Walblog - Writing our hearts out

Hekaya za Barnobos

thedirectionman — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:24:40 +0000

Friends, before we get into today’s story, I just want to invite you to the Meaty Forum that will be held on Friday, 11th May. This months title is “Is your Castle built on Sand or Rock?”. What/Who is the foundation of your life? What are the consequences of building your life on lies? The following story is about a man who’s foundation is not Truth, and is a picture of many churches today.

If you watched our video, you must have wondered who Apostle Barnobos is. Well, with help from some of our friends, we were able to track him down. The following is a report of events that occurred at his church.

From the Father of Lies – Part 3

K-Nine Shizzle — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:58:10 +0000

Can God do “a new thing”? Absolutely! He is God! But can God contradict His word while doing the new thing? Absolutely not! First, because He cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13). Secondly, it would indicate that He is not omniscient, that He made a mistake and didn’t see the necessity of doing something new coming. And thirdly, it would ruin His faithfulness and our trust in His eternal promises. If He says that no one can cross over from heaven to hell then He does that with Angelica, why should we believe that those who go to hell will spend their eternity there? He might as well change His mind after a trillion zillion years. Oh, and while He’s at it, He might decide a few guys hanging around in heaven are actually swimming too much in living water and they should be banished to an ice cold version of hell that He decides to create just for the fun of it! Friends, that dog won’t hunt!

Background

In my first and second post, I endeavored to show from the Scriptures why the idea of heaven-hell travel is preposterous. I have also exposed the blasphemies, massive deliberate exegetical errors, and various misquotations of Scripture. Yet despite all this, some still look at Angelica’s cute photo and think of the shivers that ran down their spines and the fact that this was all mingled with a realization of their own sin and they conclude, “No! This must be true! God can do something new!” And they get back on the Walblog and blast away at this Shizzle guy who thinks he can limit God. I have become increasingly convinced that what Jesus said in John 16:2 will partly play out in the same way. Those zealous (without knowledge) to defend the ability of God to do new things will readily stone one who stands and challenges the notion when it does not line up with Scripture.

Now, many have asked, “What does Satan benefit from this?” I will respond with a question that Nelson, a friend of mine and a dear brother in Christ, asked exasparatedly in response. “If you asked Eve the same question in the Garden of Eden, would it have made her realize what was at stake?” The answer to that is a resounding no! So what does Satan gain, as it were?

God’s name is defamed
The word of God is treated like trash
Christians are confused, including some of the elect
False, shaky hopes are created
A deadly righteousness of works is established
Millions end up in the real hell because they believed in a lie

It’s the same old trick from Genesis 3, and many are swallowing it hook, line and sinker. The false Jesus in Angelica’s experience looks good by warning the sheep and goats that there are jackals approaching. But the truth is, the evil intention he is skillfully achieving is that he has startled the goats and even some of the sheep to run towards a steep precipice where the very same jackals are waiting. I am here to bring the sheep to their senses and point them to the hills: The Christ of Scripture, the Lord our righteousness.

I am very aware that many who are continuing to spread these lies are doing it very sincerely. They have no intention to deceive people, but despite their good intentions, they are propagating a lie! This is exactly what the Bible speaks of in 2 Timothy 3:13. They are deceiving because they themselves are deceived. In fact, I’d encourage you to slowly and carefully read and meditate on 2 Timothy 3:10-17 regarding this whole issue. The sweeping and widespread effect of such accounts is not a surprise because many professing Christians today are swallowed up in false teachings and materialistic pursuits motivated straight from many a pulpit. We don’t need the devil to remind us that there’s a hell. Every true believer takes the words of Christ seriously and lives by them.

Well, it looks like we have us a set up… You know the drill, let’s dig in!

Glory Dimmed

So, once Angelica and the false Jesus were done touring hell as we saw in Part 2, this Jesus makes them ascend towards the “Kingdom of heaven”. As usual, I’ll quote the account verbatim.

Soon we arrived at a door with giant letters written in gold, it said: “Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven.“ Jesus said, “Daughter, go in, for I am the Door and he who enters through Me, will enter, will go and will find pastures.“

The devil starts by showing us a rather unimpressive heaven to look forward to. First of all, all there is to heaven’s entrance is a door! A door! Woiye! And appropriately decorated for a young lady’s arrival are the words “Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven”. There is no such detail given to us in Scripture. Have you ever seen the magnificence portrayed in Revelation 21 concerning that great City?

Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. (Rev 21:12)

The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. (Rev 21:21)

This is staggering! Such splendor! A mighty City, with 12 gloriously different gates (not a door), with names on the gates and mighty angels standing guard! Such beauty! Picture a perfect City with gates of pearls and streets of transparent gold with the glory and light of God bouncing off, reflecting and refracting on the gold and pearls into a zillion colors that finally scatter out into all of God’s new creation for all eternity! And we’re excited by a door? Gimme a break!

Before I get carried away, let’s look at the verse this false Jesus misquoted. It’s John 10:9. Now notice something, the devil omitted an essential detail to the understanding of that verse. He left out the phrase “he will be saved”. Isn’t that clever? That verse isn’t talking about the physical ‘door’ into heaven. That verse is about Christ being the only pathway into eternal life! Only through putting our faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross will we be saved.

One more detail, apparently after these words were spoken by Jesus, the door opened. Well guess what, heaven’s gates are never shut! (Revelation 21:25). One may object and say, “Isn’t Revelation 21 talking about the New Jerusalem”? To which I respond: Is not the New Jerusalem the City that has been prepared by Christ for the saints? And is it not what this false Jesus told Zambrano he was about to show her? My point still stands.

Now, one thing every true believer holds dear is the hope of glory at the coming of Christ. Mess with hell all you want, but please, please, please do not mess with my hope for glory! Listen to this…

I saw angels giving glory, honor and praise to our Heavenly Father! (Revelations 7:11-12) As we continued walking, we approached a table of which I could see the beginning, but not the end. (Revelations 19:9) I observed a large throne, and a smaller throne surrounded by thousands of chairs. Between the chairs were garments along with crowns. The Lord told me, “Daughter, the crown that you see there is the crown of life.“(Revelations 2:10)

Jesus said, “Look, Daughter, this is what I have prepared for My people.” I saw that the table was covered with a white tablecloth with gold edging. There were plates, gold goblets, fruit; everything was served. It was so beautiful. There was a very large vessel in the middle of the table, which contained the wine for the dinner. And Jesus said, “Daughter, everything is ready for the arrival of My church.“

One word. Boring.

1. Look at how God is made to look like a side dish! She says “I saw angels giving glory, honor and praise to our Heavenly Father! As we continued walking, we…” As in, really?! You mention God’s worship as a by-the-way? Her sentence is grammatically ambiguous, but from the tone, she didn’t see the Heavenly Father. She saw angels singing and waving, and she concluded they were singing to the Heavenly Father. Same way you would conclude by watching guys sing on earth. Imagine a heaven where God’s presence is not overwhelmingly consuming and where He’s not the sole focus of attention! “Perfect”!

