By Pastor Mike Taylor
"38 And
ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye
believe not.
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I
am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall
come in his own name, him ye will receive.".
(John 5:38-43)
The passage where this scripture is quoted in
John , recounts the words of Jesus as He attempted to persuade the
people of His day of who He really was. All through the gospels,
especially the gospel of John, Jesus shows them miracle after miracle
and gives them reason after reason to believe on the “One whom God
hath sent”. But as any bible student knows, the people were blind
and deaf to the reality that was standing right in front of them. The
people were looking for a warrior king, much like their ancestor King
David, to unite and restore the nation of Israel to its former glory
and remove the standing Roman army from their land.
Israel was
sub-servant to the power of the Roman empire and their hopes were
pinned on the Laws given to Moses and could not see past the rituals
that shadowed the coming Messiah. To them, Messiah meant a deliverer
King, a fighting man with near supernatural ability to defeat the
Romans and expel them from Israel. Who was this carpenter’s
son that thought of Himself so highly that he spoke near blasphemy in
their minds and in their hearing? This was not what they envisioned.
They did not want a poor man of lowly means that had no power of
making war.
Here
was a Man who fit every prophecy of a coming Messiah to the letter,
something that the religious authorities and the people had been
waiting for over 400 years and knew every last detail of His coming
and His family ancestry, based on the clear words of the Torah and
the prophets, and they didn’t recognize Him, nor accept
Him.
If you look back at scripture, to when Jesus was risen
from the grave and appeared to the apostles and many others, even the
men who followed Jesus for 3.5 years still did not understand the
reason for the coming of the Messiah. As Jesus spoke with them, just
before He ascended to heaven, the disciples asked Him in Acts
1,
"4 And,
being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father,
which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.” (Acts 1:4-9)
At
this time, even these men who lived, ate, and slept near the King of
kings while He was a man on earth, still did not recognize His
mission. Not yet, but they would when the day of Pentecost had come
and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and the ability to speak
out boldly of who Jesus Christ really was, what His mission had been,
and revelation of what He had accomplished, being salvation to the
Jew first, then to the Gentiles, as Paul eventually took the message
to the Gentile nations in Asia Minor and the world.
From that
humble beginning, the Word of God has spread like wildfire to cover
all the earth. Men have died to speak God’s Word and the Word has
flourished over every nation.
If
you read the New Testament, coupled with the Old Testament prophecies
of the coming Messiah, the 4 Gospel accounts give you everything you
need to know to make a rational decision that Jesus Christ is the
Messiah and the Son of the Living God Almighty. But why is there
still doubt and a disbelieving world that rejects this core of our
very being of the Christian heart? Because just as God is working
full time, over time, and every second of the day to win men’s
hearts to God and justify them because of His Son’s sacrifice in
blood, His adversary, Satan the devil, is working just as hard to
deceive, to lie, to tempt men to give into their sinful nature and
deny the need for a Savior. When Thomas doubted that Jesus was risen,
but believed when he saw Him with his own eyes, what did Jesus say?
Read the surrounded verses that come to this one thought about faith,
John chapter 20:
"26 And
after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with
them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst,
and said, Peace be unto you.
27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” (John 20:26-31)
We
who live in the last days of the age of grace, believe by faith and
not by sight. We believe because the Holy Spirit has revealed this
truth to us in our hearts and minds and by faith, we have accepted
Jesus as our Savior and Lord of our life. In our hearts, Jesus reigns
supreme, (or should be) and we follow Him and His footsteps and model
His behavior while on earth. You and I embrace the truth that Jesus
is the Son of God, born of a virgin, lived and ministered on earth
3.5 years, and was rejected of His brethren, the Jewish people. We
believe that He was falsely accused, beaten, and crucified on a Roman
cross and buried in a rich man’s tomb…But the most glorious of it
all, is we believe that He arose again 3 days later and is now, as I
type, seated at the right Hand of Power, of Almighty God our Father,
waiting to return for his Bride, the church, then 7 years later to
set up a glorious 1000 year reign of peace, finally upon the
earth.
If you want to know who Jesus Christ is, and who He was
while on earth, my reader you can get no better explanation than to
read the book of John of the four gospels beginning the New
Testament. We do not cling to the law, as the law condemned us,
but Jesus has delivered us from the penalty of the law and it’s
requirements of sacrifice, by being the sinless sacrifice required by
God to forgive each and everyone of us our sins that we cannot help
but commit. So why did Jesus come? To supply a way back to the Father
in Heaven and have His blood cover our sins, each and everyone who
believes by faith.
