MORE OF WHEN DO THE “LITTLE FLOCK” GO TO HEAVEN We have all heard about the “End of Times”, the “Last Days”, the “Conclusion of the System of Things”. But there is another term used to describe the end of the system of things, “presence”. At Matthew 24:3 we are told, “While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately, saying: “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?” There is that word “presence” and it is associated with the term “conclusion of the system of things”. Jesus was to be present, have a presence, at the conclusion of the system of things, the end of, the last days. No part of the resurrection happened until Jesus was present, until he took kingly power, until the last days, until during the conclusion of the system of things. At 1 Thessalonians 4: 14,15,16 we read this, “Moreover, brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who are sleeping in death, so that you may not sorrow as the rest do who have no hope. 14 For if we have faith that Jesus died and rose again, so too God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in death through Jesus. 15 For this is what we tell you by Jehovah’s word, that we the living who survive to the presence of the Lord will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep in death; 16 because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first.” Several things to take from this scripture. Verse 15 tells us that there would be members of the 144,000 living during the “Presence” of Christ, in the last days. That means that right now this minute, since we are still in the presence of Jesus right now, there are members of the 144,000 walking the earth right now. Maybe you are one of them, that’s between you and God. Those who are still alive, yet members of the 144,000, do not go to heaven before those members of the 144,000 who are dead. Notice the end of verse 16, “those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first.” So sometime during the presence of Christ, the dead who go to heaven are resurrected there, the rest of the members of the heavenly class remain alive and continue to serve Jehovah like they have been doing. Perhaps they remain alive on earth, long enough to get things stabilized, after the complete destruction of the political systems, and into the new system of things under the rulership of Christ, for several years. Then at Thessalonians 4: 17 it says this, “Afterward, we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord. 18 So keep comforting one another with these words.” At some point, those members of the heavenly class are transformed into heavenly life, some refer to this as the rapture. Again at 1 Corinthians 15:22,23, “But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep in death. 21 For since death came through a man, resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. 22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each one in his own proper order: Christ the first fruits, afterward those who belong to the Christ during his presence.” There we see again that those who belong to Christ, his heavenly organization, his co-rulers, are resurrected during his presence. So the resurrection happens, for those of the heavenly class, the “little flock” , at a particular time, and it is Jehovah who knows that time. So now let us figure out, when is this promised “presence” of Christ. To be continued ……………….

THOSE CALLED TO HEAVEN – WHEN DO THEY GO We have learned from the scriptures cited, that some from among mankind are chosen for assignments of service to God in the heavens. We also learned that it is God, Yahweh, Jehovah, alone, who chooses who goes to heaven, not Jesus. The Bible, the Greek Scriptures, the New Testament, tells us that the reason that a few from earth go to heaven, is for the specific task of serving as Kings and Priest over the earth, and all of those who live upon it, to oversee, the restoration of the earth to paradisaical conditions, and to help and educate and guide mankind on their path to perfection. No doubt they will also aid in some capacity in the organization of the resurrection. Having been humans themselves, they understand more than the other angels, what it means to be human, and would be especially compassionate and helpful guiding the newly resurrected ones into the arms of their families and re-introducing them. Fathers may be introduced and receive children or even babies, they did not even know they had. Children put up for adoption, may be restored into their birth families. We can expect, that in his loving compassion, Jehovah will orchestrate the resurrection in the kindest most gentle of ways. Remember, that almost all who have died, will be brought back to life. Jesus told us, “Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which ALL those in the memorial tombs, the graves, will hear my voice, and come out.” No doubt, that the angels who have been human themselves, will be very useful, in those days. But when do these humans who are chosen for life in heaven, actually go there ? First keep in mind, that Jesus told us, that if Jehovah’s qualities were summed up into one, it would be LOVE. Everything that he does is out of LOVE. Even those actions described in the Hebrew scriptures, all of them, the root foundation of them all was out of an expression of love, you just have to study them, and think about them and understand them. So like wise, the resurrection will be accomplished in a loving way. We talked before, that it would be a horrible thing for Jehovah to do, to resurrect someone to heaven, so that they could watch their loved ones, raped, murdered, tortured, burned alive, enslaved, succumb to illness, and watch them all die horrible deaths. HE DOES NOT DO THAT, that is something Satan would do. YOUR DEAD LOVED ONES ARE NOT IN HEAVEN WATCHING YOU SUFFER AND DIE – THEY ARE NOT. God does not do that to mankind. We already read all of these scriptures, so I am only going to quote parts of them. Daniel 12:13, “but you will stand up for your lot, at the END OF THE DAYS.” John 6: 39,40, ” For this is the will of my Father, that everyone that beholds the Son and exercising faith in him should have everlasting life, and I will resurrect him AT THE LAST DAY.” John 11: 23,24, ” Jesus said to her ‘Your brother will rise’, Martha said to him, “I know he will rise in the resurrection ON THE LAST DAY.” Job 14:13 ” set a time limit for me to remain in the grave and then remember me.” If resurrection, or rapture was immediate, Job would never have to ask God to remember him at the end of the set time. Revelation 20: 4,5,6,: “And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. Yes, I saw the souls of those executed for the witness they gave about Jesus and for speaking about God, and those who had not worshiped the wild beast or its image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for 1,000 years. 