Revealed Study Notes
Attributes of GOD:
The Creator of The Heavens, the Earth, Sun, Moon, and Stars. GOD created the Universe (Time and Space), Galaxies, all Life and all of the Science required for all that was created. GOD is Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and is not a respecter of persons. GOD knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end, and is infinite in knowledge and mercy!!!
Authority:
The only authority regarding GOD, all of GOD's Creation and GOD's ultimate purpose and plan for all of GOD's Creation, is GOD!!!
Neither the Tanakh (Written Torah/Old Testament) or Bible have created anything nor can either provide, or confer salvation!
(If GOD intended for Bible to be The Authority then GOD, being a non-respecter of persons, would have had to given it, in it's entirety, to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden!)
Adamic Man:
GOD created Adamic Man as the seed through which GOD would provide a Savior, in the person of Jesus Christ, to Glorify Himself to all of Creation by demonstrating His Omnipotence, Omniscience and Omnipresence. (GOD knows the beginning from the end and the end from the beginning!)
Bible/Law/Tanakh:
For the first 2668 years after the creation of Adam and Eve there was GOD and Faith (Belief) which GOD counted as Righteousness. There was no Tanakh or
Bible only the oral tradition of the Torah. The only direct writing from GOD to Man was the Law given to Moses during the 40 years in the wilderness. All Bibles are based upon the Judaic Tanakh (The Torah, The Nevi'im, and The Ketuvim). Neither The Tanakh nor the Bible are manuals or handbooks for life!
Bible Study:
There are over 27000 Christian denominations/sects worldwide (1500 in the USA alone) and each one has a unique Doctrine resulting from different interpretations of the Bible, even though the majority ascribe to "Let the Bible interpret the Bible" method of Bible study. There is something wrong here! GOD is not the author of confusion!
The Bible cannot be correctly interpreted or deciphered in a linear method nor by searching for and matching compatible verses. Neither is The Bible meant to be studied by translation of the original language in which it was written. (Biblical History verifies that GOD's Word is invariably misinterpreted when it is received by Man; therefore, even the original language is usually in error.) These methods invariably result in misinterpretation and errors because the Bible is a Living Bible; designed to be studied and interpreted in conjunction with everything revealed and discovered during Adamic Man's existence and sojourn throughout time.
The Bible is circular in its design, without a beginning and/or end, just as GOD sees Time! (Revelation 12 contains the information necessary to understand the condition of the Earth in Genesis and is the only Book in the Bible that specifically forbids the addition to or subtraction from any word.)
The only way to understand GOD and The Bible, is to study The Bible within the context of The attributes that define GOD and all that is revealed and discovered about GOD's entire creation. All of Life's experiences, The Universe, The Sciences, Prehistory, History, Current Events, etc. assist in deciphering The Bible, and understanding GOD and GOD's Plan!
The Bible shows that GOD is Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent, knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end, is not a respecter of persons, and is infinite in knowledge, patience, love, forgiveness, mercy, and every other positive attribute found in Man. ( And GOD said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen 1:26)
Rely on GOD to reveal what GOD wants you personally to know. Do not try to interpret GOD by the Bible, instead interpret the Bible by GOD and the revealed attributes of GOD! Only GOD is Holy and Perfect!
Blasphemy:
Believing anyone or anything other than GOD (including the Tanakh and Bible) constitutes blasphemy of the Holy Spirit of Truth. The only sin that will never be forgiven!
Dispensationalism:
The major problem with the dispensations viewpoint is that it requires:
That GOD be a respecter of persons and/or implies that GOD has had to alter his plan for some reason.
1. If GOD is (or ever has been) a respecter of persons then there can be no assurance of our salvation.
2. If GOD has ever had to alter his plan in any way, for any reason, then by definition GOD would not be Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent. (If GOD were lacking any one of his attributes then by definition GOD would not exist and Satan and the one-third of the Angels would have had a case for rebellion.)
Obviously that is not, nor has it ever been, the case!
