Surviving an American Church Split

In his book entitled "Exit Interviews," William D. Hendricks writes something astonishing: "Almost all growth reported by North American churches today is the corollary of church switching and birthrate within the churches rather than conversion growth."

He's referring to change growth rather than new converts. In other words, it's easier to go to a cafeteria and order baked fish than to catch and clean our own.

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Over 3800 American churches close their doors annually throughout the Usa. The reasons for these closures run the gamut: real or perceived pastoral incompetency, strife, infidelity in leadership marriages, lack of financial integrity, doctrinal discrepancies, power struggles, persecution, congregational distrust or disappointment (only 43% of Christians surveyed say they fully trust their church), selecting sides on any issue, and more. It's no hidden that church splits enforce damage upon the army of God. Things like divorce, death or sickness of a popular leader, job transfers, college relocation, military reassignment and the like, wreak havoc upon the rank and file Believer. All of these situations leave the midpoint Christian scratching his or her head in bewilderment as their brothers and sisters in Christ leave their fellowship, never to return.

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Is it a "bad" thing for the members of a church congregation to scatter like this? At first glance, yes. But it depends on one's perspective. Sure, it hurts, causing great emotional pain. Though it's true, in accordance with Scripture, that if one smites the shepherd, the sheep will scatter, the "scattering of the sheep" has been happening since the early days of the church, often without any shepherd-smiting at all. Either it was straight through the influential obscuring brought upon the Church by the Judaizers (Galatians 1:7; 2:14; 3:1) or the persecution and subsequent scattering of the Church at the hands of the Romans under Nero's reign while which Peter was martyred, God was never left wringing His hands, anxiously trying to outline out what His next move was going to be. The Jewish-Roman wars of A.D. 66-70 also contributed to the scattering of the saints.

For the first two centuries of the Church, the Apostle Paul and others journeyed forth across the known world to spread the Gospel. As a corollary of former scatterings, while remaining true to their faith in Christ, scattered believers had been divinely positioned, ready to receive these traveling evangelists into their homes and give them provisions for their journey as they went forth preaching the Gospel and as the Kingdom of God prolonged to advance. Again, consideration how the Church had been strategically placed, straight through persecution, to disciple new converts as they came into being. These people would not have been there to receive the evangelists, had they not been scattered by persecution or any other face work on that had caused their once-cozy groups to split up. God is always in control.

What Makes A Church Split A Bad Thing?

For starters, there's the shipwrecked faith of the weaker Christians that so often occurs. Sadly, many Christians will abandon the faith altogether in the face of a Church split, disillusioned as they observe those whom they saw as "solid" Christian leaders suddenly picking up stakes and walking out the door. For anyone with shallow roots, Satan can use a church split to spiritually destroy the most vulnerable. For babes in Christ, seeing the world straight through rose-colored eyes, nothing on Earth can correlate to the sweet fellowship from which they've found nourishment. Suddenly, boundaries become obscured. Friends become enemies. Brothers become adversaries. And another church-attender goes down with the ship.

Another unfortunate corollary of a church split is that most of those in pastoral roles will, statistically, never return to full-time pastoral ministry after they lose a church or are uncerimoniously drummed out of the corps. In fact, though they still articulate a relationship with God, the statistics are alarmingly high concerning those ministers who never even join another congregation, much less pastor another flock. Even in these instances, however, it is becoming more and more coarse to observe licensed and ordained ministers working in our midst as salesmen, floor managers, telemarketers, etc. Once again, God's people have been strategically positioned to shine the light of Christ into the darkened life of their coworkers - those who spend more time at work than they do at home - and the Faith at Work Movement is spreading like wildfire. No one leaves their problems at home. A battered wife is still a battered wife at the office. A dad whose daughter turned up pregnant still has a broken heart while managing his crew. I served for 5 years as a workplace chaplain myself and found that ministry quite fulfilling and appreciated by the staff.

What Good Can Come Of A Church Split?

To answer this, we must first identify that God is more concerned with our individual character than He is in our comfort. Satan and God have one thing in common, friends... They're Both trying to kill us. That's right. The only good Christian is a dead one! We Must decrease in order for Jesus to Increase. In other words, the world must see more of Him shining straight through our lives than they see of Us. We have Nothing to offer that matters in light of eternity also He Who lives in us, the Spirit of God.

So, what are we made of? How strong are our Christian marriages? How strong is our church? How strong is the sweet fellowship of the saints? Rest assured, the dreaded "rub" will come. all Will be tested. It Must be tested. Tried by fire. The Refiner'S fire; the fire that causes the dross to rise to the top as the silver is purified, allowing the silversmith to see His own reflection in the product, testifying to its readiness for use. See, the Lord only builds with fireproof materials. As the hay, wood and stubble are burned into ashes, once the smoke clears, stone and silver are all that remain. So, burn, baby, burn! Jesus was tested and we will be, too.

That Christian who stands praying while his popular church is crumbling, and remains rigorous to the Kingdom of God Regardless of what happens to a construction made of brick and mortar, has received the highest order of strength, right from the foundries of Heaven. It's the grace of God. When unjust persecution comes, when unjustified crucifixion becomes our lot, we can call upon this grace to empower us so that we may remain true to the cause of our Christ, regardless of circumstances. Only the Spirit of God can keep us on course. We can not live vicariously straight through our godly, spirit-filled ministers. Our Christianity cannot be typified by our worship style, preacher's gifting, size of assembly, cost of the sanctuary, or the scope of our pastor's Tv ministry. We must resist the deceptive reasoning that God is so enthralled with our particular church group and its challenging ministries that He no longer sees us as individuals.

Part 2

Have It God'S Way

God says a really strange thing in Exodus 23:38. He states that He will drive out the enemies of Israel by sending hornets. In other words, God would dispose it so that the Israelites would not even have to fire a shot - their enemies would be "bugged" to death. Dream an army of hornets, lined up, stingers at the ready, awaiting the directive of Earth's supreme Commander and creator to drive out Israel's enemies. Just crazy enough to work! But it's an order that never came. Unfortunately, for the Israelites, it seemed too easy an answer to too big of a problem. So, in all their wisdom, they chose to fight their own battles rather than trusting in the same God that had delivered them from Egypt using flies, frogs, and then fed them with manna from Heaven and quail every night. The result? Nearly forty years later, it was their children, not they themselves, who would enter the Promised Land.

