WHY THE PARABLE OF THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS IS ABOUT THE RAPTURE!

Those who were ready, went in with the Bridegroom, and the door was shut.

Contrary to what some are saying because they find God's Commandments burdensome or vile, as in the case of those Christians that accept homosexuality, sexual fornication outside of wedlock, and abortion, Jesus or Yahshua's Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins is all about the Sanctification of the Church, and what constitutes one's worthiness to partake in the REWARD of the Rapture.

If believers in Christ are not Sanctified after they are Justified by Faith in Yahshua's Sacrifice for Sin, which can happen if they fall into unrepentant sin, they will lose rewards such as protection from calamity and shielding from demonic oppression long before they appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. They may also suffer more acutely than their Sanctified brethren when periods of tribulation intensify due to the fact that they are opening themselves up to demonic attack by ignoring their need to be holy or set apart for the Kingdom of God. Unfortunately, the need to be holy is not stressed enough in Churches today, and the result has been gross and unrepentant sinfulness within the Church. They seem to have overlooked the Apostle Peter's teaching regarding our need to be holy:

“Therefore, get your minds ready for work, keep yourselves under control, and fix your hopes fully on the gift you will receive when Yeshua the Messiah is revealed. 14 As people who obey God, do not let yourselves be shaped by the evil desires you used to have when you were still ignorant. 15 On the contrary, following the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in your entire way of life; 16 since the Tanakh (i.e. Old Testament) says, “You are to be holy because I am holy.” (See Leviticus 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7) 17 Also, if you are addressing as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s actions, you should live out your temporary stay on earth in fear. 18 You should be aware that the ransom paid to free you from the worthless way of life which your fathers passed on to you did not consist of anything perishable like silver or gold; 19 on the contrary, it was the costly bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect or spot.” ~ 1 Peter 1:13-19 (CJB)

The Apostle Peter made it clear in this passage that we are all called to be holy or set apart for God's service, just as Yahshua was, and we cannot be good servants for Christ unless we strive to be holy just as our Messiah is. In order to do this, we need to take the proverb which says that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (See Proverbs 1:7; Psalm 111:10) to heart and fear the God who has redeemed us lest we slip into sin. As such, the following allegorical connections to various references in the Parable of the Ten Virgins should not be overlooked:

The OIL in the Ten Virgin's Lamps is a symbol connected to the Holy Spirit. It represents our striving after holiness through the SANCTIFYING GIFTS and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Those who have shown themselves approved by striving to keep Christ's Commandments to live holy, love-filled lives, seeking after plenty of spiritual gifts, and producing good spiritual fruit are seen as WISE. Meanwhile, those virgins who have no clue what it means to be holy, do not strive for holiness, have few spiritual gifts, are guilty of unrepentant sin, and more often produce rotten spiritual fruit instead of good, are FOOLISH.

In the case of the Foolish Virgins, their virginity is a symbol of their SALVATION, just as it is for the Wise Virgins. But even though they are all JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in Yahshua, and seen as pure and holy virgins, they are not all SANCTIFIED BY GOOD WORKS in keeping with their spiritual calling. This is because half of them have not been taught to examine their behavior regularly, repent of wrong-doing, and strive to better honor their commitment to be like Christ, Who is holiness personified:

“Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ (i.e. Yahshua Ha Mashiach) is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.” - 2 Corinthians 13:5 

In fact, this personal act of somber inner examination should be encouraged as an essential part of every Communion service or enactment of the Lord's Supper! Otherwise, how do you think that some of the saints partaking of the Lord's Supper were eating and drinking JUDGMENT upon themselves?

“For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.” - 1 Corinthians 11:29 

The Apostle Paul also went on to say that not recognizing our unworthiness to ritually partake of Christ's body and blood is the reason why some believers get sick and die young.

“For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.” - 1 Corinthians 11:30-32

Though some say this was ONLY a warning not to be a glutton when partaking of the Lord's Supper, it makes no sense that God would allow believers to get sick and die just for eating too much! This is because, by eating too much, they are showing that they have no reverence for Yahshua's sacrifice, and this is what caused them to do this. There are also other places in Scripture where we are told that we can be condemned for not seeking the power of the Holy Spirit to help us to become holy and righteous. This is why Yahshua said:

“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” - John 3:5-8

Yahshua also said: “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” - John 3:18-21

To better understand this possibility of judgment for not discerning the holiness of the Lord's body which we are to become a part of, and to understand the rest of this article, read Revelation Chapter 3, verses 7 through 22, which reveal Christ's praises and judgments directed toward two of the Seven Churches that exist in these Last Days before the Rapture. According to this section of the final book of the New Testament, the BRIDE OF CHRIST is identified as the Church of Philadelphia, and by way of the association of the Five Wise Virgins with the Bride, those in five of the other churches outside of the Church of Laodicea that learn how to love God and one another without making the Gospel null and void, and who succeed in doing so before the Rapture:

“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.” - Revelation 3:12

Did you catch the fact in the above scripture that the Church of Philadelphia is the only Church told that Yahshua will write on them, inscribing the Name of God and the name of the New Jerusalem (which is called the Bride of Christ in Revelation 21:9-11)? By marking them with these sacred names, Yahshua is sealing them as His Bride! This is the main reason why I can confidently say that the Bride is that Church, and the Wise Virgins come from among the other five churches outside of the Church of Laodicea, where all of it's members are in danger of being left behind. Because the Faithful Church made up of the Church of Brotherly Love and her wise attendants is the only congregation outside of the Martyrs in the Church of Smyrna that have died before the Rapture which exemplify Yahshua's teaching to love YHWH God and one another.

"And the Foolish said to the Wise, 'give us some of your oil'..."

Yahshua's Bride is full of brotherly or agape love, and her acceptable handmaidens are the Wise Virgins from the other churches that had some good characteristics as well as problems doing God's will, but were not as bad off as the Laodicean Church full of lukewarm believers that despise their need for Sanctification, which is the process of becoming holy and righteous by loving submission to Christ and the Holy Spirit. This is why Yahshua says to them: "because you have kept My COMMAND to persevere, I will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world" (Rev. 3:10). Thus, they are the ONLY CHURCH promised deliverance from the Great Tribulation or worldwide hour of trial!

Though some like to twist the truth, the central message of the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins is not about requiring saints to do good works to be saved, but about the Bride and her entourage's active and demonstrative LOVE for Yahshua. If you love your Messiah, you will want to keep His commandments out of love. In addition, you will want to draw very near to Christ through His Spirit, and do as the Spirit directs you. If you're hearing the Spirit correctly, then you will be directed to keep Yahshua's commandments to love others and flee from sin. This is why Yahshua said:

“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” - Matthew 22:37-40

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” - John 14:15-17 

Note that in the above scriptures, Yahshua is saying that the criterion for receiving the Holy Spirit is the desire to KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, and that the Moral Law found in the Pentateuch and the Prophetic books of the Old Testament are still in affect. These same Moral Laws are found in His Sermon on the Mount (See Matthew Chapters 5 through 7). These embody Christ's commands to love our Heavenly Father and one another with our whole hearts, and to watch for His Second Coming in the Rapture (Mark 13:34-37). Thus, those who are truly born again of the Spirit of God become children of God through the Seal of the Holy Spirit, not because they have earned their Salvation, but because they have been Sanctified, having diligently sought to earn spiritual REWARDS. Those who seek Sanctification earn very important rewards, including the gift of spiritual discernment, and powerful protection from demonic oppression (which can cause all manner of sickness and disease), and shielding from satanic attack.