2. Revelation 19:9 is quoted. Why? To water down the mysteries of that verse to mean a simple, earthly dinner! You know what that appeals to? Those whose god is their belly (Phillipians 3:19). There is no mention of such a table in that chapter, and the calling and the supper mean a myriad more mysteries than a meal. This is proven by the fact that the final union of Christ to His bride is nothing close to what you’ve been drooling over in The Wedding Show. I believe there’ll be all manner of amazing food to be savored in heaven, but you can’t minimize the glories of that verse to one dinner. So after we’ve eaten, then what? That’s so, sooo boring! Christians have so much more to look forward to. The following Scriptures refute this interpretation of “supper”:

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. – Revelation 7:16

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. – Romans 14:17

3. Something’s a bit funny and odd here. Imagine a table that’s so long you cant see the end of it. Yet, at the center of the table, there’s a big wine tank! Isn’t that weird?! Awkward even? That container would either have to be very tall or very long. I guess there’s a wine pipeline waiting for us, hehehe!

4. More seriously now, Angelica says she was shown a larger throne and a smaller throne. Apart from being clearly against what we are shown in Revelation, do you know what that implies? It’s a blow aimed at the perfect Trinity. What she saw means that (a) God is not One. That there’s God, and there’s Christ, but Christ is not God. That’s why you need two thrones. The spirit she saw doesn’t need a throne, it’s playing and skipping along with her. (b) God and Christ are not equal. One of them needs a smaller throne with seats for fans surrounding it. If you really believe the Bible, you know there’s only one throne for One God. The Scriptures below all say “a throne” or “the throne”, never “two thrones”:

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. – Isaiah 6:1

A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. – Jeremiah 17:12

And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance. – Ezekiel 1:26

Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in appearance like a throne. – Ezekiel 10:1

Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, – Hebrews 8:1

Don’t let that last verse throw you off. “The right hand” is a phrase meaning the position of greatest honor, and Christ being the image of the invisible God, sits on the throne.

Reverse Psychology

From here, they go to “another place” where there are many people in a garden. David passes by, dancing with a huge kerchief (seriously? We need instruments of flu management to praise in heaven?) She’s shown all sorts of Bible characters. Eventually, the devil pulls one of his nastiest tricks. It’s like cleverly letting go of a pawn in chess in order to eventually win a queen. The devil proceeds to undress Catholicism, with the former evidence that the Pope is in hell. This is perfect bait for those who have even the slightest idea of the unbiblical practices of the Catholic religious system. I’ll quote a section of what he says:

I want to tell you that you must go and tell humanity, tell idol worshippers that hell is real, and that idolaters will not inherit My kingdom, but go and tell them that if they repent, they can enter My heavenly dwelling place. Go tell them that I love them and tell them that Mary has no knowledge of anything [happening on Earth] and the only One that they must exalt is Me, because neither Mary, nor St. Gregory nor any other saint can offer salvation. I am the only One who saves and outside of Me – nobody, nobody, nobody- saves!”

Angelica then adds:

…But, let me tell you that the Lord wants to give you the best. He wants you to enter the Kingdom of Heaven; to repent and to leave idolatry. Because idolatry will not save you. Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one that saves, who gave His life for you, for me and for all humanity. The Lord has a great message for humanity. As He wept, He told me, “Please, Daughter, do not be silent; go and tell the truth, go and tell what I have shown you.”

1. Many have come out saying, “Demons can’t do that! They can’t say Jesus saves! They can’t tell people to repent!” Well, one can only come to that conclusion when they are oblivious of the New Testament occurrences where demons confessed that Christ is the Savior and Son of God.

Look at these instances in the Bible, and pay close attention even to the affirmations of the demons:

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” – Luke 4:34

And Jesus began to say to them, “See that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. – Mark 13:5-6

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour. – Acts 16:16-18

Did you see that? The demon in the first quote acknowledged that Jesus of Nazareth was the Holy One of God! A true statement. But Jesus does not want the testimony of demons. He casts him out. His disciples follow His example, and Paul casts out a demon that was testifying to the truth that they were preaching the true gospel. This is why the devil is able to mingle truth with lies, saying that Jesus saves but distorting the way in which He does save. By grace through faith alone. And it is no wonder that he calls himself Jesus. The mid quotation reveals that Jesus Himself said the exact same thing would happen.

Perhaps a little more emphasis from the book of 1 John 4:2-3

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

This may be a bit troubling to you because it seems like this Jesus meets these requirements. He doesn’t! The cunning deceiver is playing with your mind, making you fill in the blanks that he dares not fill. Nowhere does he explicitly mention that he came in the flesh and died on the cross. He just uses vague phrases like “I gave my life”. How? In fact, I’ll show you further below that he is not even the Christ who was crucified. For now, look at how he skillfully plays with words when talking about Mary in his most convincing attempt:

“Daughter, she is Mary. Mary, who gave birth to Jesus Christ, Who I am.

Did you catch that clever trick in the sequence? He points to a false Mary, then He lies that she is the one who bore Christ, then he finally lies that he is that Christ whom she bore! Wicked!!!

Mortgage and More

Angelica mentioned that while this Jesus told her to go and spread the message, He wept. What?! Okay, let me catch my breath as we look at other stuff before I get back to that.

We saw heavenly mansions, and watched thousands of angels constructing them. Some of the angels constructed very rapidly, others constructed slowly and others were not constructing at all. I asked the Lord, “Why are some angels constructing rapidly, while others are slower, and some have those stopped constructing?” The Lord explained, “Daughter, that is how My people work on Earth, and the angels work as My children work on Earth….Daughter, My people no longer spread the gospel. My people no longer fast. My people no longer go to the streets to distribute tracts telling the truth. My people are now ashamed. Go and tell My people to return to the old paths. Those angels that you saw that were doing nothing belong to those people that have walked away from My paths…Daughter, go and tell My people to return to the old paths,” (Jeremiah 6:16) and in saying this He started to weep.

This is absolutely false. There is no depiction in the Scriptures of angels constructing in accordance to the activity of men on earth. The heart of this lie is the very meaning of idolatry! Go scare as many people as you can into quickly reciting a prayer and you’ll add a couple of cushions to your mansion! Huh? The best thing that has ever been offered to us is God Himself, not a mansion! Who cares if I have all of heaven and I don’t have God?! Paul said “No eye has seen, nor ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him”. I am not paying my heaven mortgage by handing out tracts in the hope of speedy construction. Wrong motives for evangelism. Trust me, you wouldn’t lay down your life in Southern Sudan for that. After all, you might get killed when the roof is still leaking!

As for Christ weeping, let me ask you this. What hope do you have, o Christian, that your tears will be wiped away in a perfect paradise when the very same Lord who should wipe away the tears from your eyes has His own eyes full of them?! If He’s weeping now, after He paid the price on the cross, then He’ll be weeping forever because hell will exist forever. Please don’t buy that. Please. When Christ speaks of His return in the book of Revelation, it is expressed in certainty and authority, not feeble and frustrated weeping.

Angelica then adds as to why he’s weeping

…My people no longer do as they did before. My people no longer praise, no longer worship Me; no longer seek Me as before. That is why I told you, Daughter, to go and tell My people to seek Me, for I will go, I will go, I will go – for a people that seeks Me in spirit and in truth, for a people that are ready, for a holy people!” And weeping He said, “I am coming, I am coming!“ Then I understand why He was weeping, because He is coming, but not for those that are half-hearted. He will return only for a people that is seeking Him in spirit and in truth.

Uhm, sorry but, the Scriptures say “worship in Spirit and in truth”, not “seek in spirit and in truth”. Quite a clever way to make mystical experiences with spirits a prerequisite to knowing Christ. And why would He weep now when He has said in Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

That is our basis for offering ourselves as living sacrifices!

