The "Lake of Fire" Series Part 4

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CONTENTS

PART IV: SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING THE INVISIBLE.........................1

Understanding Spiritual Things.............................................................................1

Parables, Parables, and More Parables...................................................................1

Parables are Spiritual..............................................................................................2Isaiah was Not a False Prophet................................................................................3

Disciples Did Not Understand Christs Parables.....................................................5

Sinners Saved After Death.......................................................................................6

Two Stupid Arguments.............................................................................................7

Turning the Spiritual into the Physical...................................................................9

The Three Festivals and the Salvation of All.........................................................10

Jesus Taught the Purpose of the Fall Harvest.......................................................13

Enter the Prophet Benny.........................................................................................15

Every Man Saved in His Own Order.....................................................................18

Then Comes the End...............................................................................................19

To Be In Christ is Salvation................................................................................23

When is it Too Late to Be Saved?...........................................................................24

God the Farmer.......................................................................................................25

Destroyed, Perished, and Lost................................................................................25

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PART IV:

SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING THE

INVISIBLE

Understanding Spiritual Things

I received e-mail from a detractor this week that said, You will never understand

the Bible until you come to see that everything in the Bible must be taken literally.

The truth is that it is hard to read more than a few verses in most parts of the Bible

without coming across some figurative, symbolic, idiomatic, or metaphorical lan

guage, none of which is literal. Matt. 1:1,The book of the generation of JesusChrist, the SON OF DAVID, the son of Abraham.Was Jesus literally the son

of David? No, (literally) He was more like the twenty-sixth great-grandson of David.

So even in the very first verse of the New Testament we are met with language that

is not completely literal. And in the last book of the New Testament, Revelation, we

have a whole book of symbols, figures, and metaphors. And the material between

Matthew and Revelation is a mountain of spiritual instruction and teaching.

Parables, Parables, and More ParablesChrist spoke ONLY in parables when talking with the masses,ALL these things

spake Jesus unto the multitude in PARABLES; and without a parable

spake He NOT unto them(Matt. 13:34). We need to pay strict attention to the

Words of God. They are precise and pure (in the original manuscripts), but so many

just refuse to believe what they read. Jesus only taught to the multitudes IN PAR

ABLES! Nothing else, just PARABLES! How many believe that? Of course, any who

would contend that much of what is written in the Scriptures is figurative rather

than literal language will be accused of spiritualizing away the Scriptures.

In reality, by not understanding spiritual things, it is they, the accusers, who are

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2The Lake of Fire Seriesguilty of MATERIALIZING AWAY the Scriptures!

It is the physical that passes away. Only the Spiritual is eternal. And so it is im

possible to spiritualize away anything, because once something is spiritual it iseternal and never goes away.

And so the grand teaching and spiritual understanding of such things as the

lake of fire are literalized and materialized down to something ghastly and hor

rible rather than something marvelous and glorious. How can any human being

with even an ounce of human compassion believe that our Heavenly God and Father

is going to operate some hellish version of Saddam Husseins torture camps for all

eternity? Every parent who had a POW in Iraq is worried sick over the condition

and treatment of their son or daughter in Saddams camps. Seriously, do we thinkthat these same parents would be happy and filled with godly joy if one of their sons

or daughters were in some fabled eternal torture chamber, of Gods Hell? Do any

who delight in such satanic teachings ever really meditate on these demonic teach

ings? No, of course they dont. No one is THAT evil.

Parables are Spiritual

What were those parables that Jesus taught? A parable is a story that contains in

figurative or symbolic language a higher moral or spiritual truth. Parables are

HIGHER, SPIRITUAL, GLORIOUS teachings of ETERNAL things. Literally they

are of little consequence; spiritually they are of enormous consequence. But without

knowing what the symbols represent in a parable, no one could ever understand the

higher meaning. Therefore the multitudes of people did not understand the teaching

of Jesus Christ, because He did not explain the meaning of the symbols to the

masses, only to His disciples in private.

Many people have tried to tell me that parables are to be taken literally. What

they dont realize is that they are talking about square circles. The very reason a

parable is called a parable is so that we will know for sure that whatever is con

tained in the parable IS NOT LITERAL. Parables require spiritual understanding.

Some require little (albeit some) spiritual understanding. Example: The Parable of a

Beam in Ones Eye. There are few believers who would not understand the meaning

of this parable, although they might not practice its teaching. Others such as The

Parable of the Prodigal Son requires much more spiritual understanding, as there

are many more spiritual truths contained in this story. And probably the most com

plex of all parables is the parable of Lazarus and the Rich man. (See my fifty-pageexplanation of this parable on this site).

I remember seeing Charlie Brown cartoons many years ago that had two levels

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Part IV: Seeing and Understanding the Invisible3

and another higher more sophisticated level of humor to keep the adults entertained

as well. Unfortunately all too many Christians can only view parables on the level of

very little children viewing Charlie Brown cartoons. The higher meaning is totally

missed, and/or not believed.

A simple example:Another parable spoke He unto them; The kingdom of

heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures

of meal, till the whole was leavened.Jesus didnt explain this parable, so what

does it mean? Most certainly understand that leaven (like yeast) put into dough will

cause the dough to rise through fermentation. But what is the spiritual application

of this parable? Paul tells us that,Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the

whole lump(I Cor. 5:6). But who believes this parable? According to Jesus, thekingdom of God is like this parable of the leaven and the lump. The kingdom of God

moves and works throughout the entirety of the universe until the WHOLE of Gods

creation is brought under its influence. But who believes it?

The time comes when Jesus Christ will turn over the kingdom of God to His

Father:Then comes the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom

to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all au-

thority and power that GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL(I Cor. 15:24 & 28b).

Then the whole lump will be leavened with God! EveryoneALL. This parable isnotliteral.The kingdom of God is notliterallyleaven in a lump of dough! These

teachings are SPIRITUAL! They teach GREAT SPIRITUAL TRUTHS! Every par

able teaches a spiritual truth. Unless you understand the parable of the leaven and

the dough, you dont understand the gospel. Because the leaven in the dough is like

the kingdom of God and Jesus came preaching the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

OF GOD! You see, if the leaven does NOT leaven the WHOLE lump, then it is NOT

like the kingdom of God. Anything that does not involve the whole (everyone) can

not be like the kingdom of God. For anything to be like the kingdom of God it

must involve the whole, the all, everyone, all mankind. Therefore Jesus said that the

kingdom of God is like leaven that leavens the WHOLE LUMP! Arent these little

parables just MARVELOUS?

Isaiah was Not a False Prophet

It is paramount that whatever Isaiah prophesied, that it be true and be fulfilled. Je

sus did not contradict the prophecies of Isaiah by coming up with a game plan to

thwart the original purpose for God giving Isaiah the prophecy in the first place. Yetthere are those who would suggest just such a thing.