Like the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the RAPTURE is a REWARD for Sanctification, not an automatic gift of Salvation. Unlike one's Salvation through the belief or acceptance of the sacrifice of the Blood of Christ to pay for all our sins, our rewards can be lost. The Spiritual Reward process is not part of the act of Salvation that will allow saints to live with Yahshua forever upon their deaths, but of deliverance from judgment and suffering while still alive. The following verses help us to understand what the Bible says about keeping the commandments under the New Covenant:

"Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps."

CHRIST CALLS THOSE WHO LOVE HIM TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS!

Matthew 5:19 - “Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

(NOTE: Christ is speaking about the Commandments He gave in His Sermon on the Mount, which emphasized the Moral Law.) 

John 14:15-16 - “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever...”

John 14:21 - “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

John 15:9-10 - “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”

As an example of what not heeding the preceding scriptural passages and breaking the commandments does, look at what Yahshua says to the Church of Laodicea at the end of Revelation Chapter 3. There, Yahshua says that He may spit the Laodicean variety of Christians out of His mouth if they do not repent, and this act of spitting them out will necessarily be at the time of the Rapture. As a result of not repenting, they will be spit out or left behind because they disgust Yahshua with their lukewarm unwillingness to stand up for their faith in HIM.

This is the stark, naked truth. If it upsets you, it's because you are confusing the Justification received through accepting the shed blood of Christ as a perfect atonement sacrifice for your sins with the need to love Yahshua the Holy One, and thus become Sanctified. These are two different things that are mutually dependent upon one another, but which are not always present in every saved believer until they truly repent and behave in accord with Christ's commands. So it is our duty to lovingly and gently instruct fellow believers in this way:

“Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.” - 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Yahshua is the One who first loved us, and chose to be sacrificed for us, and we are called to show our love for Him and His Salvation, and our love for one another by keeping His commandments. To lovingly keep those commandments, we must constantly be striving for Sanctification and approval by God, which we cannot be rewarded for if we do not possess it. That is why the Foolish Virgins get shut out of the Wedding at the time of the Rapture. They do not possess the required Sanctification needed to receive the Blessed Hope and reward of the Rapture.

In closing, I just wanted to say this:

😇😍🤩ARE YOU A SAINT OR JUST A FORGIVEN SINNER? 🤩😍😇

Yahshua didn’t just shed His blood to forgive us of our sins, but also to deliver us from the power of sin by covering us with His righteousness, and nailing our sin to the Cross (Romans 3:21-26; Colossians 2:13-15)! He came to turn us from sinners into a royal priesthood full of SAINTS! (1 Peter 2:9)

I don’t know about you, but the old ‘sinner’ in me died (Romans 6:11), was buried with Christ (Romans 6:2, 4), and via Christ's resurrection and His giving of the Holy Spirit, I am now and forever a New Creation in Yahshua or Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17)! I am also obedient to Yahshua, keeping His commandments so that I cannot be condemned (John 3:36).

😇A Powerful Gospel Truth Delivered With 😇💖

Agape Love 💖 By Helena Lehman

Your Sister In Yahshua,
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For Further Study on This Fascinating Parable:

MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012

Deciphering the Parable of the Ten Virgins

pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2012/04/deciphering-parable-of-ten-virgins.html

WEDNESDAY, JULY 08, 2015

WHO THE FOOLISH VIRGINS ARE, AND

WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ONE!

https://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/07/who-foolish-virgins-are-and-why-you.html

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WILL 

ESCAPE THE COMING HOUR OF TRIAL!

https://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-bride-of-christ-escapes-hour-of.html

WHOEVER IS ASHAMED TO SHOW THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST IS UNWORTHY OF HIS KINGDOM

Who Do You Profess To Follow? Yahshua (Jesus) Or Lucifer?

Before I share my heart with you in this new article, I want to point out that this is a follow up article in response to the criticism I received from another article about the British and European Royals that I posted on my ministry blog prior to this one. If you haven't read it yet, CLICK HERE to access it, and it will open in a new tab of your browser.

Now that I've set the stage for what follows, let me say that I am positive that we are living in the very Last Days before the Rapture. We live in a world where anything goes, and immorality and cruelty abound. If it brings some immoral person pleasure, the wicked among sexual deviants, satanists, atheists, pagans, Wiccans and the elite say that they can do whatever they like - though today it still must mostly be behind closed doors. They can also partake in the more acceptable pastimes of following the tabloids surrounding the Royals, and Movie Stars and Sports Stars - even though there are numerous exposes showing that many Movie Stars and Sports Stars and Royal personages are not the paragons of virtue that they like to portray themselves as in public.

That's why I'm not alright with the fact that some people like to focus on the entertainment and sports tabloids. Because they often find so much pleasure and amusement in it, and it becomes a focus of their free time and discussions with others, I see it as a form of idolatry when it becomes an obsessive focus in someone's life. Yet billions of people around the world are clueless about the idolatrous and Satanic side of the people, businesses and venues that amuse, fascinate and entertain them.

I have developed such a different view of the people in the tabloids in the past 15 years or so because I've seen the copious research that exposes the Satanic side within the Royal, Movie, TV, Sports and Music Entertainment Industries. From what I've seen in the dark occult exposes from avid Truth Seekers like Vigilant Citizen and Isaac Weishaupt at Illuminati Watcher, to name a couple that I respect, a satanic undercurrent runs deep through all of these venues that we seek to find entertainment in, and that serve as idols for many who are less than discerning.

I certainly wish that I could forget what I've seen and heard, and pretend that these people and entertainment institutions are worthy of my admiration. But I sadly know that they are not. However, I am not going to condemn anyone for their love or like of any of them. That's between them and God, and I am not their judge, nor do I seek to judge the Royals or Sports or Movie or Music stars on a personal level. However, I can judge their status in the eyes of the world as maligned, and as an affront to God - because it absolutely is.

All who believe in Yahshua or Jesus are royal heirs with Him, and they deserve to be treated that way. The sooner we believers realize this, and start treating ourselves and one another as royal priests and superstars of servant-based leadership, the less these Royals and others who try to lord it over us, or serve to become idols for us, will appeal to us. We won't hate them, but will lovingly let them go in favor of seeing the love, power and self worth we believers have been given in the eyes of our loving heavenly Father and His Son and Spirit. So, instead of emulating the rich and famous of this world, we will seek to emulate our Savior, and His apostles and disciples instead.

