for those in Babylon to come out when it’s time of judgment comes:

Rev 18:4: And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

You can’t come out if your imprisoned! And those who died fighting her actually call out for vengeance against her, and still God tells them to wait:

Rev 6:

9: And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11: And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

I discuss more in detail about the wars in America to come propheticaly here:

 http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/prophecy.html

and part 2 here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/prophecy2.html

Personally I do not believe Bruce will be killed nor imprisoned for his work, when things escalate to civil war. I don’t think he will be here. That is those who have crossed spiritual Jordan will be raptured before hand. But Bruce inspires those who have not crossed Jordan to be the force of opposition when that day comes. Though it is not his intent directly, he would prefer them all saved, born again and spirit filled, though he does not believe in a pre-trib rapture.

Interestingly Randy Shankle now believes in a pre-trib rapture, and he was discussing such almost 2 years ago, before things went in a different direction at CiM. A point I am trying to get to.

I discuss the pre-trib rapture and how to be ready for it here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/prepare.html

The point I am trying to get to, sadly which may upset some readers, is these very details. The theological and doctrinal position about such things.

Some may deny that America is at the point of judgment. I think Bruce denies it, but yet he thinks it’s broken enough to try and fix it. There are many who claim America is beyond the point of no return. I say this propheticaly because I see it and sense it. But a casual observance of our decadence can show this. One of the lowest forms of prophecy shows this. If you are familiar with Jack VanImpe, he prophesies with newspaper clippings. And the news can indeed show how far we have fallen!

And as I said before we can’t fix a spiritual problem with non spiritual methods.

2 Cor 10:4: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds

Perhaps folks like Bruce can show how far our government is fallen.  Maybe that is what God wants him to do. I don’t know I am not Bruce’s bishop. Scripture claims that the last day shepherds will fail. Bruce is not singular.

1 Kgs 22:17: …I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd…These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

Isa 56:11: Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Jer:50:6: My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away … they have forgotten their restingplace.

Ezek 34:2: … prophesy against the shepherds of Israel… Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves!  should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

Ezek34:8: … surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock

Ezek34:10: …I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

Zech 10:3: Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock…

Some important things can be learned in such verses. A lack of feeding the sheep. A judgment on the shepherds, and on the goats. The goats may be those who are christians but have not crossed spiritual Jordan and will be left behind, not raptured. The shepherds are not feeding doctrine to the church!

That’s why so many don’t like my website, cause its mostly doctrine. Shepherds don’t teach doctrine, or very little or just the basics. This is a result of universalism, a point of attack by the New Age/New World Order. Universalism says everyone will be saved. When the christian community is infected it has 2 results:

1. Some christians no longer believe Jesus is the only way

2. Those who stick with Jesus, become lulled away from the importance of doctrine and truth

This is being pushed by ecumenicalism as well. Which is a form of universalism and satan’s plan to make a one world religion. When everyone is promoting peace and unity, doctrines get thrown out the window! This means the babes in Christ don’t get fed, and those with knowledge forsake it.

I’m not saying doctrine will get anyone saved or raptured, but it does hinder the salvation of the soul: not the salvation of the spirit-2 different things which I discuss here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/soul.html

And a lack of truth allows universalism and ecumenicalism to thrive to usher in the New World Order and the One World Religion. Now, not gonna be a hypocrite and tell folks we gotta stop that from happening by filling the churches with doctrine. No. I am targeting individuals, so that satan won’t have a hold on persons. Not governments. Now if the shepherds would do their job, then America wouldn’t be judged. But since it’s prophesied they won’t, America will fall.

But I am realist with prophecy, we just ain’t gonna get the shepherds to do their job. It’s been prophesied. That’s why the sheep are scattered.

