Ears to Hear, Listen! – Page 2 – Light from the Word

Be Careful That No one Misleads You

(Matthew 24)

Deceitful time is upon us; We are floating in an ocean of lies, marked by masks, in order to hide truths, in the symbolism that expresses today’s life-style. The world’s media misleads the crowds to a precipice of no return. The news is false and in it there is no truth to guide us to knowledge of truth. The courts of law are corrupted; the innocent perish and the guilty is preserved to continue with the plan to deceive those who remain inert and indifferent to what is happening today right in front of their eyes, because of their unbelief. Meanwhile, the world spins on its axis, moving time to its final hours. The Bible has something to say to those who refuse to love the Truth in order that they may be saved. It is that God will send upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false (II Thess. 2:10b-11). What we experience today is truly the welcome the world is preparing for the lawless one, the father of lies, the devil himself, when he takes over this world. YAHSHUA expressly warned His disciples about false Messiahs and false prophets saying, Be careful that no one misleads you, for many will come in My name saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray…many false prophets will rise up and deceive and lead many into error (Matt. 24:1-12). Sadly, that is happening right now. “Be careful,” implies danger ahead. The ultimately results of falling into deceit is the loss of one’s life. Now is the time, the Bible says to embrace the truth; now is the time to secure yourself into the arms of YAHSHUA for protection and deliverance from all that is false, holding unto discernment – the way to safety.

The End Times Review channel through Telegram media has published part of a chapter from the book entitled, President Donald J. Trump, The Son of Man the Christ by Helgard Muller from South Africa. He refers to the verses 28-30 of Luke chapter 17, and appropriates them to President Donald J. Trump as if he were the son of man, the Christ, which is blasphemous in every way. YAHSHUA referred to Himself as the Son of Man when He, in His prophetic utterance, gave signs of the day when He will be revealed. The verses read: They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise, also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. Then the book reads: “Make President Donald J. Trump great so that you can have eternal life and not perish (John 3:14-15)! For whosoever shall be ashamed of Jesus, the Son of God and of his words, of him shall President Donald J. Trump, the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his father’s, and of the holy angels (Luke 9:26). Trump is the “Great King” of God to rule the nations and the Jews (Psalm 45). For he is coming back America – and this time with great power and glory (Mark 13:26)! President Donald J. Trump, the son of Man (not Jesus, the Son of God) will smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he treads the winepress (Jews-Exodus 34:13) of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings, And Lord of Lords- (Revelation 19: 11-21). President Donald J. Trump is the King of Kings, And the Lord of Lords! The Son of Man Who Will Be Seen Seated in The Place Of Power At God’s Right Hand And Coming On The Clouds of Heaven!”

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Going to the Courts of Heaven

(Job 23: 2-7; Esther 5; Zachariah 3)

“Divine justice is available to every believer”

The high priest, Joshua was found before the Lord in the courts of heaven with Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary and to accuse him. Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, a representation of his sins. Satan well knew about Joshua and readily stood by his side to bring accusation against him. But the Lord rebuked Satan and forgave Joshua’s sins. He said, “Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel. If you will walk in My ways and keep My charge, then also you shall rule My house and have charge of My courts and I will give you access [to My presence] and places to walk among these who stand here” (Zachariah 3). Satan had legal issues against the high priest Joshua, due to his life of sin. He never rests until he fulfills his evil desire to kill and destroy God’s people. YAHSHUA said that the devil had come to kill and destroy, but He had come to give life abundantly. After forgiving Joshua, the Lord dressed Him in the robe of righteousness and warned him to walk in obedience in order to continue in his position of serving Him. The high priest was set free from the devil’s accusations after the Lord forgave him. This experience is not unique only to Joshua; through our life’s journey on earth we too have walked in disobedience to the Lord, causing an open door for Satan to have his way against us. But John, in his first epistle, assured us that if we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive and purify us. And as He did for Joshua He will do for us too.

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The Shekinah Glory

The Shekinah glory was visible in the Old Testament in the forms of light, fire, and cloud, or in a combination of all three. It is the manifestation of the presence of God. In the Garden, Adam and Eve experienced the Shekinah Glory at the time they heard God’s voice, as He walked in the cool of the day (Gen. 3:8a). The Shekinah Glory was visible to Moses in a flame of fire while he was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law. (Exodus 3:1-5). In his journey through the desert to the Promised Land, Moses spent eighty days and nights in the presence of God. The Shekinah Glory led Israel through the desert to the Promised Land by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night (Exodus 13:21-22).

The greatest manifestation of the Shekinah Glory was visible in Mount Sinai, when the Lord came down upon it on the third day: The third morning there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. When Moses brought the people from the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain, Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, for the Lord descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like that of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. As the trumpet blast grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with a voice. The Lord came down upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain, and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses went up (Exodus 19: 16-20). That was the time of the giving of the Ten Commandments.