As far as I'm concerned, and in the eyes of many of my friends, I did nothing wrong by using the Royals as sterling examples of misplaced IDOLS that are unworthy of our admiration as Royals unless they act in a manner that shows their love of Christ. This means that, unless they openly express that faith in Jesus or Yahshua BY NAME in public, which most of them never do (including Trump), then they are not true Christians or Messianics. Saying the word "God" is just not enough! As Yahshua said:

Mark 8:36-38 - “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Though some entertainers and movie stars have recently been broadcasting that they are Christians now, I am quite suspect of them all, and would advise caution before believing that they have made a clean break from their occult laden pasts. After all, this is the Last of the Last Days, and as such, there are many false prophets and teachers everywhere. Furthermore, we are a part of the adulterous and sinful generation of the Last Days that Yahshua was talking about, and speaking directly to in the above scripture. We are the ones who need to uphold the Word of God and God's Moral Law in this lawless age of hatred of all things Christian.

We are the ones who stand condemned already unless we begin or continue to openly profess our Faith in Christ to a lost and dying world. We need to make that our life's focus while acting in a loving manner that is acceptable to God. This is, after all, what Yahshua asked us to do in so many different ways throughout the Gospels. So that is all that I am asking fellow brethren in the Faith to try to do.

In closing, I hope that we all will remember these wise words from the Apostle Paul as we await Yahshua's glorious appearing in the Rapture:

Philippians 4:8 - “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”

Your Sister In Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
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HEED THIS WORD THAT MOST WILL BE LEFT BEHIND!

THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD for the LARGE, Wealthy, and LUKEWARM CHURCH! The Spirit of Yah asked me to make THIS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY TO WARN that the MAJORITY OF THE CHURCH WILL BE LEFT BEHIND, and the FIRST RAPTURE will be TOUTED AS A DEMONIC DELUSION BECAUSE it will be SO SMALL, with most of the professing Christians on the Earth today Left Behind!

ONLY THE POOR AND PERSECUTED CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA OR BROTHERLY LOVE WILL BE SPARED, and this is according to Revelation 3:9-10! This Church consists of LESS THAN 225 MILLION BELIEVERS (or about 200 Million, which is less than 3 percent of the 2.5 Billion Christians today) AROUND THE WORLD TODAY and ONLY THEY will be spared  because they are seen as the pure and spotless Bride of Christ. WHAT'S MORE, SOME OF THEM MAY RETURN TO BE PART THE 144,000 WITNESSES that will try to save some of the 2.25 BILLION CHRISTIANS that will be LEFT BEHIND and that will be under judgment unless they repent. As it says in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 7:

Matthew 7:13-23 ~ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. 15 (MY PARAPHRASE: ONLY A FEW FIND THE NARROW WAY that leads to Life!)

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. 21 (MY PARAPHRASE: Good believers that are born again and in love with Yahshua do not bear BAD fruit! They bear good fruit, and if they do not, they are to be cast into the fire of Hell!) 

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (MY PARAPHRASE: Unless you are doing good works based on the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and you are in a love relationship with Yahshua where you spend much time in His presence, you are not doing the will of Yahweh, but your own, and you don't KNOW Yahshua, and He doesn't know you because you have behaved as a stranger toward Him!)

SADLY, According to the above Scripture, many will NOT find the Narrow Way that leads to Everlasting Life! THIS APPLIES TO CHRISTIANS WHO are Backslidden and Lukewarm, and REFUSE TO REPENT NOW! Indeed, SOME OF THE MOST TERRIFYING VISIONS OF THE FUTURE WILL BE TRUE FOR MANY in the CHURCH today! MANY CHRISTIANS will be HUNTED DOWN, AND THOSE WHO GET CAUGHT WILL BE TORTURED, RAPED, BEHEADED, EATEN AND OTHERWISE DESTROYED because they do not make an effort to keep Yahshua's Commandments to love one another, and to do good works in keeping with our Faith, and our love for Yahshua.

REPENT NOW by giving to the poor, asking God and people you have wronged for forgiveness, making amends to those whom you have hurt, preaching the Gospel to the Lost, and begging them to TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS SO THAT THEY WILL NOT PERISH IN HELL, OR THE LAKE OF FIRE, which is very large, and will be full of innumerable people who thought they were Christians!

Remember what Christ said when He spoke of the DIVISION OF THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS in His Parable. This Parable has a message to the Church TODAY that MANY WOULD-BE CHRISTIANS WILL BE SEEN AS GOATS AND CAST INTO HELL for NOT LOVING their brethren, who are fellow believers that are poor and needy and abandoned by most!
(See Matthew 25:31-46 for the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats)

REPENT NOW SO YOU WILL NOT BE LEFT BEHIND!

To make sure that you are ready for the Rapture, let go of all bitterness and Hate, ask God's Son Yahshua or Jesus to change you from within and fill you with His Spirit, ask people that you have hurt for forgiveness where you can, give to the poor if you can, help those in need and preach the Gospel to those you know who are lost, and do it NOW, because the end is nearer than most think!

THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD

Given to Helena Lehman on May 5th, 2017

Ignore It At YOUR OWN PERIL!

ADDITIONAL RAPTURE WARNING! The Rapture is going to happen on an ordinary day, just like any other. It won't start off different, or be marked by any obvious signs. But it will change suddenly, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, and will end tragically for billions, while only a handful will escape the sudden destruction to follow. So you don't want to be left behind! Repent NOW! Seek Yahshua or Jesus! Make amends! Preach the Gospel!

I also want to warn that, since so many professing Christians will be left behind in the Rapture, that it is LIKELY THAT THEY WILL BE FED THE LIE THAT THE FIRST RAPTURE EITHER DID NOT HAPPEN, OR THAT IT WAS MEANT TO CLEANSE THE EARTH OF BAD PEOPLE who would have interfered with the plans of the false Christ or Messiah who will take control after the Rapture. But this is the New Age and Occult view of the Rapture, NOT THE TRUTH!

The Antichrist and his minions will carry out the plans of the Illuminati, who are Satanists, Luciferians, and those who listen to and follow demons, the FALLEN ANGELS and their purely EVIL Nephilim servants. These evil entities will first appear as ANGELS OF LIGHT during the Great Tribulation, but they will eventually attempt to slaughter the vast majority of people on this planet because they HATE HUMANITY, and see us as nothing but SLAVES, FOOD and DRINK!

FOR THOSE WHO CAN SURVIVE IN THE WILDERNESS FOR 1,260 DAYS, THERE MAY BE SOME HOPE, FOR THERE ARE MANY HINTS IN SCRIPTURE THAT THERE WILL BE A SECOND RAPTURE AT THE TIME THAT THE TWO WITNESSES ARE RAISED UP! BUT YOU MUST SURVIVE UNTIL THEN if you want to take part, and this will be extremely difficult. Unfortunately, the Bible says that many believers will be martyred by beheading and a multitude of calamities during the time period before the Second Rapture. But those who are faithful to the END will be RAISED UP just before the Millennial Rule of Christ is inaugurated.