Christ spoke in parables only so that the multitudes would not and could not un

derstand his words! I heard popular TV personality and film-maker, Matt Crouch


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4The Lake of Fire Series(son of Paul Crouch, president of TBN), state that Christ taught in parables so that

the people could and would understand and perceive, and therefore could repent

and be healed. In other words, it would mean that Christ came to contradict and

nullify Isaiahs prophecy! But no, Christ came to fulfill the prophecies, not MAKE

VOID and NULLIFY the prophecies. Listen to His own words:Because it is giv-

en unto YOU to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to THEM

it is NOT GIVEN(Matt. 13:11).

Now then was it given or NOT given to the multitudes toknow the mys-

teries of the kingdom? Thats right, it was NOT given. Continuing:

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing

SEE NOT; and hearing they HEAR NOT, neither do they UN-

DERSTAND. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,

which saith, By hearing ye[ye means everyoneall of you, not

just the singular you]shall hear, and shall NOT understand; and

seeing ye shall see, and shall NOT perceive: For this peoples

heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and

their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see

with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should under-

stand with their heart, and should be CONVERTED AND I

SHOULD HEAL THEM. But blessed are your eyes[the disciples

only]for THEY SEE: and your ears, for THEY HEAR(Matt.

13:13-16).

Jesus then explains the parable to His disciples only,Hear ye[all of the dis

ciples only]therefore the parable of the sower(Ver. 18).

Jesus had just told the multitude this parable of the sower and his disciples

heard it also, but neither group understood the parable, so He turned to His dis

ciples in PRIVATE and instructed them in the meaning of this parable.

ANOTHER parable put He[Jesus]forth unto them...(Matt.

13:24)

ANOTHER parable put He forth unto them...(Ver. 31).

ANOTHER parable spake He unto them...(Ver. 33).

ALL these things spake Jesus unto the MULTITUDES IN PAR-

ABLES; and without a parable spake He NOT unto them: That

it might be fulfilled [FULFILLED, not NULLIFIED, as Matt


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Crouch contends]which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I

will open My mouth in PARABLES; I will utter these things

which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.Then Jesus sent the multitude AWAY, and went into the house:

and His disciples came unto Him, saying, DECLARE UNTO US

the parable of the tares of the field. He said and answered

unto them[the disciples only]...(Matt. 13:34-37).

Not only the multitudes, but the apostles and disciples also did not understand

Christs teachings. They had to be instructed in private. And yet ... and YET, we are

told continually like a broken record that the whole Bible must be taken LITER

ALLY. What is NOT literal cannot be taken LITERALLY. How hard can this be? A

parable is still a parable (that is, figurative and/or symbolic words and language

which point to a higher spiritual truth than the words themselves portray) even if

the words themselves sound like they could be taken literally. The Scriptures say

that Christ spoke to the multitudes in parables ONLY. We should stop fighting the

Scriptures and believe Him.

To him that has an ear to hear, let him hear is the declaration throughout the

Scriptures, but only those whom God has granted hearing and understanding will

ever grasp the meaning. People dont understand the spiritual, they are afraid of the

spiritual, and therefore, they want everything to be literal so that their carnal mind

can be satisfied.

Disciples Did Not Understand Christs Parables

Notice this:And He[Jesus]called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear,

and understand: Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man but that

which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.Even though Jesus said,

hear and understandneither the multitude NOR the disciples understood!

Once again:Then answered Peter and said unto Him; Declare[Greek: de

cipher, explain]UNTO US THIS PARABLE(Ver. 15). Peter didnt understand

this parable, the apostles didnt understand, the disciples didnt understand, the

Pharisees didnt understand, the whole multitude DID NOT UNDERSTAND! Now

not all parables are explained in the Scriptures as this one is. Did Jesus ever ex

plain a parable by stating that it is to be taken literally just as His words are

stated? No, NEVER! Parables are not literal stories of historical events or literalstories of prophetic events. Parables ALWAYS have a higher meaning than the liter

al words themselves.

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6The Lake of Fire Seriestures, He always assigned another and different meaning to each word or part of the

parables. Every word or part of each parable stood for something other than the

meaning of the literal words. Why then does the church today (ignorantly or inten

tionally) teach that those parables for which we were not given an explanation, are

to be taken LITERALLY? The parable of Lazarus and the Rich man in Luke 16 is

only one of the parables for which Jesus gave us no explanation at the time He

taught it.

These hypocritical Pharisees were spiritually BLIND and the multitudes that

followed them were also spiritually BLIND! Jesus said they were BLIND leaders of

the BLIND. Should we expect that things would be any different in our day and

time? Are not many of the religious leaders in the world today blind? And are not

the followers of these blind leaders also blind? Shall they not both therefore fall

into the ditch?

The main thing that I want you to see in these Scriptures regarding the parables

is that Jesus Christ did not go around the countryside teaching huge crowds of

people spiritual truths by the use and means of simple little farming analogies. He

taught, they listened, they understood NOT, they went back to their homes, and

their lives were affected very little. Although Jesus did not heal most of them of

their spiritual sicknesses, he did heal them of their physical diseases, and for this,

many were most thankful and thought of Him as a great and godly man. The Phar

isees and other such ilk, of course, only despised our Lords every word and deed.

Now then, why would Jesus Christ spend years traveling the countryside teach

ing in parables so that the multitudes of people He reached would not understand a

word He was saying? Consider if Jesus had either (1) Explained His parables and

teachings so that they could and would understand, or (2) Just simply taught them

in plain language what He wanted them to hear and know without all the parables

and symbolic figurative language, then theywould have heard and understood and

perceived and repented and been converted, and Jesus would have healed them and

saved them.But Jesus didnt want them to repent and be converted and healed and

saved (at that time)! Why? Doesnt Christ realize that according to Christian teach

ing, no person can be saved after he dies without being saved before death. Has no

one ever told our Lord about this adamant, unmovable, unrelenting dogmatic divine

doctrine of Christendom? Apparently not, seeing that our Lord is going to save many

times more sinners after death than before death!

Sinners Saved After Death

Receiving salvation after one dies is a total impossibility according to Christian

teaching. The Scriptural reality is that most of humanity will be saved in judgment

after death. It is only the Firstfruits that are saved in this first life before the resur


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rection to judgment.

Now there were many who did believe that Jesus was a man sent from God, and

they followed Him. But why? Mostly because of His miracles and healings. Theywere taken in by His miraculous works. On one occasion Jesus said the multitudes

were more interested in the miraculous bread that filled their belly rather than any

spiritual food they could have received. But, just as quick as many were to follow Je

sus, likewise, many quickly turned from Him. When Jesus told them that,the

flesh profits NOTHINGandthe words that I speak unto you, they are

SPIRIT(John 6:63), they decided they had enough of this Man:From that time

MANY of His disciples went back, and walked NO MORE with Him(John

6:66).