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The Coming Great Deception

Deception, according to Webster’s dictionary, is by design or illusion; implies the use of tricks in fraudulently deceiving others; it is deliberate deception in dishonesty, depriving a person of property, rights.

It all began in the Garden of Eden, when Satan deceived Eve. That was the first great deception, one that affected the eternal destiny of men. From the time that Eve believed the serpent and fell for it, the curse fell on all men. Satan gained an entrance to men’s mind and through it he led the human race into the practice of evil. That was the fall that brought endless consequential results. We were all born spiritually dead as a result. The fruit looked good to Eve, because she did not realize that the serpent’s purpose was to damage God’s reputation. It was a matter for Eve to discredit and doubt God’s word. Satan’s words were like slippery ground and Eve fell into it. Deception, deception, a thing that takes us under the wheels of a truck without us knowing it, until too late. It is the way to destruction. Satan, the father of lies and deception, continues pursuing the human race to their destruction. He is a thief, a liar, a deceiver. YAHSHUA said of him, The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (John 10:10). Deception shows one thing, but it is the opposite. The world is turning itself in many directions of deceptions right now. Many have lost their lives, for disapproving truth and embracing deception. Slowly, they slipped into their own destruction. Someone observed the fakeness we live in: “fake people, fake food, fake medicine, fake weather, fake news, fake History, fake pandemics, fake revolution and fake spirituality.” The purpose of the few is to destroy humanity through any means they can put their hands on. They sell a host of goodies under the pretension of a store with good prices, so to satisfy their evil agenda. For more details do a search with these key words Walmart, Evergreen, Getty Museum and FEMA. You will be shocked beyond belief.

YAHSHUA warned us in one of His sermons that false messiahs and false prophets will arise and show signs and miracles to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect. But look to yourselves, He said, and be on your guard; I have told you everything beforehand (Mark 13:22-23). Test the spirits, to see whether they are from God, because many prophets have gone out into the world, says the Word of God in I John 4:1: Testing of spirits is by the knowledge of the Word of God. Anything that we hear or read that is not in line with the Word of God, should not be accepted as truth. The way one is guided into deceit is by ignorance of Scriptures. There will be a day when Satan, through the antichrist, will pervert and seduce with flatteries those who do not know the truth. His coming is through the activity and working of Satan and he will be attended by great power and with all sorts of miracles and signs and delusive marvels (II Thess. 2:9). The world will marvel at his deceptions and will fall into his trickeries. There will be many who profess to be Christians who will believe him. There are two kinds of Christians: the born-again Christian, who follows the Bible, and believes in eternal salvation through the sacrifice of YAHSHUA and do not worship idols; the Lord YAHSHUA is their leader; and there are those Christians who are called Catholics who believe salvation is through work; they believe also in the existence of purgatory, which is the “condition, process, or place of purification or temporary punishment in which, according to medieval Christian and Roman Catholic belief, the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for heaven.” The Pope is the head of the state and the Catholic Church. In fact, lately, in a very important ceremony lead by the Pope, the cantor led the congregation in prayer with words indicating the “imminent emergency of the near event coming to light of the antichrist.” He sang these words: “His flame Lucifer, dawning his own creation: man, I say, O Lucifer, who knows no setting. Christ your son who came back from the dead and shed his peaceful light to the human race, and is alive and reigns forever more.” And everyone said, Amen! This is pure deceit, one that will lead many to believe Satan to be the Messiah. This ceremony the Pope wanted the entire world to see. It was the announcement to the world concerning the son of perdition as the false messiah. It seems that the antichrist will be revealed to the world through the leadership of the Catholic Church. The resurrected son of perdition-Judas, will take his position as the antichrist under the leadership of Satan.

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A Manger, a Crown of Thorns and a Cross

(Luke 2:7; Matt 27:29; John 19: 16-18)

But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (Micah 5:2).

The Manger

Before his death, Jacob prophesied of the tribe of Judah: The scepter of leadership shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes to Whom it belongs, and to Him shall be the obedience of the people (Gen. 49:10). This prophecy was fulfilled many years later in the birth of our Savior, YAHSHUA. In those days it occurred that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole Roman empire should be registered; all the people were going to be registered, each to his own town; Joseph also went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the town of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David ( Luke 2:1-3). That happened close to the time for Mary’s delivery. And while they were there, the time came for her delivery, and she gave birth to her Son, her Firstborn; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room or place for them in the inn (Luke 2:6-7). Was YAHSHUA laid in a manger where all kinds of animals were feeding as tradition tells us? In Micah 4:8 the idea is refuted, for the prophet gives us the exact location where Messiah was to be born and the type of manger He would be laid on: And you, O Tower of the Flock, the hill and stronghold of the Daughter of Zion, unto you the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the Daughter of Jerusalem. Messiah was to be born at the “Tower of the Flock”. This was a watch tower used by the shepherds in ancient times for the protection of their flock from enemies and wild beasts. It was also the place where chosen ewes were brought to give birth to their young ones; after their babies were born, they were wrapped in swaddling clothes for their protection. These were special lambs, chosen for temple sacrifices. Only these lambs would be feeding in that place. It is without a doubt that God chose this place many years earlier for His Son to be born; a significant picture of what was to come in the person of His Son, the Lamb of God.