False Christ

Sample this pure heresy:

Weeping, I fell to His feet; there I saw wounds on His feet. I asked, “Lord, what are these wounds here?” He answered, “

Daughter, it’s the scar from that yester day, when I gave My life for humanity.” He also showed me the scars in his hands, I asked, “Lord, why do you still have that?” He told me, “Daughter, it is the scar that has remained.” So I asked, “Will this go away?” He replied, “Daughter, this will go away when all the saints are reunited here…Daughter, I must take you to Earth: Your family and the nations are waiting for you.”

By God’s providence even while all this was going on, Angelica asks a question that apparently throws the devil off guard. Why am I so sure of that? Well, immediately after he had stated that the scars would go away, he sees it’s too much of a giveaway and he quickly tells Angelica she must return to earth.

But even more importantly, why is this heresy? Think about it. When Jesus Christ was crucified, the Bible tells us in Isaiah 52:14, in Isaiah 53, and in the accounts of the crucifixion that His body was utterly disfigured and that He was bruised beyond recognition. Why is it then that when He resurrected in His perfect glorified body with which He ascended into heaven, only the holes on His hands and feet and side remained?!

I’ll tell you why the idea that the scars of Jesus will disappear is a lie and proves that indeed this is not Christ:

1. If the scars will disappear, then it means that Christ is not perfected, and therefore, He is not God. It means that He has some sort of defect while in heaven.

2. This takes away the glory of God which will be displayed for all eternity through Christ crucified and resurrected. We will forever worship Christ for what He did on the cross for us, and the scars will always be there for us to see.

3. In Revelation 13:8 Christ is referred to as “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”. Before God said “let there be light”, Christ had already been chosen to die for the sins of the men God would create. This is an eternal fact before we even came into the picture, and the scars will forever remain as testimony to that fact.

4. Christ is often referred to as the first born (Rom 8:29) or first fruits (1 Cor 15:20). This means that He has tasted death and resurrection for us, His brethren, and that we shall follow the same path He did. That also implies that if we have any hope of receiving a glorified and perfect body, we must also believe that Christ has received a glorified and perfect body. In fact, in the same chapter where He is called a first fruits (1 Cor 15), we read this in verses 47-49.

The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second Man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the Man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the Man of heaven.

That’s our hope. Do not be deceived. Christ is perfect.

Truncated Apocalypse

This brings us to the very last part of what she experienced and was shown. A depiction of the end. Now, I will not go into detail here concerning what the Bible says about the end times, for even within sound Christian doctrine there are several views allowed. What I do wish to point out is the unmistakably incomplete portrayal of the end by any standards.

As she saw the rapture happen on big screen, she is told:

“Daughter, in those days, death will flee; Daughter, in those days the Holy Spirit will no longer be on Earth.” (Revelations 9:6) There were accidents but I didn’t see a single dead person: all of them were alive, although injured.

I observed enormous traffic with thousands of people. He told me, “Daughter, look, this is how everything will happen.“ I then saw people running from one place to another, shouting, “Christ came, Christ came!“ They would plead, “Lord, forgive me, forgive me, take me with You!”

Like I said, for the sake of clarity I’ll avoid the details of the end times. However, notice this huge contradiction in the quotation: It is impossible for the people to be saying “Lord, forgive me” when “in those days the Holy Spirit will no longer be on the Earth”! What we see in Revelation is persistent and increasing rebellion against God.

The account contradicts itself even further:

When Jesus observed how people were left behind, He began to weep and said, “Daughter, I will go to Earth as it says in 1 Thes. 4: 16-17 : “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

Wait a minute! Isn’t Jesus supposed to be in the event? Descending with a shout? How come Angelica only sees the bellies of pregnant women flattening? How come this same Jesus is watching and weeping from the sidelines? Hmmm….

And here’s the best part concerning the rapture we see here:

On the screen I saw people running around. Magazines and TV news said that “CHRIST HAD COME.” The screen closed, and Jesus finished by saying, “I will go for a holy people.” This was all He showed me. After that, He brought me back here to Earth.

Indeed, this was all he showed her. So guess what? The rapture happened, and magazines are still in print!!! CNN and BBC are still broadcasting! And that’s all she’s shown! What’s the worst that could happen if you don’t go with Christ? There’ll be plenty of pastors’ Range Rovers to possess! Big deal! No resurrection, no final judgement, no lake of fire, no eternal damnation, no new heaven and new earth. Too bad for those who are already underground. Tough luck! As I said before, that dog won’t hunt.

The Conclusion

So how shall we conclude this matter? Many have said, “You can’t throw out the baby with the bath water!” But you know what? There is no baby in the bath water! It’s just a muddy statue of a baby. By all means throw it all out, flip open your Bible and pray for a renewed mind.

In his last words to Angelica, the false Jesus said:

…Many will not believe you; many will believe you, but I am your faithful witness. I am with you. I will never leave you.”

Contrary to Jesus calling His disciples His witnesses, this Jesus is Angelica’s witness! Please hear what Jesus says in John 5.

If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true. There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. – John 5:31-32

And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. I do not receive glory from people. But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. – John 5:37-43

I plead with God that He may break the stubborn hearts as they read these words. Jesus Christ, of whom the Scriptures testify with all truth, whom blasphemous accounts such as Angelica’s contradict and deny, the only begotten Son of God, crucified and resurrected, is the only hope of righteousness we have. He is the only hope of eternal life we have. He is the only hope of glory we have. He is the only source of joy we have. He is all we have.

My aim, hope and comfort in writing these three articles is summed up in the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

As you can see, verse 5 ends with a comma. I wish I could quote verse 6, but that is only the mandate of elders and deacons over a local church. This is why you need to be part of a Christ exalting and Bible saturated local church. I would call every church leader who has let this false teaching creep into a congregation to examine himself, whether he is a faithful steward of God’s word and the flock. As for you, my fellow brothers and sisters who are seeking the truth and yearning to know Christ and be right with Him, I leave you once more with the words of Scripture.

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Jesus is your only hope. The blood He shed on the cross is your only ransom before a wrathful and just God who will by no means overlook sin. His free offer to put your faith and trust in Him is your only access to His grace. And friend, God is the ultimate gift Christ offers to you. Mourn over your sin, come empty handed to His feet, turn away from your sins, and receive life, joy, righteousness, and peace everlasting in the arms of a mighty Savior.

Dear friends, do not forget that ultimately, salvation does not begin and end with men. Salvation is for the eternal glory of God (Ephesians 1:11-12). May God therefore be pleased to work mightily through His word, for the glory and honor of His name. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Amen.

From the Father of Lies – Part 2: Heresies & the Gospel’s Enemies

K-Nine Shizzle — Sun, 01 May 2011 03:47:49 +0000

First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those of you who have been praying with me and sharing what God’s showing you in the Scriptures even as I’ve been preparing this sequel. Grace and peace to you.

Well, in the previous article, I laid a truthful foundation of the Scriptures upon which I base my antagonism to testimonies of out-of-body experiences in which people tell of how they went to heaven and hell. I was prompted by the recent circulation of Angelica Zambrano’s story, which greatly vexed me not only because it is staggeringly unbiblical, but because it has deceived even those who profess Christ, some of whom I am privileged to serve. I did not pick out Angelica from the many who claim such experiences. She’s simply the first I know of who crossed the path of believers I care about. So for the sake of the gospel, for the sake of the elect, and for the honor of God’s name, I present to you Part 2.

The Gospel

If you feel that you are firmly rooted in God’s word and are able to exercise discernment, then go ahead and read Zambrano’s story (if you haven’t already) so you can know what I am addressing. After you’ve done that, or if you’d like to get straight to the exposé, please allow a brother in the faith to reintroduce the gospel to you.