And what do we see happening today? I heard again last night Creflo Dollar giv

ing yet another version of the only sermon I believe he has, on how to get rich on

this worlds materialism! Over the past year or two I have come upon Mr. Dollar

probably thirty or forty times while flipping through the channels. I have never once

heard anything pertaining to the gospel of Jesus Christ come out of his mouthonly

messages of how to cash in on worldly materialism! Albeit, I must confess that I can

not take more than about five minutes of his preaching at a time. Apparently he be

lieves that materialism is spiritualism! I have nothing against Mr. Dollar. He is a

fine looking young man with lots of energy and personality, but I do not believe that

he has a clue as to what the gospel of Jesus Christ is all about. The treasures that

Jesus spoke of were not houses, cars, jewelry, and money. The treasures of heaven

are SPIRITUAL.

And so we have those who were called of God and understood some of the good

things of the kingdom of God, but then turned away from Christ. We have whole

multitudes that heard Christ preach for years and never understood a word He said,

and died that way in their sins. And we have whole nations of people who have nev

er heard of the name of Jesus Christ. What will happen to all of these multitudes

and nations that died in their sins not being worthy of the kingdom of God? God will

JUDGE them, and they will all be saved! Thats what Jesus Christ isHES A SA

VIOURHE SAVES! Hes the best Saviour there ever was or ever will be. Contrary

to popular Christian teaching, Jesus Christ is very good at what He does. He is a

PERFECT SAVIOUR. No one will be lost when Jesus sets His hand to SAVE THE

WORLD! You can take that to the bank.

Two Stupid Arguments

I hate to waste precious space and time on stupid things, but I feel an urge to tell

you about an argument and an analogy that Christian detractors of the Truth con


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8The Lake of Fire Seriestinually send to me. I often mention in my writings and in answer to e-mails, that

Jesus Christ is THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD, and therefore, WILL SAVE THE

WORLD. This should be axiomatic to even the youngest and newest minor in Christ,

but sadly many Christian veterans of a half-century do not and cannot believe it.

One analogy that I have been given several times to prove that Christ can be the

Saviour of the world, and yet NOT SAVE THE WORLD, goes like this: When a fire

man goes into a burning building to save trapped people, what happens if these

trapped people refuse to be saved? Is the fireman notstilla fireman simply because

some do not wish to be saved? Here we see the foolishness of the carnal mind at

work desperately grasping for straws to support an unscriptural theory that Christ

TRIES to save everyone (just like a fireman tries to save those trapped in a burning

building), but is unable to save everyone because many REFUSE to be saved. There

fore Christ is STILL a Saviour even if He doesnt save everyone. See the logic in this

analogy?

See the utter foolishness in this analogy:

1. Only an insane person would prefer to be burned in literal torturing flames

of fire rather than to be saved by a fireman! I have been told by Christians

many times that most of humanity will CHOOSE to be burned in the pain

of literal hell fire for all ETERNITY, rather than to be saved by JesusChrist! THEY LIE!

2. Any fireman worth his salt will save men, women, children, and even cats,

dogs, and other pets, WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE SAVED OR NOT.

Imagine a mother being told by a fireman that he left her little girl back in

a burning building because the little girl didntwantto be rescued by a fire

man?

3. Jesus Christ does not suffer the limitations of a fireman! Jesus Christ IS

GOD! God does what He WILLS, and God wills to save all humanity (I Tim.

2:4 and Isaiah 46:9-11). Such stupid analogies themselves condemn the

wicked and carnal minds of those who purpose them.

And I have a whole folder full of this inane argument from detractors of the

Truth (I will paraphrase as different ones contain different aspects of the same ar

gument): Well if everyone is going to eventually be saved, as you teach Mr. Smith,

then why should those of us who are following Christ now, not just go out and live it

up? Why shouldnt we go out and fornicate, get drunk, steal, kill, or do anything we

want? Why not just enjoy life and have a happy time? Why should we obey God or

pray or go to Church, or be concerned for other people now if we are all going to be

saved later anyway?

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reply by saying: Sir, it is not even necessary for me to answer your questionsyou

have answered them YOURSELF! You yourself have condemned your own darkened

and unintelligent heart by the very stupid and foolish questions you ask. You prove

to yourself by asking such things, that you do not really love your fellowman or God.

You would PREFER to live a wicked life of selfish carnality and a continuous quest

for physical pleasures of the flesh. You truly do not see the value of living a right

eous, godly, and spiritual life. You condemn yourself as being unworthy of the King

dom of God.

So here we have people who claim to believe in Jesus Christ and the goodness of

God, who nonetheless, utterly condemn my teaching that Jesus Christ will SAVE

THE WORLD, and often state that it is I who will be tortured in hell fire for all

eternity for denying that there is such a place of eternal torture. Yet they them

selves would prefer to live an ungodly life of sin and pleasure rather than to serve

God from the heart out of love. I believe I have the mind of Christ when I say that

all such attitudes will be judged in Gods consuming fire.

Turning the Spiritual into the Physical

Who really believes that the flesh profits NOTHING? or thatthe WORDS that I

speak unto you, they are SPIRIT?I am sure that most of my readers are an

swering, Well I believe these statements of Christ! Well I hope you do, but I am

afraid that many still think that the lake of fire which is the second death is literal

even though we just read where Christ Himself says, the WORDS that I speak unto

you, THEY ARE SPIRIT? Who do you think spoke those words,And death and

hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death?Was it not

CHRIST?

If you have a King James Bible, open to the book of Revelation. Here is what my

KJV says in big bold letters at the top of the page:THE REVELATION of St.

John the Divine.But you see that title for this book is the invention of the trans

lators. There is no such title in the Greek manuscripts. Now then, read the first

verse of Revelation one:The Revelation of JESUS CHRIST...So we see that

this book of Revelation is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and NOT that of St. John

the Divine. Furthermore, I dont think John would approve of anyone calling him

DIVINE.

The words that the lake of fire is the second death are a revelation of Jesus

Christ, and Jesus told us that His words are SPIRIT. Not only are the words lake of

fire and second death figurative, symbolic, and metaphorical, but since this is a

revelation of Jesus Christ Himself, they are of necessity also, SPIRITUAL!

Christendom thinks it understands the words of SPIRIT which Jesus spoke, but


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10The Lake of Fire Seriesdoes it really? Notice the context of these statements of our Lord. Jesus told the

Pharisees and multitudes and disciples that He was the bread of life come down

from heaven. Jesus again used bread at the last supper to SYMBOLIZE His FLESH

which we are to eat in order to have life. The real, literal bread was a symbol of HIS

SPIRITUAL FLESH.

So what is it that Christians by the millions do every morning in churches

around the world? They take communion by eating real physical bread, which they

have been told has now been turned into real physical flesh protein of our Lords

physical body! First of all, Christs BODY IS SPIRITUAL, not physical, (It is sown

a natural body; it is raised a SPIRITUAL BODYI Cor. 15:43, andNow this I

say, brethren, that FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KING-

DOM OF GOD15:50). In other words, they take something physical (bread); ma

gically metamorphose it into something else physical (namely flesh); and think they

have comprehended and achieved something SPIRITUAL.

Christ gave us word symbols to show us a higher spiritual teaching, namely that

eating bread which gives physical life is symbolic of eating the real bread of life from

heaven, the SPIRITUAL FLESH OF JESUS (eating and flesh also being symbol

ic of something else), which imparts SPIRITUAL LIFE.