The point? God's ways are not our ways. They're much Higher than ours. Victory can be ours only when the battle is the Lord's. He will share His glory with no man. In the midst of the pain and suffering inflicted upon one's soul while a church split, Dream a seemingly silly thing like prayer serving as a balm for the soul. Yes! Pray for those who are siding against you! No one can hate the one they're praying for - no more than we can despise a garden over which we might toil. We'll chase away the rodents, we'll water and weed and, ultimately, rejoice as the field bears fruit. But we can never hate that over which we toil in prayer. God is able to cause our most enemies to be at peace with us.

This Is A Test!

Beware. The day of accident is advent to your congregation or denominational camp. It Has to. The thing Must be tested by fire. When discord and backbiting, disunion and disharmony abound, how will we guide ourselves? Amazingly, in my feel with church splits, I've noticed that both sides feel quite justified in pulling out the sacred Word of God and using it to bludgeon one another. The Scripture, intended to bring Life, now yields only death among the saints at the hands of all out civil war. Which group's convictions are from the Lord? When is an issue leading enough to abandon all attempts at unity and reconciliation? There was never any greater act of injustice than that which took place on Calvary, the day of our Savior's crucifixion. Peter didn't speak out against it. He wasn't the only disciple not to utter a word in protest. Jesus was led "as a lamb to slaughter" and did not even effort to defend Himself. Even God turned His head as He could not even look upon Jesus, Who became sin personified on the cross for our sakes.

In light of this truth, what critical, all-important, "paramount" issues are we debating over in the midst of our own congregations right now? Folks, our commission is to "go and make disciples." If our focus were upon that and Only that, living our lives in such a way before men that we might win some, functioning as epistles read by all, there wouldn't be time, or the need, to lobby and legislate against sin by political means. We wouldn't have the energy to debate the color of the carpet. We're supposed to be manufacture the world jealous for what we've found in Jesus. Instead, we've allowed ourselves to be transformed from a counter-culture to merely another sub-culture with a political agenda, quoting verses at a world that doesn't even answer the Book from which those verses came.

They see our disharmony and they are Not impressed.

Going Out Of Business, Or Divine Closure?

Many years ago, in Fort Worth, Texas, I had the privilege of experiencing an official, God-ordained, church closing. In this situation, the pastor testified to receiving a vision from God while out of town at the same time the church leadership team was having dreams and confirmations, all pointing to the fact that God was instructing them to shut down their church. Both parties confirmed the testimony of the other that God was leading them to forever close their doors. Why was God leading these people to do such a thing? The people were happy, they were reaching their neighborhood, they loved each other and had a good thing going. What could have been the reason? Quite simply, the Lord had new work for each of its members to attend to.

The "closure" assistance was held in the nearnessy of several other churches with whom this particular group had been relating to for some time, together with the team on which I had served. Many people were eventually absorbed into these loving churches with which they had established a relationship. The pastor spoke; the other leaders, too. One elder told of how God enabled them to become debt-free in a very short duration of time and even give their long-time, rigorous secretary some severance money over and above her final check. Members of the congregation performed a one-act play, each actor displaying one of the many emotions that were really being felt by the church's soon-to-be former congregants.

Strangely, the estimate one comment I heard from the moist-eyed attendants was "I wonder how many Other churches should have fulfilled, their doors years ago?" Frankly, I wondered that myself.

Ironically, though I left the church I helped design while it was in its seventh year to corollary the call of God to my current home town, two years later, in its ninth year, on Easter Sunday, that church, too, had a closure assistance of its own.

Though many people from my own prior congregation have scattered, the fact is, as the lovely faces of scores of people flash straight through my mind, to my knowledge, nothing but good has come of these closings. I speak with many of them via email and telephone and I'm delighted by the praise reports I've heard. Interestingly, the financial blessing that has occurred in many of their lives has been the most sure good to come of it.

Whose Kingdom Is It Anyway?

Folks, this thing we call Christianity is all about Jesus Christ. He alone is all any person really needs, Either they know it or not. We can quote Scriptures till our halo burns out, argue and Scripture-whip the unbeliever silly. It's futile for we cannot intellectualize a man into salvation.

If lost people need Jesus and Him only, guess what the Christian needs? Guess what the church needs? You guessed it.... Christ! And nothing else will satisfy. Not even a new carpeting or re-striping the parking lot.

Jesus is rigorous to unblemished what He began. He will never leave or forsake us. He didn't come to design a denomination or build a cathedral. He created this thing we call "The Church," the ekklesia in Greek (meaning "called out ones"). As with creation in general, Jesus created it and He holds it all together.

Here's a newsflash: No matter how extraordinary your personal or corporate church circumstances may appear to be, they're going to get worse.

You read that correctly.

As we grow in our relationship with Christ and He increases in us, He also increases the scope of His dealings with us. Again, it's character, not relieve that God desires for His kids. He wants to conform us to the image of His Son and nothing burns away human flesh like a baptism by holy fire.

When the seas of turmoil and obscuring begin to swirl uncontrollably within your church, forget about digging into your church leadership's bag o' tricks. Instead, find your true north. We must rule how Jesus would have handled the matter (in a word, "crucifixion"), and do likewise. Here's the battle plan: 1) love unconditionally all with a pulse 2) relentlessly forgive, right and left, preferring others to ourselves 3) with wreckless abandon, empathize with others and strive for unity, and 4) focus entirely on Jesus, the Way, as the sole solution.

Find out what the opposition needs... And Give it to them! Go exceedingly beyond what they could have ever thinkable, you to do. Then, hide and watch.

What God does next will amaze every person concerned.

Part 3

Church Wars: A Kingdom Divided

There are many reasons why church wars begin. Though there are times that the issues may be primary and involve the spiritual integrity of the church., generally, we choose sides over very insignificant issues.

