WHY WILLFUL SINNERS WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN UNLESS THEY REPENT!

The key words people seem to be missing in many of my posts warning believers that unrepentant sin will NOT be forgiven are the words WILLFUL and REPENTANCE. To Repent means to regret and turn away from sin before God, and while also asking God for help in order to stay away from sin. To willfully sin means to go against God's Moral Laws, which are partly found in the Ten Commandments in Exodus, Chapter 20 with full knowledge of the fact. These Laws tell us to serve our one Creator God only and not to serve idols, to keep God's name and Sabbath holy, and also tell us not to steal from or cheat others, not to kill, not to lie, and not to covet or unlawfully lust after what others have.

The Ten Commandments were deemed so important that Yahshua or Jesus summarized them in His Two Great Commandments, which are to love the Lord God (i.e. Yahweh Elohim) with our whole hearts, souls and minds, and to love our believing neighbors as ourselves (See Matthew 22:37-40). What some believers do not realize is that because Yahshua is the Word of God made flesh, His voice is the Voice of God. In fact, it was also this same Voice of God that Moses heard and responded to when Yahshua was in His Preincarnate state. Yahshua's Two Commandments were also taken from different parts of the Old Testament Moral Law that He gave to Moses, with the first Commandment to love our Father God with our whole beings coming from Deuteronomy 6:5, and the law to love our believing neighbors as ourselves coming from Leviticus 19:18.

Now, some believers might be confused by this statement that Yahshua commanded His disciples to keep two Old Testament Laws, as well as to keep His other Commandments. What they fail to grasp is that in the New Testament, Yahshua and the Apostles made it clear that the way we show our love for God is by following His Moral Laws or Commandments, which were never abolished. This is clearly said in 1 John 2:2-4, and 1 John 5:1-3. Sadly, many believers are erroneously taught that ALL the Old Testament Laws were abolished when Christ died on the Cross for our sins. However, that is not true at all.

Although many of the 613 Old Testament Laws were abolished and symbolically nailed to the Cross when Yahshua died for our sins, these were the many Laws that dealt with sacred buildings and animal sacrifices, such as the appearance of and uses for the Desert Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, the sacrificial vessels, the altar, the Temple to Yahweh, the priestly clothing and priestly behavior, and the many laws governing the types of blood sacrifices, and the oil and grain offerings that were continually offered up on the Sabbaths and Feasts of the Lord. These were all done away with, but God's Moral Laws and His Feasts were not abolished!

In addition to the Ten Commandments, and Yahshua's Commandments to love God and one another, Yahshua addressed numerous Moral Laws found in the Old Testament in His Sermon on the Mount, which is found in Matthew Chapters 5, 6 and 7. All of the laws He reviewed and enhanced in that Sermon, as well as in many other chapters of the Four Gospels reflect the Moral Laws found in Exodus 21, Exodus 22, and Exodus 23, which was called the Book of the Covenant, along with the Moral laws in Leviticus, Chapter 18, Chapter 19 and Chapter 20, and in Deuteronomy 18, Deuteronomy 19, Deuteronomy 21, Deuteronomy 22, and Deuteronomy 23 (with the exception of the Laws pertaining to war or slaves, which Yahshua never supported or condoned).

All of these Moral Laws fall under Christ's Commandment that we should love our neighbors as we love ourselves. These Laws speak about how we should treat our family, friends, neighbors, and livestock, and many of these laws specifically condemn the sins of sexual immorality like adultery, incest and homosexuality, and they are applicable to all believers today, both Natural Israel or the Jews, and all Gentile believers that have become a part of Israel by being grafted in through faith in Yahshua (See Romans, Chapter 11).

The key to remaining in God's favor is REPENTANCE, and understanding what God expects from us by becoming familiar with His Moral Law. Yahshua or Jesus paid the debt for our sins and abolished the need for animal sacrifices and oil and grain offerings once and for all time, as is clearly stated in Hebrews, Chapter 9, but we need to repent or turn away from sin, and then ask God for forgiveness before that debt payment will cover our sins that are made after our initial moment of salvation by faith. So an unrepentant sinner is someone who has the full knowledge of the fact that they are breaking the Moral commandments of God, but are justifying their wicked actions in some way so that they don't feel that they have to stop. For example, a person who claims to be a believer, but who becomes a thief even though God's Law says that we should not steal or covet - and tells others that it's okay for him to steal from his rich neighbor because he's poor - is willfully sinning.

