Are you with God or are you with Someone Else?

Let's see now. God decides to meet humanity as a friend. So he comes here and heals everyone that he meets that is sick, blind, paralyzed, and deaf. While he is here there is no war anywhere on the planet. Peace is everywhere for the first and only time in the history of humanity. Despite our vices, he offers to forgive anything that we may have done. He also foregoes any form of physical retribution to anyone that harms him. So the political authorities decide that his healing of people is out of control and that God should limit his loving miracles of healing to certain days of the week. He continues an outpouring of love that has never been seen before or since and multitudes come to him to be healed. He even raises the dead back to life. Then humanity exerts its right to have its own beliefs and its own political authority. Since he has defied the political authorities and continued to love everyday and not just on certain days as proscribed by the political authorities they have a trial with a foregone conclusion. Then the political authorities have him executed to prevent him from loving humanity on all seven days of the week since the authorities don't condone that kind of behavior. Then he rises from the dead and offers immortality to all that want to follow him in his mission of love. Then starting with a dozen followers those who love him spread hospitals, homeless shelters, food lines across the globe.

Of course, there are a great number of people who want more proof. Only if they find themselves in front of God after they are dead and the world is destroyed - then some of them possibly would be willing to believe in God.

So which group are you with?

1. Are you with the group that believes that God visited the planet and that we should follow his example and heal the sick by creating hospitals, give shelter to the homeless and give food to those who are hungry?

2. Or are you with the group that either doesn’t believe in God or wants more proof by the world being destroyed and standing in front of God after you are dead?

Either you believe in love or you believe in hate, death, and destruction. God is love and he proved it when he came here. Anyone wanting something else doesn’t want:

Peace – like that which existed on the entire globe during his visit.

Love – like he provided by healing all the sick, blind, deaf, and paralyzed that were brought to him

Mercy – like that he which offered with his dying breath for us to be forgiven

It is the hour of decision and your time is growing short,

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Peace on Earth

During the entire time that Jesus was here there was no war anywhere on the planet. It is the only time period in recorded history when there was no war. There was no war in the Roman Empire, the British Isles, China or anywhere!

Isaiah 55:12 foretold the peace that would come to the earth while Jesus was here - "For you shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace…” This was fulfilled according to Luke 2:10-14, “Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. 11 For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”

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Prophecy about the Redeemer

The coming of the Redeemer is foretold in Isaiah 59:20-60:6. The Redeemer is the Light when we compare Isaiah 59:20 and 60:1. Isaiah 60:3 indicates that Gentiles will come to the redeemer at his rising and they will be on camels bringing gold, incense and praises for the Lord according to Isaiah 60:6.

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Isaiah 59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, says the Lord. 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, says the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 4 Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to you: your sons shall come from far, and you daughters shall be nursed at your side. 5 Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto you, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto you. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.

The Truth about the Trinity – The Jewish Secret

As can be seen below in the list of cross references from “The Comprehensive New Testament” – the Trinity was known to Judaism in the Old Testament before the New Testament was written. Judaism encompasses several sects including Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Philo, the Qumran sect, the followers of John the Baptist (Mandeans and Sabians), the Rephaim, etc. The references below indicate that Philo who was a Jew born before Christ knew of the Trinity, believed in it and wrote about it. Furthermore, the Talmud cross references below indicate that even the Pharisees knew about the Trinity and despite it being supported by the literal interpretation of the text in Genesis they rejected the literal meaning.

