THERE IS NO TRUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
There is no true Christian Church.
The true Church died with the Apostles in the 1st century. The holy ones are in the wilderness living discreetly. If a church is not discreet, but showy (1John 2:16), living openly in the “face of the dragon,” then it is one of the “Weeds.” Any church that is registered with the State is in the “face of the Dragon.” The Church is a composite of the Truth of God’s Word, the holy (anointed) ones, and the organization or meeting place. The Truth of God’s Word died with the Apostles in the 1st century as the Two Witnesses of Revelation 12. What remains in it’s place is a counterfeit or a Valley of Dried Bones” (Ezekiel 3:7).
Thus, “Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” (Matthew 24:28 ESV). This is probably the most appropriate application of this vague comment by the Messiah.
The organization or Church is still in Bondage to Babylon the Great. The Harvest of the “Weeds” first began with 1874 or 1914 and will be burned with the Fall of Babylon. Since the earliest part of the Protestant Reformation the Valley of Dried Bones are in the process of being resurrected or reformed as a nation like Israel of the Judges and the Tabernacle. The body of Christ at present is not a pretty sight, it is not a sick body but rather an incomplete body.
Again, there is no true Christian Church and there never will be. As it says in 1 Peter 4:17 CEB “because it’s time for judgment to begin with God’s own household. But if judgment starts with us, what will happen to those who refuse to believe God’s good news?” So, all Christian Churches and denominations will be equally held responsible for preaching and teaching the truth of God’s Word. Although, according to Revelation chapter 2 and 3, there maybe one or two that is ‘better’ than all the others.
Only the nation of Israel will be restored as the true body of Christ. It is not the political State of Israel but the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16). It will be restored after the fall of Babylon the Great, when all the are weeds gathered and burned. If you measure up to the Temple standards (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:16,19; Ephesians 2:21) and abandon the courtyard (the meeting place as in church or synagogue) to the weeds, then you have to revert to the Tabernacle standard (Rev. 11:1, 2). The Israel of God is the Israel of the Tabernacle, of a priesthood and of Judges. They came from the wilderness and became a nation. The Tabernacle is not a temple and has no courtyard. The 144,000 will serve as priests and as judges not as kings, that’s a misnomer, Jehovah never wanted humans to be kings, otherwise He would have made Moses a king. And, they will serve as either priest or as judges, not both. Just as in the time of Moses, he appointed others among the elders to serve as judges to assist him, separate from the priesthood.
““Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.” Matthew 24:30-31 MEV
In the Gospels it says Christ will gather his anointed holy ones from the four winds,
this corresponds to:
“Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live.””
Ezekiel 37:9 MEV
Likewise this corresponds to:
“After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.” Revelation 11:11-12 MEV
But this does not mean that the anointed ones actually go to heaven itself. This is the symbolic language of the Revelation for the holy ones to came back to life in an exulted and favorable position,
as it says in:
“Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who turn the many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.” Daniel 12:3 MEV
The Apostles expected the end of the world or system of things to end during their lifetime or “generation” (Matthew 24:34; Romans 13:11-12; Romans 16:20; 1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Peter 4:17), but it was not the world that ended but rather it was the Church (or rather the Apostolic administration) that ended. It is for that reason that since the world did not end that the Catholic Church assumed that salvation of everlasting life and paradise was in heaven itself.
There is no Apostolic Church, no Apostolic succession. It was by rule of the Apostles themselves that only those who knew the Messiah personally can replace any other Apostle, of which only Judas needed to be replaced:
““It is written in the Psalms scroll, Let his home become deserted and let there be no one living in it; and Give his position of leadership to another. "Therefore, we must select one of those who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus lived among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when Jesus was taken from us. This person must become along with us a witness to his resurrection."”
