Earliest Christianity 2 - Godly Disciples (CW93)

While we wait for the fall of Iran and the change in regime to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith, doctrine and knowledge of Him and His words.

 

Acts 1:1-3  The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

   For the forty days our resurrected Lord Jesus was teaching them the truth in His words and in the Scriptures. There was no record of His disciples evangelizing until Pentecost, even though our resurrected Lord Jesus gave each of them the Holy Spirit of redemption.

Why were they not evangelizing?

John 20:22  And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit."

Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Acts 1:4-5  And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "which," He said, "you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

   Our Lord knew that without the baptism of the Holy Spirit (of truth), they were powerless against their own weaknesses. Only with His truth will they be set free from their fear, bondages and flesh.

Acts 1:8  "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me  in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Boldness of Peter

Act 2:14, 22, 36-37  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words... Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know... Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."  Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

   Peter being led by the Holy Spirit, convicted the Jews with his powerful message and 3,000 Jews were saved and baptized.

Acts 2:38  Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Faith and Love of Early Disciples

Acts 4:32  Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

   These disciples loved the Lord and had kept His words and commandments. Some of the examples are below:-

1. Not Worthy of Jesus

Mat 10:37  He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

2. Forsake All

Luke 14:33  So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

3. Deny Self

Mat 16:24  Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me."

4. Sell All Give Alms

Mat 19:21  Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

Acts 4:33-35  And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

Earliest Christianity 1 - (CW92)

  World War 3 is at Hand

While we wait for the fall of Iran and the change in regime to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith, doctrine and knowledge of Him and His words.

New Covenant - End of Judaism

Mat 26:27-28  Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."

    The New Covenant started when our Lord Jesus died and shed His blood on the cross. Immediately, the veil in the temple of God was torn into two, signifying the departure of God from the Most Holy Place, thus, ending the Old Covenant.

Heb 8:13  In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Gospel of Christ (Grace)

Luke 24:46-47  Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    Whoever believes the gospel of grace that Jesus, the Son of God was made flesh, suffered, died and on third day He rose from the dead, is saved and then is sealed with the Holy Spirit of redemption.

Unbelief of the Apostles

Luke 24:9-11  Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles. And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

     Our Lord Jesus told His disciples many times that He would be killed but on the third day He would rise from the dead.

    After His resurrection, He found that His Apostles and disciples had not believed His resurrection at all.

First Born Again Christians

John 20:21-22  So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit."

    After His disciples had believed that He had risen from the dead on the third day, they had believed the complete gospel of Christ or grace. Our Lord then gave each of them the Holy Spirit, making them to become born again Christians.

The Bread - Word made Flesh

Luke 24:30-31  Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.

    Our Risen Lord showed them how He had fulfilled the OT prophecies and opened their understanding of the truth in His gospel, teachings, words, commandments and parables.

Luke 24:44-45  Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

Teachings of Risen Christ

 Acts 1:1-3  The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

    Before Jesus went back to heaven, for forty days He taught His disciples the truth in His words. As their Pastor and Teacher, He ensured that they understand His gospel of grace and the truth in His words, teachings, commandments and parables, which are recorded in the Epistles of the Apostles.

   These epistles are the very words of Jesus and they enlighten the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Natural Disasters (CW91)

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While we wait for the fall of Iran and the change in regime to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith, doctrine and knowledge of Him and His words.

Natural Disasters

Mat 24:6-7  "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows."

    This will definitely be World War 3, for it is very extensive and disastrous as though it is the end of the world (but the end is not yet).

    On top of the miseries of World War 3, there will be many natural disasters such as famines, pestilences and earthquakes killing people by the millions and making lives difficult, painful and very sorrowful.

Catastrophes during World War 3

   

1. Famines - food shortages caused by adverse weather conditions. This decade nearly all land areas are seeing more hot days and heat waves resulting in very heavy rain and snow falls, extreme heat waves, droughts and fire, great hurricanes and typhoons causing extreme floods and inundations.