For example, I've been told there is a church down South with a roof that's green on one side and red on the other. This was done because some members of the church adamantly wanted green and other members adamantly wanted red. The difference was so intense that the church was going to split because of it. Finally, a compromise was reached. Unfortunately, the red and green roof is a monument to the community of the kind of silly disjointedness they might find if they become a part of the Body of Christ.

In relationships, whenever we see "the other side" as the problem, we've been deceived. people are never the problem. The problem is the problem. We assault each other when we should join military in attacking the problem. Likewise, church problems are Not the Church's real problem. They are a indication of illness of a much deeper problem. The color of the shingles was not the issue tearing the church apart. Yes, it may have been the issue that caused the friction, but the church had other issues that needed to be addressed, and probably still does. Yet, in our desire to choose the path of least resistance, we opt for putting band-aids on that which requires major surgery. In essence, we prolong the agony of the inevitable. Usually, the underlining problems are very involved and have been in improvement for generations.

A congregation experiencing primary problems over "superficial" issues should seek outside, objective help. This is where the role of a church-planting apostle can be invaluable. If this is not part of your denomination's organizational make-up, a trusted senior leader may serve just as well. Sadly, just as some struggling married couples are reluctant to seek help, most churches function in the same way. They see a invite for face help is an admission that they can't handle their own problems. They see it as a sign of frailness rather than a inherent position of empowerment. A church pastor or leadership team believes they should be about the firm of helping others and don't want to admit that they need help themselves. The sad reality is that, by Not seeking help, those they notion they were helping may be hurt beyond repair as the corollary of a church split.

Though I pray God's grace upon you should you ever face the ugliness of a church split, the reality is that most Christians will have this feel at least once. Either you define "church" as the steepled construction or Either yours is of the cozy "home group" variety, where humans are concerned, disagreements are bound to erupt. They'll know we are Christians - not merely church-attenders- by our love for one another. When we who have the Bible and the Holy Spirit as our Guide and teacher openly display to our community that we are unable to get along, what hope can we offer to the world? We must make them jealous for what we've supposedly discovered straight through our relationship with God straight through Jesus Christ.

Otherwise, the Church shall remain the #1 cause of atheism on planet Earth.

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2012 And the 7 dimension End Time Prophecies

Imagine - Stephen Hawking, who some have called the "Einstein of Today," preaching in the inner city streets of London - wearing a sandwich board sign that proclaims, "Repent for the End is Near."

Does that sound unlikely to happen? Well maybe, inspecting that Mr. Hawking just wrote in his new book: "The Grand Design," - that the laws of physics legitimately don't need a God to explain the creation (or the destruction) of the universe: "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will originate itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the guess there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist. It is not valuable to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going" (Stephen Hawking).

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However, many other scientists these days are taking more of a prophetic position when discussing 2012. There are presently 7 zealous groups (see below) preaching that the end of days will come in less than 26 months (December, 2012), and 5 of these groups - are from the scientific community.

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7 Signs Predicting the End of Days in 2012

1. The Earth's Magnetic Field - Scientists predict that the earth's magnetic fields (north and south poles) that shield us from most of the sun's radiation will swap places in 2012, causing sufficient ultraviolet rays to kill everything that it touches (nasa.gov).

2. Sun Storms - Solar experts from around the world who monitor the sun are reporting that solar storms have recently been bombarding the earth with a lot of radiation vigor that has been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. They are calculating that this operation will get worse and predict that it will reach its deadly peak in the year 2012 (nasa.gov).

3. Super Volcano - Scientists record that the Yellowstone National Park volcano in the United States is steadily building up pressure. It has a pattern of erupting every 700,000 years, and we are way overdue. Geologists are predicting its next Big Bang in 2012, will fill the atmosphere with ash, block the sun and plunge the earth into a icy winter that could last up to 17,000 years (nasca.org).

4. The Atom Smasher - European Scientists are building the world's biggest particle accelerator designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick. Scientists around the world are predicting disastrous results when this engine is turned on for its first serious experiment in 2012. They believe that it could originate mini black holes that would crush the earth into a super-dense blob the size of a watermelon (cbsnews.com).

5. The Physicists - Berkley University physicists have carefully that the earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event, and they have calculated and thinkable, with a 99% certainty that we're all going to die in 2012 (millerinstitute.berkeley.edu).

6. The Mayan Calendar - The Mayans were the first to predict the end of the world on December 21, 2012. They were very good at building extremely spoton astrological tool out of stone, and they managed to guess the distance of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out - thousands of years ago. Some are saying that since they were able to guess the lunar cycle - their end of the world prediction must also be right on target (usetoday.com).

7. The Bible - Some Christian groups are proclaiming that interpretations of the Book of Revelation predict the date for the final battle in the middle of good and evil (Armageddon), will be in 2012 (gnmagizine.org).

Since I do not have a scientific background, I will refer you to Mr. Hawking regarding the first five scientific prophecies. To be fare he was quoted as saying: "We're not saying there is no God, we're saying there is no need for God to explain the universe, and I agree with him on that. I will briefly criticism on antique religions and their apocalyptic predictions, but will save the criticism for the sixth guess for the Mayan archeologist experts. This record will primarily focus on antique religious manuscripts including biblical scriptures in an endeavor to talk the following two questions and will be divided into two parts:

Part 1: Is there any antique evidence of a 7 - Dimensional God who will bring about the end of the world as we know it? and if so -
Part 2: What are the documented world conditions and time lines for this to happen?

Part One

7 Dimensional Background

As a foundation or prerequisite for this article, I would encourage you to read the 7 articles below that support a seven dimensional system of everything:

1. Contemplating a 7 - Dimensional system of Everything,
2. antique Mysteries of the Seven Dimensions,
3. The 7 Dimensional God and antique difficulty Religion,
4. The 7-Dimension Intervention - A Holistic Diathesis-Stress advent to Stress-Management,
5. Dsm-V and the 7 Dimensions Therapeutic Model,
6. Chess & the 7-Dimensions of Life, and
7. Addictions rescue measurement & the Seven Dimensions

As I have repeatedly mentioned in my old articles, I would like to apologize in expand for offending anyone's religious sensitivities, as this is a work in expand that is very, very far from perfect, and I am fully aware of my biases toward Christianity. I would also like to say that this record is intended for those that do not believe in God or are confused about religion (16% of our 6 Billion-plus habitancy on planet earth).