I ALSO WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT I AM NOT SAYING THE RAPTURE WILL BE SECRET! Not at all! Rather, it will be OBVIOUS that it is occurring, and there will be a Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven, but I do not think it will only be made up of stars, planets, and the Sun and Moon! Instead, it will also be made up of Christ and His angels appearing in great GLORY in the clouds, and everyone will SEE THEM!

OUR BRIDEGROOM IS COMING VERY SOON! 

MAKE YOURSELF READY!

Revelation 3:9-10, ONLY CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA SPARED! ~ “Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” 

Revelation 3:14-17, CHURCH OF THE LUKEWARM LEFT BEHIND! ~ “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: 15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’ - and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked...”

PLEASE NOTE: The Church of Philadelphia and the Church of Laodicea were real churches that existed in Asia Minor at the time that the Apostle Paul was preaching there. But they also have a prophetic End Time Component.

The Message Above is Directly Connected To 

The Following Message Given on the Same DAY:

PROPHETIC WARNING 
AGAINST THE LUKEWARM!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2017/05/prophetic-warning-against-lukewarm.html

PROPHETIC WARNINGS CONCERNING TRUMP, REVIVAL, AND TRIBULATION

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The image above shows how the Seven Churches of Revelation are like a Menorah, and are tied to the Seven Lamps before God's Throne in Heaven (See Revelation, Chapter 1). The following article was created from several posts that I made on Facebook over the past few days that share a common theme in that they are prophetic warnings to all these End Time Churches, especially the Church of Philadelphia or Bride of Christ concerning the Donald Trump prophecies, the prophecies of Revival, and the fact that we are already suffering tribulation. These prophetic warnings indicate the lateness of the prophetic hour, and how close we really are to the Rapture and Sudden Destruction that will come with the Wrath of God. These prophetic warnings are listed with sub-titles in the same order that they are posted on my Facebook timeline.

The first post below concerns the fact that there is no evidence of a real revival going on in America, or anywhere else right now, which is why I made the second post, where I warned that I do not see God blessing America with Donald Trump as President unless there is a drastic change in the spiritual awareness among the citizens of America, and my first post summarizes why I don't see this happening before the Rapture. Then, in the final post, I discuss the fact that the true believers in Christ - who are in this world but are not of it - are following God's Moral Law or Commandments, and are not agreeing with their satanic government's approval of Gay Marriage and Abortion because both are morally wrong in the eyes of God. I also make an appeal to atheists and unbelievers to reconsider their positions because where they will spend eternity is truly at stake.

I also followed this post by linking to two more that explain that watching for Christ's literal return in the Rapture and to fight the Battle of Armageddon are a central teaching in true Biblical New Covenant Christianity, and those who are watching for Christ's return are already suffering persecution globally, but that this persecution will escalate even more dramatically after the Rapture.

In addition. I explain how these late comers to salvation will have to suffer enormously before they die, or are rescued from death by a possible Second Rapture just before the bowls of God's Wrath are poured out after the Trumpet Judgments. Following is the first post  about the fact that there is likely not going to be any great revival prior to the Rapture:


1. REVIVAL AMONG THE
LAODICEANS NOT IN SCRIPTURE!

Sorry to rain on the Revival in America (and the World) Band Wagon that has been preached by the Elijah List and New Apostolic Reformation people for the past 15 years without a shred of evidence that there really is any revival going on in America or the rest of the world. Instead, we see people who previously had no faith in Christ coming to have faith in Him even amidst heavy persecution, and that is not a revival, which is what happens when apostate or backslidden believers REPENT! I also firmly believe that most of the preachers on the Elijah List and in the New Apostolic Reformation are in the Laodicean Church because they preach a full Prosperity Gospel, and they also charge outrageous amounts for all their deceptive aids and conferences that are meant to help supposed Christians grow in their faith.

The Laodicean or Lukewarm (Prosperity Gospel and New Apostolic Reformation) Church has members in it from around the world. They don't all live in America. In fact, many are in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Russia. But there are also many members in America and around the world from the persecuted and poor Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love, which is identified as the Bride of Christ connected to the New Jerusalem in Revelation Chapter 3. This means that it is the only Church where all of it members will be taken in the Rapture.

The Church of Philadelphia is full of God's relatively poor financially, but spiritually devoted followers that are scattered throughout the Earth. These faithful servants of God can be seen as the Wheat in the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, in which the whole Earth is envisioned as large fields of choice wheat that have been infested with many tares or weeds trying to choke out the wheat. These tares or weeds depict the unsaved, the lost, and the arrogant people in the Laodicean Church that will be left behind, along with many from four of the other five churches outside of the Churches of Philadelphia and Laodicea mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

Also according to the prophecies in the Bible, there is absolutely no indication that there will be a revival of any kind immediately before or after the Rapture of the Bride of Christ and the Wise Virgins. Instead, Yahshua told His disciples that there would be many false teachers, and much apostasy or lawlessness in the Last Days:

~*~ Matthew 24:9-12  ~*~ “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.”

In addition to Yahshua's clear statement of the deteriorating spiritual climate prior to the Rapture found in Matthew 24, the Apostle Paul told his spiritual son Timothy that Last Days before Christ comes again will be extremely wicked and perilous:

~*~ 2 Timothy 3:1-5 ~*~ “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power.” 

~*~ Revelation 13:3-8 ~*~ “And all the world marveled and followed the beast (i.e. the antichrist leaders of the United Nations). 4 So they worshiped the dragon (i.e. Satan, who is working through his minions in the UN, USA, the UK and NATO) who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” 5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” 

(UPDATE 10-18-2016) I just added Revelation 13:3-8 to this article to stress the fact that there is not going to be any obvious victory or revival among God's people until they are taken in the Rapture to Heaven. This victory will be fully realized when these glorified saints come back on the clouds with Yahshua to fight the Battle of Armageddon. Although many believers rightly attribute the total fulfillment of all the events described in Revelation Chapter 8 through 19 to the Great Tribulation, the governing bodies that will create this evil world system that will persecute and overcome the saints is already in place, and it is already overcoming the saints in every nation!

This is being done through the use of Liberal lawmakers, Liberal schools, Radical Islamic Terrorists and disgruntled Third World illegal immigrants that are invading the West at an unprecedented rate in order to break the backs of the nations that were built on a Christian foundation. Sadly, these nations are no longer Christian due to the Liberal, Communistic political machine set up by Satanists, the Elite, Masons, and Luciferians in the US, UK and the UN that clearly hate God, His children, and His Law. Furthermore, the United Nations, which is the major governing body in the world today, fits the description of the Beast from the Sea perfectly, as I explained in the following article linked to below:

THE BEAST IS RISING, SO 

THE RAPTURE IS IMMINENT!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-beast-is-rising-so-rapture-is.html

Since it is very likely that the United Nations is the primary government that is called the Beast from the Sea in Revelation Chapter 13, its most influential and powerful leaders signify the horns of the Beast, and the USA, Russia, China, and the United Kingdom are the most powerful nations among them. In fact, the UK actually has more sway behind the scenes than all of them through their creation of the British Commonwealth, which is comprised of many nations that span the entire globe, including most of Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The attacks on Christianity and Judaism, and Christian and Jewish moral principles that can be seen all around the world today are clear signs that the Dragon of Revelation that signifies the Devil is overcoming the saints by those who worship the Beast. These wicked Satan-worshipers are following all the dictates of the UN, including its hatred of the tiny Jewish nation of Israel. Countless UN Resolutions have attacked and attempted to divide Israel, and they have also succeeded in painting Israel as an evil state that owes much to the Palestinians and surrounding nations, when the exact opposite is true in most respects.