   Many countries were badly hit by at least one of the above castatrophies setting them back by millions or billions of dollars.

God's Final Warning

   It looks like almost the whole world is suffering from the wrath of God. Thank God for warning Christians of His impending judgment starting from His house.

REPENT brethren from your present abominations and wickedness.

2. Pestilences - The recent COVID 19 pandemic (suspected to be from bats) caused havoc to mankind. Countries and businesses affected by it suffered great losses.

Thank God that He only used this mild COVID 19 as the prelude to the natural disasters during World War 3. More deadly epidemics like Ebola will surface soon to kill people by the millions.

3. Earthquakes - we thank God that so far only minor earthquakes had surfaced. More earthquakes of magnitude higher than 9.5 are expected that can kill people by the millions upon millions.

Natural Disasters in Fourth Seal'

Rev 6:7-8  When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a pale (green) horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

    The name of the rider is 'Death' followed by 'Hades'. This suggests all those killed will be cast into Hades. So no godly Christians will be killed during this period. Why?

    God is now preparing His disciples, who are completely free from heresies, wrong doctrines and distorted truth, so that they can disciple the hundreds of millions newly converted with the pure word of God and truth.

   But God will use the Fourth Seal to remove all depraved, worldly, heretic and covetous Christians so that He can prepare the bride of the Lamb to be ready for Rapture.

    The following calamities during the 4th Seal will kill 2 billion people.

1. Wars (World War 3),

2. hunger (caused by famines)

3. death (caused by nuclear fallout and earthquakes)

4. killing by beasts (caused by pestilences)

End-time Christians are like Gentiles

1 Pet 4:1-3  Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For we have spent enough of our past lifetime  in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries (covetousness is like idolatry).

   Unless there is repentance, depraved and worldly Christians will be killed during the coming World War 3.

Conquest of the Whole World (CW90)

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Satan Cast Down to Earth

Rev 12:9  So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

   After Satan and his fallen angels are cast down to earth, he will immediately incarnate to become the Iranian new Ayatollah or Mahdi (End-time Antichrist). With his Satanic powers he will deliver Iran from Israel and the mighty West.

   His fallen angels (demons) will assist him to conquer the whole world within a very short time.

Conquest of the Middle East

Dan 11:40  "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through."

    After the Antichrist has the supports of the jihadists, sympathizers, Russia, China and other allies, along with his Satanic power he will destroy the Western warships including the invincible US carrier fleets. Iran will conquer all its neighbouring nations and annihilate all the US military bases stationed there.

Conquest of Israel

Dan 11:41  He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon.

    The Antichrist will conquer Israel (Glorious land) and Jerusalem as prophesied by our Lord Jesus as God's vengeance (Luke 21:20-34).

   Countries, which refuse to submit to the Antichrist will be conquered.

  The kingdom of Jordan (Edom, Moab and Part of Ammon) ruled by the Hashemite dynasty, which claims descent from the Islamic prophet, Mohammed.  will be spared. Shia Muslims only accept the descendants of Prophet Mohammed as kings and religious leaders.

Egypt Ransacked

Dan 11:42-43  "He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. He shallow have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels."

   The Antichrist will ransack Egypt causing great destruction and many deaths for its alliance with Israel and the US.

Libyans and Ethiopians

    Libya, Ethiopia and many other Muslim nations will come to fight alongside Iran (Persia).

Fall of the West

Dan 11:44  "But news from the east (Australia) and the north (EU) shall trouble him; therefore, he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many."

    Australia and possibly New Zealand (both Christian nations) from the East, will send ships to attack Iran, they will be annihilated.

   Similarly, the north (Belgium, the capital of the EU, is North West of Israel) will attack Iran, they too will be annihilated.

Note: - Russia is North East of Israel and an ally of Iran.

   Similarly, the abominable US with its invincible fleets and most advanced and powerful military will all be annihilated by demonic forces and self-destruct caused by sabotages, rebellions and revolts.