The large crowds of people who listened to Jesus speak have long since died, andthey died in their sins never having understood what it is to be converted, healed,

and saved. They never have eaten of Christs spiritual body. One of the main reasons

why,...for WIDE is the gate, and BROAD is the way, that leads to destruc-

tion[not eternal torture], and MANY there be which go in thereatis because

Christ did NOT open up to the multitudes the narrow way to understanding, re

pentance, and salvation.

The Three Festivals and the Salvation of All

There is a beautiful type in the Old Testament that clearly demonstrates when and

in what manner all these Unsaved masses will be saved. This Old Testament type is

illustrated all through the New Testament, but the blind and unperceiving eyes of

Christendom have for the most part failed to see it, believe it, or teach it.

TheAmerican Heritage College Dictionary: typen6. A figure, representation,

or symbol of something to come, such as an event in the Old Testament that fore

shadows another in the New Testament, p. 1485. There are many such types beginning back in the the first chapter of Genesis.

Here are just two examples: The Passover in ancient Israel was a type of its true

fulfillment to come in our Lords crucifixion,Purge out therefore the old leaven


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that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened[but now speaking spiritu

ally]. For even Christ our PASSOVER[Lamb]is sacrificed[crucified]for us(I

Cor. 5:7). And James 1:18 clearly demonstrates the foreshadowing of the firstfruits

harvest by saying:Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that

we should be a KIND of firstfruits[of the Spring Harvest]of His creatures

[not farm products].It is also important to note that whenever the word first is

used, it always suggests more to follow there is never a Spring harvest without a

following Fall harvest. We will now consider three of the Old Testament types that

center on the harvest seasons.

In ancient Israel there were three times in the year when all men were to appear

before God:

1. THE WAVE SHEAF (Feast of Unleavened Bread and Passover):Speak

unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come

into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest

thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf OF the firstfruits of your har-

vest unto the priest ... And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the

sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the FIRST year for a burnt of-

fering unto the Lord(Lev. 23:10-12).

COMMENT: This wave sheaf of the very first of the firstfruits is a type of

our Lord Who was the perfect Lamb without blemish offered in the Spring

on Passover.But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the

FIRSTFRUIT of them that sleep(I Cor. 15:20). Jesus is not the entire

firstfruits but ratherthe firstfruit OF them that sleep.He is the first

fruit OF the firstfruit or more precisely thewave sheaf OF the first-

fruits.Firstfruit is a term that pertains to agriculture and harvesting. It

was never a theological term until introduced into the New Testament with

regards to a small number who would be saved prior to a much larger num

ber to be saved later.

2. THE FIRSTFRUITS (Feast of Weeks):All the best of the oil , and all

the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the FIRSTFRUITS of them

which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee ... And

whatsoever is FIRST RIPE in the land which they shall bring unto

the Lord, shall be thine... (Num. 18:12 & 13). And now, behold, I

have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, has

given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and wor-

ship before the Lord thy God(Deut. 26:10).

COMMENT: The type in the New Testament of this Old Testament symbol

is the Believer. Notice what James tells us,Of His own will begat He us


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12The Lake of Fire Serieswith the word of truth, that we should be a kind of FIRSTFRUITS

ofHis creatures(James 1:18). Now a very important point: How far

down the road in prophecy can we go until we reach the end of the first

fruits? In Rev. 7:4-8 we read of the sealing of the 144,000. These are a dif

ferent group from the great innumerable multitude, which no man could

number, from every nation and tongue spoken of beginning in verse 9.

In Chapter 14:1 & 4 we are told specifically who these 144,000 are:And I

looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with Him an

hundred forty and four thousand[notice that the innumerable multi

tudes from all nations is not mentioned here]... These are they which

were not defiled with women, for they are virgins[as in the Bride ofChrist]. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He

goes. These were redeemed from among men, BEING THEFIRST-

FRUITSunto God and to the Lamb(Rev. 14:1 & 4). So every believer

from the Apostles to the 144,000 just prior to the return of Jesus Christ to

establish His reign on the earth, is called and likened toFIRSTFRUITS! So

what does this have to do with the lake of fire? EVERYTHING! Everyone

saved before the Day of Judging is likened to firstfruits, so there will be no

more firstfruits after the white throne judgment.

Paul tells us in Rom. 8:23,And not only they, but ourselves also,

which have the FIRSTFRUITS of the Spirit...Nowhere do we read of

the LASTFRUITS, but whenever something is FIRST we also know there

is something to follow. Nor are there any references to any ONLYFRUITS.

The firstfruits are clearly not the ONLY fruits! Follow this very closely now,

for you are in for a big shock when you understand the type in the fall fest

ival of Tabernaclesthe great fall harvest.

3. THE END-OF-THE-YEAR FEAST OF INGATHERING (Feast of Tabernacles):And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours,

which thou has sown in the field and the FEAST OF INGATHER-

ING, which is in the END OF THE YEAR, when you have gathered

in thy labours out of the field(Ex. 23:16).

Thou shall observe the FEAST OF TABERNACLES seven[number

of perfection]days, after that you have gathered in your corn and

your wine: And you shall REJOICE IN YOUR FEAST, you, and your

son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidser-

vant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the widow, that are within

your gates[thats just about EVERYONE, wouldnt you say?]. Seven days

[heres that perfect number again]shall you keep A SOLEMN FEAST[a


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very important feast to God]unto the LORD your God in the place

which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless

you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, there-fore you shalt surelyREJOICE(Deut. 16:13-15). Here truly was a fest

ival in which EVERYONE, every single person in all Israel, and also did

you notice,the STRANGERwho was NOT an Israelite could really RE

JOICE! THIS FESTIVAL WAS THE HAPPIEST TIME OF THE YEAR! Do

we think it will have no fulfillment in Gods grand plan of salvation?

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, the fifteenth day of this

seventh month shall be the FEAST OF TABERNACLES for seven

days unto the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation:you shall do no servile work therein. Seven days you shall offer an

offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the EIGHTH DAY shall be

an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made

by FIRE unto the LORD: it is a SOLEMN assembly; and you shall

do no servile work therein(Lev. 23:34-36). Why is the profound and

marvelous truth of this festival not taught in its proper chronological order

by the prophets of Christendom? How is it even possible to avoid seeing the

powerful and glorious consummation of Gods salvation in this Fall Harvest

Festival? Why is the truth of this GREAT FEAST being hidden from the

eyes of the world? What is it that they are trying to hide from us? Gods

Word will show us.

Jesus Taught the Purpose of the Fall Harvest

The eighth day of this Feast of Tabernacles was calledThe Last Great Day of

the Feast.Jesus Christ Himself came to the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem

and spoke on the Last Great Day:

In the last day, that GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, Jesus stood

and cried, saying, If ANY MAN thirst, let him come unto me,

and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture has said,

out of his belly shall flow rivers of LIVING WATER(John 7:37-

38).