With the above disclaimer to being a Prophet of God (that even sounds silly as I write it) or having and/ or knowing the absolute truth, I would like to present what I believe to be the origins of antique religious knowledge and ageless wisdom that give us some answers to how antique civilizations viewed these questions. I would first like to focus on the most valuable present day forms of religion and then consider their apocalyptic predictions regarding the end of the world.

7 Major Expressions of antique Religions and their 7 Dimensional Influences

"For since the creation of the world God's indiscernible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse," (The Bible, Romans 1:20).

It is clear from the above verse that God has revealed himself to all humans throughout history - even prior to the development of religions. Following are the 7 major forms of world religions that consist of 84% of the world's present habitancy (World habitancy was 6,871,111,449 on Sep 25, 2010) with some of their 7 Dimensional influences and apocalyptic predictions.

1. antique difficulty Religions: The 7 Days of Creation (Prehistory)
2. Judaism: The 7 Spirits of God (2000 B.C.)
3. Hinduism: The 7 Chakras (1500 B.C.)
4. Buddhism: The 7 Points of allowable Religion (523 B.C.)
5. Chinese traditional Religions: The 7 Lucky Gods (270 B.C.)
6. Christianity: The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit (30 A.D.)
7. Islam: The 7 Heavens (610 A.D.)

Note: according to Adherents.com/ Religions, the "Nonreligious Group" (that includes - agnostic, atheist, secular humanist, and habitancy answering no religious preference) make up - 16%. This is not a complete listing of all world religions as there are over 4,300 sure faith groups covering all countries of the world.

Seven (7) Major Expressions of antique Religions and their Apocalyptic Predictions

1. antique difficulty Religions: Every twenty-six thousand years our solar system passes through the twelve zodiac signs. antique civilizations such as the Egyptians, Mayan, Hopi, Cherokee, and the Apache were aware of this great cycle and advanced calendars according to it. Mayan cultures and civilizations were aware of this end date as December 21, 2012, and Nostradamus even prophesied about it (Esoteric program Video).

2. Judaism: In Judaism the term "End of Days" is taken from the Tanakh, Numbers 24:4, as a reference to the Messianic era and the Jewish belief in the advent of Mashiach and the World to Come. The Dead Sea Scrolls identifies the Messiah as Melchizedek (Dead Sea Scrolls, 11Q13).

3. Hinduism: antique Hindus had a cyclic comprehension of external history and internal
spirituality. The Cycle or "Kalpa", chronic 8.64 billion years in the terms of orthodox Hindus, illustrates the pattern of decline. The final is Kali Yuga or the Dark Age where civilization becomes spiritually degraded, human lives are shortened by violence and disease and there is a general state of decay in nature.

4. Buddhism: Like Hindus, Buddhists generally believe in a cycle of creation and destruction, of which the current epoch represents only the newest step.

5. Chinese traditional Religions: The I Ching or Tao Te Ching or The Book of change is underlying to Chinese Religion. Researchers have studied the entertaining numerology behind the I Ching and were surprised to find that after graphing the starting of life on our planet and the starting of historical time, it fit perfectly over the timeline and in doing so, the end of the graph lined up upon December 22, 2012 (Explain 2012.com).

6. Christianity: In Christianity, the End Times are often depicted as a time of tribulation that precedes the Second advent of the Christian "savior" or a "hoped-for deliverer", Jesus, the Christian Messiah, who will usher in the Kingdom of God and bring an end to suffering and evil.

7. Islam: In Islam,Yawm al-Qiyamah "the Day of Resurrection" or Yawm ad-Din "the Day of Judgement", Allah's final estimation of humanity, is preceded by the end of the world.

Note: The Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, & Islam quotes are from Wikipedia.

It's entertaining that all 7 major expressions of the current religions that dominate our world today have scriptural evidence for the "End of Days." Eschatology is a part of theology that studies the final events in history, or the extreme destiny of humanity, generally referred to as the end of the world. Eschatological passages are found in many places, especially in the Bible's books of: Isaiah, Daniel, Matthew, and the Book of Revelation.

7 Dimensional Interpretation and the Book of Revelation

The book of Revelation is not rocket science - it is more complex. Over the centuries there have been numerous approaches to interpreting this book. Following are 7 of these views.

1. Preterist View: Holds that the contents of Revelation constitute a prophecy of events that were fulfilled in the first century.

2. Historicist View: Hold that the events thinkable, in the Bible have been taking place in history.

3. Futurist View: Assigns all or most of the prophecy to the future, shortly before the second advent of Christ; especially when interpreted in conjunction with Daniel, Isaiah 2:11-22, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-5:11, and other eschatological sections of the Bible.

4. Idealist View: Teaches that it is a symbolic representation of the continual struggle of good and evil. It does not refer to any singular historical events. It is applicable at any point in history (Niv: Commentary).

5. Eastern Orthodox View: The book is seen as a warning to be spiritually and morally ready for the end times, whenever they may come ("as a thief in the night"), but they will come at the time of God's choosing, not something that can be precipitated nor trivially deduced by mortals.

6. Esoterist View: The book bears multiple levels of meaning, the lowest being the literal or "dead-letter." They see the book as delivering both a series of warnings for humanity and a detailed catalogue of internal, spiritual processes of the private soul.

7. Multidimensional View: Just as Stephen Hawking's belief of the universe does not have just a singular existence or history, I would propose that every inherent interpretive advent listed above may exist simultaneously.

7 Directions of Prayer

Ancient Cherokee Indians didn't believe that there were just four directions (North, South, East, & West). Unlike the Abrahamic religious believers in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who pray with their heads facing down or up, Cherokee indians pray to the 7 directions, the four cardinal points, the sky, the earth, and the center or spirit (cherokee-nc.com).

Before we jump into the book of Revelation, I would like to take this time to pray to our inventor in the seven directions for wisdom, guidance, and understanding.