A good example of this type of behavior that is being justified in popular culture are all the books and movies that have been made idolizing the English folk hero Robin Hood, who despite being depicted as a clever man with a righteous cause, was a totally unrepentant thief that repeatedly resorted to robbery and violence to get what he wanted. No matter how justified we feel that his actions may have been in the face of the despotic traitor king he was fighting against, it still doesn't make lying, coveting, and stealing like he reportedly did the right thing to do. As the popular saying goes: "two wrongs don't make a right!"

This also confronts the fact that, though Christians have historically resorted to violence and war in the face of tyranny, and they cite the divinely-sanctioned behavior of the ancient Israelites against their enemies as a case in point, Christ never told us to do likewise. Instead, He came to show the world a different way to behave via passive resistance. He did so when He asked His disciples not to fight their enemies, but to love them by preaching the Gospel to them - with the implied hope of drawing them into His Kingdom:

~*~ Matthew 5:43-45 ~*~ “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”

We do good to those who hate us not by killing them, but by telling them that God loves them, and that He sent His One and Only Begotten Son to die for them, rise from the dead, and save them from their sins - if only they would repent, accept Jesus or Yahshua's blood sacrifice as their pardon from sin by accepting Yahshua as their Savior, and follow His Moral Laws encompassed in His one Commandment that we should love one another as we love Him. Incidentally, we can only love Christ fully by following all of His Moral Laws or Commandments, and repenting when we fail to do so! Those who do not repent and follow Yahshua are condemned to die for their sins. This includes all people who have heard and rejected the Gospel of the Kingdom of God - a spiritual Kingdom that we can only enter by accepting Yahshua's blood sacrifice and receiving the  baptism of the Holy Spirit.

For those who do not repent, and who willfully hurt those who love God, we are not to harm them, but are to wait and allow God to Judge and repay them. As God says in Scripture: "Vengeance is Mine! I will repay!" (Deuteronomy 32:35; Romans 12:19) His list of those to take vengeance against includes all the Robin Hood wannabees in this world. Speaking of which, the image at the beginning of this article was taken from one of my favorite Robin Hood movies, "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves", which was made in 1991, and starred Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman. At the time that I watched this movie, I really enjoyed it, and didn't care or even want to face the fact that what Robin Hood and his merry men were doing was wrong. But even the sort of blatant sin that Robin was guilty of can be forgiven, so long as the sinner REPENTS or turns away from sin. This turning away often involved the need to make amends to those hurt by that sin, whenever this is possible.

According to Scripture, the only sin that cannot and will not be forgiven is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. This sin is committed when the  Holy Spirit is denied and discounted, and not seen as important in one's walk with God. This sin is therefore committed by those sinners who claim that God's miracles and spiritual gifts are no longer in operation, or are not real. It is also committed by those sinners who treat those who are blessed with spiritual gifts, or who are recipients of miracles - with disdain or mockery.

Again, the only way any sin can be forgiven is if the person who sinned REPENTS, which manifests as remorse over sin, the desire to change, and the desire to make amends to any injured parties. To be remorseful means to be sad or ashamed of one's willful sinning so much that it causes the person to seek God's power to help them change their behavior, and make amends to those they have hurt whenever it's possible. To truly receive God's forgiveness, sinners need to surrender their will to God, and to ask God to change their hearts with His Spirit so they won't sin anymore. This change of heart ALWAYS happens because of the conviction of the Holy Spirit living inside someone who is saved and born again.

So, if there is no desire in the sinner to repent and change, then that person is probably either ignoring the Holy Spirit's call to repent, or is not born again by the Spirit of God in the first place. This is because people who are truly born again are continually being convicted by God's Spirit to flee from sin! Although those who are saved have God's help fleeing from sin via the Holy Spirit dwelling within them, it is virtually impossible for unsaved sinners to keep the Ten Commandments and the other Moral Laws of God in Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy (See text links to these Scriptures earlier in this article). But with the Holy Spirit, born again believers can and will repent and stop sinning. This is just as the Apostle John taught in the Epistle of 1 John:

~*~ 1 John 3:4-9 (NKJV) ~*~ “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.”

Let me repeat that last verse: “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” So if you are still sinning, and you're incapable of stopping, you're NOT born of God, which is to be born again with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. We are born again after we repent of our sins, profess our belief in Christ, seek His redemption, seek water baptism, and ask God to baptize us with His Spirit. After this, we are given the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit to help us resist temptation, and keep God's Moral Law. As Yahshua and the Apostle Paul said:

~*~ John 3:5-8 (NKJV) ~*~ “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 14:15-21 (NKJV) ~*~  “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. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. 19 A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 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.” 