The truth is that that the sole basis of salvation is the same for us as it was for Adam, Eve, Abraham, and everyone throughout the Torah/Bible.
The original sin in the Garden of Eden was Adams's believing Eve instead of GOD. On the other hand, Abram believed GOD and GOD counted it as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6)
Believing GOD is Faith. (Faith is the active recognition of the Deity of GOD and has ALWAYS been the Coin of the Realm in the Kingdom of GOD!)
When we believe, accept, and acknowledge that Jesus died as the anointed Sacrificial Lamb of GOD and shed His blood for all sin (past present, and future), that is The Statement of Faith that assures salvation!
Faith:
Faith (belief) is the active recognition and acknowledgment of the Deity of GOD!
All Religions, including Judaism and Christianity (all Denominations and Sects), are Man made with roots based in Paganism dating back to Ancient Babylon and in one way or another, they all promote that Jesus' sacrifice by dying on the Cross was not good enough and that you have to "do" something else to earn GOD's favor and mercy! This is a totally false misconception! The Christian Life is about walking in Faith, it is not in any way dependent upon your actions or what you "do" or "don't do", throughout your life!
The Flood:
Genesis 8:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Since everything was destroyed by The Flood, it seems obvious that GOD's purpose for "Noah's" flood was genetic purification, since GOD was to select Abram (a descendent of Shem) to be the seed source of Isaac, the father of Jacob (renamed Israel by GOD).
(Abraham was also the father of Ishmael by Hagar, Sarai's handmaid. (Sarai has to be the original source of the tradition of maternal inheritance in Judaism.)
(Side Note: Islamic terrorism is the result of an inheritance issue between the descendants of the sons of Abraham. Ishmael (the eldest) and Isaac, the father of Jacob (renamed Israel by GOD) and the Christian Crusades! The United States and it's Western Allies are seen as the enemy of Islam because of their role in the the re-establishment and continued support of the nation of Israel since 1948!)
Free Will:
Perhaps the biggest lie ever perpetrated by Satan, it is a concept eagerly embraced by Man due to Man's limitations as a creature of Time and Space!
The concept of Free Will is the illusion that allows Man to believe that Man is able to manipulate, influence, and control future events. This illusion falsely implies that GOD can be surprised, which is denial of the Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence of GOD! (In other words, denial of the Deity of GOD!)
The truth is that GOD knows (and has always known) every minute detail of each and every individual's entire life from birth to death including the when, where, why, and how of each individual's salvation!
Grace:
(Favor/Unmerited Mercy) The Grace of GOD can only be accessed through Faith! Grace cannot be earned, purchased nor received in any way!
When Abraham sinned by believing Sarah after GOD had promised an heir through Sarah, thereby committing the same sin as Adam in the Garden of Eden, GOD required Abraham to sacrifice his only son (Isaac). However, GOD provided a substitute Lamb (The prophetic precursor of The Lamb of GOD in the person of Jesus Christ for the salvation of all mankind!)to take the place of Isaac. (Gen 22)
The perfection of Jesus is by Grace which was bestowed on Jesus by GOD before Jesus was ever born. It is impossible for you, me, or anyone else to receive Grace; we can only access it through the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ and thereby enter into the only "House" ever authorized by GOD! (2nd Samuel 7, 1st Chronicles 17)
Jesus was obviously raised in the tradition of Temple Judaism and as such, recognized the Temple as "My Fathers House". (Matt 21:13, Mark 11:17) However, GOD never called for or unconditionally accepted, any Religion! Nor did GOD ever call for or authorize any Church, Parish, Synagogue, or Temple! Biblically, the only construction GOD ever authorized (and gave detailed instructions for) was a Tabernacle that was meant to be a place of sacrifice in conjunction with the Mosaic Covenant.
Additionally, we also have the authority of Jesus regarding his perfection in his own words. "Why do you call me good? There is none good but the Father." (Matthew 19:17), (Mark 10:18), (Luke 18:19)
(If anyone could, or have had at any time, received Grace, then GOD, being a Non-Respecter of Persons, would have had to bestow Grace on everyone, starting with Adam and Eve! If that were true, there would have been no reason for Jesus to exist, much less to have died on the cross!)