5 This is the first resurrection. 6 Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and they will rule as kings with him for the 1,000 years.” Read this scripture slowly, think about what it is saying. Number one, there were thrones that were sat on by those resurrected, and they were given authority to judge. They were executed for the witness they bore about Christ, so they had to be faithful followers of Christ, that rules out your child, and your drunk uncle. They did not worship the wild beast or it’s image. That is they were politically neutral. Notice, that they CAME TO LIFE, meaning that they were dead. Thus the meaning of, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN. They have to come alive again. They are members of the first resurrection. The first people that are resurrected from the dead, are the 144,000 who are the kings and priest with Christ so that the governing body of God’s kingdom are all assembled together when the destruction of the political systems, the United Nations, is carried out by Jesus. Remember that the religious systems are destroyed by the United Nations first, this causes the Great Tribulation, then God destroys the United Nations and all man made governments. The great tribulation happens between the destruction of religion and the destruction of the governments. I want to remind you, that right now, 25% of the worlds religions are involved at war with the nations, no mater what terminology is being used. The last point to take away from this scripture, is that happy and HOLY are those that are of the 144,000, the members of the first resurrection who go to heaven, because over these, the second death has no authority, meaning that they can never die a second time. That is not true of the other angels in heaven, or man on earth. Only the 144,000, Jesus, and Jehovah have immortality, all of man on earth, and all of the other angels in heaven can still be destroyed if they go against God. But Jesus and the 144,000 have proven themselves faithful and loyal to Jehovah, all the way to death, the other angels never had the opportunity to do that, nor was it required of them. Truly, those from among mankind, who are chosen for this position, are rare and extremely special people. Continued …………………

THE ROLE OF MANKIND IN HEAVEN At Revelation 5: 9,10 it tells us what men and women will be doing in heaven, “And they sing a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, for you were slaughtered and with your blood you bought people for God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, 10 and you made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are to rule as kings over the earth.” At Revelation 14: 1-4 we read again, “Then I saw, and look! the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who have his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. 2 I heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was like singers who accompany themselves by playing on their harps. 3 And they are singing what seems to be a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to master that song except the 144,000, who have been bought from the earth. 4 These are the ones who keep following the Lamb no matter where he goes. These were bought from among mankind as first fruits to God and to the Lamb, 5 and no deceit was found in their mouths; they are without blemish.” At Revelation 12:12 it reminds us that there are residents in heaven, “On this account be glad, you heavens and you who reside in them! Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short period of time.” At Ephesians the entire first chapter, read it slowly and carefully, think about what you are reading. We see from all of the New Testament, that for a person to be assigned a position in the heavens, qualifications were required. The heavens were not open to people with no life experience, or who were active gross sinners. When a gang member dies, no matter who’s child that is, they do not go to heaven to serve along side of Jesus Christ as a King and a Priest over the rest of mankind on earth for the one thousand year reign. That gang member might be resurrected to life on earth, but he does not qualify to serve as a king in heaven. He is not the equal of Christ in faithful service to Jehovah all the way to his death, like the 144,000 are. In almost all cases, the 144,000 preached the good news of God’s kingdom, and remained faithful until their deaths, longer than the 31/2 years that Christ did, on earth that is. Children do not go to heaven. It takes life experience to rule over others, and children do not have that. I had a baby sister, she died at 1 year, she is not in heaven watching over me, she is asleep in the grave, where she will remain at rest, until Jehovah calls her out, then as we have shown before, she will be delivered to the arms of my mother, so that her life, cut short by, Satan, can continue. It is not up to us, to decide for God, who lives in the presence of his holy throne, get a grip on yourself. You cannot tell God what to do, you need to listen to him, and when he tells you that the dead have returned to the dust, who the hell are you and your preacher to argue with God. And rest assured, that if you are still arguing with God over every word he says, you are sure as hell not going to heaven when you die, and if you want to go on living on the earth, you better get over it, and you better get over it quick. You have between right now, and the moment the Great Tribulation starts to get right with God, when the Great Tribulation starts, you will have chosen your side. So let us continue to read the first chapter of Ephesians, and then more scriptures to describe those special ones who are chosen by Jehovah from among mankind to rule over us as Kings and Priest in his heavenly government. Remember what we learned before, it is not you who decides that you want to go to heaven, it is not your preacher that tells you you are going to heaven, and even Jesus said, it was not his place to assign a position in the heavens for anyone, it is Jehovah alone who picks those who have a seat before his throne. 