After His birth, the perfect Lamb of God was wrapped in swaddling clothes and was laid in a manger at the “Tower of the Flock.” John the Baptist declared: There is the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29).

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The Magi, Who Were They?

(Genesis 25; Isaiah 60:6)

Arise and shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you (Isaiah 60:1). These prophetic words are in reference to the first coming of Israel’s Messiah- YAHSHUA. It is a calling to the nation to a bright future, the future when YAHSHUA– the Light of the world will tabernacle with them. “Arise and shine,” two key words that speak life and radiance, for the reason that the Light, Who is their Messiah, Redeemer and King was coming. The radiance of His Light will reflect His glory in His performance of miracles and healings. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined (Isaiah 9:2). This prophecy was fulfilled in Matthew 4:15-16, which reads, The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, in the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles the people who sat in darkness have seen a great Light and for those who sat in the land and shadow of death Light has dawned. John 1:5,14 confirms the fact: And the Light has shined on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it; and the word became flesh and tabernacled among us; and we saw His glory, such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace and truth. Connecting Isaiah’s prophecy to these two passages, we clearly understand that the Prophet Isaiah was referring to Israel’s Messiah YAHSHUA, the Light and the Hope of Israel. The Prophet Isaiah also prophesied concerning the Magi who were to come to bring YAHSHUA gifts and who they were: A multitude of camels shall cover you [Jerusalem], the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all the men from Sheba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the Lord (Isaiah 60:6). They were none other than the descendants from Abraham with Keturah, his other wife, after Sarah died. It reads, Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim and Leummim. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah (Gen. 25:1-4). Three names stand out in Isaiah’s prophecy: Midian, his son Ephah and Sheba the son of Jokshan. Their descendants were those who about seven hundred and thirty years later, came to honor the King, YAHSHUA with very expensive gifts.

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Freedom Through Confession and Forgiveness

King David, following the lust of the eye, fell into the grave sins of adultery and homicide. For not dealing with them, he suffered consequences marked on his body, called disease. He was also mentally disturbed through the torment of guilt. He describes his ordeal in Psalm 32 by saying, When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long. Got fay and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer; I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord then You forgave me the guilt and iniquity of my sin (vs. 3-5). Two organs felt the consequences of David’s non-confessed sins: the bones and the kidneys- (my moisture was turned into the drought of summer). We have here the confirmation that we bring on ourselves diseases because of non-confessed sins. The weight that they have on us is difficult to deal alone without confession to God and to the one we have offended. We all know the hold that guilt together with fear have on us. Fear, because guilt brings with it the spirit of fear, and fear brings with it remorse. It is fear and remorse that devastate our mental capability, leading us to mental illnesses and ultimately, suicide. If only we had the courage to face the reality before us, we would rid of fear of confessing our sins. We also would experience peace and spiritual and mental freedoms. The Bible says, If we admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I John 1:9).

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Do You Love Me Peter, More Than These?

(John 21)

It was the third time that the Lord had appeared to the disciples after He arose from the dead. They were waiting for Him at the Sea of Galilee, as they were told, although not everyone was there. Only seven out of eleven disciples. We don’t know how long they had waited before Peter decided to go fishing and the rest with him. YAHSHUA came to them in the early hour of the morning, when they were exhausted, for not having caught anything all night. YAHSHUA stood at the beach, without them recognizing Him. His familiar voice called to them saying, Boys, You do not have any meat, do you? They answered Him, No! And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find, so they cast the net, and now they were not able to haul it in for such a big catch of fish (vs. 5,6). 153 large fish were caught that morning under the command of YAHSHUA, Whom they did not recognize at first. YAHSHUA had breakfast ready for them when they got to land. He invited them to eat. He took the bread and the fish and gave them to the disciples. After they had eaten, YAHSHUA directed a very important question to Peter. A question that would connect Peter once again with Lord, for saying, “I do not know the man,” he had left the Lord. A question that would challenge his love for YAHSHUA. Three times the same question was asked, measuring up to the three times he denied the Lord. Grieved that YAHSHUA should ask him the third time, Do you love Me? He said to Him, Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You (vs.17).