The only action necessary on Man's part to access Grace is Faith, and Faith is nothing more than belief. The original sin of Adam and Eve was about belief! They didn't believe GOD. (Eve believed Satan instead of GOD and Adam believed Eve instead of GOD.) Believe GOD and accept GOD's gift! Abraham believed and it was considered as Righteousness! (Genesis 15:6)
GOD's Plan:
GOD's Plan, in response to GOD's foreknowledge of the nature of Lucifer and the third of the Angels that would follow him, was the creation of the universe, including: our galaxy, solar system, and Earth. Bible Chapters: Genesis 1, Genesis 2, and Revelation 12 tells us that GOD is the source of origination that was necessary to begin the process of evolution in the first creation; and, of the later restoration of the Earth and the creation of Adamic Man. (The second creation, after Lucifer and a third of the Angels were cast down to the Earth following the war in Heaven; and, after the devastation of Satan's flood.) GOD is the center of GOD's plan! (Man always puts himself at the center and this has always resulted in Man misinterpreting GOD's Plan and GOD's Word.)
The Holy Spirit:
(1) The Comforter (Holy Ghost) promised by Jesus is the Spirit of Truth! (John 15:26, John 16:13)
(2) The one sin that cannot be forgiven is to Blaspheme The Holy Ghost! (Mark 3:29 Luke 12:10)
Idolatry:
An object of worship other than GOD. Gen 31:19
Judaism and Christianity claim and quote the respective texts (The Tanakh and The Bible) as authoritative. Both are wrong in that they define GOD and all things of GOD according to the respective text instead of interpreting the text in accordance to the attributes of GOD!
GOD is the only authority regarding GOD's purpose and plan for all of GOD's Creation!!!
The Law:
Since Mosaic Law (The Ten Commandments) provided instructions for an
Atonement Sacrifice it obviously was never meant to be an instrument of
condemnation. The sacrifice of Jesus on The Cross clearly confirms that it was
always meant to be an indicator of Man's dependence on GOD and to illustrate the need for Man to believe and trust only in GOD. Yet, the majority of Christianity still preaches strict adherence to The fulfilled Law apparently rejecting what GOD provided and Jesus accomplished on The Cross!
(If GOD intended The Mosaic Law to be an instrument of condemnation/salvation then GOD, being a non respecter of persons, would had to have given it to Adam in the Garden of Eden!)
The Millennium:
The Millennium Reign of Jesus Christ is designed by GOD to reconcile and reclaim all of GOD's Elect, without the influence of Satan. That is why Satan is imprisoned in the pit during the Millennium. The loosening of Satan for a season is to complete the reclamation and reconciliation in accordance with GOD's Plan! (It is important to remember that GOD loves and cares about all of GOD's Creation, both the Heavenly Beings
and Man!)
The "New" Testament and The "New" Covenant:
Since GOD is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, GOD can neither make a
mistake nor be surprised! Therefore, there is no "New" Covenant nor is there a
"New" Testament! There is in fact, "The" Testament that fulfilled "The"
Covenant! (Matthew 5:17) All of Creation exists as the vehicle through which GOD Glorifies Himself by our Faith to all of the Heavenly Beings! (That is what this is all about and the real reason for the existence of Man! Otherwise, GOD could have simply destroyed Lucifer and his followers before, or at the very beginning, of the War in Heaven!)
Original Sin:
The original sin in the Garden of Eden was Adams's believing Eve instead of GOD!
Gen 2:15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Gen 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Gen 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Predestination:
Predestination is nothing more than the foreknowledge of GOD! (To deny
predestination is to deny GOD"s Omnipotence, Omniscience and Omnipresence, in
other words, to deny GOD!) GOD is always in control of everything and Man is
never really in control of anything! Man is a reactive being! Each and every
individual reacts too outside events according to their own interpretation of each event then make choices based on self interest and desires according to their own individual, imperfect nature. (History reveals and verifies that this is also true for all forms of government and organizations!)