At what point in future prophecy, will Jesus Christ CUT OFF the invitation toall and any who are athirst to drink of His LIVING WATERS? Our Lord NEVER

cuts off the invitation to drink of the living waters. These waters (a symbol for Gods

SPIRIT) will be available until every creature in heaven and earth is saved:

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14The Lake of Fire Seriesbeginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of

the FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY(Rev. 21:6).

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that

hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And WHO-

SOEVER WILL, let him take the WATER OF LIFE FREELY

(Rev. 22:17).

And this declaration is made just five verses before the END OF THE BIBLE!

But dont be deceived, Jesus Christ IS the tree of life in the Garden, and NO

ONE can partake of that tree of life except he first pass the through the FLAMINGSWORD that points in all directions and guards the tree of life. Remember,Our

God is a CONSUMING FIRE(Heb. 12:29).

So Tabernacles celebrated the great Fall harvest, the largest harvest of the

whole year. It was this great Fall harvest that would sustain Israel through the

winter months. There were far more products to be harvested in the END of the

year than in the Spring of the year. Therefore this same type must carry over into

the New Testament.

So here is where we are. There were THREE great festivals in the yearly calen

dar of Israel:

THREE TIMES in a year shall all thy males appear before the

LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose; in the feast

of unleavened bread[which included Passover], and in the feast

of weeks[firstfruits], and in the feast of tabernacles [the time of

the great fall harvest]: and they shall not appear before the

LORD empty(Deut. 16:16).

First comes the wave sheaf, the very first of the firstfruits, on Passover, during

the feast of unleavened bread. This represents CHRIST, the very first (wave sheaf)

OF the firstfruit, our Passover sacrificed for us.

Second was the Feast of Weeks when the firstfruit of the land was harvested.

This represents US, the FIRSTFRUIT to enter Gods Kingdom. James says WE are

the firstfruit of God (James 1:18).

Third came the great Fall harvest, the Feast of Tabernacles, a much much larger

gathering, where ALL THE FALL HARVEST was gathered in! What does this Feast

picture? This was the time of true REJOICING FOR EVERYONE. Absolutely

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And thou shalt rejoice IN THY FEAST[of Tabernacles, the fall

harvest], YOU, and your SON, and your DAUGHTER, and your

MANSERVANT, and your MAIDSERVANT, and the LEVITE, theSTRANGER[GENTILES], and the FATHERLESS, and the WID-

OW, that are within your gates(Deut. 16:14).

NO ONE was EXCLUDED! EVERYONE was INCLUDED!

And so we see in the New Testament that these three festivals of ancient Israel

are really TYPES in Gods master plan of salvation. Christ the FIRST of the first

fruit. Then believers, the FIRSTFRUITS. And then the great FALL HARVEST.

But wait a minute. We know that Christ was the First of the firstfruit to be re

surrected to life. We also know that all the believing saints who are to reign with

Christ at His coming are the rest of the firstfruits. So where then does the great fall

harvest of souls come into Gods family? When have you ever been taught about the

great fall harvest, which excludes no one but includes everyone? There is a reason

why you havent heard the truth of these Scriptures in Christendom.

According to Christendom THERE IS NO GREAT FALL HARVEST OF SOULS

at the end of the ages!

Thats right, they say there will be NO Fall Harvest in Gods Kingdom. Just how

do they account for such a thing? Is God such an inept and unskilled Farmer that

He has a total crop failure when Fall harvest time comes, or will He just BURN

THE ENTIRE HARVEST in the eternal fires of some fabled hell?

Enter the Prophet Benny

An interesting thing happened yesterday when I was scanning the channels looking

for the latest news. Benny Hinn popped up on one of the channels, and so I stopped

momentarily and heard the announcer say that Mr. Hinn was ready to complete his

study on the Feast of Tabernacles. Now how coincidental can this be? Of course it

was no coincidence at all as God is operating all according to the counsel of His own

will (Eph. 1:10-11). Since I was writing on this very theme myself, I thought that I

would listen to what Mr. Hinn had to say. I then heard something that I have never

heard before.

I am well aware of the fact that Christian doctrine does not teach that God will

bring in the entire Fall harvest of humanity, but how do they explain it away? I had

never heard the orthodox answer to this problem. Well, dont you know, Benny Hinn

(teacher, author, evangelist, healer, prophet, and raiser of the dead) had the answer.

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16The Lake of Fire Seriesway). He said to his audience that what he was about to tell them would shock

them. Even I was on the edge of my seat. I could hardly wait for this new revelation.

What could it be?

First he quoted from Daniel nine about the 70 weeks prophecy and from Amos,

and then came his shocker. He said that God was going to do something that He had

never done before. God was going to do something completely unheard of heretofore.

He was going to perform a most unusual miracle. And just what is it that God will

do? His audience was just glowing with anticipation. I could hardly wait myself. He

next quoted his proof text for this most unusual miracle from God. And here it is,

King James Version, Joel 2:23:

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORDyour God: for He hath given you the former rain moderately,

and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former

rain, and the latter rain in the firstmonth.

Well there it is! Did you catch that most incredible and momentous miracle of

miracles? You dont see it? Well, actually, I didnt either until he explained it.

The key to his marvelous revelation is found in the words,...the former rain,

and the latter rain in the FIRSTMONTH.I will now present to you Prophet

Bennys insight into this phrase. He said that in the near future, God will send the

former rain and latter rain, all in the FIRSTMONTHof the year. Thus, (and here

Prophet Benny takes a little interpreters license) the former rain really represents

the former harvest or Pentecost (firstfruits) and the latter rain represent the Fall

harvest (Tabernacles), so both the spring harvest of firstfruits AND the fall harvest

of ingathering will BOTH TAKE PLACE IN THE FIRSTMONTHOF THE YEAR!

So therefore there will not be a separate huge fall harvest, just one harvest in the

first month only. And both of these harvests combined will NOT include all the produce of the field, ONLY THAT PORTION which is lucky enough to get harvested.

This supposed spring and fall harvest combined, in the first month, will be but a

small portion of the entire crop!

Wow! What prophetic understanding! What a fantastic miracle! What divine rev

elation! What spiritual insight! WHAT A CROCK!!

I am afraid I will now have to Scripturally depose Benny the prophet. (Actually, I

kinda like Benny; hes a charming guy with a pleasant personality, and always

seems to have a smile on his face; but dont believe everything he says).

Notice that Iitalicizedthe wordmonthin each reference above. If you have a

King James Bible you will notice that the word month in Joel 2:23 is initalics.

This means that in the Hebrew manuscript from which this verse was translated,


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there is NO WORD month in verse 23. The translators inserted the word month

thinking they would make the meaning of the verse clearer, when in reality, they

turned the verse into a contradiction. It should read, the former rain, and the lat

ter rain as in the first. Period. It is not speaking of the first month, but as in the

first or as before or as in the beginning. Notice a few credible translations of this

verse:

Rejoice in the Eternal One your God, for the early rain He has

given you amply, the winterrain he has poured upon you, and

sent the latter rain as of old(A New TranslationBy James Mof

fatt).