Wow! Now that is the gospel! So, are you ready? Then you know the drill… Let’s dig in!

The Exegetical Error

This is probably one of (if not the) most important thing you should note about this whole account. Don’t get scared by the big word: exegesis simply refers to the correct interpretation of the Bible. It’s not only for theologians either, I mean, I’m just an average dude. Exegesis is meant to be utilized by every true believer under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit to rightly understand His word. It’s just that nowadays, most preachers are too busy writing you five points of how you can boost your investments or self-esteem. If at all these posts do anything for you, let them create a deep hunger for God’s word.

So as you’ve read, Angelica claims to have accepted Christ at the age of 12. I’ll get back to that, with great care. What I need you to see now is what she claims to have been the turning point in her life when she received “a word from the Lord”. She’s 17 years old, feels no change in her life, participates in a 15-day fast, then she “receives” the word. Now, I’ll directly quote her:

I asked for a sign that He was with me, and the Lord gave me Jeremiah 33:3, “Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” I said, “Lord, did You just talk to me?” Because I heard His audible voice and had a vision of the words written in Jeremiah 33:3.

I said, “Lord, is that for me?” I kept it to myself, while everyone else was testifying what the Lord had given them and what they had seen. But I kept it secret and would only meditate on the words: “Call unto Me” means to pray, but what did “great and mighty things” mean? I thought, “This can only mean heaven and hell.”

Watch closely… her entire experience is dependent upon this word. It’s literally built upon it, exactly the same way Satan asked Jesus to jump off the temple basing it on Psalms 91:12. So what’s wrong with quoting Jeremiah 33:3? Well, nothing (except the striking resemblance to 666), but look at the context! You will notice that the very next verse, Jeremiah 33:4, starts with the word “For…” This means that God didn’t leave verse 3 as an open ended questionnaire. He said exactly what He meant by “great and mighty things”, and it does not mean heaven and hell!

The situation in the passage is that Jerusalem has been ravaged by the Babylonians (Chaldeans), and what God is saying to the prophet Jeremiah is that He will do such a mighty work of salvation in the restoration of Israel as had never been seen before. Not only does the immediate context apply directly to Israel, but it points to the salvation that would later come through Christ when God would restore His own people back to Himself! Jeremiah 33:15-16 says:

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

I really hope you are seeing the staggering, amazing good news in that passage! The righteous Branch is Jesus, who came as light into the world. How has He already executed justice? Look at John 3:18

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

And again in John 12:48-49:

The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

I will say this over and over again, Christ has spoken in the Scriptures according to His Father’s will. After all, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”! His word stands eternally. So we’ve established that indeed Christ has and is executing justice and righteousness in His people.

Now note the next section, it says “Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely”. Now, the last time I checked, secure meant “safe”. Unexposed to danger. Guess what, this means that true Christians who have put their faith in Christ alone are eternally secure! And how is that possible? Because of the last part of that verse: The Lord is our righteousness! I feel like leaping for joy in my room right now! See? I am not trying to help Jesus save me! HE IS MY RIGHTEOUSNESS!!! If I can go to hell when Christ has saved me, it simply means His righteousness is not perfect. Period.

The Satanic Seduction

From our exegesis above, we have dismantled the devil’s lie upon which this entire testimony and experience was based. Thank Jesus. Now let’s look at a few of the deeply disturbing things that happened to Angelica in preparation for the final climax of the devil’s Project X.

After she had received this word, she says in her own words that there was still no change in her life. She kept asking God to change her. Hmm… Whatever happened to 2 Corinthians 5:17? Anyways, she continued praying during all of August then in November, a “servant of the Lord” came to their house and said to her:

May the Lord bless you.” I replied, “Amen.” He then said, “I am here to bring you a message from God…you must prepare yourself, because the Lord will show you great and mighty things which you do not know. He is going to show you Heaven and Hell because you have been asking, from Jeremiah 33:3.

Apparently they are serving the same god. Satan is so cunning! Am trying hard not to get beside myself, so let’s continue… they start praying together with some sisters from their church. Angelica sees “the Heavens opening and two angels coming down”. I wish she had read 2 Corinthians 11:14-15

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

The angels told her she must visit heaven and hell, and they hung around even after prayers. Then, the next words she says are pure heresy:

I also started to see the Holy Spirit; He is my best friend; He is Holy, He is omniscient; He is omnipresent! I could see Him, transparent and brilliant at the same time; with a brilliant countenance, I could see His smile and His loving gaze! I can hardly describe Him, because He is more beautiful than angels. The angels have their own beauty, but the Holy Spirit is far more beautiful than they are!

My friends, any time the Holy Spirit comes into focus, be extremely careful. Now in the Scriptures, one of the attributes of God is that He is invisible. The human eye cannot see Him. When the Lord is mentioned to have appeared to the Patriarchs in the Old Testament, we believe it was the pre-incarnate Christ. God told Moses in Exodus 33:20 “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” Now God is Spirit, and it doesn’t mean that He has a face. When you read things like God saying “you cannot see my face”, in Theology this is called anthropomorphic language. It’s language that we can relate to more easily as humans. That’s why Paul speaks the way he does in Romans 6:19.

The fact that Angelica says she saw the Spirit is heresy because no one has ever seen the Spirit. The only two times in the Scriptures when the Spirit is described is when He has appeared in a certain form:

1. After the Baptism of Jesus, He descended as a dove. The Holy Spirit is not a dove. He descended as One. Angelica says she actually saw the exact form of the Holy Spirit.

2. In Revelation chapter 4, the Spirit is described as the seven torches that are before the throne of God. The Holy Spirit is not seven torches. The seven torches, which are called the seven Spirits of God, are 7 different expressions of the same Holy Spirit. What Angelica saw was a demon.

The Bible tells us in Colossians 1:15 that Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Forget this nonsense about seeing the Holy Spirit.

Disturbing Demonic Deceptions

Lest I end up writing an entire book, I’ll now quickly quote and address selected lies in her experience underground.

the Angels were still with me, even while praising the Lord. They would not speak to me; all they would say was, ”Holy, Holy, Holy, Hallelujah,” giving glory, honor and praise to our Heavenly Father.

In the entire Bible, there are only 2 places where the phrase “Holy, holy, holy…” is used. In each case, it always says Who is holy! See Isaiah 6: 3 and Revelation 4:8. So who were these angels worshiping? The devil?

Many people say that the gospel is boring, but that is a big lie from the devil to keep people from searching for God’s presence. I also used to believe this, but after I met the Lord and the Holy Spirit, I know the gospel is not boring, it is the most beautiful experience you can have on Earth!

So according to her, her experience with the supernatural is the gospel that all should search for. Since when did the gospel come with a condition? Since when did the gospel become a mystical presence of God?! I recall the apostle Paul writing in Galatians 1:8

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

She then continues to talk of this spirit she saw:

I could see; play with, and even talk to the Holy Spirit. But the angels would not talk to me, but they would praise the Lord. I would say, “Holy Spirit come along with me to do this or that” and He would be there. I could feel and see Him.

1. Here, the Spirit is depicted as an external friend whom you hang out with, while in the Bible, the Spirit indwells the believer (Romans 8:9)

2. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God (Romans 8:13). Here, we find the eternal Holy Spirit being portrayed as a lounging spirit being told what to do by a playful 18-year old. God’s love has been poured out too much in my heart by the Spirit for me to stay silent on such a dishonor like this to Him.