The first time YAHSHUA asked the question, Do you love Me, He added, more than these? Peter’s mind was on going back to his old life style. “I am going fishing.” With that, he disregarded YAHSUA’S calling of while back: “I will make you fisher of men” (Luke 5). The love that YAHSHUA was challenging Peter was not to the extent of the love the disciples had for Him. As you know, they too failed in their demonstration of their love for YAHSHUA. One betrayed Him, one doubted Him, and the rest forsook Him at the moment He needed them the most. It was not a question of comparison of his love with the other disciples’ love for YAHSHUA. No, this had to do with the love that Peter had for his fisherman’s business. Under the command of YAHSHUA, he had caught many fish. That was his livelihood, his money maker. Was Peter willing to leave all behind once again to serve the Lord, after the Lord had left the world? His past actions showed otherwise. YAHSHUA had to re-instate Peter with the question, Do you love Me more than these? In order for him to realize where he was and where he should have been. “I do not know the man” were the words Peter uttered to confirm he had forsaken the Lord. YAHSHUA was bringing him back to equip him for a task that required his complete surrender. A task that required the giving up his life to die for YAHSHUA, not only spiritually, but physically. It would be only through his genuine love for the Lord that he could accomplish the calling to be a martyr. Had not the Lord reinstated him, Peter would have gone his old way of living; but God had a purpose for him that only him would fulfill it: Feed “My lambs,” three times YAHSHUA challenged Peter’s love for Him. “Not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life that I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me (Gal. 2:20) Peter had to die to self to receive the supernatural strength that came from God for him to go through the hard road ahead of him, as the Lord told him in which manner he was going to die as a martyr.

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Brasil Clama a Sua Liberdade

Outubro saiu deixando o povo Brasileiro desmoirado e sem esperança. Um país que se orgulha das suas belezas naturais, riquezas da terra, de um povo pacifico, de uma vida movimentada pelo futebol e suas músicas ritmadas alegres e ao mesmo tempo melancólicas. Mas O Brasil acordou na manha do dia primeiro de novembro, assustado com a possibilidade, de ser roubada a sua liberdade, a vida feliz que desfrutava. Anos atrás, quando o comunismo tentou invadir o Brasil, as forças militares agiram de uma maneira rápida e sem prejuízo a pátria. Hoje, a história repete-se, mas a ação dos militares difere do passado na sua ação demorada no agir pelo país. A angústia que o povo sente é transmitida pela rede da internet, àqueles que assistem o seu reporte. Chora Brasil a tua liberdade nestes dias de incerteza, na tua dor da possibilidade que tudo que representava a tua vida, o teu calor humano, acabou. Mas, contudo, isso, do Senhor vem a resposta final que precisas saber encontrada em Isaias 7: 1-4, 7,9 que diz:

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From Glory to Glory

(II Cor. 3:18; Ephesians 5:27; I Cor. 15: 43)

And all of us, as with unveiled face, continued to behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [who is] the Spirit (II Cor. 3: 18).

“In justification, through faith into Christ the sinner is accepted in Christ (Ephesians. 5:17) who Himself is the pure and perfect Image of God, and that divine image is freely imputed to the believer. In sanctification, through the operation of the Holy Spirit who enables the believer constantly to behold the glory of the Lord, that image is increasingly imparted to the Christian. In glorification, justification and sanctification become complete in one, for that image is then finally impressed upon the redeemed in unobscured fullness, to the glory of God throughout eternity” (Second Corinthians, p. 120) Philip Hughes.

When God created Adam and Eve, He made them in His image and likeness (Gen. 1:26). But when they failed out of God’s image, they received the spirit of fear instead. In His customary time when He came to talk to them, God found them hidden and afraid when they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? He said, I heard the sound of You in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself (Gen. 3:8-10). Because Adam and Eve had lost the image of God, they became slaves to the spirit of fear and to the demands of the flesh. Men lost the sparkle of the glory of God. A wall was now in between them and God; no longer did God walk in the garden to talk to them. But God’s love for men compelled Him to do something to restore them to Him again. And at the fullness of time He sent His Son YAHSHUA to restore and reconcile men to His Father, God. In that reconciliation man was justified through faith in Messiah; he was sanctified through the work of the Holy Spirit given him at the moment of his spiritual birth; God gave them His image through the indwelling of His Holy Spirit. The fullness of the glory of God will be complete in those who have accepted Him in their glorification, God’s final work in men. Man is justified, acquitted, and forgiven in the process of salvation; he is sanctified to reflect the glory of YAHSHUA, which is increasing from one glory to another, as he grows in Christ and matures in Him. Finally he will be glorified and completely holy and blameless and he will be as YAHSHUA is when men see Him.

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