~*~ 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 (NKJV) ~*~  “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

As Yahshua said in the Gospel of John, those who love Him keep His Commandments. Other Scriptures in the New Testament also teach us that, to show our love for God, we need to keep His Commandments, which is only referring to the Moral Law as laid forth in Exodus 20 and Leviticus 18 through 20 that Yahshua or Jesus spoke of that define how we should love God and our neighbor. These tell us not to cheat, lie, steal, or murder, and they warn us to flee sexual immorality. But they do not speak of the sacrificial and dietary laws, which were nailed to the Cross with Christ:

~*~ 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 (NKJV) ~*~ “Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.” 

~*~ 1 John 5:1-5 (NKJV) ~*~ “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” 

~*~ Revelation 22:14 (NKJV) ~*~  “Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.”

So, as you can see, we are called to be born again so that we can become holy and keep God's Moral Law, and we are warned that those that do not keep His Commandments are not born again, and therefore are not truly saved, no matter what they may profess with their mouths. We are also told that only those who do God's Commandments as Christ taught them will have access to the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem. In other words, if you say that you believe in Jesus or Yahshua but do not keep His commandments, and you do not repent when you break His Moral Law after being convicted of your sin by the Holy Spirit, you will not enter the New Jerusalem, which means you will not live with Christ in eternity, but will be cast into the outer darkness forever.

The Scriptures make it clear, over and over again, that we are called to keep God's Commandments regarding His Moral Law, and UNREPENTANT SIN IS NOT FORGIVEN! If you are sinning willfully - and you're NOT sorry about it, and don't want to change - how can you expect God to forgive you, and how can you claim that you are born again? As the Apostle John taught, those who are born again do not sin because the Holy Spirit convicts them not to! So, whenever we willfully sin and do not repent, it is as if we are slapping God in the face, and it is also a possible sign that we were never saved in the first place!

This is because only those who are truly saved receive the inner spiritual baptism of the Holy Spirit, and are born again - which means they hear from God in their hearts, and are directed on how to behave by God Himself through His Spirit living within them. This is the essence of how a saved person gradually becomes godly and reflects God's holiness in the process known as sanctification.  As a part of this sanctification process, sinners who repent and are forgiven by God through Yahshua are also called to forgive others when they repent and ask us for forgiveness, as it says in the following Scriptures:

~*~ Matthew 6:14-15 ~*~ “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” 

~*~ Matthew 18:21-22 ~*~ “Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”

So, to sum up what this Bible Study has shown, we are not saved by Grace or by belief in Christ alone. We are instead saved by the Grace of God that extends mercy to us in the Person and by the blood of Yahshua when we believe that He is our Messiah or Savior, and that only He can save us from sin, death, Hell and the Devil. In addition, Christ expects us to be baptized and filled with His Spirit so that we will gradually stop sinning, and will want to love and follow His Commandments because we love and believe in Him. Of course, none of us can do this without the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, which is the seal of our salvation, and our guarantee that we have inherited everlasting life through Christ (See 2 Corinthians 1:22-23, and Ephesians 1:13-14). We need the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit to guide us on how we should show God's love, mercy and forgiveness to others, and how we can sin less as time goes by until we are fully sanctified, and are incapable of sinning any more.

According to Yahshua, Who said that those who love Him will keep His Commandments, and the Apostle John, who said that this state of being unable to sin can be achieved by those who are born again, believers are called to keep Christ's Commandments, and to strive to stop sinning in every respect. So believers that are saved by faith in Yahshua, and who are born again, are extended God's Grace, which is His unmerited favor and forgiveness through Christ. This Grace fully covers all of their sins up to the point of conversion.

But when a believer slips up and sins after that time, God still fully expects believers to be convicted of any new infractions of His Law by His Spirit dwelling within them, to repent of these sins, and to listen to the Holy Spirit better in the future so they won't commit these same sins again. This process is known as sanctification, and it is a necessary preparatory step in our walk with God that helps us become fully ready to enter His Kingdom. This is why James the brother of Yahshua stressed that fact that faith in Christ without Spirit-led works is dead. It is because good works are necessary to define and show our faith in Christ to others.

I'm sorry if this teaching upsets some of you. I just wanted to give you all a clear answer as to why I teach what I do about how God forgives sin. As you can see in this article, what I teach is based fully on Scripture. Some of you seem to be ignoring the fact that repentance to God and mercy to others are the keys to being forgiven, and we all need to repent and show mercy because none of us is perfect, and we all still may slip a bit and sin sometimes in the little things (i.e. swearing, giving in to various lusts in our mind's eye, lying to others to avoid an unpleasant confrontation, etc.) even when we don't want to.