Considering a 7 Dimensional God

The following verses from the New Testament and the Old Testament may give us some clues to consider the 7 Dimensional God (See: The 7 Dimensional God and antique difficulty Religion).

7 Dimensions and the Holy Trinity: God the father (7 Spirits of God: Isaiah 11:2), God the Son (Jesus's 7 Stars: Rev. 1:16), God the Holy Spirit (7 Gifts: Rom. 12:6-8)

The 7 Dimensional Lamb of God: Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth (Rev. 5:6). The next day John saw Jesus advent toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29).

Jesus's 7 Stars & the 7 Golden Lamp Stands: "In his right hand he (Jesus) held 7 stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance (Revelations 1:16). "The difficulty of the 7 stars that you saw in my right hand and of the 7 golden lamp stands is this: The 7 stars are the angels of the 7 churches, and the 7 lamp stands are the 7 churches" (Revelations 1:20). The above verses indicate that Jesus is retention the 7 angels who are guarding the 7 churches in his right hand.

The 7 Spirits of God: The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2).

Zechariah's foresight of the 7 Eyes & the 7 Lights: "See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are 7 eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the Lord Almighty, 'and I will take off the sin of this land in a singular day (Zechariah 3:9). "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a solid gold lamp-stand with a bowl at the top and 7 lights on it, with 7 channels to the lights.... 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord Almighty.... "(These 7 are the eyes of the Lord, which range throughout the earth.)" Zechariah 4:2-10).

The following verses may give us some more clues to chronicle who the 7 - Dimensional God is:

1. God said to Moses, "I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I Am has sent me to you,' (Exodus 22:13).

2. Jesus: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the starting and the End,"(Revelation 22:13).

3. Melchizedek: "Without father or mother, without genealogy, without starting of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever (Hebrews 7:3).

4. Jesus: "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" (John 8:58).

5. In John 1:1-3, "In the starting was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."

6. In John 10:30, Jesus says that to see Him is to see the Father.

7. Later in John 14:7-9, Jesus adds that to know Him is to know the Father.

7 Messages to the 7 Churches: The Apostle John begins the book of Revelation by explaining how he received this message from God. Then he records exact revelations from Jesus (God) to the 7 churches.

7 Dimensions of Revelation: Seven (7) appears to have a special significance in this book: There are 7 churches symbolized by 7 lamp-stands (1:20); the churches have 7 angels symbolized by 7 stars (1:20); there are 7 spirits before the throne of God, symbolized by 7 lamps (4:5), and also by 7 horns and 7 eyes (5:6); the judgment scroll has 7 seals (5:1) with a corresponding set of 7 "seal judgments"; the 7th seal unleashes 7 "trumpet judgments," which are heralded by 7 angels (8:1-2); the 7th trumpet unleashes 7 "bowl judgments," where the bowls of God's wrath are poured out by 7 angels (15:1); there are 7 mysterious thunders about which John is not permitted to say anything (10:3); 7,000 habitancy are killed in an earthquake (11:13); the dragon has 7 heads and 7 diadems on his heads (12:3); and the beast from the sea has 7 heads (13:1).

One half of 7, is also a conspicuous number in Revelation: two witnesses are given power to prophesy 1,260 days, or exactly 3 and 1 half years, according to the Hebrew year of 360 days (11:3); the witnesses are then killed, and their dead bodies lie in the streets of Jerusalem for 3 and 1 half days (11:9); the "woman clothed with the sun" is protected in the wilderness for 1,260 days, or 3 and 1 half years (12:6); Gentiles tread the holy city underfoot for 3 and 1 half years (11:2); and the beast is given authority to continue for 3 and 1 half years (13:5), (Wikipedia).

Is there any antique evidence of a 7 - Dimensional God who will bring about the end of the world as we know it? inspecting the above verses, I will leave that up to you to decide, but I believe that there is sufficient evidence to support that Jesus the Christ, our High priest in the Order of Melchizedek is our 7 - Dimensional God.

Part Two

So, lets move on to quiz, two. What are the documented world conditions and time lines for the end of the world as we know it or the Second advent of Christ?

Considering this quiz, at this point in history, we will be analyzing the "Futurist View" of interpreting the book of Revelation that assigns all or most of the prophecy to the future, shortly before the second advent of Christ; especially when interpreted in conjunction with the Bible's books of: Matthew, Daniel, Isaiah 2:11-22, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-5:11, and other eschatological sections of the Bible.

Matthew 24: 1 - 35 & the End Times World Conditions

The following verses in Matthew chronicle what some of the world conditions will be at the time of Jesus's Second Coming.

Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in assorted places. All these are the starting of birth pains (Matthew 24: 4-8).

When will all this happen? (Ancient Hebrew & Babylonian Calendars)

In Hebrew Scriptures, the number 7 represents perfection and completeness; 7 X 70 equals 490-a number depicting "ultimate completion." It must be remembered that the entire Jewish system was designed under a system of sevens. There were seven days in a week, the seventh day being the Sabbath. Every seventh year was to be a Sabbath year when no crops were to be planted or harvested. After seven sets of seven years (or seven Sabbath years) the Israelites were to celebrate The Year of Jubilee.

Time - A exquisite Circle

In divergence to our calendar, a biblical or prophetic year is made up of 12 months each comprising 30 days to make a total of 360 days - the number of degrees in a circle. This biblical time system represents the mechanics of a exquisite solar system. The earth revolves around the sun every 360 days and the moon revolves around the sun every 30 days. Biblical time is laid out for us in beauty and truth according to the mathematics and geometry of a Holy God (Genesis 7 & 8, and Revelation 12). Both the antique Hebrews to whom Daniel was writing and the antique Babylonians used a 360-day year calendar.

Daniel's Seventy "Sevens" & the End Time Calendar

Many Bible scholars believe that the prophet Daniel thinkable, the First and the Second advent of Christ in the following verses.

Daniel 9:24-27: "Seventy 'Sevens' are decreed for your habitancy and your holy city to close transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up foresight and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decide to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The habitancy of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. He will confirm a compact with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to reduce and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."