1. “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through God’s will, to the holy ones who are in Ephesus and are faithful in union with Christ Jesus: 2 May you have undeserved kindness and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in union with Christ, 4 as he chose us to be in union with him before the founding of the world, that we should be holy and unblemished before him in love. 5 For he foreordained us to be adopted as his own sons through Jesus Christ, according to his good pleasure and will, 6 in praise of his glorious undeserved kindness that he kindly bestowed on us by means of his beloved one. 7 By means of him we have the release by ransom through the blood of that one, yes, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his undeserved kindness. 8 This undeserved kindness he caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and understanding 9 by making known to us the sacred secret of his will. It is according to his good pleasure that he himself purposed 10 for an administration at the full limit of the appointed times, to gather all things together in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth. Yes, in him 11 with whom we are in union and were assigned as heirs, having been foreordained according to the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things as he decides according to his will, 12 so that we who have been first to hope in the Christ should serve for the praise of his glory. 13 But you also hoped in him after you heard the word of truth, the good news about your salvation. After you believed, you were sealed by means of him with the promised holy spirit, 14 which is a token in advance of our inheritance, for the purpose of releasing God’s own possession by a ransom, to his glorious praise. 15 That is why I also, since I have heard of the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus and the love that you demonstrate toward all the holy ones, 16 never stop giving thanks for you. I continue mentioning you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the accurate knowledge of him. 18 He has enlightened the eyes of your heart, so that you may know to what hope he called you, what glorious riches he holds as an inheritance for the holy ones, 19 and how surpassing the greatness of his power is toward us believers. It is according to the operation of the mightiness of his strength, 20 which he exercised toward Christ when he raised him up from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above every government and authority and power and lordship and every name that is named, not only in this system of things but also in that to come. 22 He also subjected all things under his feet and made him head over all things with regard to the congregation, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills up all things in all.” Continued …………….

MORE ABOUT THE LITTLE FLOCK WHO GO TO HEAVEN Long before the earth, long before man upon the earth, Jehovah was doing just fine in the heavens without man. A few religions teach that man was in reality angels in heaven who were sent down to the earth to be tested. This is just another one of Satan’s insane lies about God. Put yourself in God’s place, would you ever send your child into the ovens of Germany, the arenas of Rome, the killing fields of Cambodia, just to watch how they would behave from your easy chair in glorious splendor. Man was born from woman, right here on earth, a wonderful expression of God’s love for mankind. He could of had us fall from trees like fruit. It was never God’s plan for man to suffer and die, but because man deliberately chose to suffer and die, God made plans at Genesis 3:15, to rescue their innocent offspring, from the devastating results of Adam and Eve’s turning their backs on God. It was also never a part of God’s plan, that mankind govern themselves, they were after all, children in the physical universe. So God visited them everyday, about the breezy part of the day the scriptures tell us. At that time they were perfect, and without sin, so God could and did deal with them directly. However, because man fell into the clutches of death, God had to devise a way of restoring them to life. He immediately devised a kingship arrangement and a king, to bring mankind back into an approved standing with God, and a tutorship, the Mosaic law covenant, leading up to the Christ. All of mankind, every man who has ever walked this earth, has never known anything else except torture and suffering, until we rest in death. The Angels in heaven have never known anything, except the glory of life in the very presence of Jehovah and his Son, the Christ. It was never Jehovah’s plan for man to live in heaven, the Bible is very clear, the heavens belong to Jehovah, and the earth he made for man, but in his infinite wisdom, he also saw the benefit of experience in government. So as a primary function of his kingship arrangement, Jehovah is placing rulers over mankind, to serve as priest, those who have suffered right alongside of mankind, all the way to their deaths, just like Christ. Their number is 144,000, and they will serve as Kings and Priest with Jesus, for the 1,000 year reign, helping guide and direct the restoration of the earth to paradise, and guide mankind back to perfection. These are the people who go to heaven, and this is what they will be doing. Continued ……………….