Another point of ignorance is folks deny the plans of satan. And so folks like Constance Cumby uncover them. But to what purpose? Does the knowledge save? I doubt it. The Bible tells us it’s gonna happen. It’s a matter of faith. Some folks however don’t live by faith and need evidence. and so God stirs some to uncover some plans of the enemy. Is it wrong? I don’t think so, I believe it’s unfocused. We each have a call from God. A vision. And when I take up someone else’s vision, it’s like looking through a prescription of glasses not for me. It’s blurred. So I don’t know what God’s call is for Bruce and Constance.

It takes the whole church to do Christ’s vision. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not here saying I got mine perfect. In fact I may have more judgment on me, scripture is clear that those who preach have a higher judgment. And I know there is bound to be doctrinal error somewhere on my blog or website. Thus I constantly look for doctrinal truth anywhere I can to steer me to where God wants me to go. With the Bible as my map. Thus you will often see scriptures backing up my position.

I thinks it’s wrong to spend a lot of time trying to dig out satan’s pawns. Whether it’s the Masons, the Jesuits, the political elite, Skull and Bones, the Illuminati, and so on. Satan can use any of them, and allow any of them to be destroyed. They are pawns, none are vital. The only important pieces are the anti-christ and the false prophet. That’s why universalism is important to satan, and the position of society, so that any pawn can step up and be a tool for the anti-christ to rise.

Constance’s video discusses how Europe is at such a place. She quotes those within the New Age movement who state this.

And on the original blogpage I found, there was some bickering about whether the Jesuits are such a power. It just does not matter. Satan uses such arguments to just lower the acceptance it’s gonna happen with those in the church, because folks who know a little, go way overboard, because they are focused on pawns, and not prophetic truth.

There is plenty of info out there for those who are unknowledged in this area, just be warned delving into that info will get you focused on the pawns as well. Remember:

Eph 6:12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

So many people try to uncover the pawns, the people under satan’s plan of attack. But scripture is clear, our war is not against people, but demons!

If we were to uncover one pawn, and make it unusable, satan doesn’t mind destroying his pawns and raising another. And I guarantee you no one will uncover all the pawns. Remember God ordained the anti-christ to have power for a season. So you would be working against satan and God. One cannot succeed. In Ezek 8 God shows him the secret people doing secret harm, yet God doesn’t expose them to stop them. He prophecies their destruction and judgment instead.

Satan wants those with the truth to be unbalanced.  So those looking for the truth will pass it by and not see it. We need to focus on God’s plan. Not the pawns of satan, not satan’s secrets.

Rev 2:24: But unto you I say …which have not known the depths of Satan…

And he wants doctrines out of the churches. And he is succeeding. Folks are so interested in peace, and not making waves, doctrines are often despised. Even on the old ex-CiM board, anytime teaching was shared, I was instantly despised.

Doctrines can indeed divide. That’s why there are different denominations. But doctrines can bring us closer to God by understanding Him and His ways.

Despising doctrine for the sake of unity, and to avoid making waves is satan’s plan. It’s a principle of the One World Order and the One World Religion. It’s the false peace of the anti-christ. It’s political correctness. It’s plain wrong. Constance Cumbey states those mature in the New Age movement believe the higher truth is that there are no sides. That Lucifer is going to bring freedom. That freedom and lack of sides is the result of the loss of doctrine, and the false peace that comes from accepting everyone as the same.

The Bible has this to say:

Math 10:

34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36: And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

Jesus brings a sword. That sword is God’s word. God’s word divides. It divides because people draw lines. They say I will give this much to God and no more. There is a line where they say, God can have this from me, but God can’t have that from me.

Math 19:

16: And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17: And he said unto him…if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18: He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19: Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20: The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21: Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22: But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23: Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

The Bible separates christians, because we each only give so much of ourselves to God. And when we see the higher calling, the call to the next level of discipleship, that which are unwilling to commit to, we hide it from ourselves, so we can say we have achieved that place where God wants us. And when someone comes along and has given that which we won’t, we become offended and war against them. We will label them as fanatics.