That's when we need to go to the Cross and ask Yahshua or Jesus to forgive us, to help us to resist future temptation, and also ask Him to help us to be merciful to others, just as He is to us. It's not a one time deal either. We need to keep doing this until we don't need to do it anymore. It's a life long process called sanctification.

A Bible Teaching From
Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of
The Pillar of Enoch Ministry
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

PLEASE NOTE: This article was preceded by a similar article that gives scriptural support to the idea that there is a continual need for repentance in a believer's life whenever their sinful behavior becomes evident to them through the conviction of the Holy Spirit. For those who still are having trouble understanding what the Bible teaches about sin and repentance, I highly recommend reading this shorter article that is linked to first in the list below, as well as the second and third articles listed:

WARNING! SINNERS THAT DO NOT REPENT
WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/10/warning-sinners-that-do-not-repent-will.html

ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD -

THE THREE GOSPEL STEPS

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

TO GET AND STAY SAVED, YOU
NEED TO LOVE AND FOLLOW CHRIST!
http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/09/to-get-and-stay-saved-you-need-to-love.html

All Children Are Not Saved And Going In The Rapture, 
And There Are Consequences For Sin At Any Age!
http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/10/all-children-are-not-saved-and-going-in.html

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WARNING! SINNERS THAT DO NOT REPENT WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!

Contrary to popular belief, the title of this article is based on clear teachings that can be found in Scripture - and it's taught in the same New Testament epistles in the Bible that some think expunge believers from having to repent of their sins once they are believers in Yahshua or Jesus. Take the following example:

~*~ 1 Corinthians 6:8-11 (NKJV) ~*~

“No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

I don't know about you, but it's pretty clear to me that this Scripture from the Apostle Paul's own mouth says that believers in Christ that are not willing to stop sinning - which means they are willfully sinning with full knowledge of the fact - are not forgiven, and UNREPENTANT SINNERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, period! This means that there are no exceptions to the need for real repentance to occur before we can receive forgiveness from God for sins either willfully committed, or committed in ignorance - even after we are saved.

This process of acknowledging our sinfulness before God when we are made aware of it by the Holy Spirit or by fellow believers is called sanctification, and sanctification is the process we  must undergo to achieve holiness after we are saved by belief and faith. To be clear, scripture teaches that we are justified by our belief and faith in Christ, and we are sanctified by the process of confessing our sins to God, and then applying the Blood of Christ over ourselves in prayer and communion by partaking of the Lord's Supper to wipe out our sins, and to bless our lives with healing, joy and peace.

This is why being saved and being sanctified are NOT the same thing. Being saved means that one is only saved from the fires of Hell. Being sanctified means that one is being prepared for entrance into Yahshua's Kingdom. In short, sanctification - which leads to righteousness and holiness - is essential for entrance into the Kingdom of God. Without it, believers will be excluded from participating in Christ's Millennial Kingdom, and they will have to wait until the end of the 1000 years is over to be raised up or resurrected, and allowed to dwell with God in eternity.

In fact, the only ones that Paul indicates will be allowed to enter the Kingdom of God (or Heaven), which is a reference to Yahshua's Kingdom, are defined in verse 11 of 1 Corinthians 6, where it clearly says that these saved people are justified and sanctified by the Name or Character of Yahshua or Jesus, and also by the active guidance and perfect teachings of the Spirit of God within their hearts. If that is not clear enough, then the following Scripture from the Book of Hebrews should clear up any remaining ambiguity:

~*~ Hebrews 10:26-31 (NKJV) ~*~ WILLFUL, UNREPENTANT SINNERS TRAMPLE CHRIST UNDERFOOT! “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

To clarify these Scriptures, it's important to know that a secret sin or unknown sin is not something we can be condemned for, as Scripture makes it clear that Yahshua's blood covers us from these unknown infractions of the Law, just as the blood of the innocent lambs and bulls that were sacrificed to Yahweh temporarily did so before Yahshua came. But if we are willfully and knowingly sinning, and ignoring the clear teaching of Scripture to lead a holy and blameless life, we are NOT forgiven! WE NEED TO REPENT OR TURN AWAY FROM SIN BEFORE WE CAN BE FORGIVEN, and if we are sinning and refuse to repent, we are condemned by our own refusal to change!