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice In the LORD

your God; For He giveth you the former rain in just measure,

And He causeth to come down for you the rain, The former

rain and latter rain, at the first(The Holy Scriptures, The Jewish

Publication Society).

And, you sons of Zion, be joyful and rejoice in Jehovah your

God; for He will be bound to give you the autumn rain in right

measure, and He will bring down upon you people a down-

pour, autumn rain and spring rain, as at the first(New World

Translation,By New World Bible Translation Committee).

Then, sons of Zion, exult! And rejoice in the LORD, your God!

For He will give to you the former rain in just measure, And

He will bring down for you the downpour, The former rain and

the latter rain as at first(Concordant VersionBy Concordant Pub

lishing Concern).

Rejoice, O people of Jerusalem, rejoice in the LORD your

God! For the rains He sends are tokens of forgiveness. Once

more the autumn rains will come, as well as those of spring

(The Living Bible,Holman Illustrated Edition).

And you, O children of Zion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord

your God: because He hath given you a teacher of justice, and

he will make the early and the latter rain to come down to you

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18The Lake of Fire SeriesBe glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for He

has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you

abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before(New International Version).

O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God;

for he has given the early rain for your vindication, He has

poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later

rain, as before(The New Revised Standard Version).

Does anyone see the word month in any of these translations? Thats because

God never inspired the word month to be used in this verse. So clearly this verse is

not speaking about having a spring and fall harvest all in the same first month of

the year! How conveniently Prophet Benny thought he had wiped out Gods whole

Fall Harvest of billions of souls by extrapolating a false prophecy and unscriptural

doctrine from one non-existent word!

No, my dear readers, the firstfruits are but the beginning of the harvest, and

there is to follow the full fall harvest of all humanity. God said that this end of the

year fall harvest was a time of REJOICING. One could hardly rejoice over throwing

the entire fall harvest of humanity into some hellhole of eternal fire!

THREE TIMES there was a great festival to God wherein, by the use of types,

God showed mankind His plan of salvation. The PASSOVER, the FIRSTFRUITS,

and the FALL HARVEST. These three festival types in the Old Testament were to

have their fulfillment in future realizations of these types.

Every Man Saved in His Own Order

I Cor. 15:20, 23, 24 presents us with the type and fulfillment of the three harvest

festivals:

1. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the FIRST-

FRUITSOF[the rest of the firstfruits awaiting resurrection in His pres

ence]them that slept But EVERY MAN[all mankind, the WHOLE

human race]in his own ORDER: Christ the firstfruits(The Wave

Sheaf of the very first of the firstfruits).

2. Afterward they that are Christs[those who are now saved]at His

coming[the rest of the firstfruits that are sleeping and those alive wait

ing.] (The Firstfruits, the Spring Harvest).

3. Then comes the END[The Fall Harvest, the Feast of Tabernacles].


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and the feast of INGATHERING[of the Fall Harvest], which is in the

END...(Ex. 23:16). What did Jesus say would happen in the end, at the

end of the Feast, the last day, the last great day of the feast?In thelast day, that GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, Jesus stood and cried,

saying, If ANY MAN thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He

that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly

shall flow rivers of LIVING WATER(John 7:37-38).

Then Comes the End

I Cor. 15:24 says,Then comes the END

The end of what? Just what is itthat ends in the end? Does the earth end? Does the universe end? Do we end?

What ends in the end?Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christs

at His coming[Gk: His presence]. Then comes THEEND...(II Cor. 15:24). Lets

look at a few verses before we come to the end in verse 24:

Verse 20:

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-

fruits of them that slept.

Comment:Contrary to popular teaching, there was no heavenly welcoming com

mittee of men and women who became firstfruits BEFORE Christ became the

FIRSTFRUIT. No, there were no saints welcoming Christ back to heaven. Christ

taught:

And NO MAN has ascended into heaven, but He that came

down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven

(John 3:13).

Jesus Christ was the FIRST. Ask your pastor if this verse really is true, that

NO MAN has ascended into heaven. This would then mean that Lazarus and Ab

raham in the Rich man parable also were NOT IN HEAVEN as most teach that they

were, wouldnt it?

Among the very last few words that Christ uttered on this earth were these:

I am Alpha and Omega, the BEGINNING and the END, the

FIRST and the LAST(Rev. 22:13).

So yes, Christ is the first of the firstfruits. He is the first of EVERYTHING, He

is the very Creator; and He is the last, the end, the CONSUMMATION of Gods

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20The Lake of Fire SeriesVer. 21-22:For since by man came death, by man came also the

resurrection of the dead. ForASin Adam ALL die,EVEN SO in

Christ shall ALL be made alive.

Comment: First I want to show you that the word alive in this verse is a word

that is used with reference to imparting immortality, and not just mortal life. The

Greek wordis zoopoieo, and it means to give life beyond the grasp of any future

death. Notice how it is used in Rom. 8:11,But if the Spirit of Him that raised

up Jesus from the dead[Christ was raised to immortality, not back to a mortal

life]dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken

[zoopoieo]your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you.So clearly God

does not give mortal life to our mortal bodies, seeing that we already have mor

tal life. No, He imparts IMMORTALITY to us. And this is exactly what Paul tells us

in I Cor. 15,For this corruptible[body]must put on incorruption[spiritual],

and this mortal[dying or dead body]must put on IMMORTALITY [Gk:

DEATHLESSNESS](Verse 53). And to whom does Christ grant immortal zo

opoieo life? Answer: ALL. The very same all who die in Adam are the very same

all who are given life IN CHRIST.

It is also noteworthy that it is IN Christ ALL and is not restricted to only,

ALL IN CHRIST as many have tried to twist this verse to mean. They say it is

only all those who are in Christ. But that is not what this verse says. It says in

Christ ALL. That is the order of words. This verse is not speaking of those just the

all believers who are said to be IN Christ. No, this verse is speaking about the

very same in Adam ALL who die become the very same in Christ ALL who are

made alive. And although this particular verse does not say that all are now IN

Christ, it does most definitely say that in Christ, the ALL shall be shall be

made alive. Made alive does not prove they are in Christ or that they are

saved, only that they have been given immortal life. Then comes JUDGMENT. Butdont think that therefore there is no Scripture that says they will eventually ALL

be IN Christ, because there is:

That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might

gather together in one ALL[things is not in original]INChrist,

both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, evenIN

HIM(Eph. 1:10).

Christ first raises ALL to mortal life. At a later date He gathers this same ALL

into Himself. Thein Christ ALL(I Cor. 15:22) then becomes theALL IN

CHRIST(Eph. 1:10). Every creature in heaven and earth will be ONE IN Christ! I

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Ver. 23-24:But every man in his own order: Christ the first-

fruits; afterward they that are Christs at His coming. Then

comeththe end

The King James starts a new sentence and a new verse with the words, Then

cometh the end It should, however, be a continuation of the previous sentence.