Some bible scholars believe that the "decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem," occurred in 445 B.C. When the edict decide of Artaxerxes Longimanus was issued (Nehemiah 20), and that this event started the "seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens" or 69 sevens (483 biblical years). They believe that 69 of the 70 Sevens closed when (Jesus) the Anointed One rode into Jerusalem on a donkey in 33 A.D. (Matthew 21: 1-4), predicting the First advent of Christ as a political leader.

Many bible scholars explain the "decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem," as occurring in 1948, when the contemporary nation of Israel was formed, and Jerusalem could again be rebuilt. With the threat of Terrorism affecting Israel and the whole world, they believe that Daniel's "time of trouble" has already arrived, but it will not fully manifest itself until the 7 year period of Tribulation begins (Daniel 12:1). When applied as years, the final 70 years in Daniel's Seven Seventies - yields the date: 2011 Ad: (1948 + 70 = 2018 minus the 7 years of tribulation = 2011). Some consider adding almost 12 months for the tribulation to begin to estimation the Second advent of Christ as a political leader as being some time in the year 2012.

7 Jewish Festivals or Feasts of Israel (Prophetic Appointed Times)

The Hebrew word for "Feasts" translates into "Appointed Times" with God-at His Feasts (Lev. 23: 2, 4, 37 and 44). Many bible scholars believe that the following 7 yearly Jewish Feasts or Holidays also relate prophetic time periods in history:

1. The Feast of Passover - represents Jesus's Crucifixion in 32 A.D.
2. The Feast of Unleavened Bread - represents Jesus's Burial in 32 A.D.
3. The Feast of First Fruits - represents Jesus's Resurrection in 32 A.D.
4. The Feast of Weeks - represents the starting of the Church Age in 32 A.D.
5. The Feast of Trumpets - represents the present age - for gentiles to be evangelized.
6. The Feast of Atonement - represents the Day of Judgment.
7. The Feast of Tabernacles -represents the New Heavens and the New Earth, and begins the Year of Jubilee.

Some believe that the End Time events of the last three feasts will be based on the prophetic nature of these Jewish holidays found in the bible. inspecting this time clock, we are presently in the Fifth Feast of Trumpets (time period) - awaiting the Day of Judgment.

The Year of Jubilee and the Sevens

"Count off seven sabbaths of years-seven times seven years-so that the seven sabbaths of years number to a period of forty-nine years. Then have the trumpet sounded in any place on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his house asset and each to his own clan (Leviticus 25:8 -10).

The advent of Melchizedek as Messiah

Then the "Day of Atonement" shall result after the tenth jubilee period, when he shall atone for all the Sons of Light, and the habitancy who are predestined to Melchizedek. (...) upon them (...) For this is the time decreed for the "Year of Melchizedek`s favor", and by his might he will judge God's holy ones and so compose a righteous kingdom, as it is written about him in the Songs of David; "A godlike being has taken his place in the council of God; in the midst of divine beings he holds judgement" (Dead Sea Scrolls, 11Q13, Col.2).

Some bible scholars believe that the Year of Jubilee is also a prophetic appointed hereafter time for the Messiah to return and take operate of the earth. Some have calculated that the Seventh Millennium or tenth Jubilee technically began in September 1999, and that if you add 3 and 1/2 years to that - in 2012, we will be 3 & 1/2 years into the 7 Years of Great Tribulation (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:21).

Discussion

The purpose in writing this record is not to stimulate predictions and calculations about dates, but to warn us to be prepared for the real possibility of these predictions advent true.

Jesus said that, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father...... "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him (Matthew 24:36-44).

Although we will not know the exact day or hour, we should be able to forecast the signs of the times. Most "futurist view" bible scholars would agree that the end will not come until three more "End Time" events occur:

1. The False Prophet will appear as the world religious leader (Rev.13 1-10);
2. The Antichrist will appear as the world political leader (Rev. 19:20); and
3. The Abomination of Desolation will occur (Daniel 12:11, Matthew 24:15, Revelation 13:5).

I believe that our Lord Jesus Christ the 7-Dimensional God will return as the messiah in the Order of Melchizedek to fill the dual offices of King of Kings and priest of God Most High.

I believe that 2012 will be a spiritual wake up call for humanity, but our God will not return until His habitancy have prepared themselves to be a "Priesthood of Believers," a Holy Nation and a Royal Priesthood to receive him by practicing what he taught us regarding the "New Covenant." The Old Testament idea of the Levitical priest being the mediator in the middle of God and man was only valuable until the death of Jesus Christ.

So why do we continue to have Levitical type church leadership structures (Priest/ Parishioner, Clergy/ Laity, and Pastor/ Congregation)?

Why do we continue to have Levitical style worship in temples, cathedrals, and mega-church buildings?

Jesus came the First Time to reestablish the New compact in which All Believers are to become a Holy Nation and Royal Priesthood (1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 5:10). Christ, our High priest has given us the ministry of mediation (Heb. 7:25) and He gives All Believers the right to become priests in the Order of Melchizedek.

Jesus came the First Time to move us away from Levitical style (temple/ church) leadership. He came to move us into the Melchizedek Priesthood where All Believers from every nation, tribe, people, language, culture, religious background, and gender (Jew, Gentile, Hindu, Chinese, Buddhist, Moslem, men and women, etc.) qualify to become the priests of their families and homes.

I think that Jesus will not come the Second Time until he sees evidence of His church practicing the New Covenant. The Great Multitude in white robes (Rev. 7:9) are a Royal Priesthood of families and a Holy Nation of homes from every nation, tribe, people, and language. The quiz, is not when will these end time prophecies occur, but will you be one of these believers that have come out of the Great Tribulation (Rev. 7:14).

My intent in writing this record is not to persuade, influence, convince, or change anything to my personal beliefs, but to growth respect and religious tolerance for habitancy of all nations and cultures.
References: All biblical verses are from the New International Version Bible
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Year-End Fundraising Letter Appeals: 10 Tips to Give Them a Boost at Christmas

If your non-profit assosication is like many others, you receive half or more or your contributed wage at the end of the year as part of what used to be called the "Christmas Appeal." In modern years it has come to be known as, in politically correct North America at least, the "Year-End Appeal" or "Seasonal Appeal."