Interestingly, the Old Testament sacrifices that were a dim reflection of Yahshua's sacrifice for us on the Cross were never meant to atone for willful sins that were not repented of or turned away from. Likewise, the willful sins of those who profess to be under the New Covenant of Grace - but will not repent and refuse to stop sinning - are not forgiven either. So I beseech all believers to stop taking a few passages out of context like the "Once Saved, Always Saved" crowd likes to do. Sadly, the erroneous idea of "Eternal Security" can become a license to sin among lukewarm believers, and this flippant disregard of our need to repent of all sin is constantly contradicted and proven wrong in Scripture, where we are told that only the righteous (as in fully repentant and forgiven) among those initially saved by faith in Christ will be allowed into the Kingdom of God.

Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of
The Pillar of Enoch Ministry
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

PLEASE NOTE: This article was followed by a similar article that goes into even more detail about the continual need for repentance in a believer's life whenever their sinful behavior becomes evident to them through the conviction of the Holy Spirit. For those who do not understand my teaching above, or are having trouble understanding what the Bible teaches about sin, I highly recommend reading this longer article that is linked to first in the list below, as well as the second article listed:

WHY WILLFUL SINNERS

WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-willful-sinners-will-not-be-forgiven.html

ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD -

THE THREE GOSPEL STEPS

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

I hope that this article, and the 
linked to articles above will bless many! 
God bless you all! 

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RED ALERT: THE GOG AND MAGOG WAR HAS BEGUN IN SYRIA, AND THE RAPTURE IS IMMINENT!

"Israel, the Great Trumpet of Yahweh" By Helena Lehman
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The Illustration shown here was taken from my 800-page book: "The Language of God in History", and it shows an interesting analogy that can be drawn from the trumpet-like shape and position of the land of Israel when extended and connected to the Sinai Peninsula and the Euphrates River - just as it was in ancient times. Because I saw the imagery of a Shofar in this strip of land, and I tied this Shofar to the prophecy in Isaiah about the Rapture of the Christians perishing in Syria and Iraq, I felt that it would make a great illustration for the following speculative article. After reading it, I hope that you will agree.

The kernel of this story was planted when I was listening to the local TV morning news the other day. This was the day after the Syrian Rebels petitioned the USA for help. Though I'd hoped the USA would not support them further, the US Military did send weapons and supplies to these Rebels that are trying to bring down Syrian President Assad's Regime. THIS IS INSANE, because most of these Rebels are ISIS, which means that our President and our Military are backing the Terrorist enemies of Israel and America in Syria! What's more, these ARE THE SAME ISIS REBELS THAT RUSSIA IS FIGHTING AGAINST!

THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE NOW FIGHTING A PROXY WAR WITH RUSSIA IN SYRIA! Not only that, but Russia has formed its own coalition of forces that includes soldiers from the Chinese, Iranian, and Syrian Military - the same nations that were shown to invade the United States mainland in the Last Days according to Washington's Vision! For this reason, I truly believe that Obama may be the Mahdi that the Muslim Radicals have been waiting for, and that Putin is definitely the Prince of Gog, who rules over Magog (Russia).

What this also means is that the Great Tribulation may be only moments away, and the destruction of Damascus in Syria prophesied about in Isaiah 17 is likely imminent. In addition, the Sixth Seal Worldwide Earthquake, Pole Shift and Crustal Displacement may also be only moments away. So it is possible that the big Asteroid 86666, which just passed the Earth on October 10th, 2015, was just a warning, and only the first volley in a whole slew of close encounters with rogue celestial bodies that are hurtling toward the Earth. Furthermore, these projectiles may be only weeks or months away from impact! If so, they may soon move Earth's axis and cause the Great Sixth Seal Earthquake. Or, as some have speculated, this may be caused by a malfunction of CERN's LHC at that time.

But remember that - with the SUDDEN DESTRUCTION that will come when the Sixth Seal Pole Shift and Great Earthquake take place, and with the brutal end to the false peace that the world has been clamoring to secure - the WRATH OF GOD will have officially begun, and this means that THE RAPTURE IS IMMINENT! So right now WE ALL need to be petitioning God with prayer, and repenting of our sins while there is still time to secure our place in the RAPTURE! Maranatha my fellow believers!

