THE APOSTATE LAODICEAN CHURCH

Rev 3:14-17 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;  I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

I chose the photo above specifically because it doesn't [sport tha pagan symbol of TAMMUZ] the cross. That is why it's portrayed as the (T) the first letter in the pagan name Tammuz i.e. BAAL!

Today in America and around the world the church is NOT the church Jesus established, they all prove it by their various "false doctrines" that they teach as bible truth even though the Bible contradicts their teachings.

ETERNAL HELLFIRE

EXAMPLE : Every mainline Protestant church in America teaches its members that God is going to forever "eternally punish" the wicked.

QUESTION: Wouldn't that be God Himself perpetuating "sin" for all eternity, even if it was somewhere in a place called "hell?"

The scriptures use the word "hell" some 54 times, and in only three of those instances does it refer to the punishment of the wicked. They are as follows TWO spoken by the Lord and one by John the Apostle: Even STRONGS Greek definitions have it wrong because it says "everlasting punishment"G1067  γέεννα geenna gheh'-en-nah Of Hebrew origin ([H1516] and [H2011]); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell. Both of the Hebrew reference numbers within this Greek reference begin with the word "probably" therefore they cannot be taken as fact, and the Bible teaches no such heresy as an eternal ongoing punishment for the wicked. This is why so many churches of today are in the state of LAOCICEAN apostasy because those ministers turn to STONGS many of them for their sermons on hell and are therefore decieved themselves before they ever preach their sermons.

1.  Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

2. Luk 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

3. Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Fifty times the word "hell" is used does NOT refer to the punishment of the wicked but refers to the abode of the dead i.e. (the Grave) using the Hebrew word "Sheol" and the Greek word "Hades" both of which mean the "GRAVE."

One time the use of the word "hell" refers to the Greek Tartaroo in 2 Peter 2:4 which means the "the deepest abyss of Hades" the Greek for grave.

The contrast to this false teaching is the truth spoken by God Himself about the final "destruction" not "destroying" ongoing but "destruction" the final state of the wicked.

QUESTION: what does "Destruction" mean: The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. A final state.

Now, what does the word of God say about the wicked's final state? 2Th 1:7-9 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,  In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:  Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.

QUESTION: If the wicked are going to be destroyed from the "presence of the Lord" how can they be still burning somewhere off in everlasting punishment. Either the church is lying to you or Paul is lying about God here. Which do you think is the case? The verse clearly says "everlasting destruction" NOT everlasting destroying as your church teaches you. God is going to "punish" the wicked with "everlasting destruction" which is the opposite of "everlasting life.

Every church member who quotes John 3:16 speak this truth without even knowing they are speaking it. Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. NOTICE: The word "perish" here which carries the same definition of destruction. Perish definition:Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. In other words NO LIFE period and when the Lake of Fire has done its work upon the wicked this will be theior final state "without life" the opposite of having life for all eternity with God.

This is what God says about the destruction of the wicked, their perishing. Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, [it's NOT now present but its coming] that shall burn as an oven; [This burning will take place when this event takes place, it's when god ignites the Lake of Fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.] and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

When John wrote this phrase "root nor branch" he was alluding to the complete destruction in contrast to what God told the heavenly "watcher" concerning Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon that would be removed from his kingdom only temporary but would be restored once he acknowledge God as sovereign over mankind. Thak note of that the "watcher" was instructed to do to the king of Babylon. Dan 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him.

However, in the case of the removal of the wicked God said that it would leave them neither "root nor branch" signifying their total destruction. Then in Mal 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. God distinctly says that the wicked will be turned into "ashes" when their destruction comes.

Not only the wicked but the instigator of the wicked Satan himself will also suffer the same fate, he will be turned to ashes and cease to exist. Eze 28:14-19 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

So with this knowledge, I ask the question: If the wicked and the author of wickedness are both going to be turned to ashes, be burned up, cease to exist, then why does your church teach you a lie concerning the final state of the wicked? Because that's what they want to believe! But friends is based entirely upon their views of the words "everlasting fire, eternal fire, fire that is not quenched" etc. The completely disregard the scripture here: Eze 20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

God said through the prophet that the fire He "kindles" it shall not be quenched by any man, until its completed its work of destruction, and then God will "quench" the fire out and recreate this earth as He desired it in the beginning. The words "eternal fire" does NOT mean a fire that burns eternally forever such as Jude 7 verifies: Jud 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Now, if the fire that according to Jude that destroyed Sodom was considered "eternal fire" yet Sodom isn't burning today, what did Jude the Lord's brother mean? It's the results of the destroying fire that are eternal NOT the fire itself. The destruction of Sodom is eternal destruction by fire, not that the fire is eternal.

There's no such Bible doctrine as any eternal hellfire punishing the wicked for all eternity. When God showed me the truth about this I was relieved because then I saw Him as a loving God, a God who is just yet merciful by His destruction totally of those who reject Him.

The Human Immortal Soul

It is another false heretical church doctrine taught today that is NOT found anywhere in scripture. No human being is born with anything "Immortal" be it body or spirit period. Human beings "die" physically and immortality doesn't die period either in flesh or in the spirit it's an immortal being "like say an angel for example yet not even the angels are immortal of themselves, it's bestowed upon them through the Love of God. As we have already seen in the destruction of Satan who at one time was the highest angel, even his life is going to be extinguished by God.