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Judge Yourself First Before Judging Others

Our Lord Jesus Christ firmly exclaims "Do not judge, or you too will be judge. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judge, and with the measure you use, it will be measure to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no concentration to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out your eye, when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye" (Matthew 7:5-7 Niv).

Judging means criticizing or condemning man for something they do.

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Jesus tells us to survey ourselves first before finding unto others. By focusing to ourselves, I firmly believe, we can genuinely perceive who we are and genuinely point out the weak area and at last can encourage and motivate our self to refine our attitude, character and connection with other population enable to spread the love and kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ commented "therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into convention is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into convention is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash" (Matthew 7:24-27 Niv).

Dear readers, action speaks louder than words! Therefore beginning today, encourages as well as challenges yourself to try this. On a small index card write "I said something good." On the other side write, "I said something bad." Carry the card with you for a whole day. Every time you say something to a person, make a check mark on the side of the card that fits your words. At the end of the day add up the check that marks on each side. How did you do?

Always remember to look for the good in other people. If you say anything, say something that will make other man feel happier or better about themselves.

Remember, you shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore you can do or any kindness you can show to any human being let you do it now. Let you not defer or neglect it for you shall not pass this way again!

"Instead of criticizing and condemning others," Ellen G. White says, "I must work out my own salvation. If I co-operate with Him who desires to save my soul, I must watch myself diligently. I must become a new vertebrate in Christ. Then, instead of weakening those who are striving against evil, I can progress by encouraging words."

She adds, "We are too indifferent in regard to one another. Too often we forget that our fellow laborers are in need of strength and sympathy. Help them by your prayers, and let them know that you do it."

In other words, instead of giving stings to your family, relatives, friends, neighbors, and co-workers, encourage yourself to give them a honey. All the time remember to encourage and motivate yourself to inculcate these words in your heart and mind when you are alone:

Dear Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; Where there is hatred, let me show love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy; Where there is an idle tongue, help me to keep away from them.

In conclusion, if you genuinely want be a successor in life, then don't wait and look to whatever to motivate you, but look at your inner soul, as it's your best motivator!

The writer firmly encourages you dear readers, start now to become a blessing to others. You can make this world a tiny bit better by setting yourself as a good example in words and genuinely to your family, relatives, friends, neighbors, and co-workers.

Be a salt and a light in this world!

Wish you many blessings to come and God bless!

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I have seen Jesus in a vision in a church where he came and talked to me about his crucifixion and His body was cut to ribbons of flesh when he showed me His back. He told me this was what he looked like before He was nailed to the cross. He was so clearly graphic in that vision that there was no disagreement between what I saw and if I really saw a human body in the flesh in front of me. This was other funny vision to perceive because I was looking at the body just before they hung him on the cross 2000 years ago.

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He stood on the stage in that church I was later to be kicked out of and arrested in and said some stuff to me that I just cannot forget.

He was as clear as day to me in this vision and it was like he was standing in the flesh in front of me, yet no one else could see Him.

He pointed up to the screen where the lyrics to the songs they were singing were written above His head. As he pointed to the words on the screen, he asked me, "Are they singing about this Matthew? (meaning his crucifixion)

At that point I encountered this same Jesus that sues to be questioned by the Pharisees.

I knew the retort He wanted me to give Him, but I knew that retort wasn't foremost to something nice.

"Yes Jesus they are singing about this crucifixion"

"Who are they singing it to Matthew?"

"Well they are singing it to you Jesus", I said, not really liking how this questioning was going fro some reason.

"Tell me if they were singing to the prime minister a song that was praising something great the prime minister had done for these people, would they continue to sing if that prime minister walked into their church and stood in front of the worship team like I am now?"

"No I think they would get a shock and they would stop singing!"

"So I am here Matthew and I am standing here and why haven't they stopped singing?"

"Because they can't see you and they don't know you are here!"

"So why can't they feel me? Why are you the only one that can see me an hear me talking to you?"

"I am not sure Jesus!"

"Tell me this, if I am here and they are singing this song to me, are they all looking up and singing it to heaven, why are they doing that? Why are they looking toward heaven when I am in their midst? I am here Matthew, so who are they singing this to?"

"I am not sure Jesus" I really was having trouble following Him and yet I knew what He was saying. He was saying they are singing to the air and going through all the right motions, but if they really knew him and his nearnessy then they would stop and identify Him in their midst and they would be ready to listen. One thing for sure, they were Not singing to him because none of them were looking in his direction and he was talking to me and so he wasn't even listening to them.

"Tell me, if I was to manifest myself to them all right now in the flesh so that they could see me and identify me and see what they are supposedly singing about, would they continue to praise me and sing or would most of them be running out the door screaming?"

"Lord I think they would on the most part be running out screaming."

"Okay Matthew. Here is a microscopic lesson for you. If you are singing a song to me, sing it with all your heart. If you can't get into the mood to sing to me and praise me, don't sing and just be silent. If you can't sing inevitable word and sentences to me in a song, don't sing them. Okay?"

"Yes Lord", I replied.

"Good. I am going now, have a good day!"

He walked off the podium and out down the aisle and out the back of the church.

A concentrate of months later he walked back into the church in the body of a homeless woman. And you know that story.

Jesus comes to my church and watches worship

Twice I have seen Jesus in the past 3 months standing on the second story of our church that is an unused balcony seating standing and watching the praise and worship. All of the unused seating up there was filled with angels and they where all in worship to their God with hands in the air and none of them looking down.

Both times I have waved to Jesus and he has waved back, one time He left before the worship accomplished and one time He came down, sat in an empty chair in the front seat and sat through the sermon. You know when you are getting a microscopic comfortable with Jesus turning up when you simply forget He is there and you turn your head and listen to the sermon like Him.

Angel dances before the Lord in worship

Oh what a joy it is to see a woman angel walk to the front of your church and just before the alter and in front of you and in front of the worship team, see her dance to the music in worship with a ribbon in her hand that she is sliding all through the air and colse to her body in pure devotion to her Master. Oh what a joy it is to worship the Lord God simply by singing and watching this lady angel dance before her creator. To see the angles in worship. Oh what an honor and oh what a sight to see.

