"God’s true church is not contaminated with the defiling pollutions of Mystery Babylon. There is a little flock, there is a body of Christ, its members are scattered abroad and almost invisible to the great religious Babylon. They are seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal, and they are the called and chosen and faithful who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. They are those who have turned to God in the spirit from all the religious idols, to serve the living and true God, and to wait for the glory that shall yet be revealed when God’s sons come into their own. They are those who have not the form, but the power of godliness, those who keep themselves unspotted from the world, and overcome all things by faith. Its ministers are not robed in material robes of scarlet and gold; they are robed in the righteousness of Christ. They are not trained in the seminaries and teachings of men, but by the spirit of grace and wisdom and revelation from God on High. They are not busy interpreting the creeds of the church councils of man; their very lives are the interpretation of the Christ enthroned in their hearts. They have no interest in persuading people to believe what they believe; their whole ministry is to bring people into intimacy of fellowship and vital union with God and His Christ."
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They have no interest in persuading people to believe what they believe; their whole ministry is to bring people into intimacy of fellowship and vital union with God and His Christ."
Don't you just love the pompous attitude of people that can't even properly interpret the Bible? Who doesn't even know the meaning of Jacob's troubles. Gee, who is this Jacob fellow? Which church did he belong to? What's this giant book that I always have to flip through to get to my New Testament? Study to showed thyself approved unless My Words don't rouse up your feelings? Awesome.
"And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration" (Rev. 17:6).
"The woman is said to be drunk from the blood of the saints and from the blood of the witnesses (martyrs) of Jesus. To be drunk means to be intoxicated, inebriated, besotted, overcome by something induced, giving a false sense of reality. At first impression one might get the idea that the woman is drinking this blood. This, however, is not the case! The "woman" is a figurative description. She is also called a "city." Thus the terms "drunk" and "blood" are also used metaphorically of the effect upon men who partake of the abominations of Babylon, being brought to a state of mental, emotional, and spiritual intoxication. Blood is used in the scriptures to signify LIFE, for "the life of the flesh is in the blood" (Lev. 17:11). To shed a man’s blood means to pour out his life. This is why the Lord Jesus said so emphatically, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life" (Jn. 6:53-54). Jesus did not die in my place, as the church systems teach; rather, He shed His blood, that is, He poured out His life in order to give it to us! That is the great mystery of the sacrifice of Jesus! So we are exhorted to "drink" the blood of Christ, which is a physical impossibility, since His blood was spilled at the foot of the cross. We drink His blood by PARTAKING OF HIS LIFE which He has made available to us because of Calvary."
"Knowing therefore that we are confronting symbols in all the scenes of John’s vision, we can see that the "blood of saints" and of "martyrs" are also symbols pointing to a reality. The "blood of martyrs" certainly indicates something beyond drinking the literal blood from physical martyrdom! Anyone can understand that. Can we not see that Babylon, its spirit together with the whole church system of man, is hungry for power. She thrives on the domination of human lives. She will absorb you into her system and will suck out of you every ounce of your life — your time, your money, your talent, your ability to think and act on your own, and to know God for yourself. She is drunk on the blood — the souls — the very lives of the saints! She exploits the blood of the saints. She takes God’s precious little children and enslaves them, causing them to labor and toil for her — for her grandiose plans, schemes, and programs to save the world."
"Later on John revealed that "in her was found the blood of the saints." In today’s terminology the statement could be framed thus, "In her was found the very life-blood of the saints." What Babylon requires is every ounce of life-force that you have!"
one might get the idea that the woman is drinking this blood. This, however, is not the case! The "woman" is a figurative description. She is also called a "city."
Anything but a religious system, we wouldn't want to be discovered would we?
God's wrath always starts at His own house.
"There was a time many years ago when we made the circuit, speaking for the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship and various organizations and movements within the Pentecostal and Charismatic realms. Our desire was pure — to share the present truth of sonship and the kingdom of God — to inspire and bless and challenge any and all possible to the deeper life of the Christ within. Here and there we found an elect few who had ears to hear, and hearts to understand, but for the most part it became evident that we were merely "spinning our wheels." Then, one day it dawned on me! Our word was not producing fruit in those places! Oh, they were delighted to have brother Eby come by and share his testimony, even minister a revelatory word, and perhaps prophesy over some people with the laying on of hands, momentarily satiating the intense craving in a few hearts for a richer diet of spiritual fare. But after I left, nothing changed! There was no fruit. There was no heightened vision, no maturing of life, no going on in God, no raising up of the kingdom of God within. These merely took the word we ministered, diluted it with their own shallow church program, and used it to further their own kingdom on a lower plane. Ah, they enjoyed drawing life from us so long as it didn’t require them to bear kingdom fruit!"
perhaps prophesy over some people with the laying on of hands,
Laying of hands is a charismatic fraud. Lying signs and wonders. Signs such as this were only present when the ministry was to the Jewish nation of Israel. If you are to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, it comes from hearing the word and believing it.
Our word was not producing fruit in those places!
I rest my case.
These merely took the word we ministered, diluted it with their own shallow church program, and used it to further their own kingdom on a lower plane.
Oh, so now we are going to admit that mystery Babylon is a religious system. Taking God's word and deluding it, er, I mean diluting it, doesn't that sound familiar? Instead of discovering the vast riches in the literal Word of God, we lead everybody off into some self created false Utopia. That doesn't even make any sense. How does space boy account for the flesh that survives the thousand Year Millennium? Does he even believe in the thousand year Reign?