But I felt so happy, that I started giving everything away: my clothes, my bed, my cell phone, everything, with one condition: If I come back, everything must be returned to me. They all started laughing.

Jesus said “You shall know them by their fruits”. How come from age 12 to 18, there had been no change? And now, if you really are going to heaven, why give such a condition when Christ said in Luke 6:35,”…and lend, expecting nothing in return…”? Just asking.

When she “died”, this false Jesus appeared to her and said to her

Fear not, Daughter, for I am Jehovah, Your God, and I have come here to show you what I have promised you. Arise, for I am Jehovah, who holds you by your right hand and tells you, Fear not, I will help you.

Wow! The devil’s counterfeit of Revelation 1:17-18

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Now that’s the Jesus I believe, who has the keys of Death and Hades! By the way, have you noticed that in Angelica’s article, every place where she is mentioned, the word “Daughter” always starts with a capital letter even in the middle of sentences? Hmmm.

There was too much light for me to see His face! But I could see His beautiful hair of brilliant gold and a white garment with a wide golden girdle that crossed His chest. It read, “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”

The devil did a very careful job of mimicking the image of Jesus. But the old serpent forgot one minor detail. The Jesus we see in Revelation 1:14 has white hair, not golden. Satan went a lil too far. The Lord rebuke him.

When He said that, I could see tears streaming down to His garments. I asked Him, “Lord, why are you crying?” He replied, “Daughter, because there are more that perish, and I will show you this, so that you will go and tell the truth and so that you will not return to that place”.

Now lemme just pause for a moment right there and say, “That is pathetic”! Yes Jesus wept on earth, and He felt our pain and He has the greatest heart for the lost. But let me tell you this, at the cross, He said “It is finished”! And He resurrected as a victorious and glorious Christ who sits at the right hand of the Father. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, not this pathetic image we are given that is being harassed by the efforts of demons. Have you noticed that we don’t see the devil in the whole story? Where is he? Of course, he’s crying crocodile tears for Angelica!

I was so hot, I felt my skin burning. I asked, “Lord, what is this? I don’t want to go to this place!” The Lord said that this was just the tunnel to hell. There was a horrible, repulsive and nauseating smell, and I begged Jesus not to take me.

The implications of this are shocking.

1. Hell is a place where people pay for their sins. It lasts forever because the tiniest sin committed against an infinite God deserves infinite punishment. If this Jesus died for Angelica’s sins and fully paid the price, why would she be brought to a place where she feels burning? Why would she participate in a form of payment for sins if all her sins have been paid for? That would imply that God is unjust!

2. If she really was in hell, and felt burning, and she went onto other stories, then guess what… Hell is bearable! You can go touring in there someday. No big deal. It’s just some warm fire (Pst! Pst! Just hide from the demons with spears!)

The Lord said “Daughter, I give this to you.” It was a large binder with blank sheets of paper. “Daughter, take this pencil so that you can write all that I will show you, what you will see and hear. You will write everything as you are observing it, as you will live it.”

This is a counterfeit of Revelation 1:19. You know what, there is a reason why our Bibles come bound in leather and not 3-ring binders: the Scriptures are completed! The devil gives Angelica a binder to lie to us that God’s revelation is still not complete. Secondly, she’s told to write in pencil. How smart! Oh, and by the way, so paper doesn’t burn in hell, eh? Some hell it is!

And by the way, we know that Christ was directly dictating to John in the first chapters of Revelation while he was writing on earth (not dead). Why, because when it gets to chapter 4 after all the letters to the seven churches have been dictated, he says in Revelation 4:1-2:

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.

See how the Jesus of the Bible speaks with authority? He’s not saying “I still have an opportunity”. He shows John what must take place!

There is so much more I would want to say about the lies in hell. Just know this, it’s all mostly lies. Including:

1. the yound man with 666, coz it’s not yet here and a true believer cannot turn back to carnality because God puts His fear in them.
2. I don’t know about Selena, but God punishes us for our own sins, not the sins of others
3. There’s no such thing as a demon having a special dart for you (how weird). The darts mentioned in Ephesians 6 are figurative for temptations and trials, and many are expected in the life of each believer.
4. Hell exists, but in the Bible, there is no such name as “the Kingdom of Hell”
5. Hehehe! Hahaha! Ati demons are moonwalking in hell like MJ while tormenting guys. Hehehe! That’s very funny!

The Blessed Assurance

I’d like to close with a couple of highlights quoted together, exposing the attack on the assurance and perseverance of the saints:

If death were to surprise that person who has failed to forgive, that person may go to hell, for no one can purchase life… Daughter, there are also people who know Me, that are walking to this place…

Daughter, I want to tell you that I am not coming for these people. I am coming for a holy people, ready, without blemish, without wrinkle and without defilement…Go and tell them to return to the old paths.

Jeremiah 6:16 is misquoted to seem like “the old paths” refers to observing do’s and don’ts. Truth is, the old paths are those of the Patriarchs of Israel such as Abraham who lived by faith and who “believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness”. Surely, it’s only then that “you will find rest for your souls”.

And have you forgotten what the Scriptures said of John the Baptist?

The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.

He prepared the way for the coming of Christ, and now Christ has commanded us to enter by the narrow gate and walk on the narrow path. Not in our own strength, or by a spirit of fear (Romans 8:15), but by faith and by the working of the Holy Spirit within us.

If you have put your faith in Jesus Christ, don’t let things like these shake the foundation of your faith and make you lose your eternal assurance. We are justified by faith, not by how well we try to forgive or what cartoons we don’t watch. It’s by faith, so whether you die in your sleep or in an unexpected accident, know that your salvation is safe in Christ, and no one who has put their faith and trust in Him can ever go to hell.

Jesus said in John 6:37-40:

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

And in John 10:27-28:

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Let no one strip you of your assurance, even if they come in the name of Christ. But as for yourself, test yourself to see whether you are in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5) and make your calling and election sure (2 Peter 1:10) .

The Exhortation

I’d like to leave you with an exhortation from Colossians 2:18-23, and please receive it as God’s word, not as K-Nine’s opinion or interpretation. Hold fast to what is true.

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

Watch out for Part 3. Till then, be sober. Be vigilant. Stand firm in the faith.

From the Father of Lies – Part 1: Visions of Heaven, Hell, and Christ

K-Nine Shizzle — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:21:40 +0000

Recently, a friend of mine posted a link on my Facebook wall. The title made my face drop. It said, “Angelica Zambrano was shown the Kingdoms of Heaven and Hell, and the Return of Christ“. As of that point, I immediately knew that something was terribly wrong, but I had to see it for myself. I had to give the benefit of doubt and seek to discern it from the horse’s mouth. Or should I say from the serpent’s mouth?

I opened up the article, and for sure, there was this long account of Angelica Zambrano (an 18-year-old) who journeyed to the “kingdoms of heaven and hell”. By the time I was half way through the story, my heart was heavy, my mind was racing, and both anger and deep sadness were welling up and overflowing within me. Why? Because in the proclamations of the article the name of God was being blasphemed, because the Holy Trinity was being dishonored, and because God’s word was being twisted in cunning ways that have a stunning resemblance to the temptations of Christ in the wilderness. I dare to say that the same devil who tempted Christ with Scripture is the same author of the vision that Angelica saw.