This is why folks hate me. They think I am self righteous. So untrue, that’s why I often expose my own failures, to show I too miss God’s perfect will for me. I discussed this recently here:

http://kingdomgospel.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/the-perfect-will-of-god/

And it makes other folks angry when I admit it. This takes away pride, and the thought one can arrive. Discipleship is a life long journey, and we need to deny ourselves.

This is why doctrines are despised. This is why doctrines are not in churches. World peace, a false one, will be based on this. Remove the standard God wants, then there is peace. A false peace.

President Bush Official Admits to Torture

Awhile back I posted a blog entry where President Carter spoke that he knows that the administration has done torture here:

http://kingdomgospel.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/former-president-carter-says-he-knows-president-bush-uses-torture/

Now an official from President Bush’s administration has come forward and said it is true:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/guantanamo.torture/

Years ago I went to Pastor Bruce Delay, a great pastor I admire and told him Bush was not christian, he was a fake. He didn’t believe me and voted for him a 2nd time, he has come around and finaly agreed Bush is not the Christian nor the christian president we believed he was.

I think many have seen this truth now, but I am sure some refuse to believe this. However the greater crime is that these folks won’t repent of their error in thinking he was a great christian. This is just another sign why I believe America is beyond repentance and it’s judgment is coming. See my page here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/gov2.html

I voted for Bush the 1st time, and have publicly acknowledged this error. I can’t say for certain when I was seeing the truth. I think it may have occurred when I discovered that his running mate and himself were both admitted members of the same secret society.

Pastor Bruce DeLay only hid behind the excuse it was just a college fraternity thing for fun. If that were true then both of them would speak on it, but both refused to discuss it and said they were sworn to secrecy.

Uncovering any genuine truth in the matter is not my motive and discuss on my website why trying to uncover such things is very unfruitful because America is in the process of being judged. Since Americans refuses to repent, the secrets of our government or those in our government will remain hidden until the plans of satan are accomplished and judgment has fallen.

This is why those in the christian church who are trying to promote a political revival will fail.

As long as folks like Bruce DeLay and others promote torture and the use of unGodly means to bring about what some may consider a better nation, we will continue to fall.

This is why I dislike the show 24. While I enjoy the show, I do not endorse torture as a method of security. We need to trust in God’s ways not in the hand of flesh.

I am not picking on Pastor DeLay. He is just an example I happen to know ppersonally. But this country has many such men whose good intentions are going to produce mixed fruit. I discuss this mixed fruit here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/sword.html

Bruce Delay is an awesome man whom I respect, but like 99% of christianity has his eyes shut to some truths to hold onto what his vision is. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t claim to have all truth and walk in God’s perfect will. But I know I am not, and do not promote my missing it.

What am I saying here? What is my point if we as a nation can’t repent? We as individuals can repent. Acknowledge the error of your choices, don’t fall into the error of thinking those put before our eyes will fix the hole we are in. Instead look to God. I highly advise to not chasing after conspiracies, as this is a trap of satan. I discuss conspiracies here:

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/paranormal.html

Acknowledge satan has a scheme, refuse to be a part of it. And trust in God. Seeking the mysteries of satan is a foolish thing.

Rev 2:24: But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.

This is why I did not vote for the 2 main candidates as President. I will not be tricked into this plan. If I am forced to do an ill deed (torture) to save another life, I will not. Nor will I fool myself in thinking that Republicans represent God’s plan for America. And neither do the Democrats. Both are wolves, one is wearing sheep’s skin.

This is a national problem and not necessarily a local or state, but is manifest in some of these areas as well. So I have voted Republican for state and local issues.

Will a 3rd party fix America? No, it’s too late. But voting for such isn’t a crime. It’s an acknowledgement of the wrong the nation is in.

Some will say not voting is a sin or crime. This thought process is the sin in trusting in one’s own power rather than God. It’s the whole problem of torture and other issues of this type.

Now in a society where judgment has not fallen, perhaps political parties could change things. But we are past that.