It can't be long now, especially because it is very likely that this October 14th is the REAL ROSH HASHANAH or the Feast of Trumpets. This error in pinpointing the Feast of Trumpets came about because the Jews are no longer fully following their ancient Solar-Lunar Calendar, and are ignoring the Solar Equinox markers that govern their Spring and Autumn Lunar Feasts. Furthermore, a PERFECT rendition of Revelation 12's SIGN OF THE WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN - which may be the final SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN - will appear in the heavens on that very day! Here is an illustration of her that I made recently:

The Woman Clothed With The Sun of October 14th, 2015
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To Read more about the Sign of the Woman Clothed With The Sun, and how she may be related to the heavenly Sign of the Son of Man spoken of by Yahshua in Matthew Chapter 24, please read the following articles linked to below:

Powerful Prophetic Signs In The Heavens From 

September 2015 Through September 2017 - 

What They May Mean For Christ's Bride

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/09/powerful-prophetic-signs-in-heavens.html

Jupiter the Star of Bethlehem In Leo From 

June to Mid August 2015: Is This Part of the 

Sign of the Son of Man Heralding the Rapture?

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/07/jupiter-star-of-bethlehem-in-leo-from.html

I am so looking forward to the RAPTURE, and I pray that it will be this Wednesday, October 14th or Thursday October 15th. Intriguingly, October 14th is a Wednesday, which is the middle of the week. This is significant because, since Yahshua rose from the dead before Sunday morning, He likely died on the Cross on the Wednesday prior, and would have been buried that Wednesday night.

So it could very well be, that if the Rapture is connected to the Feast of Trumpets, that it will be on Wednesday night! Of course, the Feast of Trumpets is kept for two days, so a Thursday rapture is also possible - if - and only if - God planned to Rapture or Catch Up the Bride of Christ and the Wise Virgins at the Feast of Trumpets. But since we don't know for certain - it is only a happy speculation that WE COULD BE IN  HEAVEN CELEBRATING THE WEDDING OF THE LAMB  in a few short days!

I AM SO EXCITED EVERYONE! :-D MARANATHA, AND MAY OUR LOVING FATHER GOD BLESS YOU ALL WITH HIS PEACE, HOPE AND JOY, NO MATTER HOW LONG WE HAVE TO WATCH AND WAIT!!

Your Sister In Yahshua,
Helena Lehman​ of
The Pillar of Enoch Ministry​
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

Related Article in the News:

The Surprising Connections Between 

Sukkot and the War of Gog and Magog

http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/50054/surprising-connections-between-sukkot-war-gog-magog-jewish-world/#cDc9JsXB3o6zHXww.97

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To learn more about my book “The Language of God in History”,

where my illustration for this article came from, please visit the page

of my POEM Ministry web site linked to below:

Introduction to “The Language of God in History​”:

http://www.pillar-of-enoch.com/Language_of_God_in_History/

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Does the Roman Catholic Church Pray to Lucifer?

A Critical Analysis of the Exsultet, by Helena Lehman

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I have been asked if the Roman Catholic Church is actually singing or praying to Lucifer or the Devil in their hymn called the “Exsultet”, which is sung or recited at Easter Vigil Masses. This is because there are two instances of the Latin word “Lucifer” that appear in one paragraph of the hymn. After researching this hymn, I found that it is supposedly dedicated to Yahshua or Jesus Christ our Savior, but there are several clues within the hymn that this may not be the case at all. Let me explain what I found out that leads me to say this.

First of all, I found out that the Latin word that can mean “shining one”, “light bearer”, or “morning star” in connection to the planet Venus is “Lucifer”, and Yahshua or Jesus was called “the bright and Morning Star” in Revelation 22:16. This title for Yahshua is also implied in 2 Peter 1:19 and Revelation 2:28. Furthermore, the Greek word “Christos” or “Christ” is not a name but a title that means “Anointed”, which is, in turn, taken from the Hebrew word “Mashiach” or “Messiah”, which also means “Anointed”. In ancient times, kings and priests were anointed with costly oils as a sign of their authority and office. So the word “Christ” can mean anyone who is viewed as a messiah, priest or king, rather than being a reference to Yahshua or Jesus alone.

Now this is where my quest to discover what the Exsultet Hymn is really saying gets interesting. According to Wikipedia, the Exsultet is sung over a candle as it is carried into the Church sanctuary, and the candle is meant to represent the light of Christ shining in the darkness. This long hymn ends with an enigmatic paragraph containing the word “Lucifer” not once, but twice in relation to “Christ”, but not specifically to the Christ or Messiah that is Yahshua or Jesus. According to Wikipedia, the English translation of the portion of the Exsultet that mentions Lucifer appears below:

“Therefore, O Lord,

we pray you that this candle,

hallowed to the honour of your name,

may persevere undimmed,

to overcome the darkness of this night.

Receive it as a pleasing fragrance,

and let it mingle with the lights of heaven.

May this flame be found still burning

by the Morning Star:

the one Morning Star who never sets,

Christ your Son,

who, coming back from death's domain,

has shed his peaceful light on humanity,

and lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Amen.”

