Monday, 31 August 2015

Salvation Explained



    What is Salvation? Salvation is not merely saying the sinner's prayer. Salvation begun at Exodus 19:4-6, when God offered the Israelites to be his Kingdom, his Holy Nation; "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."
    Through this arrangement, Salvation was offered to the Israelites. But what if th...ey make mistakes? Gave in to temptation? That is Why God gave them the Law of Moses and Levitical Sacrifices. The Levitical Sacrifices acted as an atonement, by using blood of Bulls and Goats, to cover sins on an annual basis. However, Israel failed to keep up; having fallen into idolatry, they forsook the Levitical Rituals. As a result, their sins were no longer covered, and the penalty of violating God's Law was harshly implemented on them.
    God sent Jesus as the one perfect sacrifice to take away our sins once and for all. Under this new covenant, if we make mistakes or give in to temptation, we are covered under the blood of Jesus (1 Jn 2:1-2). However, this atonement is offered only to those who are born again to his Kingdom. Consistent with God's offer in Exodus 19:4-6, those who are born again will obey his commandments (1 Jn 2:3-6). Those who does not have a heart for God will not obey his commandments, and thus do not have the atonement. This is Salvation, and the end, is Eternal Life (Rom 2:6-7, Gal 6:8). This same Salvation, is then offered to us, the Gentiles (Rom 11:11).

The distorted Good Samaritan


Theme : Rapture on the 3rd day

JP's Reference: John 2:1

1. 1:50-5:00
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. - John 2:1
After the 3rd day is the marriage supper, in which the rapture will happen. We are now in the 3rd day.  After the Rapture there is going to be a 7 year tribulation whereby Jewish Remnant will be left behind. This has nothing to do with John 2:1. In fact, there are no bible references that supports pre-tribulation rapture and the Jews left behind to suffer. Does it even exist in the bible? Well, Joseph Prince had to make up something of his own to justify it.

2. 5:00-6:00
Firstly, science tell us that no matter how much you compress time, water can never be to turned into wine! They are totally of different matter composition. Secondly, science aside, what has this got to do with the rapture? This is a divergent.

3. 6:00-17:00

Luke 10:25-37. The biggest twist of God's word. Who is the Good Samaritan? Look at what Jesus said:

29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” - Luke 10:29

36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?” 37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.” - Luke 10:36-37

If the Good Samaritan is Jesus, and the Injured man is us, why didn't Jesus say, "I will do to you likewise."? Why did Jesus say, "Go and DO likewise? Because the tradition view is correct, the Good Samaritan is what God want us to be; the good neighbour, and the injured man is the one whom we ought to help. Consider this:

31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy[c] angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You,or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 “Then they also will answer Him,[d] saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Who does God expect to feed the poor and cloth the naked? It's us, not himself.

4. 17:00-18:35

Superficial reading? More like plain reading. Joseph Prince is reading too much, the Samaritan is the Lord?? This is called Absurd!

18:20 - "Go and do Likewise, it means, Go and Love the Samaritan", "If you have eyes to see, the Samaritan is the Lord." Huh?? I can see this with eye opened wide and know that the Samaritan is what the Lord wants us to DO!

5. 18:35-23:25
He converts every bible story that has 3rd days into a prophetic word of pre-rapture. Nowhere in the bible that talks about Pre-tribulation rapture. Let's examine the truth:

29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. - Matt 24:29-31
He will GATHER, Jesus DID NOT mention a rapture at all.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. - 1 Cor 15:50-52

Notice? At the Last Trumpet. Is the last Trumpet before the Great Tribulation?

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I sawthe souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a[a] thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. - Rev 20:4-6

There is a 1000 Year Millennial Rule of Jesus Christ. If there we are rapture into heaven, are we coming back down to Earth with Jesus? Or will we live in Heaven while Jesus rules on earth? Or the 1000 Year Millennial Rule will take place in heaven?

Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. - Rev 20:7-8

So the answer is obvious, the Millennial Rule is on Earth, Christ will come down, and the Saints will lived and reigned with Christ for a[a] thousand years. So if there is a rapture, then we will have to come back down to earth after the Great Tribulation.

22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the first fruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. - 1 Cor 15:22-24

After the 1000 year rule, Christ will hand over the Kingdom to God the Father.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. - 1 Thess 4:15-18


"Caught up" is the same as "Gather" in Matt 24:31. At the sound of the last trumpet, He will gather his elect, possibly a form of rapture, but not to heaven, but a place on Earth where all the saints will rule with him.

Jospeh Prince has just turned a beautiful story of God's command for us to help people in need, into a prophetic heresy.

Confess is confess, let's not wrangle with words.

9 If we CONFESS our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9

Joseph Prince taught that the word CONFESS is the word homologeó ( Strong's Greek 3670, ὁμολογέω) which is defined as to speak the same, to agree. Hence to be in "agreement" with Christ, it means you agree that "you are already forgiven"!! Well, There are 2 basic flaws in this definition:

1. Well, one thing you have to understand about Strong's definition is, there is a general meaning, there is also a specific definition for specific verses. One cannot simply pluck in any definition he desires to express the point he wants. So what is the specific meaning for 1 John 1:9?

b. not to deny, i. e. to confess; declare: joined with οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι, followed by direct discourse with recitative ὅτι, John 1:20; followed by ὅτι, Hebrews 11:13; τίνι τί, ὅτι, Acts 24:14; to confess, i. e. to admit or declare oneself guilty of what one is accused of: τάς ἁμαρτίας, 1 John 1:9 (Sir. 4:26).

Let me highlight : "to confess, i. e. to admit or declare oneself guilty of what one is accused of: τάς ἁμαρτίας, 1 John 1:9 (Sir. 4:26). "

Is that clear enough? http://biblehub.com/greek/3670.htm

2. Yes, maybe you prefer to use the meaning "to agree with". So what did Jesus say about our sins? Freely forgiven without any responsibility on our part?

14 Blessed are those DO THIS COMMANDMENTS,[g] that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But[h] outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. - Revelations 22:14-15

Repentance is part and parcel of the Gospel. This is not a matter to be taken lightly or brushed aside. It's your eternality at stake, and those whom you shepherd. Stop listening to the unsound teaching of Joseph Prince.