This widespread lawlessness of the current day is only going to continue to escalate, and when the Holy Spirit is removed with the born again believers that are sealed by the Spirit of God, all hell is going to break looses on the Earth. In fact, evil, suffering and despair will rise like never before in human history, and the few that do not succumb to it and take the Mark of the Beast will be hunted and killed like animals. Sadly, the majority of people will be so evil that they will never repent, no matter how horrible God's Wrath against them will get! (End of Update) This is why the Book of Revelation repeatedly says that those left behind will not repent:

~*~ Revelation 9:20-21 ~*~ “But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.” 

~*~ Revelation 16:9-11 ~*~ “And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory. 10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.”

Although I think some from among the Foolish Virgins that are left behind will wake up after the Rapture, and will not be deceived, there won't be much time for revival for them as they will soon be fleeing into the wilderness to escape the Beast system, and struggling to survive there with no money or resources, and in a world that will literally be crumbling into catastrophic ruin around them as God's Wrath is poured out.

Unfortunately, many people sincerely believe that a Revival is coming, and many of them say that they have heard from the Holy Spirit that a massive revival will come before the Rapture. But what these people are saying does NOT line up with what I have read in Scripture, and the Holy Spirit NEVER contradicts Scripture! We must be wise like the Berean Jews were, and find clear Scripture references for what we believe or are being taught, or else we must discard them as false. Please remember what the Bible says about the Bereans:  

~*~ Acts 17:10-12 ~*~ “Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, AND SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO FIND OUT WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO. 12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.”

Since there is not one New Testament prophetic reference that indicates that there will be a Revival in America or elsewhere prior to the Rapture, we must discard it as false - NO MATTER WHAT WE THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SAYING! After all, there are lying and deceiving spirits called demons that can masquerade as the Holy Spirit, and that is why Scripture tells us to test the spirits:

~*~ 1 John 4:1 ~*~ “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

The only method we have to accurately test these spirits, and the preachers that teach us, is to see how their word measures up to what Scripture tells us. If their word disagrees with Scripture, then we must discard it as false. That is why I keep admonishing believers to stop hoping in a revival before the Rapture on Facebook, and in my ministry blog articles. According to the Scriptures I quoted earlier in Matthew,  and Revelation, there is no End Time Revival, and if there is even a small one, it will not come until after the Rapture, and will likely be very limited in scope!

2. THE TRUMP PROPHECIES - 
A PROPHETIC WARNING!

I really like Donald Trump, and I really want America to be Great again. But there's one thing missing from all of these prophecies that have been surfacing all over the internet and You Tube claiming that God has chosen Donald Trump, and that God is working through Trump. As such, these prophecies are making outrageous claims, which include the following: that Trump will be the next President of the United States, that he will put a stop to the corruption in the US Government, that he will re-establish good relations with Israel as their protector, that he will make good trade deals that will benefit Americans with new jobs and prosperity, and that he will lead America to be great again in the eyes of Americans, and the world.

These prophecies sound wonderful, and they certainly are geared to fill those in despair with hope and faith. But those that are grasping onto these prophecies for hope are missing the fact that the majority of the American people have not, and will not repent before God! Instead, many of them are still brazenly using drugs and alcohol to pleasurably alter their perception of reality. Many of them are also engaging in sexual immorality such as homosexuality, cross-dressing, incest, adultery, and pornography, and many of them are turning a blind eye to the murder of millions upon millions of the unborn as abortions continue to go unchecked, and are even encouraged.

In addition, many Americans are not being taught that they need to ask God to forgive them and make them born again so that they will walk in the ways of righteousness through His Son's Spirit living in them. In short, they are not being encouraged to repent and accept Christ's sacrifice for their sins so that God will heal and bless our land because of our sincere remorse, and our desire to turn from our wicked ways, and love God and one another. Although there is a large segment of Americans that are repentant and are imploring God to help them and have mercy on their nation, they are NOT paying attention to what the Scriptures say regarding the End Times, which includes the fact that there will be widespread unrest, turmoil, apostasy and wickedness just before Christ;s return in the Rapture, not peace and prosperity!

Born again believers need to face the fact that many so called believers in the Church today that live in America and around the world are lukewarm in their faith, and will therefore be rejected by Christ when He comes for His Bride and the Wise Virgins. The lukewarm are full of pride and arrogance, convinced of their superiority and blessing by God - either because of their wealth and enjoyment of life. or because they think they deserve these things, and are seeking after them. Meanwhile, many of these same lukewarm believers are disregarding God's Moral Law! They are living in sin by ignoring the plight of the poor and unsaved, and seeking after pleasure and comfort instead. This is why the Laodicean Church is described in the following way by God:

~*~ Revelation 3:16-19 ~*~ “So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked - 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.”

Despite God's call to the Lukewarm Church to repent and seek to please God with moral living and good works, many of them are still ignoring His call. Those who refuse to hear Him are still seeking pleasure rather than holiness by becoming engrossed in ungodly forms of entertainment, by not helping the poor even when they have the means, by having sex outside of marriage, by using drugs and alcohol to find enjoyment by escaping reality, and by selfishly using birth control and having abortions to get rid of unwanted babies without considering that they are violating God's Will, and the true purpose of life and sex, which is NOT recreation and lust, but brotherly love and procreation.

I believe this is why God is allowing Satan to overcome the Tribulation Saints, just as the Book of Revelation says will be the case. I believe this process of the saints being overcome has already begun. In fact, I believe that the Fifth Seal was opened with the rise of Radical Islam, and its persecution and martyrdom of those in the Church of Smyrna, which represents the Churches in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. These are the saints that the Beast or United Nations, headed by the USA - and US President Obama in particular - has overcome by creating the rise of Radical Islam and ISIS with their warmongering and tampering of the nations in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. I wrote the article linked to below to explain why I firmly believe this:

 THE BEAST IS RISING, 

SO THE RAPTURE IS IMMINENT!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-beast-is-rising-so-rapture-is.html

The following Scripture identifies the Beast as the entity that will overcome the saints:

~*~ Revelation 13:1, 5-8 ~*~ “And I saw a beast (i.e. the United Nations) rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name...”  “And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months (i.e. 3-1/2 years). 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life...” 