Rebuilding of Temple

Dan 11:45  And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas on (and) the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him.

   The Antichrist, who ordered the removal of the Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome on the Rock, will rebuild the temple of God for the One World Religion on the Temple Mount (glorious holy mountain) between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.

One World Order

   Immediately after World War 3, the Antichrist will form the 'One World Order' and every citizen of the world will be implanted with the mark of the beast.

Are you amazed at the great accuracy of Daniel's End-time prophecies?

Trust God and Obey the words of Jesus for your protection and salvation

When will World War 3 Begin? (CW89)

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While we wait for the fall of Iran and the change in regime to start World War 3, let's check our own Christian faith, doctrine and knowledge of Him and His words.

Dan 11:29-30   "At the appointed time he (king of the North) shall return and go toward the south (Israel); but it shall not be like the former or the latter. For ships from Chittim (Western nations) shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage."

   In the last days, as Iran (king of the North) and Israel (king of the South) are limiting their bombing of each other, the ships of the Western nations (Chittim) had so far limited their involvement in bringing down some of the Iranian drones and missiles.

Note - we are awaiting the following prophecies to be fulfilled before World War 3 begins.

1. For ships from Chittim shall come against him

  The warships of West (US, UK and other Western nations) stationed in the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean will attack and destroy Iran.

2. he shall be grieved

    It grieves Ayatollah Ali and his imam leadership of their fate that their country is in complete ruin and their innocent Iranian civilians bombed and killed by the powerful Southern Alliance's missiles, bombs and artillery.

    As each imam who are the descendants of Muhammad are caught and killed, the hatred of Muslims worldwide for the West will keep escalating. Finally, Ayatollah Ali is apprehended and killed, but before the US could change the regime an imam will rise up and declare himself the new Ayatollah of Iran (new king of the North)

3. The New Ayatollah

    As soon as Satan was cast down to earth to deceive men (including Christians, Jews and Muslims), he will choose a highly respected imam for his reincarnation so that all those who witness his resurrection will immediately accept him as the Mahdī, the saviour of Iran and the new king of the North (Antichrist).

Start of World War 3

Dan 11-40   "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through."

   While Israel and US ransack Iran and kill the Iranian leadership for the regime change, the New Ayatollah (king of the North - Antichrist) will rise up to start World War 3 by conquering the neighbouring nations.

return in rage against the holy covenant and do damage

   Immediately the Antichrist will call for Jihad against Christians and all the Western nations. The other rebellions and sabotages of the jihadists and sympathisers on board combined with his satanic power completely destroyed the mighty US Carrier fleets.

   Having incapacitated the US fleets; the Antichrist, the weakened Iranian military and the huge powerful Jihadist armies and allies will destroy all the neighbouring US military bases and also kill the faithless, heretic, carnal, wicked, sodomite and covetous Christians worldwide.

Note: it is God's will (just like Sodom and Gomorrah) to annihilate US and the West for their approval and practice of the abominable homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

Dan 11:31  And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress.

forces shall be mustered

   When the Antichrist called for 'Jihad' not only Muslims (both Shia and Sunni) but also Russia, China and many other countries will send their ships and military to help the helpless Iran from being annihilated by the mighty West.

they shall defile the sanctuary fortress

    Iran will conquer Jerusalem (sanctuary fortress). This is God's vengeance on the faithless Israelites for signing the abominable PLO-Israel Peace Treaty in 1993.

Luke 21:20,22   "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near... For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

2nd Israeli Retaliation (CW88)

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King of the North

   The present king of the North or Supreme leader of Iran is the 85 years old Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, a Twelver Shia who believes in the soon coming Mahdi - the saviour of Islam and conqueror of the world.

The Appointed Time

Dan 11:29-30a  "At the appointed time he (king of the North) shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter. For ships from Chittim (land of the West) shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved."