In particular, I now want to focus on a portion of the above paragraph from the Exsultet. Please note that I have included some of the Latin phrases from which the English translation was derived in parentheses for clarification. Here is the section of the Exsultet that is of the most interest:

“May this flame be found still burning

by the Morning Star (Lucifer):

the one Morning Star (Lucifer) who never sets,

Christ your Son (Christus Fílius tuus),

who, coming back from death's domain,

has shed his peaceful light on humanity...”

Knowing that "Morning Star" can be a reference to Yahshua or Jesus, the wording of this hymn suggests that it is dedicated to Him due to the addition of the word “Christ”. Nonetheless, the word Christ is non-specific. In addition, “Lucifer”- as an epithet for the Devil - was also connected to the King of Babylon, and by association, with Satan himself in the Bible's book of Isaiah, Chapter 14, where it says:

“How you are fallen from heaven,

O Lucifer, son of the morning!

How you are cut down to the ground,

You who weakened the nations!

13 For you have said in your heart:

‘I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;

I will also sit on the mount of the congregation

On the farthest sides of the north;

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,

I will be like the Most High.’

15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,

To the lowest depths of the Pit.”

That is why many have pointed to the wording of the Exsultet hymn as a hint that the Catholic Church may see Lucifer or the Devil as their “christ” or anointed savior. Unfortunately, the English translation of this enigmatic Latin prayer or hymn could certainly be interpreted that way, but no one really knows for certain if that is how it is interpreted in the higher echelons of the Roman Catholic Church.

It also does not help to exonerate the Catholic Church in that there are a couple more disturbing clues that this hymn may be dedicated to a christ or messiah other than Jesus or Yahshua. In that final stanza or paragraph of the Exsultet, for example, there is a reference to “this flame” that is “still burning”, and we are supposed to take this as a reference to Yahshua as the “great light” shining in the darkness in Matthew 4:16 and Isaiah 9:2, although the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 9, verses 43 and 45 refers to Hell as “the fire that shall never be quenched”. Furthermore, this stanza in the Exsultet refers to “death's domain”, which is a reference to the place that Yahshua or Jesus avoided remaining in by being resurrected from the dead. It is therefore a reference to Hades or Hell, where the Devil - as the instigator of, or catalyst behind human death - traditionally was believed to rule and reside.

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Another VERY troubling thing that I found out about this Catholic Prayer in Latin is the Exsultet reference to “the Morning Star that never sets”. As far as I know, the only part of the sky that never sets anywhere in the world north of the Earth's Equator (making it visible year-round to all the most populated areas of the world) is the sky above Earth's northern polar regions. There, the portion of the sky that never sets literally appears to revolve around the North Star called Polaris, which is framed by the gigantic, serpentine constellation called Draco the Dragon. To follow what I am saying in regard to the Gospel in the Stars about Yahshua, please refer to the graphic taken from my book “The Language of God in Prophecy” above this paragraph, which depicts the spiritual meaning of the constellation Draco in relation to other near-by constellations.

This malevolent serpent constellation called Draco signifies Satan's usurpation of God's reign over the Earth, and it wraps around Ursa Minor, where the current North Star Polaris is located. What's more, several thousand years ago, the Pole Star or “star that never sets” was actually “Thuban”, a star within Draco the Dragon. Also troubling is the fact that Draco is a Star Gospel symbol meant to depict the Red Dragon in Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation - the same Red Dragon or Scarlet Beast that Mystery Babylon - or the Roman Catholic Church - is riding upon in Revelation, Chapter 17:

Revelation 12:3-4 ~ “And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.” 

Revelation 17:1-6 ~ “Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written: 

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH. 

6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.”

In particular, note my quote from Revelation Chapter 12, where the Red Dragon is clearly associated with Draco the Dragon because it is a sign that appears in heaven, which is not a reference to the heaven where God dwells, but to the skies surrounding our Earth! In addition, Isaiah Chapter 14 refers to the place where Lucifer wants to dwell as “the mount of the congregation, on the farthest sides of the north”. This is peculiar in that the farthest sides of the North could be a reference to the most northern parts of the Earth in the direction of the North Pole, where the constellation Draco the Dragon can be seen lording it over the sheep pens of God's people denoted by the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, also known as the Big Dipper and Little Dipper. These star “dippers” were actually seen as two sheep pens in ancient times, and they are therefore tied directly to two groups of sheep, disciples or followers that the Dragon or Satan seeks to destroy.