This describes part of the situation today, although the Church is still here. The saints that are being overcome by the Beast today all over the world are NOT of the Laodicean Church, but are of the Church of Smyrna and the Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love. These Churches are full of God's Love, Mercy and Holiness. But the Church of Brotherly Love is the only one that will be fully delivered from the Great Tribulation by being taken in the Rapture before being martyred like those in the Church of Smyrna. In addition, a handful of Wise Virgins from each of the other Churches outside of the Church of Smyrna (which is full of Martyrs that will be resurrected after the Tribulation) will be taken in the First Rapture, and we are fast approaching the opening of the Sixth Seal, when the Rapture will occur, and God's Wrath will be poured out upon the entire world.

So I ask you to consider this fact, and realize that God never once blessed Israel when they were steeped in sin and violating His Laws! Instead, He chastised them by withdrawing His protection, blighting them with droughts, pestilences (deadly disease outbreaks), whirlwinds (tornadoes), floods, and droughts that killed off their livestock and crops, and allowed Israel's enemies to triumph over them. Open you eyes, and you will see that this is exactly what is happening in America and around the world today, and it is a sure sign from God that He is judging America and the world for their sins, just as He has done throughout the ages. But do not confuse God's judgment for His Wrath! God's Wrath will not just affect small pockets of the world like the calamities of today are doing. Instead, God's Wrath will consist of one cataclysm after another that will have disastrous global affects.

So, even if Donald Trump wins the next election, and that election is even allowed to happen because we are in the season of the Rapture and Second Coming of Christ, do you think God is going to bless America, and allow it to be the envy of the world again if its current President has given Radical Islam its power to destroy the saints, and the wicked people that love and follow Obama still shun God's ways, and make a constant mockery of His laws with their immorality? I'm sorry, but God does not work that way, even in this Age of Grace! Because, without repentance, there is no forgiveness. Indeed, true repentance only comes when we feel remorse or shame for our sins, and feel the need to accept Yahshua's blood sacrifice to erase the blood guilt that God demands from each of us to pay for our sins :

~*~ Hebrews 9:22-28 ~*~ “And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission (i.e. forgiveness). 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.”

3. WHERE DO YOU WANT
TO SPEND ETERNITY?

According to God's Law, upon which all laws in the United States used to be based at one time, any sex outside of marriage by either sex is a sin or act of rebellion against God's Moral Law. In the Bible, this sin is called fornication and sexual immorality, and it can keep anyone engaging in it out of Paradise or Heaven if they do not repent of it, and turn away from doing that sin. Furthermore, according to the same Word of God, murder of an unborn child - or any human being for that matter - is a sin that was punishable by death at one time, and it can also send a person to the fiery place of torment called Hell forever if it is not repented of by asking God for forgiveness, accepting the sacrifice of God's Son Jesus or Yahshua on the Cross, and making amends for one's wrong-doing whenever possible.

So, even if you don't believe in God, think of this for a moment. What if God does exist, and Hell is a real place? What if the feeble scope of a human intellect that believes in Evolution and the Big Bang, and denies a Special Creation by an eternal, all-loving, and all-knowing God is wrong on the matter, and one's actions in this life will have everlasting consequences in Heaven or Hell? Where do you want to spend eternity if it does exist for us, and are you willing to wager your temporary pleasure in engaging in sexual immorality and infant murder in this life with the apostate government's sanction and approval if it means that you will pay for it in a terrible place of intense suffering and pain in eternity for spitting in God's face, and going your own way?

We all have the choice to either follow God's loving Moral Laws that were put in place to foster the love of one's neighbor and oneself, or to reject them and ignore their purpose, which is to keep people from hurting one another, and hurting God in the process. God's Moral Law, which tells us not to lie, murder, steal, and lust after or covet other people's possessions or mates, and to love God and all of His creation with all of our hearts, was put in place to foster love, kindness, peace and brotherhood between all mankind, and if we all followed the Ten Commandments, and Christ's Law to love Him and our neighbors (which includes people and animals) as ourselves, the world would be a far more peaceful and pleasant place to live in. In fact, it would be the Utopia we all wish for.

But this is never going to happen until Christ has literally returned, and is literally sitting on His Throne in Jerusalem! Until then, all true believers in Christ will suffer persecution and tribulation in this life, and there are no guarantees that we will not have to die for our faith before the Rapture. See my posts about the fact that the Second Coming of Christ is a central teaching of our faith, that we are already suffering tribulation, and that we are also very near to the time of the Rapture by clicking on the article links below:

WATCHING FOR CHRIST’S SECOND COMING

IS A CENTRAL NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2016/06/watching-for-christs-second-coming-is.html

THE TRIBULATION BEFORE THE RAPTURE

SPOKEN OF IN LUKE 21 AND MATTHEW 24 HAS COME!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-tribulation-before-rapture-in-luke-21-has-come.html

God bless you all, and Maranatha! 

I hope to see you all in Heaven...

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WARNING: NOT ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE RAPTURE!

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Many appear to be unaware that salvation from everlasting death through Yahshua (i.e. Jesus) and qualifying for the Rapture as His Bride are two different things. This is because some of those who are saved are saved as though through the fire due to their spiritual waywardness. Furthermore, if these wayward souls do not learn to repent fully and turn away from sin before the Rapture, these believers in Yahshua will NOT be taken in the Rapture, but will be left behind to be spiritually refined in the fires of the Great Tribulation.

There are ample Scriptures to prove this, including the following one, which I think best summarizes how Yahshua is going to judge the Seven Churches of Revelation:

1 Corinthians 3:9-17 ~ "For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 IF ANYONE DEFILES THE TEMPLE OF GOD, GOD WILL DESTROY HIM. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are."

So, as Temples of the Holy Spirit, believers are called to keep our temples or bodies clean by fleeing from sin and living holy lives. Otherwise we risk being physically destroyed by being removed from God's protection!

Now, looking at the larger picture being painted in the Book of Revelation by the Seven Churches, it is clear that these churches are filled with different types of believers, Of the seven, one is signaled out as so disgusting to Yahshua that He is going to spew them out of His mouth, meaning that they will not be protected from the Tribulation. This is the Laodicean Church, or the one whose description portrays it as a modern "Health and Wealth" or "Name It and Claim It" type of church.

But they are not the only church that Christ is not fully pleased with. In fact, only two groups of believers in these churches or congregations are not criticized for their failures and need for improvement. Furthermore, it is only these two that are signaled out as worthy of great rewards for their faithfulness. One is the Church of Smyrna, which is a church made up of the souls of those who are heavily persecuted for Yahshua's sake, and who become martyrs for the faith.

The second Church, and the only one offered the promise of escape from the Great Tribulation via the Rapture, is the Church of Philadelphia, or Church of Brotherly Love, which is also identified as the Bride of Christ described in Revelation 21. This can be seen by comparing Revelation 3:12 with Revelation 21:2-12. This church is filled with believers who grasp onto Yahshua with all their might, and - although they may have little strength - they refuse to let Him go, and they persevere in their faith through every trial. For this reason, these are the ONLY believers who are deemed fully worthy of the Rapture escape, and only they will be taken when the time comes:

Revelation 3:10-11 ~ "Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 Behold,I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown." 