The danger

My fellow believers, I am not here to play games. I am not here to prove my opinions right. I am here to stand for Truth and for the Lord Jesus Christ who saved a worm like me. I need you to realize one very solemn thing: If what Angelica saw was truly “the Lord’s work”, and yet I have attributed it to Satan himself, then I have committed the dreadful unpardonable sin in Mark 3:28-29 and I am damned to burn for all eternity. That’s how serious this is. But if by the Spirit I am able to convince you through His Scriptures that the experience was not of God, then you must hold to the truth and stand firm in the faith. You choose. And may the Lord help me.

The Mandate

I do this boldly because I believe I am honoring the Trinity and the gospel, for all across the New Testament we (and especially those who labor in the Word and doctrine) are commanded to preserve and protect the faith. Likewise, I am to be an overseer over the flock that the Chief Shepherd has entrusted to me (many of whom I know have been confused by this).

Jesus said in Matthew 7:15-16

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

In Jude 3, Jude says this concerning false teachers and doctrines

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

The revelation for our faith is complete in the Scriptures. And so I contend.

Paul tells Timothy (a young preacher) in 2 Timothy 4:3-5

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

And in 1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, guard the deposit [the gospel] entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” – brackets mine

Finally, Titus 1:9

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

The Biblical Basis – Counter Strike

I will now tell you why I strongly oppose such tales of people going to heaven and hell then coming back. You understand the situation, the danger, and the mandate. Angelica’s account was a long piece, so I am going to do this in 3 parts. Here, I will show you why such occurrences and claims are contrary to Scripture. In the next article, I will show you the various falsehoods in her ‘conversion’, her preparation for the big day, and the false teachings concerning what she saw in hell. Lastly, the third article will expose the lies about heaven, our Lord, and the message that she now proclaims as a ‘witness’ of ‘Christ’ as a result of what she saw. Let’s dig in…

This is what the Scriptures tell us in Hebrews 9:27-28

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

1. It is appointed for man to die once – my friends, it can’t get clearer than this. It is appointed for man to die once. Once. Apparently, chic died and was brought back to life. Even before it happened, it was explicitly said by the ‘servant of god’, “You will die”. Hmmm, just which god are they serving? Does God contradict His word? No. I know some of you are ready to throw the name ‘Lazarus’ at me in objection, but we’ll get to that.

2. The second part doesn’t need much explaining. Apparently Christ has appeared to humanity again through his witness, Angelica, to deal with sin. Question mark, question mark, exclamation mark!

Now let’s talk about Lazarus. On Facebook, someone said that Lazarus died and Jesus raised him up after four days. This is true, but let’s get it straight. Please note the following things:

1. The Lazarus in John 11 is not the same Lazarus in Luke 16.

The Lazarus in John 11, whom Christ raised from the dead, was a friend of Jesus and a brother of Mary and Martha. In verse 4, Jesus said concerning this incidence, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it”. It was a very special occasion where God was to show His glory in raising a man from the dead, pointing to the same way that He would give life to those who are spiritually dead in their sins and trespasses, through salvation (Ephesians 2:5).

2. Nothing is said concerning anything that Lazarus saw, heard, or experienced when he was dead. There is no mention of it at all. There is also no indication that he became some kind of hero or special witness to the testimonies of God either before, during, or after his resurrection. In fact, when our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth Himself was resurrected, He met with the 11 who were the primary witnesses. The apostles. Lazarus wasn’t even chosen to replace Judas. Ponder over this.

3. Finally, note that this happened for God’s glory, along with the signs of the apostles in Acts in order to confirm the gospel message (for even they raised the dead), then that’s when the Holy Spirit inspired the writing of the letter to the Hebrews in which He says it is appointed for man to die once.

Now let’s deal with the other Lazarus. He is mentioned in Luke 16:19-31. Things to note:

1. This was a parable that Christ narrated. It starts as one, for He says “There was…”. It is the only parable that Christ gave in which a character had a name, that is, Lazarus. We are not given the rich man’s name.

2. In verse 26, when the rich man in hell cries to Abraham for relief, Abraham says:

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.

How then is it possible that Angelica’s spirit was able to cross over from hell to heaven?!

3. Verses 29-31 strike a shattering blow to the whole aim of Angelica’s vision and mission (no pun intended). In fact, it makes this article alone enough to discredit everything about it. The rich man asks Abraham to send Lazarus back to his people to warn them. Abraham responds in a way that seals the rich man’s agony forever:

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

How can we be so easily deceived, dear brethren? Are we not mature in the faith? Do we still need milk? Notice that in Angelica’s vision, that demon masquerading as Jesus kept showing her things and saying “…because they did not repent”, and thus Angelica has come to tell us to repent because of the horrors she saw. Contradiction! The phrase “Moses and the Prophets” refers to the Scriptures, for the New Testament hadn’t been written at that time. We have the Scriptures, brothers. Contend for the faith delivered once for all to the saints.

The Biblical Basis – Model Cites

Finally, I’d like us to look at the whole issue of visions of heaven and out-of-body experiences in the New Testament and see how this relates to such an issue as faces us today. In the New Testament, there are only two people who were allowed to experience the heavenly realm. Paul, and John. (I’ve left out Stephen because it was during his martyrdom). Let’s start with Paul.

In 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Paul recounts how 14 years ago (at the time of his writing), he was caught up to the third heaven. Don’t be confused by his language, he says “I know a man in Christ…” because he doesn’t want to boast. We know it’s him because of the way the story ends. Also, you may be asking yourself, “What does he mean by ‘the third heaven’”? Well, welcome to Hebrew figurative speech! The first heaven is the atmosphere and sky that we see. The second heaven is the region of stars and the moon and the cosmos and outer space. The third heaven is the dwelling place of God, the heavenly places. Now, let’s note profound things about this account:

1. In verse 2, when he narrates how he was caught up, he says:

…whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows

then he repeats this same phrase in verse 3, which I find very significant. In Hebrew, when emphasis is needed, they don’t use bold or italics or underlines. They use repetition. That’ why the four living creatures before the throne of God cry “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”, and is why Jesus says “Truly, truly, I say to you…”, or the strongly professing Christians will say “Lord, Lord, did we not…” So Paul emphasizes his statement by repeating:

…whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows

How did Angelica describe her experience? She actually saw herself rising out of her body! This is a well known occult practice called Astral Projection. (Wikipedia – although I strongly disagree with the mention of 2 Corinthians in the Bible section of that article because of what Paul has emphatically repeated above).

Paul did not know, and this was tantamount to the likes of visions that the prophets such as Isaiah saw, e.g. in Isaiah 6.

2. verse 4 is amazing

and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.

a) and he heard things – it is not explicitly mentioned that he ‘saw’ things, but that he ‘heard’

b) …that cannot be told, which man may not utter – I’ve been using the highly recommended ESV throughout this article, but just to give you a more pointed view of what Paul is saying, the NKJV renders this verse as:

…and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

So basically Paul is saying that he wasn’t even allowed to say what he heard! Why is it that all these people who have had these experiences want to write a book or go on a missionary tour (to famous cities) or start a television program or base entire ministries on it?! If they had the same experience as the apostle Paul, they wouldn’t even be able to speak of what they heard, let alone saw!

3. In verse 7, Paul faces dire consequences as a result of being afforded such an awesome revelation. A thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, is allowed to harass him so that he wouldn’t grow conceited and proud. How contrary to Angelica who continued to have that playful thing she dares call the holy spirit. Oh how easily we stumble.