Religion:
GOD never called for or unconditionally accepted any Religion, much less the concept of "freedom of religion"! Nor did GOD ever call for or authorize any Church, Parish, Synagogue, Temple or any other "Place of Worship"!
Biblically, the only construction GOD ever authorized (along with the detailed instructions of construction) was a Tabernacle that was meant to be a place of sacrifice in conjunction with the Mosaic Covenant! The Tabernacle GOD designed was a movable and portable tent signifying that we never have to go to GOD because GOD is always with us! To this end, GOD created a "People" (Israel) to be the vehicle through which he would provide a sacrifice (made perfect by Grace) to fulfill the Mosaic Covenant and make himself personally available, at all times, to Jew and Gentile alike!
Unfortunately, all of Christianity has carried on the tradition of Judaism in making an Idol out of the written word. Both are so busy dissecting the texts with word studies, verse matching, and other various methods of study that they have never gotten around to: But seek ye first the kingdom of GOD, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matt 6:33
The result is self-serving religious and denominational misinterpretation and confusion, of which, GOD is not the author! GOD did not personally write the Torah or the Bible and the Kingdom of GOD is not to be found in either book!
(If GOD wanted either of the collections of writings to be the absolute record of GOD's will and purpose GOD (a Non-Respecter of Persons} would had to have personally authored and given them in their entirety to Adam and Eve in The Garden of Eden, rather than relying on "inspiration of man" throughout the ages!)
The kingdom of GOD is in Heaven! Contrary to the popular religious concept of man being at the center and GOD being here for man, the real truth is that GOD is the center and we are here for GOD's Purpose! Our ultimate reward for our faith (belief) is eternal life in the presence of GOD after the millennial reign of Jesus Christ!
Rightly Divide The Word:
(1) The Direct Word of GOD must always be given preference to the interpretive word of man! (GOD's Spirit is Truth; therefore, GOD's Direct Word is always Truth!) Because of GOD's position outside of time and space, GOD knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end. Man's interpretive word, due to the limitations of time and space, almost always results in errors of misinterpretation of GOD and GOD's Words. (Solomon's Temple is a result of Man's misinterpretation; GOD never called for a Temple. (2nd Samuel 7) and GOD's acceptance of the Temple was conditional, based on Solomon's adherence to all of GOD's Laws! (1st Kings 6, 1st Kings 9, 2nd Chronicles 7)
(2) The Direct Word of GOD is Time Sensitive.
In the "New" Testament, the Word of Jesus must be interpreted: (1st) Prior to The Cross and (2nd) After the Cross. Until the Cross, the Mosaic Covenant had not been fulfilled! Therefore, when Jesus was preaching to follow the Law it was because the Law had yet to be fulfilled according to the blood sacrifice called for in the Mosaic Covenant. After the Cross, all transgressions of the Law (past, present, and future) were, and are, atoned for by the blood sacrifice of Jesus! (Matthew 5:17). All that is required is Faith (Belief)!
Salvation:
Biblically, faith is the sole basis of salvation, just as it was for Adam and Abraham. Since GOD is not a respecter of persons that has to also apply to each and every one of us.
The original sin in the Garden of Eden was Adams's believing Eve instead of GOD. On the other hand, Abram believed GOD and GOD counted it as righteousness.
The Law was never meant to be an instrument of salvation.
Faith (Believe GOD) has always been the coin of the Kingdom of GOD. When we believe, accept, and acknowledge that Jesus died and shed his blood in fulfillment of the Law and that by doing so became the Sacrificial Lamb of GOD for all of our sin (past present, and future) that is our statement of faith that accesses the Grace of GOD that assures our salvation!
(The first 2668 years from the Adam and Eve to Moses in the wilderness, there was no Law or Torah! So why does man insist that the the Bible is the authority when in truth GOD is the ultimate and only authority regarding GOD and the things of GOD!!)