This Scripture is clear that it is only those in the Church of Philadelphia that are being offered the ability to escape the Hour of Trial, which is the Great Tribulation. Those in the other churches that are lacking - and sadly there are many - WILL BE LEFT BEHIND to be refined as through the fire, just as Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 3. Through the Seven Churches, we are all being warned that those taken in the Rapture are only going to be a select few, and we must all make every effort to be ready when Yahshua comes for us!

This means examining our hearts for their intent, asking Yahweh God for forgiveness where needed and forgiving others, and fully repenting by turning away from sin and weaning out the bad things that the Holy Spirit lets us know that God disapproves of. If believers remember to do this, then they will have no cause to worry that they will be left behind when the Rapture comes.

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THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN - TRUE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH

FIVE POINT CHECKLIST TO TELL IF YOU 

BELONG TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN!

1) You Have An Almost Illogical Hatred of the tiny Nation of Israel, the Jews and/or anything Jewish

2) You Have Support For and Sympathy Toward the Palestinians, who vehemently HATE Israel and America

3) You Have A Vile View of Christianity as a PAGAN FALSE RELIGION that Needs to be Wiped Out

4) You Have An Active and HOSTILE Desire to make it Illegal to Practice Traditional Christianity or Celebrate its Holidays

5) You Have A Misogynistic View of Women as Subservient (or slaves) to Men, meant only to bear and raise children, and to humbly serve their husbands and do their bidding without compliant.

If two or more of these points apply to you, then it's a fairly good guess that you are a member of the Synagogue of Satan that will one day be severely chastised and judged. Furthermore, you will then be made to Worship at the Feet of the born-again Believers in the Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love that you so ignorantly persecuted and tried to kill.

As an avid supporter of the nation of Israel’s right to exist and protect itself against all aggressors, and as a Messianic Jew by faith that is familiar with the Hebrew Roots Movement but not a true part of it by choice due to its heretical aspects, the following teaching about the meaning of the enigmatic term “Synagogue of Satan” has been very hard for me to complete. Nevertheless, the Holy Spirit called me to undertake this task, and even though it is not going to be a popular teaching, especially among fellow Messianics and supporters of Israel like myself, it must be undertaken to instruct the True Church of born-again believers in Yahshua, and to help believers to understand Bible Prophecy and End Time events better.

The term “Synagogue of Satan” appears twice in the Book of Revelation - once in Revelation Chapter 2, verses 9 and 10, and once in Revelation, Chapter 3, verse 9 - in relation to the two godliest Churches of the Seven that Yahshua addresses in His letters to the Seven Churches. In fact, this group that claims to be Jewish is seen in the context of persecuting two of the spiritually strongest branches within the True Church, which consists of all born-again Gentile believers in Yahshua. This is a very important distinction that helps to clarify who these satanically-inspired people are, and who they are targeting.

In Chapter 2, it is the Church of Smyrna, or the Persecuted Church that is being afflicted by those who say they are Jews but are not, and who are identified as being in the Synagogue of Satan. Those in the Church of Smyrna are materially poor believers who are rich in the Spirit of God, but unable or unwilling to fight their persecutors due to Yahshua’s strong admonitions against hate and violence.  As a result, some of them are being imprisoned and killed by their unholy Jewish or would-be Jewish enemies.

These would-be Jews claim to be God's true Chosen People and blood descendants of Abraham, although they are not all Jewish. Some are, in fact, Arabic and Persian, and they worship a different god named Allah. Some of them are also avowed Christians, although they have bastardized and watered down the Gospel so much as to render it useless, or they claim to have replaced the Jews as God's Chosen People, which is partly a lie. This is because both Messianic Jews and the Gentiles that love and follow Yahshua or Jesus, and that love the Jews and one another are God's Chosen People.

Although Muslims claim Abraham as their blood ancestor and spiritual father, just as the Jews do, their claim contradicts the Bible's teaching, which is that the spiritual blessings of Abraham were passed down to his son Isaac and not Ishmael, and to his grandson Jacob and not Esau. Furthermore, although true Christians are the spiritual children of Abraham by adoption, those who fall into the category of "Synagogue of Satan" are working at cross-purposes to the True Church, and also think they have replaced the Jews as Israel.

In Chapter 3, the Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love is identified as a materially poor but spiritually rich Church that is also under attack from the Synagogue of Satan. However, they have a little more religious and political strength than those in the Church of Smyrna, so they can manage to fight off many of the attacks of their persecutors in the Synagogue of Satan. In fact, Yahshua promises the Church of Philadelphia that He will subdue the Synagogue of Satan when He comes again, and He will force these misguided Gentile Christians, Jews, Muslim Arabs and Persians that have been working at cross-purposes to the True Church to bow down at the feet of the faithful born-again believers that love Israel. They will bow down to show their utmost respect and repentance.

It is the Church of Philadelphia that is also the only Church that is identified with the Bride of Christ by being connected to the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven “as a bride adorned for her husband” (See Rev. 3:12 and Rev. 21:2). It is also the only Church of the Seven that is given the blessed promise of deliverance from the “Hour of Trial” which is a reference to the Great Tribulation, or Time of Jacob’s Trouble (See Rev. 3:10). 

As a Messianic, I am quite familiar with the Jewish people and their religion, and where they have the most power and influence. Like it or not, this happens to be in the United States, and in the nation of Israel. So it is these Jews that have the most ability to persecute Gentile believers in Yahshua. In fact, there is a whole group of so-called Messianic Synagogues that have sprouted up in America and elsewhere, along with many Mosques. Some of these Synagogues and Mosques contain people that don’t love their Christian brethren, but treat them badly and think of them disdainfully.

These Mosques and false Messianic Synagogues spell trouble for America and Israel because the Mosques contain descendants of Abraham's son Ishmael that sometimes hate the descendants of Abraham's son Isaac. Furthermore, Messianic Synagogues and regular Synagogues contain some extremely legalistic or “Torah observant” Jews that - along with their Muslim brothers - may frown on, and openly bash all Christian religious customs and traditions, routinely call all Christians pagans and blasphemers, deny the full deity of Yahshua, and deny the power and purpose of the Holy Spirit. 

So not only do Christians and true Messianics that love their Christian brethren have to put up with the routine abuse leveled against them by the totally unrepentant and wicked Muslims and Jews that own the banks and control our monetary systems, but now they have to deal with the Antichristian Messianic Jews and Muslims that control ever-growing Cult-like communities across the largely Gentile West. Unfortunately, those who hate Christ are open to demonic possession and influence, and demons are none other than the spirits of the Nephilim or alien hybrids that existed in great numbers before Noah's Flood. See my articles linked to at the end of this article to find out more about Spiritual Warfare and Preaching the Gospel to the lost.

At this point, let me offer this warning. Let’s NOT jump to the conclusion that all Jews and Muslims hate Christians and are demonically possessed. This is absolutely NOT true. Most of the Israelis living in Israel do not hate America or Christians, nor do their Jewish counterpart living in the USA and elsewhere. Furthermore, although Terrorists that commit heinous crimes against humanity certainly act as demonically possessed people do, there are still many Muslims and Jews that are not possessed or oppressed, and who actually want to live in peace with their Christian and Non-Christian neighbors.