To round this up, I had mentioned that only Paul and John were allowed to experience the heavenly realms. We’ve looked at Paul, and we’ve seen that he wasn’t even allowed to say what he saw. The other person we have left, John, was specifically told to do the opposite in order to complete the Scriptures. In Revelation 1:11, the voice of Christ, loud like a trumpet, says to him “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches”. And most importantly, at the end of the book, John sounds a stern warning in Revelation 22:18-19:

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Angelica has unwittingly added to the revelation of hell, heaven, and the last days. And in her incomplete and erroneous accounts of a fictitious heaven and hell, she has again unwittingly taken away from the book. I plead with you, my friends, you shall not add an ‘s’ to the book of Revelation!

I need you to know that I am not here to condemn Angelica. I pray that God will lift the blindness from her eyes and the powerful deception of the ruler of this dark age over her mind. And I pray that none of God’s elect will be swept up in this kind of heresy.

The Exhortation

I’d like to leave you for now with an exhortation from the Scriptures that I believe our Lord Jesus Christ, the only true and living God, wants us to hear from Hebrews 5:12-14:

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Watch out for Part 2. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all who wait eagerly for Him. Amen.

Kingdom Republic Finds a Home

K-Nine Shizzle — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:40:37 +0000

Whoa! Somebody get a broom and duster! We’ve got cob webs up in here! Man! There’s been some serious silence going on. If you’ve read the previous articles before, you must have wondered what happened to the Walblog. Well, we’ve been silent, but we’re back.

Wanna know why we’ve been MIA? Simple. David Kuria (Kingdom Republic’s founder) and I have been looking for a church. After a period of exponential growth in the faith and in the study of God’s word, we felt compelled to look for a solid, sound, Biblical church in which we could become a part of the body of Christ in a very practical way. We believe that this is displayed throughout the entire new testament and that Christ our Lord requires it of us. By God’s grace, we’ve found a home at Trinity Baptist Church in Donholm. We’d like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the members, elders, and deacons of TBC for warmly welcoming us in Christ’s name.

David was baptized a week ago, and I had been baptized exactly a month earlier. We are humbled and honored to fully partake in fellowship with the body of Christ. Praise be to God.

Kingdom Republic is therefore now officially a ministry of Trinity Baptist Church, with David still heading it. We are answerable to the entire body of believers at TBC, under the leadership and guidance of the elders. What a privilege!

We look forward to bringing more of God’s word and testimonies to you.
For God’s glory. Alone.

Shalom.

I Have A Scream

GodsChild — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:36:43 +0000

This piece is about having faith and plugging into God’s Will and Purpose. Turning your dreams into screams (from your head to your mouth) and thus moving mountains (manifestation).

I Have A Scream

I may have a dream

But it will only come true when I scream

A dream is just that, a dream

But out of my head and through my mouth I turn into a confession

And by the words of my mouth, my confession will turn to manifestation

For with the faith of a mustard seed I can tell a mountain to move and it shall

So, no longer do I just dream it, I now scream it

For God will use my adversaries for my advertising

He will use my haters to be my elevators

When they say I cannot be healed, I scream it – He is my Healer

When they say I cannot make ends meet, I scream it – He is my Provider

When I feel worn out and this cross seems too heavy

to bear –

I scream that His power is made perfect in my weakness

You see,

The power of life and death is not only in my mouth, it is in yours as well

So I long for the day the Redeemed of the Lord will scream with me

We will scream,

Till abortion is no longer an option to young mothers

Till the institution of marriage of one man and one woman is restored to this generation

Till the divorce rate in the church is less than the divorce rate in the world

We will scream,

Till the lifestyles of my younger brothers and sisters are no longer influences by fake American shows and Alejandro

Till young ladies know their value in Christ and stop spreading their temples’ legs for men

We will scream,

Till young men know that their sexual identity is in their Heavenly Father, not in their hormonal drama or in Alexander

We will scream,

Till preachers speak words to reach deep within my heart and not deep within my pocket

Till the hearts of us, the children turn back to their First Love, the Father

Till my generation turns from Facebook to This Book

Till my nation Kenya turns back to God, it’s Creator

We will scream

Till every individual soul experiences what it means to know that he who the Son sets free is free indeed

Yes I will scream

And I will not stop

Till I have the kind of scream that is deeply rooted

In God’s Will.

Listen Then If You Have Ears!!!!

GodsChild — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:00:22 +0000

First is my apology to the Almighty God for the delay of this message though I believe it has come right on time for His time is always the best. I pray that you will not harden your hearts when you hear this message. The Lord is calling His people back to Himself before it’s too late. He wants you to come back to your First Love. Shun wickedness and embrace righteousness. The book of Proverbs 20:12 says, “Ears that hear and eyes that see – the Lord has made them both”. I pray that today your ears will hear and your eyes will be opened.

‘Listen Then If You Have Ears.’ It amazes me how many times these words appear in the Bible both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. The Gospels have these words and they are repeated in the book of Revelation. Sometimes the words are ‘he who has ears, let him hear’. These are the words God is saying today. He who has ears let him hear and hear well!

This message goes out to all the people that God has called out to take His good news to His lost sheep all over the world and this includes all the ministers of the Gospel of God in all ways: music or art, stage or pulpit, physical church or outside evangelism. ALL who pass the true message of the Gospel of Jesus: HEAR NOW! There is a thin line between Ministry and Entertainment. When you take God out of your ministry, then it becomes entertainment.

If you say yours is a calling, who is it that called you? Was it really God or did you ‘call’ yourself into this for selfish gain not caring for the lost sheep. Or did you start in the Spirit yet are now in the flesh? Galatians 3:3 “Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?” Most are losing the very sheep that God wants back to His flock.

The book of Galatians 1:6-10 says “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the One who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”

Check yourselves!! Are you trying to win the approval of men or God? What is more important to you: the applause of man or the wrath of God? Who are you really serving: Immortal God or mortal man? Many of you are going on a platform for your praise, not the praise of the Almighty forgetting that God has never and will never share His glory with anybody! Isaiah 42:8 “I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols”.

The drive for your ministry should be one and only one!! John 3:30 – “He must increase, but I must decrease”.

Are you increasing while He is decreasing? Listen if you have ears!

Are you a hypocrite? You proclaim God with your lips but your hearts are far from Him? Mark 7: 6-9 talks about the hypocrites as prophesied by Prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 29:13.. Jesus said in the book of Mark. “He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’

You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!”

One day you will have to stand before the Lord and give an account of how you lived your life and how you treated His flock. Mark 9:42 says “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.

Luke 12: 41-44

Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?” The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions

Everybody who belongs to Christ has a Spiritual responsibility to the people around them. Every Christian parent is a pastor-teacher and evangelist to their family. Every believer is a prophet with the responsibility to tell of God’s grace. We are all responsible and therefore accountable when Jesus returns. We need to face our responsibilities as seriously as we shall face Jesus on the day He returns.

Luke 12: 45-46

But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Using this story, Jesus highlighted the disgrace that would befall those who have no interest in His promised return. Such people think that they can do whatever they live to satisfy their own desires. Let’s remember that Jesus is coming back. When He arrives unexpectedly, He will expect to see us serving in a way which will please Him. So whatever changes are necessary to ensure that will be so, let’s make them today and reset our focus on greeting Him when He returns.

Luke 12: 47-48

“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

What is worse? Doing wrong or failing to do what is right? The answer is simple – they are both equally bad. Jesus was addressing His trainee apostles and He wanted to ensure that they understood the magnitude of the responsibility of the commission they had received – which we’ve also received. Every ‘today’ should start with a fresh determination to fulfil this commission; and for every ‘tomorrow’ we must pray for His grace so that we will submit ourselves to doing His will.