Satan's Flood:
In the biblical account of Noah's Flood we find an interesting verse from GOD:
Genesis 8:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
The wording indicates that there was a previous flood event that was initiated by someone other than GOD!
Indeed, we do find a reference to this previous flood in Revelation:
Revelation12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Chapter 12 of Revelation refers to the previous creation and future intent of GOD that exposed the iniquity in Satan and a third of the Angels resulting in the war in Heaven.
The condition of the Earth in Genesis 1 is the result of Satan's Flood:
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of GOD moved upon the face of the waters.
(Hence, Gen 1 28: And GOD blessed them, and GOD said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.)
The Days of Noah:
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so also the
coming of the Son of Man be. Genesis gives us all of the information to
calculate the "days" of Noah from his birth year of 1056 to the year of his death 2006 (calculated by starting from the year zero).
Why would this information be given and referred to by Jesus in Matthew? Jesus tells in Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man. no, not the angels of heaven, but my father only. Interestingly, that statement makes no mention of the year not being known. (I believe that geo-political events are going to change the world dramatically beginning in 2006.)
The Trinity:
The Trinity is not that complex!
Adamic Man was designed in the image of GOD! (Genesis 1:26-27)
To understand the Trinity you have to understand yourself by asking a question.
Question: Since we are all created in the image of GOD, in what way are we all alike?
Answer: We each have a (Mind/Father/Intellect) that allows us to reveal our (Spirit/Nature/Heart) by communication (Word/Son/Voice).
GOD is the Whole or Sum of the Parts!
Time:
The time frame of GOD and all of the Heavenly beings is totally different from Man's time frame within the confines of Time and Space. (1 Day for GOD versus 1000 Years for Man!) Be Patient!!
Universal Reconciliation:
The best case for "universal" reconciliation is in Revelation. The provision of the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ without the earthly presence of Satan, followed by the loosening of Satan for a season indicates that this time period is the final weeding out process of GOD's Plan prior to the New Heaven and New Earth with GOD dwelling in the presence of man.
(In the final analysis we need to understand that this is about what GOD wants accomplished for GOD's purpose and that is not necessarily what we "think" GOD wants. Historically, man has always always tended to look at everything from the viewpoint and interpretation of man rather than from the viewpoint of and intent of GOD. The result is that man has invariably misinterpreted both GOD's word and GOD's intent.)
Evolution:
The Academic Educational Community teaches Darwinism as Evolution. The truth is that Evolution (in both the Macro and Micro) is always a process that results in death, destruction and eventual extinction of Time and Space, the Universe, and all that it contains! (Do mot confuse Evolution with Darwinism!)
(Why does Man insist on believing everything and everyone except GOD?)
The Truth is, that we are here for GOD! Our Faith (Belief in the Deity of GOD) even though we have yet to be physically in GOD's presence) Glorifies GOD in the eyes of the Heavenly Beings!
This is the reason and purpose for our existence! The real problem was, and is, the unbelief in the Deity of GOD by Lucifer (Satan) and a third of the Angels resulting in The War in Heaven!
(Man tends to forget that this about all of GOD's Creation including the Angels, the heavenly beings whom GOD loved and cared for long before the existence of Man!)
Faith (Believing GOD) is the active acknowledgment of the Deity of GOD! Faith, and Faith alone, Glorifies GOD! Believe GOD!Faith (Believing GOD) is the active acknowledgment of the Deity of GOD! Faith, and Faith alone, Glorifies GOD! Believe GOD!
(When you face hard times, remember Job, take comfort and rejoice! Faith in the face of adversity is priceless in the eyes of GOD!)
Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the ultimate reward for our Faith is eternal life in the presence of GOD!
(After the Millennium, there will be a New Heaven and a New Earth, and GOD will dwell among Man!)
(Bible Study Hint: Since GOD is not a Respecter of Persons, it is extremely important that we pay attention to what GOD provided for Adam and required of Adam in the Garden of Eden and, more importantly, what GOD did not provide nor require!!!)