So this reference to Lucifer as a star that “never sets” could be a reference to Draco or Satan as the Red Dragon or Scarlet Beast connected to the wicked kingdom of the Antichrist and the Harlot Church that helped to form it. Based on the history of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church as a persecutor of true Christians and Jews rather than a friend to them, there may be more to this charge that the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests of the RCC worship Lucifer rather than Yahshua or Jesus than most people imagine.

Of course, my reason for suspecting a Satanic connection to Catholic liturgy is not just based on this one hymn. As an Ex-Catholic, I can tell you much more about the Roman Catholic Church and its heretical practices that mock and deny the true doctrines surrounding biblical Christianity as practiced by the first apostles and disciples in the Church. A good, detailed book in print on the subject is Dave Hunt's "A Woman Rides The Beast", which is available at Amazon.com, as well as my own book at Amazon: "The Language of God in Humanity", which does much to demolish the false teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. My book can be purchased at my Ministry web site, and you can learn more about it using the link below:

Introduction to “The Language of God in Humanity”:

http://www.pillar-of-enoch.com/Language_of_God_in_Humanity/

For those who are not familiar with the Roman Catholic Church's connection to Mystery Babylon and the Harlot that rides the Scarlet Beast of Revelation Chapter 17, and can't afford to buy a book, please read the following free articles on my blog:

UNDERSTANDING THE TWO BEASTS OF 

REVELATION, CHAPTERS 13 AND 17

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2012/12/understanding-two-beasts-of-revelation.html

WAS BISHOP TONY PALMER MURDERED 

DUE TO HIS DESIRE TO SEE BORN AGAIN CATHOLICS?

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/07/was-bishop-tony-palmer-murdered-due-to.html

THE HIDDEN MEANING OF THE ACRONYM "ISIS"

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-hidden-meaning-of-acronym-isis.html

Your Sister In Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of
The Pillar of Enoch Ministry
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

To learn more about my book “The Language of God in Prophecy”, 

where my Star Gospel Graphic for this article came from, please
visit the page of my POEM Ministry web site linked to below:

Introduction to “The Language of God in Prophecy”:

http://www.pillar-of-enoch.com/Language_of_God_in_Prophecy/

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BAD WEATHER NOT HAARP RELATED, BUT A SIGN OF GOD'S JUDGMENT!

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For those conspiracy theorists assuming that Hurricane Joaquin, and every other storm of note over the past few years have been largely mad-made, I'd like to share the following information. From what I have discovered, the current human technology that exists behind the creation of clouds and storm systems involves using aircraft to chemically seed the sky to produce cloud cover, which could then generate into a rain shower or Thunderstorm over a small area. But the costly amount of chemicals and aircraft fuel, and the large area required to create a hurricane spanning hundreds of miles is beyond mankind's ability to do at this time - at least on a regular basis.

I also went to Wikipedia recently and read that the HAARP facility in Alaska, which was the largest one of its kind in the world, was completely shut down in 2013 due to its immense cost to operate. If this is true, then the storms that have been affecting the Earth in the past few years have nothing to do with HAARP! Like many others, I was once convinced that at least some bad storms might be HAARP related. But there have been increasingly bad storms all over the world in recent times, and there is no HAARP tower array anywhere in the world that could be causing all of these storms.

Of course, the argument that thunderstorms, lightning storms, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and hail storms are increasing and becoming more violent due to "Global Warming" or "Climate Change" is also frequently used to dismiss God's involvement in human affairs at this time. But as I explained in a recent article, Climate Change does have a very real spiritual connection. Here is a link to that article:

A SPIRITUAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-spiritual-response-to-climate-change.html

Also, for those who do not think God will judge mankind with foul weather and other so-called natural disasters until the final Great Tribulation, my related article linked to below gives Biblical instances where God's Judgment was said to come to Israel and her enemies via cataclysmic weather, droughts, earthquakes, and fires:

IS BAD WEATHER A SIGN OF GOD’S DISPLEASURE?

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/08/is-bad-weather-sign-of-gods-displeasure_29.html

So, as I have said in the past, and will say again, we are living in the End Times, and it is not man's technology, but God's Judgment of all mankind for their unrepentant sin that is being revealed through the terrible storms, floods, hurricanes, fires, droughts, earthquakes, sinkholes, and volcanic eruptions of the past few years. Incidentally, the name "Joaquin" means "Jehovah has established" in Hebrew, and I am sure that it was no accident that the Atlantic hurricane that began over the Bahamas in October of 2015 bears that name!

Your Sister in Yahshua,

Helena Lehman​ of
The Pillar of Enoch Ministry​
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

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