    As soon as the king of the North (Iran) attacks Israel or Egypt (king of the South), something which had not happened before (not like the former) was found in this warfare. Ships from Chittim (Western nations) will intercept the Iranian's attack.

he shall be grieved

   Iran will be sad that all its attacks on Israel (who has help from the Western nations) are neutralised and its existence hangs in balance.

1st. Iranian Aerial Attack of Israel

   On April 13, Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones on Saturday night and early on Sunday, targeting Israel in retaliation for April 1's suspected Israeli strike on its consulate in Damascus, which killed 13 people.

   Iran's massive aerial attack marks the first direct strike by Iran on Israeli territory from Iranian soil. Iran called the attack 'Operation True Promise'.

   Israel's chief military spokesman, Daniel Hagari, said Iran's attack involved more than 120 ballistic missiles, 170 drones and more than 30 cruise missiles, according to a report by The Associated Press news agency.

   The Israeli military also said the vast majority of the projectiles were intercepted outside the country's borders with help from the warships of the US, the United Kingdom and France. Jordan also shot down some of the missiles aimed at Israel as they were flying through Jordanian airspace.

   US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday that the US also intercepted "dozens" of missiles and drones launched at Israel from Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

1st Israeli Retaliation

On 19 April 2024 the Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes targeting an air defense facility within Iran. The limited airstrikes targeted an air defense radar site at an airbase near Isfahan, in central Iran.

Present Situation

1. US deploying aircraft Carrier fleets and

2. UK deploying warships

to patrol the Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf and Red Sea.

   At this moment, the West is constantly striking the Iranian bases in both Syria and Iraq.  

   Iran is surrounded by UK warships and the invincible US Carrier fleets and its annihilation looks certain.

2nd Israeli Attack

   On October 1, Iran launched about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel, which it said was in response to the deaths of Haniyeh, Nasrallah and Nilforoushan.

   

2nd Israeli Retaliation

   Israel launched direct strikes against Iran early Saturday, in a high-stakes retaliation to Tehran's ballistic missile barrage earlier this month.

Since this 2nd Israeli Aerial attack of Iran hardly met any resistance, will Israel and US continue to attack and conquer Iran until the change in regime to start World War 3 ?

Earliest Heresy (CW87)

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Love, Faith and Power of Early Disciples

Acts 4:32-35  Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles' feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

Covetous Leaders

Acts 15:5  But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."

   The first heresy occurred in the book of Acts where covetous (lovers of money) Pharisees insisted on partially keeping the Mosaic Law.

   Jews only need to pay tithes (10% of their income) and the rest are theirs, whereby Christians own nothing for they are only God's stewards or servants.

   These covetous and rich Pharisees wanted to be respected as Jesus' disciples so that they could be church leaders. However, they rejected His words and commandments of denying self, which were against their covetous nature. They justified their love of money (mammon) by teaching the blessings of the Law. God considers money as an abomination for the love of money has destroyed the faith of many Christians sending them to damnation.

Luke 16:13-15  "No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him. And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God."

Who are the True Disciples of Jesus?

    Born again Christians (not Jews) have the Holy Spirit within them to help them joyfully keep Jesus' words so that with truth they can overcome the world and the deceptions of Satan.

1. Love As Jesus had Loved Us

1 John 3:16  By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

2. Forsake All

Luke 14:33  So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

3. Deny Self

Mat 16:24  Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me."

4. Sell All Give Alms

Mat 19:21  Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

NT Heretic Wolves

Act 20:29-30  For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

    Paul knew that after his demise, rich and powerful church leaders (wolves), who cannot accept the words of Jesus of denying self and forsaking all in this world, will justify their positions by using the Law.

1. Prosperity Gospel

2. Judaizers (keeping the Law especially the Jewish feast)

3. Rejecting the Trinity or the Triune Godhead by reducing the divinity of Jesus so that the Mosaic law given by God is higher than Jesus' words.

   Most of the heresies found in churches today have their roots from the above 3 destructive abominations.