FALSE
MESSIAH COMING
Down
through the last two thousand years, there have been many false
prophets and many who have proclaimed to be the long awaited messiah
the unbelieving world has waited for and especially the Jewish
people, who to this day, do not believe in Jesus Christ, save a few
blessed of God to receive their spiritual sight and believe in their
Messiah. But by and large, the nation of Israel and the Jewish people
are still in unbelief and waiting for that warrior king to deliver
them from their enemies. At this time we could go into the history
lessons of the dispersion of the Jews from 70 AD up to this modern
day era, but for brevity sake, we know that the nation of Israel has
been reformed again, against all odds in 1948, but is besieged by
enemies from all borders of their country who wish nothing more than
to destroy them and push them into the Mediterranean Sea.
There
is no peace when you speak of Palestinians and any words spoke of
real peace is an utter lie. You know it, and the wise person who
believes his Bible, knows it as well. . There has been prophecy,
after prophecy concerning the coming “lawless one” who will make
a treaty with Israel for 7 years. But what peace treaty will this man
confirm with Israel that is existence now?
I have seen attempt
after attempt by past American presidents to bring a so-called peace
process to Israel and their neighbors to ultimate failure. Even past
President Trump pushed for peace in the Middle East with Abrahamic
Accords. I read about the push for a two state solution, which on
the Palestinian side is another attempt at lying words to mask their
true intent and that is to destroy Israel and its Jewish heritage.
That push began in year 2013 of June to last 9 months and to bring to
the table a set of clear objectives for a permanent peace deal that
is seen at this J-post
link:
http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/US-official-Permanent-peace-agreement-could-be-reached-by-April-336734
It
starts the article with these words:
“WASHINGTON
- US Secretary of State John Kerry hopes to narrow differences
between Israelis and Palestinians in peace talks this week that are
intended to guide the sides toward a deal in April, a senior State
Department official said on Tuesday.”
Now I recall from my
Bible study that there will be a peace treaty that will be signed
when the Anti-Christ is revealed and I’m not saying that this is
that peace treaty, but the framework is there. Remember from your
reading of God’s Word what the real peace treaty will do, when
Daniel the prophet wrote in Daniel chapter 9:
“And he shall
confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for
the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even
until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.” (Daniel 9:27)
Now many have postulated in times
past, that Obama would be the Anti-Christ and I have not bought into
that theory YET…..but it has come to my attention and I’m
studying it’s source by doing online searches, and it would do
well with each of us to search and line up events that are forming
right now in our political and the world’s economic woes. I would
not be amazed if Obama is the one behind advising our mentally
challenged currect POTUS and trying still to bring this country down
to ruin and set up a One World Government.
ANNOUNCING THE COMING AL-MAHDI
It
is reported that there is a parchment found in a clay jar, outside a
nuclear reactor announcing the coming of the 12th Imam, known
as Al Mahdi. From all indications that Mahdi and the Anti-Christ
have striking similar prophecies associated with them in Christianity
and well as Islam. I don’t put any stock in Islam’s prophecies,
but if a section of a particular people believe it, then that’s
dangerous and could lead the world into more perilous times. I ask
that each of you read and search for the following discovery that
purports to identify who this 12th Imam is, known as the Al
Mahdi. The Ayatollahs in Iran are in firm belief that the man is
alive and well today. This discovery is known as the Arak Codex
#190001 and it correlates with the long held belief that the Muslim
world has believed for a long time. In this Codex, It describes this
man who is believed to the be the Al Mahdi…I take this quote
from the intenet at this link
Barack
Obama FulfillsThe Occult Signs of the Coming Islamic Mahdi |
Christian News | Before It's News (beforeitsnews.com)
Quoting
just a portion of this article:
“He is half black, half white. He is tall and strides with a lope. He possesses dead eyes and prominent ears. His background is both obscure and exotic. He is persuasively eloquent and is adept at saying one thing while doing another. His head swivels from side to side when addressing the multitudes, as if reading from prepared texts no doubt lowered from on high and inscribed by the Lord or one of his angels. He gives the distinct impression of being a man-child. He is supremely confident and exudes a certain boyish charm many find irresistible. He is devoted to popular sports involving holes and nets as emblems of ensnaring. He bows frequently in false humility, cajoling the high and mighty of the earth, yet brooks no objection to his will when dissent is offered. He is to be found in many different places from one day to another. He is surrounded by loyal minions, many of whom appear to be imbeciles, who do his bidding without question or scruple. He occupies the seat of power.”