Acts of the Apostles 1:20-22 CEB
However, the first century Christians were never really a Church in the typical sense of the word. They never had a separate meeting place or building that publicly says ‘Christians meet here.’ They were never officially recognized as an established religion or registered with the State or formed a legal entity as a corporation. A persecuted, hated people will not public acknowledge themselves as such. They actually operated as a Cooperative, ideally it would have been a Distributive community. They were discrete from the beginning and continued as such in the wilderness (Rev. 12:14) when the the Devil sowed pompous weeds, imitation wheat, among them (Matthew 13:39). Thus for one thousand (and maybe plus 260) years there is nothing known of any community of Christians until the likes of the Waldensians.
So then, up until the time of the end, there was, or will be no True Christian Church. The Good News of the Kingdom will be preached, but no matter who you receive the message from, it is not the Church that will guarantee your salvation - “each of us shall give an account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12 MEV
Although, I am not saying we don’t need to do anything other than have faith and be good:
“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, by their fruit you will know them. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonderful works in Your name?’ But then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from Me, you who practice evil.’ “Whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.” Matthew 7:19-24 MEV
“Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be purged, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.” Daniel 11:35 MEV
“But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.””
Daniel 12:4 MEV
We have to prepare like the Five Wise Virgins:
“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were wise and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them. But the wise took jars of oil with their lamps. While the bridegroom delayed, they all rested and slept.”
Matthew 25:1-5 MEV
Revelation 11:1
1 Corinthians 3:16
Ephesians 4:12,13
Haggai 2:3
Luke 2:7
Matthew24:45
Rev. 12:14
1John 2:16
Ezekiel 3:7
Revelation 11
Revelation 12
Matthew 13:25-43
Earth = integrity, faith to preserve the truth
70 CE = Dragon cast down
River = spiritual lies (Daniel 12:4)
Male Child = firstborn heir
Woman = Jerusalem - the connection between heaven and earth
“Away from the face of the serpent” = Discreet : Revelation 12:14
Daniel 11:
32-35 = Holy Roman Empire
36-39 = Anglo-American (king of the North)
40-45 = 8th world power (king of the South)
41 = Babylon falls
Daniel 12:1-3 Armageddon
Daniel 12: 10 = Wheat (Dan. 11:32-35 Wheat, Weeds)
The true Church died with the Apostles in the 1st century. The holy ones are in the wilderness living discreetly. If a church is not discreet, but showy (1John 2:16), living openly in the “face of the dragon,” then it is one of the “Weeds.” Any church that is registered with the State is in the “face of the Dragon.” The Church is a composite of the Truth of God’s Word, the holy (anointed) ones, and the organization or meeting place. The Truth of God’s Word died with the Apostles in the 1st century as the Two Witnesses of Revelation 12. What remains in it’s place is a counterfeit or a Valley of Dried Bones” (Ezekiel 3:7).
Thus, “Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” (Matthew 24:28 ESV). This is probably the most appropriate application of this vague comment by the Messiah.
The organization or Church is still in Bondage to Babylon the Great. The Harvest of the “Weeds” first began with 1874 or 1914 and will be burned with the Fall of Babylon. Since the earliest part of the Protestant Reformation the Valley of Dried Bones are in the process of being resurrected or reformed as a nation like Israel of the Judges and the Tabernacle. The body of Christ at present is not a pretty sight, it is not a sick body but rather an incomplete body.
Again, there is no true Christian Church and there never will be. As it says in 1 Peter 4:17 CEB “because it’s time for judgment to begin with God’s own household. But if judgment starts with us, what will happen to those who refuse to believe God’s good news?” So, all Christian Churches and denominations will be equally held responsible for preaching and teaching the truth of God’s Word. Although, according to Revelation chapter 2 and 3, there maybe one or two that is ‘better’ than all the others.
Only the nation of Israel will be restored as the true body of Christ. It is not the political State of Israel but the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16). It will be restored after the fall of Babylon the Great, when all the are weeds gathered and burned. If you measure up to the Temple standards (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:16,19; Ephesians 2:21) and abandon the courtyard (the meeting place as in church or synagogue) to the weeds, then you have to revert to the Tabernacle standard (Rev. 11:1, 2). The Israel of God is the Israel of the Tabernacle, of a priesthood and of Judges. They came from the wilderness and became a nation. The Tabernacle is not a temple and has no courtyard. The 144,000 will serve as priests and as judges not as kings, that’s a misnomer, Jehovah never wanted humans to be kings, otherwise He would have made Moses a king. And, they will serve as either priest or as judges, not both. Just as in the time of Moses, he appointed others among the elders to serve as judges to assist him, separate from the priesthood.
““Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.” Matthew 24:30-31 MEV
In the Gospels it says Christ will gather his anointed holy ones from the four winds,
this corresponds to:
“Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain so that they live.””
Ezekiel 37:9 MEV
Likewise this corresponds to:
“After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.” Revelation 11:11-12 MEV
But this does not mean that the anointed ones actually go to heaven itself. This is the symbolic language of the Revelation for the holy ones to came back to life in an exulted and favorable position,
as it says in:
“Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who turn the many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.” Daniel 12:3 MEV
The Apostles expected the end of the world or system of things to end during their lifetime or “generation” (Matthew 24:34; Romans 13:11-12; Romans 16:20; 1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Peter 4:17), but it was not the world that ended but rather it was the Church (or rather the Apostolic administration) that ended. It is for that reason that since the world did not end that the Catholic Church assumed that salvation of everlasting life and paradise was in heaven itself.
There is no Apostolic Church, no Apostolic succession. It was by rule of the Apostles themselves that only those who knew the Messiah personally can replace any other Apostle, of which only Judas needed to be replaced:
““It is written in the Psalms scroll, Let his home become deserted and let there be no one living in it; and Give his position of leadership to another. "Therefore, we must select one of those who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus lived among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when Jesus was taken from us. This person must become along with us a witness to his resurrection."”
Acts of the Apostles 1:20-22 CEB
However, the first century Christians were never really a Church in the typical sense of the word. They never had a separate meeting place or building that publicly says ‘Christians meet here.’ They were never officially recognized as an established religion or registered with the State or formed a legal entity as a corporation. A persecuted, hated people will not public acknowledge themselves as such. They actually operated as a Cooperative, ideally it would have been a Distributive community. They were discrete from the beginning and continued as such in the wilderness (Rev. 12:14) when the the Devil sowed pompous weeds, imitation wheat, among them (Matthew 13:39). Thus for one thousand (and maybe plus 260) years there is nothing known of any community of Christians until the likes of the Waldensians.
So then, up until the time of the end, there was, or will be no True Christian Church. The Good News of the Kingdom will be preached, but no matter who you receive the message from, it is not the Church that will guarantee your salvation - “each of us shall give an account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12 MEV
Although, I am not saying we don’t need to do anything other than have faith and be good:
“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, by their fruit you will know them. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonderful works in Your name?’ But then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from Me, you who practice evil.’ “Whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.” Matthew 7:19-24 MEV
“Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be purged, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.” Daniel 11:35 MEV
“But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.””
Daniel 12:4 MEV
We have to prepare like the Five Wise Virgins:
“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were wise and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them. But the wise took jars of oil with their lamps. While the bridegroom delayed, they all rested and slept.”
Matthew 25:1-5 MEV
Revelation 11:1
1 Corinthians 3:16
Ephesians 4:12,13
Haggai 2:3
Luke 2:7
Matthew24:45
Rev. 12:14
1John 2:16
Ezekiel 3:7
Revelation 11
Revelation 12
Matthew 13:25-43
Earth = integrity, faith to preserve the truth
70 CE = Dragon cast down
River = spiritual lies (Daniel 12:4)
Male Child = firstborn heir
Woman = Jerusalem - the connection between heaven and earth
“Away from the face of the serpent” = Discreet : Revelation 12:14
Daniel 11:
32-35 = Holy Roman Empire
36-39 = Anglo-American (king of the North)
40-45 = 8th world power (king of the South)
41 = Babylon falls
Daniel 12:1-3 Armageddon
Daniel 12: 10 = Wheat (Dan. 11:32-35 Wheat, Weeds)
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