1^st Thessalonians 5:8-9 “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

There is much in the Bible about how God will bring judgement and destruction on the world for turning its back on Him. But we who believe will be spared, our confidence in our salvation is our spiritual protection, along with faith and love. Let these truths and virtues protect and sustain you today. God will never pour out His anger on you! For you who trust this is so, He has only love and grace.

1^st Corinthians 10:12

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

1^st Corinthians 9:27

No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

Matt 16:26 asks what will it profit you to gain the whole world but lose your soul?

When going from town to town preaching as He made His way to Jerusalem, Jesus was asked the question if only a few people will be saved and He said this: Luke 13: 24-27“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But He will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with You, and You taught in our streets.’ “But He will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from Me, all you evildoers!’

Psalm 120:3-4

What will he do to you,
and what more besides,
you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom bush.

The Bible speaks of what God will do to all you deceitful tongues. Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.

Jeremiah 14:14-16 “Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who are prophesying in My name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish by sword and famine. And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them, their wives, their sons and their daughters. I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve” and Deut 18:20-22 “But a prophet who presumes to speak in My name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.” You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.”

I urge you all who are called to minister to these children of the Almighty God to please read 2^nd Peter chapters 1, 2 and 3 and let God speak into your heart.

2^nd Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him…” Are you among the ones who are faithful enough to be used of God? Is your heart fully committed to Him?

This is to all the sheep who are led by these shepherds please read Colossians 2:6-23.

The other day I was watching a very popular televangelist who appears on TBN every week. His wife was on the pulpit and she said these words, “The Lord is not looking at what you are doing wrong, He is looking at what you are doing right”. Really? Really?? That is like saying that God will not take you to hell coz even though He knows you are full of sin He remembers a time you helped a blind man cross the road. Ridiculous? Yes, I thought so too. Galatians 1:6-9 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!

God is a God of love, but remember He is also a God of wrath. And the reason Christ died was to save us from that wrath. You have no excuse if these preachers tell you things and you hang onto their every word without going back to the scriptures and counterchecking for yourselves. God has already shown you how to tell these spirits apart. Read 1^st John 4:1-6. The book of Colossians 2: 8 says “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.” Ephesians 5:6-7 says “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them.” Matthew 7:15-20 says “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

So tell me, what excuse do you have?

Matthew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name and in Your name drive out demons and in Your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from Me, you evildoers!’

Calmer Of Storms

GodsChild — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:57:25 +0000

One of the names I call Jesus is “The Calmer of Storms”. I love that about Him. He can calm any storm.

(Mark 4:35-41)That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

Christ was asleep in the stern. I tend to doubt He was entirely clueless about what was going on. I’m sure He wasn’t fast asleep in that furious squall! He just refused to panic. Unlike the disciples, He knew who He was, He was the Son of the Most High God! Nothing could move Him when God was on His side.

Many times we tend to be like the disciples. We go through things we can’t control but we forget who we are and who we have been called to be. We only need to speak.

(Matthew 18:18-19) Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

That’s the power of Christ in us!!

But more often than not we ask like the disciples “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

Jesus said to them… ”Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
Let us have faith in Jesus. Let us trust in this Holy One of God. Even the wind and the waves of YOUR life will obey Him!!

Free Christian Wallpaper from Kingdom Republic

K-Nine Shizzle — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:20:34 +0000

Kingdom Republic is back once again with some awesome designs for the body of Christ. We’ve been designing a lot, and there’s a lot of material and new stuff coming soon. So stay posted, but for now, we have 3 wallpaper designs that you can download and flaunt on your screen to rep Christ. Just click on the images below to see them in full and save them to your desktop or wherever it is you download stuff. Or you can right click and “Download linked file”. Enjoy!

‘Jesus’ the Visa? NO!

K-Nine Shizzle — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:54:03 +0000

I can’t believe how we minimize Jesus
Like Heaven is the USA and He is the Green Card
Or like we wanna immigrate and He is the Visa
Or lack of riches is prison and He will release us (huh?)

We’re members of the body but we’re dislocated
Swaggerin in the dark, no lights, disconnected
Having a form of godliness but denying its power
No meat on the menu, so much milk it’s turned sour!

But you can’t blame the flock or the shepherd
The hirelings and wolves are packed, so Lord help us
The sheep hit the road running, like head start
Goats hope to earn a gate pass signing papers

And I don’t wanna see any man fall
But they seem like they don’t know what they’re in the race for
Jesus died for us to bring us to God
1st Peter 3:18, HE’s the treasure, period

Explanation

It grieves me just how often we unwittingly belittle the glory of God and His beloved Son Jesus Christ. Our hearts are so dulled to His amazing grace! Our minds are so desensitized in sin and are numbed, rendering us incapable of acknowledging his infinite power! Our eyes are so blind to Him who dwells in unapproachable light! Every time we go before Him in worship service or in our closets, our minds have been programmed by the preaching of the prosperity gospel to plead that God bless us more materially. When He doesn’t, we ask Him why. We question the living God whom Isaiah saw and cried out “Woe is me!” And when He still doesn’t answer (don’t expect Him to), we blame Him. Oh the madness!

We have replaced the glory of God for earthly things. We have made man the centre of the universe. Can you believe that preachers preach and believers believe that JESUS, SON OF GOD, GOD HIMSELF died so that we can have a more prosperous and comfortable life on earth?! That is idolatry! Elevating gifts above Giver! Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by Me”. The Father! The Father.

Scripture’s testimony against us is that we were conceived in sin (Psalms 51:5). Our hearts are evil, and all we do is think evil continually (Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21). We are wretches. What did God see in us? He saw objects of wrath! We are people who have broken every law He has ever made. They say God hates sin and loves sinners. A lie! He loves the world, but He hates sinners too! (Psalms 5:5) We live as though He doesn’t exist. There is no fear of God in our eyes. The heavens run away from His face, and the each star took its place when He called it by name, yet when He calls us, we dare refuse! Oh, who are we that He pays attention to us! How unbelievable that His Son chose to die for us!

May God scrape the scales from our eyes. May he rip off our filthy rags that we may see the depravity of our own souls, for only then will we behold the light of His righteousness – in the backdrop of our filth. Only then will we see the just condemnation that we deserve. Only then will we realize what is so amazing about grace. He died for us to bring us back to God. Even heaven itself is not our motivation, it is just a gift of God. Do you want God? Do you really want Him? Then repent and believe in the gospel. Repent and believe.

Walblog - Writing our hearts out

Hekaya za Barnobos

From the Father of Lies – Part 3

Background

Glory Dimmed

Reverse Psychology

Mortgage and More

False Christ

Truncated Apocalypse

The Conclusion

From the Father of Lies – Part 2: Heresies & the Gospel’s Enemies

The Gospel

The Exegetical Error

The Satanic Seduction

Disturbing Demonic Deceptions

The Blessed Assurance

The Exhortation

From the Father of Lies – Part 1: Visions of Heaven, Hell, and Christ

The danger

The Mandate

The Biblical Basis – Counter Strike

The Biblical Basis – Model Cites

The Exhortation

Kingdom Republic Finds a Home

I Have A Scream

I Have A Scream

Listen Then If You Have Ears!!!!

1st Thessalonians 5:8-9 “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Calmer Of Storms

Free Christian Wallpaper from Kingdom Republic

‘Jesus’ the Visa? NO!

Explanation

1^st Thessalonians 5:8-9 “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”