Let
me be very clear about this, for there are those who cannot bring
themselves to confront the evidence of the Twelfth Imam’s
uncloaking that I, privy to the discovery of the mystical codex
through means I am forbidden to reveal, now set before them. All his
actions are directed toward igniting the flames that wait to engulf
the world. He diligently undermines the laws, security and prosperity
of the people he ostensibly represented, and turned one against the
other, sowing discord among the populace. He betrayed his friends and
allies and renders them vulnerable to international predators. He
sponsored and supported warlike groups and aggressive regimes that
seek world hegemony. He is an undeclared enemy of the Jewish people
and the Jewish state. He is a great friend to Islam in its march
toward imposing a caliphate upon unsuspecting nations. He welcomes
the black flag and the yellow flag into the sanctum of domestic
authority, distributing office among his Muslim acolytes. He smiles
upon the ayatollahs and signs agreements that facilitate their holy
designs to kindle universal violence and establish their god’s
kingdom on earth.
He
has been schooled at the feet of prophets and sages and learned from
the masters of canon and creed. He is the repository of sacred
teachings and potent incantations, and is adept at uttering sonorous
phrases that please as they befuddle. He is the embodiment of
consecrated, numinous and venerable doctrine. He is no longer hidden
but exults among us in all his glory. He is the bringer of chaos and
the last days. He will inaugurate a new world order.
Doubters
and skeptics must give way. The Twelfth Imam has returned, confirmed
in his exaltation by innumerable tokens and crests and auguries.
Devastation will precede him and resurrection will surely follow in
his wake. The infidel shall be destroyed, destroyed utterly, and the
believer shall rise from the smoldering ruins in triumph and gladness
of heart. All this shall come to pass for it is written:
He
is the Mahdi”
Notice
the similarities of a past president of these United States and the
description of the Al Mahdi? But what makes me wonder, and should
you, are the prophecies coming from Muslim writings pertaining to
this Al Mahdi.
Now this could be a ruse, and I’m fully
aware of that, as where did this Codex come from? Did it come from
an archaeological discovery, or a planted discovery? What I
read, is that nobody outside of the rulers of Iran know of its
existence, save a few that have examined it on pain of death to its
revealing to the media. But the amazing thing is that prior writing
of the Sahih Muslim Book under various book numbers and
pages, all talk about this coming Mahdi in the same context and
description. It would also be a point of interest to understand that
when the church is removed, that the dominate religion on earth will
be ISLAM mixed with false Christianity via the Catholic Church and
the blend will be called Chrislam. What better way for Satan to
destroy Israel than for the Al Mahdi and the Anti-Christ to
be one and the same?
THE
COMING MAN OF SIN, FALSE MESSIAH
What
of this coming man of sin? The Bible deals with him, as quoted from
Daniel chapter 9, and Paul spoke of this false messiah in 2nd
Thessalonians 2:
3 “Let
no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first (harpazo, Rapture), and that man of
sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,” (2nd Thessalonians 2:3-9)
Jesus
spoke of this time in Jewish history future, in Matthew
24:15-16:
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Then let them which be
in Judaea flee into the mountains:"
OK,
SOME LIBERTY HERE
What has happened up to this point? Remember
when I said that the Jews were looking for a warrior king that would
deliver them from their enemies and give them the peace and safety
they longed for, and restore the glory of the Kingdom of Israel once
more? Thinking out loud and taking scripture for what it says, what
if a powerful leader of the world’s lone superpower with military
might that was unsurpassed in its ability to wage war were to bring a
promise of peace and safety to Israel by making a treaty with a
framework of two nations living alongside one another “in safety
and security”…Sound familiar? Does to me, as that is the talking
point of the U.S. involvement in pushing for a so called peace in the
Middle East for the last 40+ years. It has been all elusive, but this
latest push for a two state solution is being by any means available
whether through use of extortion, bribery, or threat of economic
sanctions….not against the Palestinians, but against Israel. Some
believe and we watch and wait, that Obama will be made the Secretary General of the U.N. Or get a third term in the future as POTUS....can that
be?
SIGNS
IN THE HEAVENS
I
had a sister just ask me about these past Blood Moons and the
Tetrads that came on God’s Holy Days of Passover and
Tabernacles in the past and the significance of those events. As I
have written before and it seems many ministers are picking up
on it with their own variation, these signs seen in our heavens,
based on previous blood moons in the past, have dealt with the
nation of Israel and the Jewish race. Let’s take the clues that we
have covered so far and recap with some suppositions:
-a push
for a Peace Treaty in Israel scheduled for the last 40 years
-a
transformation of a Republic into something that none of us
recognize, the USA. Happening right now~!!