Seeing Jesus more then once in visions,

I have seen Jesus in visions in the places that I frequent so many times that I don't know the number. I think it could be up to twenty times. Eight of those visits I was with my poor friend on a disability pension who everybody likes to reject. Jesus has seen fit to come and sit with us and chat with us. Both my friend and I are gifted in the prophetic so we both take turns to relay to each other what He is saying.

One day when I was going through a struggle and we were sitting down in other friend's house listening to music and chatting Jesus suddenly appeared and sat in a couch facing us all. Each of the three of us can hear His voice and for over an hour he talked to each of us and answered many of our questions. I was going through a really hard time with a sin in my life and though I know I had been forgiven I was beating myself up with it and very very sad that I was such a poor excuse for a Christian. Jesus said to me through my best friend who all the time sees Him with me that I was being too hard on myself. That brought me great comfort. It was so lovely chatting with the prince of peace and yet even having times together where no one was chatting but we were all listening to a song together.

Meeting Michael the arch angel in the flesh as a human

I have met Michael the archangel in the flesh and spent forty five minutes with him as he was a passenger in my taxi and it wasn't until he got out and left me that I knew it was angel. I ran into the airport and looked in any place he could perhaps be and he had gone! A few years later I was told by Jesus his identity. I have seen Michael fly down from heaven one time when my life was in danger and I needed protection and I have seen Him other three times in Jesus' company when Jesus has appeared to me in the city of Sydney.

Out of all the experiences I have encountered trying to come to grips with the fact that it was Michael the arch angel that sat and ministered to a very sad man who was going through a fight in the courts to be granted passage to my own child with the wife I loved yet who didn't want me to see my son was and is something that is very very hard for me to accept and publicly admit. I keep on mental why would Jesus send his captain of his host of fighting armies of heaven down to my car and sit with me and counsel me with scripture and the words of the Lord? Why me? Any angel was good enough. Any one of them could have given me the message and hope that Michael gave me. Why did it have to be this powerful angel that will one day throw Satan into hell? Some may see me boasting by saying that I have met Michael and conversed with him in the flesh as a man in my cab and spent forty five minutes with him. Some simply will not believe it. Well you are in good company. This is one things that I keep having to ask Jesus if it is really Him telling me this or my own mind playing tricks on me.

Yet, the Lord calls me to obey. I really think there is one person out there that will read this inventory of my life and the supernatural and he or she will really get some faith from this contact and they will see that I am just a quarterly guy and they will start to walk in the commands of Jesus and I really believe that once day this person will have bigger and best stories then me. It is my prayer that all of you see Jesus before you die and all of you begin to see the logic of obeying Jesus and start to come to know Him in a really deep and meaningful way.

Choir of angels bring peace and anointing to our church worship

I have on two occasions seen a whole choir of angels singing, one at each of the two churches I attend. They both times have been above the praise and worship team and both times I have heard them singing the song we were singing.

One time when habitancy where getting baptized at a church I was at fifteen years ago, the roof of the church opened and I saw into heaven and Jesus stood up from His throne and said.

"Can you feel the peace up here and the joy that is here?"

I said yes I could and I heard angels singing.

Jesus said, "Matthew I want you to get baptized and then I want you to preach my word and baptize all men in my name."

You could say that was my own personal great commission. Up until that time I never had the guts to get baptized because you had to do a five microscopic testimony before they would baptize you. I had lived from age eight to twenty seven as a Christian and hadn't been baptized because of my fear of the microphone.

Now I have preached three times in a church and about fifteen times on the streets of Sydney to the collective and spoken on four occasions to commerce professionals on the field of mental health, and what's more for those speeches I get fifty dollars an hour. Man that comes in handy colse to bill time!

So I have seen choirs three times!

The angels with the coolest job in the universe

Meeting the cup bearers

I have on two occasions met the cupbearer angel for Jesus. In fact, I think there might be two of them and I have met one on the first visit and the other one on the second visit. This is one of my most favourite visions as to be the Lord personal servant would be the job that I would most extremely seek in eternity. Just to serve Jesus coffee or wine or wash his clothes and serve Him and be in His company 24/7 would be the best job in the universe. I still can't get over meeting them and before I did meet them I didn't even know that there was such a position for the King of Kings. I have never read about these angels in books written by men on the subject.

A extra Christmas party with Mary Jesus' mother Mary Magdalene, John the Apostle, Paul the Apostle and Jesus.

In the past year Jesus has been bringing guests with him down to earth to visit me in visions and this year at a homeless Christmas party he brought four guests. Each of the guests are extra to me and the two ladies laughed I noticed when I got up and did some crazy dancing.

I pray that my encounters have blessed you. I am sure very person can have supernatural encounters if they obey Jesus and submit to His will on earth. Jesus says the pure in heart shall meet God, why not this week!!

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Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) "was born in Great Britain and immigrated to the US to study at Moody Bible Institute. He pastored churches in Colorado, California, Kentucky, and South Carolina before becoming an itinerant Bible teacher in 1919. From 1925-1927 he Pastored in Sydney, Australia then went to visit his hometown of Nottingham, England before returning to the US He returned to his native land in 1934, taking up residence on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1940, and remained there until his death. Most of his works first appeared as articles in Studies in Scriptures, a monthly magazine concerned solely with the exposition of Scripture. "Pink was virtually unknown and certainly unappreciated in his day. Independent Bible study convinced him that much of modern evangelism was defective. When Puritan and reformed books were generally disregarded by the Church as a whole, he advanced the majority of their principles with untiring zeal. The progressive spiritual decline of his own nation (Britain) was to him the inevitable consequence of the prevalence of a "gospel" that could neither wound (with conviction of sin) nor heal (via regeneration). "Familiar with the whole range of revelation, Pink was rarely sidetracked from the great themes of Scripture: grace, justification, and sanctification. Our generation owes him a great debt for the enduring light he has shed, by God's grace, on the Truth of the Holy Bible." [1] After Pink's death, his works were republished by The ...

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