There are three items in view here, not just two. TheConcordant Versionhas a bet

ter rendering of this:

Yet each in his own class: the Firstfruit, Christ; thereupon

those who are Christs in His presence; thereafter the consum-

mation

One, two, three. So there are three orders or classes that synchronize with the

three festivals of harvest, and not just two classes that synchronize with Prophet

Bennys first month of the year only theory. Notice them:

1. The Firstfruit, Christ(The Passover, The Wave Sheaf).

2. Thereupon those who are Christs(Pentecost, the Firstfruits)

3. Thereafter the consummation[the end](the final Fall Harvest of Ingathering in the end of the year).

These three match perfectly with the three types of harvest in the Old Testa

ment. So yes indeed, there will be a fall harvest at the end, at the CONSUMMA

TION. Now the rest of verse 24:

thereafter the consummation when He[Christ]shall have

delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He

shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

Notice that Christ does not rule forever and ever as is popularly taught, but

rather delivers up the kingdom to GOD His Father. But He does this after He puts

down ALL RULE AND ALL AUTHORITY, AND ALL POWER. Who/Where?

EVERYONE/EVERYWHERE!That in the dispensation of the fullness of

times He might gather together[just like the fall ingathering of the harvest]in

one ALL[thingsis not in the Greek]in Christ, both which are IN HEAVEN,

and which are ON EARTH, IN HIM(Eph. 1:10). And so here is our Scripture

which clearly states that ALL in both heaven and earth will become ONE IN

Christ. Now they are no longer just given life in Christ, but now they are SAVED,

they are one in Christ!

Notice that there is coming aGATHERING TOGETHER OF ALL IN ONE


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22The Lake of Fire Series[Christ].And that this gathering together of all in one consists of ALL IN THE

HEAVENS AND ALL IN THE EARTH! Who then is left out? NO ONE! These ALL

in heaven and earth are not gathered under Christ, but IN Christ!

Lets read it again. A verse this important and all encompassing cannot be over

emphasized:

That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might

gather together IN ONE[just as in harvest time]ALL IN Christ,

BOTH WHICH ARE IN HEAVEN, AND WHICH ARE ON

EARTH; IN HIM.

Now then, when ALL in both heaven and earth are gathered into one IN

Christ, absolutely no one is left out. This is also in perfect harmony with other

Scriptures regarding the salvation of everyone in both the heavens and the earth,

and even those dead and six feet UNDER the earth. Next book, Phil. 2:9-11:

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a

name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus

EVERY KNEE should bow, of[those]in heaven, and those in

earth, and those under [all who have died] the earth: And that

EVERY TONGUE should confess that Jesus Christ IS LORD to

the glory of God the Father.

Sometimes when something is important God gives us a SECOND WITNESS:

I HAVE SWORN BY myself, the word is gone out of My mouth

in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto Me EVERY

KNEE shall bow, EVERY TONGUE shall swear(Isaiah 45:23).

And when something is really important God even gives us a THIRD WITNESS:

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, EVERY KNEE shall

bow to me, and EVERY TONGUE shall confess to God(Rom.

14:11).

It is futile to say that I Cor. 15: 22 means only the all who are in Christ will be

saved, even though the order of words is clear in all translations. It is not all IN

Christ that is spoken of in this verse, but rather in Christ ALL that is spoken of.But later, after resurrection, after judgment, in the dispensation of the fullness of

times, we learn that, indeed, it is ALL in Christ and now the ALL is EVERY

ONE IN HEAVENS AND ON THE EARTHALL OF GODS CREATURES!


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By the way, for all those ultra-stubborn ones who say that, yes, all will bow their

knees, and if they dont God will break their knees and force them to confess that

Jesus is LORD, let me present this Scripture:

no man CAN SAY that Jesus is the Lord BUT BY THE HOLY

SPIRIT(I Cor. 12:3b).

Oh that Christians would learn to stop fighting and contradicting the Scriptures.

So then, in Christ ALL shall be made alive with immortal and incorruptible

life; ALL both in the heavens and in the earth shall be judged (set right), and then

all in the heavens and all in the earth will bow and confess that Christ is LORD of

their lives; and ALL in both heaven and earth will be gathered together in ONE INChrist. This is the great fall harvest. This is the meaning of Tabernacles. This is

the grand and glorious note on which the ENDS OF EONS climax!

To Be In Christ is Salvation

What does it mean to be IN Christ seeing that ALL IN HEAVEN AND EARTH

WILL BE IN Christ?

Therefore if any man be IN Christ, he is a NEW CREATURE:

old things are passed away; behold, ALL things are become

new.

How many will be reconciled IN Christ?

To wit, that God was IN Christ, reconciling THE WORLD unto

Himself, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TREPASSES UNTO THEM

(II Cor. 5:17 & 19).

Of course, how could it be otherwise? Jesus doesnt make just some new

creatures from the old, no, He makesALL THINGS NEW.And we all know

this verse:

There is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION to them which

areINChrist Jesus

How many will be IN Christ? We read it: ALL. There is coming the time whenthere will be no more condemnation IN ANYONE ANYWHERE! Praise God and

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When is it Too Late to Be Saved?

But are these Scriptures believed? In the the end, in the last day , in that

GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, can ANY man really and truly drink of Christ if

he is thirsty, or will it be TOO LATE?

If ANY MAN THIRST, let him come unto Me, and DRINK.

What about the Rich man in the parable who said,

...be merciful to me[is God a God of mercy?]and send Lazarus

that he should be dipping the tip of his finger in water and

cooling my tongue...(Luke 16:24).

Can this Rich man come to Christ and drink? Ask your pastor. The answer will

probably be, NO, he cannot come to Christ and drink, because for him IT IS TOO

LATE.

TOO LATE? The END, the END of the Feast, the LAST day, the LAST

great day of the Feast, is, TOO LATE?NO! The LAST great day of the feast is

NOT too late. The LAST GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST ISWHENJesus said let

ANY MANfreely come and drink of the water of life:

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and theEND... I will

give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the WATER OF

LIFEFREELY(Rev. 21:6)

In the LAST DAY, that GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, Jesus

stood and cried, saying, If ANY MAN THIRST [even the Rich

man]LET HIM COME UNTO ME, ANDDRINK(Jn. 7:37-38).

In the parable of Lazarus and the Rich man, we find the Rich man being Judged,

so he has not as yet partaken of the water of life, but he will. And so the church

today has relegated this marvelous type of the fall harvest of rejoicing into an etern

ity of grieving. They see no need to SAVE the harvest. Their message is to BURN

AND DESTROY THE HARVEST! To them the Fall Harvest is not worth saving; to

them the Fall Harvest is EVIL, and needs to be burned in fire for all eternity. This

is decidedly not the way God views humanity in the end time of harvest. It seems

that the greatest minds in theology today cannot understand the simplest analogies,types, and parables in the Scriptures?