The scripture is very clear that only God is immortal and has inherent life within Himself. What does the scripture say about this immortality issue? 1Ti 6:15,16 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. ONLY God is immortal! Then we must verify this with other related scripture text. In speaking of the final translation of the living saints and the resurrected saints Paul give us the truth of the matter. 1Co 15:53,54 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Human beings are NOT created immortal in any way shape or form, but the apostate Laodicean Protestant mainline churches, teach this heresy because that's what they want to believe. Because of a scripture Paul spoke here: 2Co 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, [ALIVE in other words] we are absent from the Lord. What was Paul really saying here? He was saying while we are yet alive living in this life we cannot be either "physically or spiritually" with the Lord other than in out spirits through our personal relationship with Him as a Christian. The two verses further we read this: 2Co 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, [Willing to Die in the Lord as a servant of God] and to be present with the Lord.

This does NOT mean that as soon as the believer dies that he/she shoots straight up to heaven to be with the Lord, but that is how its interpreted by the apostate Laodicean ministers today. One good example of where the believer goes upon death is the truth of the Lord's friend Lazarus found in Joh 11:11-14 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

This was the physical death of Lazarus in this story and has nothing to do with the story of Lazarus and the rich man, an altogether different metaphor in scripture and has nothing to do with the above story. When Jesus with the disciples reached the end of their travels to Bethany the city of Lazarus, He was met by the sister of Lazarus, Martha who stated: Joh 11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. So now we have two witnesses that Lazarus is "stone cold dead".

Then Jesus said to Martha Joh 11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. To which Martha replied: Joh 11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Martha certainly had her theology right did she not? She knew at the time when she said this just where her brother was. He was in the tomb! Joh 11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.  Martha was not in Bethany when she met the Lord who was on His way there to resurrect Lazarus. If Christian i.e believers go straight to heaven when they die, then why did Jesus travel to bethany to awake Lazarus? Why didn't He just stay put where He was when He got the news of His death, and resurrect Lazarus simply on command as He could have done so.

Because the record was written for our learning of the truth of the dead who die. Jesus knew exactly where Lazarus was yet He asked the sisters Joh 11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Now of course Jesus knew exactly where Lazarus' tomb was, but for those watching this event He did what any of us would do, He inquired for the reason He wanted to be led by the sisters to the tomb of Lazarus, while all other followed. When Jesus read the "doubts" the hearts i.e. their minds and their unbelief Joh 11:35 Jesus wept. When those skeptics saw Jesus weeping they said: Joh 11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

This statement by the Jews is the atypical statement made by the unbelieving today. The phrase "Behold how he loved him" was showing their ignorance of Christ. Jesus loved Lazarus no more nor no less than He loves everyone, but the fact that the Jews confined the love of Christ towards the dead Lazarus as being some special attention from Jesus towards Lazarus was to open mouth and stick "bigfoot" into it. Jesus wept because of their unbelief, He wasn't weeping for Lazarus because He is the life-giver, He need not weep, He knew as He had already told the disciples that He was going to wake Lazarus.

When Jesus called Lazarus forth from the dead. Did He look up to heaven and call Lazarus down from heaven? NO! The scripture says that Jesus Joh 11:38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. NOTICE the words here "again groaning in himself" Jesus wasn't groaning inside for Lazarus, He was groaning for their unbelief. Joh 11:39(a) Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Take away the what? The stone that closed the tomb of Lazarus where his body lay. Then Jesus verified through His prayer that those who stood around with Him there were unbelievers in His ability to resurrect Lazarus, this is why He was groining within. Jesus prayer: Joh 11:41,42 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

At the tomb of Lazarus with many watching Jesus said: Joh 11:43,44 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.  QUESTION: Where did the dead man come forth from? And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Lazarus was in his grave NOT in heaven, Jesus called him forth from the grave just like those in the resurrection will come forth from their graves. No one goes to heaven as soon as they die. The heretical doctrine of the "immortal soul" must be taught by the apostate Protestant church in order for their doctrine of Paul, not a bible doctrine to be believed by the biblical unlearned.

They can't teach this: 2Co 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Without teaching the false doctrine of the "immortality" of the human soul which is not taught anywhere in scripture.

The State of the Dead

The Laodicean apostate Protestant churches can't teach either the heretical doctrine human immortality of the soul without teaching a false state of the dead. When a person dies what happens to them according to God's word? Ecc 9:5,6 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

1. The dead know nothing, no consciousness in the grave.

2. No ability of "memory recall" in the dead

3. No ability for the dead to "love" nor hate, nor envy it's all gone

4. No interaction towards the living, they're simply DEAD period.

QUESTION: Upon death, if the person's love perishes, how then if they shot up to heaven could they remotely "love God"? Folks the doctrine taught today in the apostate church that the dead are conscious after they die is a masterful lie and is not biblical. They lie in their graves awaiting the resurrection at eh end of the world, that is when the harvest of God takes place according to God Himself. Mat 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Where then are the "wicked and the just" at the end of the world? Well friend they are right here on this world, NOT in heaven nor in hell, because "hell" is NOT a place, but a place in time when God ignites the Lake of Fire which won't occur until after the 1000 years of desolation in Revelation 20.

No one today is either in heaven or hell except for those who were taken i.e. Enoch, Elijah, and Moses. Not even David the ancestor pf Jesus Christ has ascended into the heavens. Act 2:34,35 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Yet millions believe these three mastuful lies of Satan today, and are willing to lay down their "eternal lives" in order to believe the lies.

May God open your eyes!

The WATCHMAN