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Babylonian Sanhedrin 38b - Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Any place in the Bible from where the heretics attempt to prove their heresy, i.e., that there is more than one god, the response to their claim is alongside them, i.e., in the immediate vicinity of the verses they cite. The verse states that God said: “Let us make man in our image” (Genesis 1:26), employing the plural, but it then states: “And God created man in His image” (Genesis 1:27), employing the singular. The verse states that God said: “Come, let us go down and there confound their language” (Genesis 11:7), but it also states: “And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower” (Genesis 11:5). The verse states in the plural: “There God was revealed [niglu] to him when he fled from the face of his brother” (Genesis 35:7), but it also states in the singular: “To God Who answers [haoneh] me in the day of my distress” (Genesis 35:3)… Rabbi Yoḥanan cites several examples where the counterclaim is in the same verse as the claim of the heretics. The verse states: “For what nation is there so great that has God so near to them as the Lord our God is whenever we call upon Him?” (Deuteronomy 4:7), where the term “near” is written in plural, kerovim, but the term “upon Him” is written in singular. Another verse states: “And who is like Your people, like Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom God went to redeem unto Himself for a people?” (II Samuel 7:23), where the term “went” is written in plural, halekhu, but the term “Himself” is written in singular. Another verse states: “I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit” (Daniel 7:9); where the term “thrones” is written in plural, kharsavan, but the term “sit” is written in singular… The Gemara clarifies: This works out well for almost all the verses, as they describe an action taken by God, but what is there to say concerning the verse: “I beheld till thrones were placed”? The Gemara answers: One throne is for Him and one throne is for David, i.e., the messiah, as it is taught in a baraita: One throne is for Him and one throne is for David; this is the statement of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Yosei said to him: Akiva! Until when will you desacralize the Divine Presence by equating God with a person? Rather, the correct interpretation is that both thrones are for God, as one throne is for judgment and one throne is for righteousness… Rather, the correct interpretation is that while both thrones are for God, one is for a throne and one is for a stool. There is a throne for God to sit upon, and a stool that serves as His footstool… A certain heretic said to Rav Idit: It is written in the verse concerning God: “And to Moses He said: Come up to the Lord” (Exodus 24:1). The heretic raised a question: It should have stated: Come up to Me. Rav Idit said to him: This term, “the Lord,” in that verse is referring to the angel Metatron, whose name is like the name of his Master, as it is written: “Behold I send an angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Take heed of him and obey his voice; do not defy him; for he will not pardon your transgression, for My name is in him” (Exodus 23:20–21)… The heretic said to him: If so, if this angel is equated with God, we should worship him as we worship God. Rav Idit said to him: It is written: “Do not defy [tammer] him,” which alludes to: Do not replace Me [temireni] with him. The heretic said to him: If so, why do I need the clause “For he will not pardon your transgression”? Rav Idit said to him: We believe that we did not accept the angel even as a guide [befarvanka] for the journey, as it is written: “And he said to him: If Your Presence go not with me raise us not up from here” (Exodus 33:15). Moses told God that if God Himself does not accompany the Jewish people they do not want to travel to Eretz Yisrael… The Gemara relates: A certain heretic said to Rabbi Yishmael, son of Rabbi Yosei: It is written: “And the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven” (Genesis 19:24). The heretic raised the question: It should have stated: From Him out of heaven.

Genesis 1:26,

Genesis 3:22,

Genesis 19:24

Philo[Appendices A Treatise Concerning the World (1)],

Philo[On Abraham (56)], Philo[On Abraham (132)],

Philo[On Flight and Finding (68-71)],

Philo[On the Confusion of Tongues (146-147)],

Philo[On the Confusion of Tongues (168-179)],

Philo[On the Migration of Abraham (132-133)],

Rabbinic[Babylonian Menahot 110a],

Rabbinic[Babylonian Sanhedrin 38b],

Rabbinic[Bereshith Rabba viii p. 22d],

Rabbinic[Debarim Rabba ii: 33 p. 104c],

Rabbinic[Jerusalem Berakhot i: 8 (3c)],

Rabbinic[Shemoth Rabba xxix 5 p. 51b],

Rabbinic[Siphra 4c],

Rabbinic[Siphri Numbers 143 p. 54]

By J. Clontz – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament

Parallels between Jesus and Jonah – The Sign of Jonah

The Storm on the Sea:

Jesus and Jonah traveled by boat – Matthew 8:23/Jonah 1:3

A great storm arose on the sea powerful enough to wreck the boat – Matthew 8:24/Jonah 1:4

Jesus and Jonah were asleep in the boat when the storm struck the boat – Matthew 8:24/Jonah 1:5

The other people in the boat were afraid that the boat would sink. They woke Jesus and Jonah from their sleep so that they would be saved from perishing – Matthew 8:25/Jonah 1:6

The Trial:

Jesus and Jonah at their “trial” were asked about their occupation; where they came from; and what was their nationality – John 18:33, 37, 19.9, Luke 23.6/Jonah 1:8

The people conducting their “trial” asked them what they had done - John 18:35/Jonah 1:10 

The people conducting their “trial” became afraid - John 19:8/Jonah 1:10

The people conducting their “trial” were urged to cast them out – John 19:6/Jonah 1:12 

The people conducting their “trial” strove hard against a “storm” of protest to find an alternative to avoid casting them out – Matthew 27:15-18, 20-23, Mark 15:06-14, Luke 23:13-23, John 18:38-40/Jonah 1:13

The people conducting their “trial” did not want to be held responsible for shedding innocent blood - Matthew 27:24/ Jonah 1:14

After failing to find any other alternative, the people conducting their trial acquiesced to casting them out – Luke 23:24-25/Jonah 1:15

When they were cast out a great fish appeared – Luke 23:45/Jonah 1:17 Note: According to Luke 23:45, when Jesus was on the cross the sun “failed” or was “eclipsed.” A natural solar eclipse can’t occur during a full moon because the moon is on the wrong side of the earth at that time. Since Passover occurs during a full moon, then the sun was supernaturally eclipsed or darkened when Jesus was on the cross. During an eclipse of the sun by the moon, the two celestial bodies form two overlapping circles in the sky. Ancient mathematicians referred to the area between two overlapping circles as “the fish.” As shown in the picture below, the area between two overlapping circles resembles the body of a fish:

The Sacrifice:

Jesus and Jonah were vicariously sacrificed – Ephesians 5:2, Hebrews 7:27, 9:26, 10:12/Jonah 1:12-15

Burial:

Both Jesus and Jonah were in the grave for three days – Matthew 27:63/Jonah 1:17

There was a wrapping around their heads while they were in the grave – John 20:7/Jonah 2:5

Their bodies were preserved from corruption while they were in the grave – Acts 13:37/Jonah 2:6

Return from the grave:

After three days, Jesus and Jonah returned from their graves alive and continued their ministries a second time for another forty days – Acts 1:3/Jonah 3:1-4

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Proof that Jesus is the Lord

The Purging Of the Temple

[Section 11.10 - JN 2:13-25]

 

The purging of the temple in the Gospel of John is prophesied in Malachi 3:1-4. Chronologically, one of the first things that Jesus does after being baptized by John the Baptist is purge the temple. Notice that in Malachi 3:1 immediately after mentioning the messenger that will prepare the way - that the Lord whom you seek shall suddenly come to his temple. This is exactly what we find in the gospel of John when Jesus suddenly purges the temple.

Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.  2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:  3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

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Let’s keep the True Torah – the one of Life and not the one of Death!

The difference in the two covenants is emphasized by the Nile becoming undrinkable and loathsome by Moses whereas the wine provided by Jesus was praised for its taste. The difference in the two covenants is emphasized by Uzzah being killed when he reached out and touched the ark whereas the woman was healed and praised for her faith when she reached out and touched the hem of Jesus’ garment. The two covenants are contrasted with the emphasis in the Old Testament on what you shouldn’t do in the Ten Commandments given on the mountain and in the New Testament on what you should do in the Sermon on the Mount. Through the virgin Eve agreeing with the fallen angel death came to humanity and through the virgin Mary agreeing with the angel Gabriel to become the mother of Jesus eternal life was offered to humanity. By all means let's keep the Torah but not the one in the shadows (see 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:6) - let's keep the one that is in the Light!

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