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'''Revelation Ch 2 vers 11'''

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death. (Revelation 2:11—NIV)

Not everyone has an ear to hear in our day. This is because the ability to see and to hear comes only as we keep the commandments of Christ and His Apostles and walk in righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God. Unfortunately righteous, holy, obedient behavior is not often taught in the Christian churches. In its place is offered the mythological "God sees you through Christ and you can never be lost no matter how you behave."

The statement "He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death" needs a great deal of attention in our day.

The first consideration is: we don't think of people being "hurt" by the second death but rather of their being cast into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever.

The second consideration is: only the overcomer, the victorious saint, has the guarantee in writing of not being hurt by the second death. This means that the believer who is not living a victorious life, which is true of the majority of believers in America at the present time, has no guarantee of not being hurt at all by the second death, whatever this expression means.

When the believers of our day hear about what it means to live victoriously in Christ they say "This is too strict. This is too hard."

They say this because their teachers and pastors are telling them all they have to do is love everybody and if they sin Jesus will forgive them. Maybe this is the modern version of the victorious Christian life.

Christianity is due for a massive shakeup. Instead of a rapture there is going to be a rupture, a breaking open of the prisons of unclean spirits that refer to themselves as the Christian churches. Whether they are Catholic or Protestant, God is ready to clean house. All immorality, covetousness, greediness, hatred, gossip, slander, backbiting, divisiveness, drunkenness, slothfulness, self-seeking, haughtiness, arrogance must be driven from our midst.

Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. (Isaiah 52:11—NIV)

All the corruption in the churches of today is there because we Christians have not entered salvation through the cross of Christ. We talk about the cross, we may wear a cross around our neck, we may wave a cross at the demon-possessed in order to drive out the unclean spirit, we may even trust in the blood of the cross as the atonement for our sins. But our Christian life does not begin until we go to the cross and die with Jesus, and then rise with Him to the right hand of the Father.

Because crucifixion and resurrection with Jesus Christ are not being emphasized in our day we have multitudes of believers who believe in Christ, speak in tongues, and exercise other gifts of the Spirit, but are vulnerable to deception because they have never given over their self-life to crucifixion. They are very much alive in the adamic nature. Therefore they are an imitation of Christ. Christ does not know them. They are not part of Himself. The Spirit of God has fallen on their flesh but they themselves, although they claim to be born again, have never actually been born again because Adam is still alive.

Christian teaching for the most part is Gnosticism plus an assortment of myths, such as "Jesus is coming to take His waiting bride to Heaven." But God in His goodness and love has come to us in America and is ready to purge His churches with Divine fire.

There is no reason you cannot maintain your position at the right hand of God and return with Him at His appearing. But you will have to turn from the carnality, sin, and self-seeking in today's churches and seek Christ with all your might—diligently, consistently, at all times.

You will have to enter through the cross.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:14—NIV)


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