-Iranian belief that
the AlMahdi is on the scene and alive today and the man is
pushing for a Muslim Caliphate to rule the world.
-the discovery
of this Arak Codex #190001 and it’s description of
the AlMahdi
-the long held belief by the Muslims of who the
Mahdi will be written in the Sahih Muslim books.
-Signs
of the blood moons that came to Israel and has been associated with
Israel in every instance of past Blood Moon Tetrads, with the
first sign coming in April 2015 of that year coinciding with this
“peace treaty” that Kerry and Obama were pushing.
-the
suspicions of many people of who this past president really is, as we
know nothing about him, except he reads a good teleprompter.
-our
past president and his Muslim roots that pander to the nation of
Islam but slanders anything that smacks of Christianity. Oh, he says
he’s a Christian, but the first law of Islam is to lie to the
infidel until he be subdued.
Am I saying that Obama is the
Anti-Christ? Not yet, I’m not, but If he’s not, then he is paving
the way for the real deal. Everything the man does is Anti-American
and designed at destroying our Republic and he is totally against
Israel, no matter what he says. But let’s just for conjecture and
theory decide Obama is the real deal, based on the above reasons,
what may be Israel’s response in light of the opening verse
of this message spoken by Jesus? I propose that the media and the art
world has done everything in its power to build an aura around this
man and christen him, the new messiah, in word, print and art
renderings. Israel has longed for a “savior” or someone to
deliver them from their enemies. Someone to give them a sense of
peace and security that they have prayed for the last 73 years to
arrive. Would they embrace a “false messiah” who gives them a
false sense of security? Is the Pope Catholic?
They want
to believe, they are primed for it, and they just might accept a deal
with the devil thinking that this is their long awaited “warrior
king”…to give them what they have desired, their land without
fear, a new Jewish Temple of worship on Mt. Moriah, the Temple
Mount and a 7 year treaty of lies that claim peace. See Israel has
been blinded that their Messiah was a suffering servant come to
take away their sins (as temple sacrifices did that, in their mind),
but a King David, fully man not necessarily divine, that would
deliver them to regain what they had lost, the splendor of Solomon’s
reign. Only when the prophecy spoken by Jesus in Matthew 24 comes to
fruition about the abomination of desolation standing in the temple
claiming to be God, that they will know they have made a pact with
the devil. Then this false messiah will attempt to destroy everything
Jewish and the nation of Israel will be trampled upon and the rest of
the world subjugated to his dictatorship.
TWO
CHOICES OF TRUE MESSIAH, or a false messiah
It
comes down to this. Which one will you follow? Will you follow the
true Messiah, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, or will you follow a
charlatan with the title of “new messiah”. He may be the
President of the USA, he may not. He will be the Anti-Christ, or by
implication, instead of Christ. He will also, most likely be Muslim
and the embraced Al Mahdi by association, or what he will stir
up so they believe he is their leader to bring the reign of the
Caliphate come to pass and Chrislam as the universal religion. The
world will be ripe for deception. Carnage will be the name of the
game, as many people will die…maybe even you. It will happen when
suddenly, many people from every nation that has a true Christian
population disappear and there is no sane explanation from anyone
left to sort out the details of the event. If you have read all the
surrounding reasons of what is happening during the next few years,
then you will have to decide if the events are close time wise and if
they are reasonable. (Note that Obama is still on the scene and he
has not vanished into the background, but keeps speaking in a
political arena). The false messiah could be on your TV screen at
any given evening speaking lies to the unsuspecting masses of
disbelievers. With signs becoming more prominent and exploding on
your news cast, night after night, then any sane person would have to
say….the Anti-Christ, the Al Mahdi, the lawless one, is alive
and well today in our time.
Who do you put your trust in? Do
you have to see with your eyes, and hear with your ears to believe?
Remember what Jesus said above. “Blessed are those who have not
seen, but believe”. How will you find the true Messiah? By faith
you will see Him, feel Him, and His Holy Spirit will call you in a
still small voice to repent of what you have been doing. Turn around
and fall into the arms of Jesus Christ, my Lord who wishes only to
save you and deliver you from the wrath to come. Call upon His name
and with remorse and tears, call out “Jesus save me”….you know
what, He will do as you ask.
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.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:16-19)
8 “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:8-13)
This
is Pastor Mike Taylor, praying for you. Should you need counseling,
prayer, or just a listening ear, then email me
at pastormiketaylor@yahoo.com, God bless you all,
till we meet at Jesus feet.