There are many Jewish and Muslim people of faith that don’t actively try to cause trouble, and they also do their best to love God and their neighbors. It is important to remember that not all Mosques or Synagogues are breeding grounds of hatred toward Christians, and those of other faiths. Like many Christian pastors, there are likely plenty of Imams and Rabbis that avoid discussing religious prophecies and the End Times to keep the peace. Instead, they focus on teaching their congregations how to cope with life's problems using ideas derived from the interpretation of their own set of sacred writings.

Although Synagogues and Mosques do not often promote peace, brotherhood and understanding through community outreaches, or by holding festivals or carnivals to interact with their communities like many Catholic and Christian Churches do, many of them try to do good in their communities. Unfortunately, many Hebrew Roots Proponents and Muslims are also actively proselytizing their own faith and trying to convert nominal or poorly taught Christians with the same clever-sounding but lame arguments that Torah-observant Jews use to make Christianity appear to be paganistic, incorrect, sinful and unwholesome.

This is why my repeated reference to Muslims in regard to the Synagogue of Satan was not an accident, but was made to show that there is another element to the Synagogue of Satan that most miss. This lies in the fact that - as descendants of Abraham’s son Ishmael - many Muslims believe that they are the real Chosen People, which makes them would-be Jews in the Synagogue of Satan as well. Yahshua spoke about the nature of these descendants of Abraham that follow the Devil or Satan in the Gospel of John, Chapter 8, where He said:

~*~ John 8:39-44 ~*~ “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father - God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.”

According to this Scripture, these rich, Pharisaical Jews and would-be Jews whose spiritual father was the Devil shared the following characteristics, which apply to many Muslims, and many Jews:

1) They claim to be Abraham’s literal descendants, which Jews and Muslims do.

2) They hate Yahshua and seek to kill belief in Him and to destroy His followers. 

3) They are liars who do as their true father the Devil does as the father of lies.

Radical Muslims and Orthodox Jews generally hate anyone who is not of their faith, and see them as evil. They also seek to abuse or destroy them, and think nothing of lying to, and openly taking advantage of them. Since many of the misguided people in Mosques and Synagogues follow the Devil or Satan instead of God, but do not know it, they necessarily form satanically-inspired religious congregations that can be called Synagogues, although many of them are Mosques.

As Yahshua or Jesus said, many Pharisaical Jews (many of whom are extremely rich) have chosen Satan as their spiritual Father. This means that they actually worship Satan because they justify their mistreatment of Christians and anyone of any other faith by their religion, just like Muslims. You can't be following the God of your fathers if that God inspires you to hate your neighbor and misuse them!

Indeed, the Law indicates that the Israelites were to love their neighbors as themselves (Leviticus 19:18), which included all the peaceful descendants of Abraham living around them, and to do no harm to anyone. Instead the Israelites were called to preach the truth about Yahweh's love, mercy and forgiveness (Hosea 6:5-7; Matthew 9:12-14) to their neighbors in love! But as Hosea's prophecy linked to above says, many among God's people have treacherously enforced the letter of the Law without practicing love, mercy and forgiveness!

Sadly, many Jews and Muslims that fit this negative list of criteria for being in the Synagogue of Satan or the Devil now live in secular Socialist states and Democracies that protect their right to spew ever-growing barrages of Antichristian rhetoric against every Christian belief and holiday. As a result, these false Israelites are gaining power and influence among the Jewish and Muslim populations of the world, which aid them in harassing and subjugating true believers. Many of these false Jews among the Middle-Eastern people groups that are descended from Abraham delight in confusing and deceiving those who want to love and follow Yahshua correctly, and they also treat them hatefully.

Despite this abuse, true believers put up with it as best they can while maintaining a spirit of peace, love, joy, kindness and brotherhood toward all people - no matter how hateful they are in return. Just as Yahshua asked, believers are learning to love one another and their enemies as they await Yahshua’s triumphant return. They are patient because they know that Yahshua will finally end the enmity between Jews, Gentiles and Muslims when He comes again. He will also offer salvation to all the surviving people of the East and West that did not go against both Houses of Israel, but have no love for or knowledge of Yahweh the God of Abraham, or the people who are called by His Name.

There are prophecies in Isaiah 19:18-25 and Isaiah 27:12-13 that specifically talk about the believers in Assyria (Persia) and Egypt that will be rescued in the Rapture when Yahshua comes for His Bride. Very soon now, a multitude of truly devoted born-again believers in Yahshua will be resurrected or transformed into an immortal state, and they will be taken up to Heaven in the Rapture. Once there in God’s loving embrace, they will be spared having to live through the worst part of the Great Tribulation,  and will live in the lovely mansions prepared for them in the New Jerusalem, which already exists in Heaven. The believers that will live there before returning to the Earth with Yahshua will be saints from every age, including those taken out of the Great Tribulation. These saints are seen in Heaven in Revelation Chapter 7, verses 9 through 17.

This is fitting, since it is at the opening of the Sixth Seal Judgment in Revelation, Chapter 6 that the Wrath of God will begin to be fully poured out on the whole Earth. So the deliverance of the Wise Virgins and the Bride of Christ must take place just before then, as they are not subject to God’s Wrath (1 Thess. 5:9). Sadly, those who are in the Synagogue of Satan, and those outside of it that hate both Houses of Israel - both Jew and Gentile - will be left behind to suffer God’s Wrath along with many of the unrepentant wicked of all faiths. What a terrible day that will be for those in the world who recognize their plight after it is too late to escape it!

Although born again believers can call on Yahshua, God the Father and the Holy Spirit in prayer to receive deliverance and protection from demonic power, many believers are unaware of their need to engage in Spiritual Warfare through intercessory prayers for themselves and their loved ones. For this reason, I wrote the following article linked to below, which links to several more articles that give good tips on how to wage war against evil, and win:

TO WIN AGAINST SATAN, STOP BEING A

WITCH-HUNTER, AND STRIVE TO BE A GOD-SEEKER!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2016/09/to-win-against-satan-stop-being-witch.html

Please read my article on spiritual warfare if you are suffering persecution. This article details some proven strategies that can offer some degree of hope, protection and deliverance for those who are being spiritually oppressed in this wicked and fallen world. For those who do not know how to wage Spiritual Warfare, however, radical Antichristians are making it harder and harder for true believers in Yahshua to witness to others, and to teach them the Three Gospel Steps that need to be preached for people to enter the Kingdom of God, and to be fully equipped to serve God and His Son Yahshua. To learn more about the three distinct Gospel messages that every evangelist ought to be preaching frequently, read my article about them here:

ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD - 
THE THREE GOSPEL STEPS

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/03/entering-kingdom-of-god-three-gospel.html

Your Sister in Yahshua,

Helena Lehman of the

Pillar of Enoch Ministry

Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

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