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God the Farmer

Think about these things with a little bit of sensibility and reverence for Gods de

sires. Oh how we demean the very God we claim to worship. For millennia man has

tilled the ground, planted seed, cultivated, sweat and toiled in anticipation of a

GOOD CROP. You cant count the times that Scripture talks of food, produce, oil,

olives, figs, corn, wine, cattle, milk, honey, seedtime and harvest. The ideal setting

being a land filled with happy children, peace, health, and PLENTY! Our Lord said

that God His Father is a Farmer (My Father is the FarmerJohn 15:1)

Now it is indeed acknowledged by the church that God will have a small spring

harvest of firstfruits, but when it comes to the FALL harvest, the really BIG har

vest, The Greatest Farmer in the Universe, will not have a bumper crop but will

rather have a TOTAL CROP FAILURE! Or more precisely, He BURNS THE EN

TIRE FALL HARVEST. Does this blasphemous teaching sound to you like God is be

ing exalted as the Greatest Farmer in all the earth? An all-wise, all-knowing, all-

powerful, all-loving Farmer Who can cultivate and produce a perfect and complete

Fall Harvest? Why would our Fathers Son, Jesus Christ, liken His Father to a

Farmer, knowing in advance that His Farmer Father will produce fall harvest that

is worse that the worst of human farmers?

The spring harvest is the harvest of those firstfruits that have entered into the

straight and narrow gate. The fall harvest is the harvest of all those who went the

wide and broad way into destruction. Destruction is not the final destiny of the non

believer. Being DESTROYED, PERISHED, and LOST are all conditions awaiting

SALVATION, and are not conditions to be eternally punished! All, absolutely ALL,

who are not in the first resurrection are in a condition likened to: lost, perished,

or destroyed. Contrary to orthodoxy these conditions are NOT hopeless:

Destroyed, Perished, and Lost

DESTROYED: Is being destroyed a condition from which there is no salvation? Je

sus said,

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill

the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to DESTROY both

soul and body in hell[the Greek is gehenna NOT hell. It is ge

henna fire, Mat. 5:22, not hell fire](Matt. 10:28).

Is there no salvation from this destruction in gehenna fire? Notice that they

are not eternally lost in gehenna fire, but they are DESTROYED in gehenna fire.

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26The Lake of Fire Serieseven our own Lord would have been put into a hopeless condition.

Jesus answered and said unto them, DESTROY this temple,

and in three days I will raise it up ... but He spake of the

temple of His BODY(John 2:19 & 21).

Later they did destroy Jesus Christ and sure enough three days later God

SAVED Jesus from that destruction.

Notice what Job said with relation to being destroyed:

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round

about; yet Thou dost DESTROY me(Job 10:8).

Yet Job knew that God would yet save him. In Jeremiah 18 God tells Jeremiah to

go down to the Potters house and observe him at work. Jeremiah sees the potter

destroy a marred work in his hand and refashion it into something useful. This we

learn is an analogy of how God would destroy Judah (Ver. 7), and yet save him in

the end. God will refashion all of marred (destroyed) mankind into glorious sons of

God!

PERISHED: Can a person perish and still be saved? Of course. Even righteousmen can perish,

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a

JUST MAN that PERISHES in his righteousness, and there is a

wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness(Ecc. 7:15).

One more,

The RIGHTEOUS PERISHES, and no man lays it to heart...

(Isa. 57:1).

Perishing is not something that can cut off Gods arm of salvation.

LOST: Can a person sin, be lost, die, and then be saved? Certainly. Lets look at

one of those parables of Jesus that Christendom thinks of as easy to understand

little stories, when in fact they dont even begin to understand. You all know the

story contained in the parable of the Prodigal son so I wont read it all, but let me

give you the truth of this parable.

God is the Father in this parable, and the Prodigal is EVERY SON WHO HAS

GONE ASTRAY.

And when he had spent all ... And when he came to himself ... I


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will arise and go to my father ... I have sinned against heaven,

and in thy sight ... And am no more worthy to be called thy

son ... But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the bestrobe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes

on his feet. And bring hither the fatted calf ... For this my son

wasDEAD, and is alive again; he wasLOST, and is found. And

they began to be merry(Luke 15:14-23).

This man SINNED, he was LOST, and he SPIRITUALLY DIED! Do we ALL

spiritually DIE?AND AS IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE...

But isnt this speaking of the PHYSICAL death of our bodies? No it is not. The

second part of the verse gives us the answer as to which death this is,

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but AFTER this

the JUDGMENT(Heb. 9:27).

Notice that judgment comesafterthis death, and notbefore.We already

learned that JUDGMENT is upon the house of God NOW! Each individual Christi

an in every generation is judged NOW, in THIS life, BEFORE he physically dies!

And so the death that all men must partake of before judgment is SPIRITUAL

DEATH. Notice:

And I saw THE DEAD, small and great, STAND before God

(Rev. 20:12).

How pray tell can the physically dead, stand, if they are dead?

So here then is the order of things. The Prodigal Son SINNED, he was LOST, he

spiritually DIED, and then? And then he was JUDGED! Where and when was he

judged? In the hog pens of a far alien country, thats where. God had to bring him

out of this alien county (Mystery Babylon the Great) with all itsriotous living

(Luke 15:13). And so it was that God JUDGED this Prodigal with the beasts and

swine of Babylon until hecame to himself.(Ver. 17). Seems to me that God sent

King Nebuchadnezzer into the fields with the beasts to live like a beast, so that he

too came to himself. God has not warned in vain to,

Come out of her[MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE

MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH]

my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye re-

ceive not of her plagues(Rev. 17:5 & 18:4).

He that has an ear, let him hear.


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28The Lake of Fire SeriesAnd so this Prodigal SINNED, was LOST, and spiritually DIED. Surely he is

outside of the realm of salvation now. No, he is in the perfect realm FOR SALVA

TION. How many millions of times this parable of the Prodigal Son has been read,

but how many times has its truth ever been understood and perceived? This prodig

al was, according to his father, DEAD. And it was after his father said that he was

dead that he welcomed him back, forgave him, exalted him, and rewarded him!

Now who says one cant be saved after death. It is after death that most of humanity

will be saved.

May God finally grant you to SEE SOMETHING SPIRITUAL! Parables are NOT

literal, thats why they are called parables instead of history. This parable pic

tures the carnal mind going the way of the flesh. What are the wages of living a ri

otous life in the alien land of lustful Babylon? Is it life and joy in the holy spirit? I

speak as fool. Here is the wages of riotous and carnal living in the hog pens of

Babylon:For the wages of sin is DEATH...(Rom. 6:23). SPIRITUAL DEATH!

What must happen AFTER we spiritually DIE? JUDGMENT! The spiritual DEAD

must be JUDGED. Does judging CORRECT the spiritually dead sinners? Yes it

does. That is what the parable of the Prodigal Son is all about. Gods ways and

means ALWAYS WORK!

...For when Thy[Gods]JUDGMENTS are in the earth, the IN-

HABITANTS OF THE WORLDWILL LEARN RIGHT-

EOUSNESS(Isa. 26:9)!

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