WHAT ARE THOSE TAKEN FROM EARTH GOING TO DO IN HEAVEN We also learned before, that in the Hebrew Scriptures, the thought of any human, inheriting a position in the heavens, was not even a thought, and was never mentioned even once. From Adam all the way to the Baptism of Jesus, all of those people who came before that time, do not go to heaven, and that would include John the Baptist, who actually baptized Jesus. Lets read at Matthew 11:11 and we can see this remark from Jesus, “Truly I say to you, among those born of women, there has not been raised up anyone greater than John the Baptist, but a lesser person in the Kingdom of the heavens is greater than he is.” We also read before the comment made about King David, at Acts 2:34,” “Actually David did not ascend to the heavens.” Even Mary and Joseph, the human parents of Jesus, do not go to heaven. If that were the case, they would of been the first mentioned, as a part of the Twelve Apostles that Jehovah gave to Jesus. It is Jehovah who is the giver of life to everyone. He alone decides where all life in his creation calls home. Satan made the claim that man does not die at the Garden of Eden. All of the angels that were alive in heaven at that time were witnesses of that claim. Before that time, no one in Jehovah’s creation died, including the angels in heaven. One of the main points that was demonstrated to all of the angels in heaven, especially Satan, with Jehovah allowing Jesus to die, the first born of all creation, it showed to all of the angels in heaven, that it is Jehovah who is the provider of all life. Yes I know that Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life”, and we will get into that, but Jesus set the path, the way, for all of us to follow to lead us back to his Father, he spoke to us the truth about his Father after 4,000 years leading up to the Christ, in which lies were propagated about Jehovah, and Jesus was the life in that his sacrificial death, paid the price for man to be restored to life and end deaths grip upon the human race. For the first 4,000 years of Mankind’s existence, Jehovah had a visual representation of his reality on display upon the earth, so that no one had a belief that there was no true God, they all knew that there was a God. The earth to this very day is filled with a belief in a higher power, in part because in times past, the world could actually see his presence. Angels stood guard for 1,600 years at the Garden of Eden, and anyone could go there and see them first hand. They returned to heaven when the Garden of Eden was destroyed in Noah’s flood. The religious fervor we see on earth to this very day is due in part, to the convictions of our ancestors, handing down to us the historical evidence of God revealing himself visually throughout the generations, up to the death of the last of the twelve Apostles. From that time until now, as the Apostle Paul said, we walk by faith, not by sight. We do not have the visual representation of God on earth right now, from Christ time until today, we are serving God because we believe in Him, not because we can see his presence. Jehovah made a promise to Abraham to take from his seed, a nation of people, that could not be numbered. It would begin with the nation of Israel, and expand from there to include everyone, bringing mankind into a righteous relationship with God. To prove to the entire world, that God was with the nation of Israel, he had a tornado of fire by night, and a cloud by day, follow the nation of Israel wherever they went. They were to become a nation of Kings and Priest to the world, starting with the foundation of the twelve tribes. However, history can testify, the the continued obscene behavior of the Jewish people, worshiping idols, and throwing their children into the fires of those idols, left Jehovah with no choice but to abandon them, and Jesus made the promise, that the nation of Israel, would be stomped on by all of the other nations, until they were completely destroyed at the conclusion of the system of things, culminating with the battle of Armageddon in which all nations, including Israel, would be destroyed by Jehovah, permanently. This pattern however of a nation of humans, with all of the experiences of human life on earth, would be removed from the earth, and transposed to the incorruptible kingdom of the heavens. Continued ……………

LIFE IN HEAVEN FOR WHO AND WHY We learned last time that 144,000 people are chosen from among mankind, from 29 C.E until our day to serve in the heavens as Kings and Priest with Christ for the 1,000 years. If you sincerely believe that you and your family members and all of your dead relatives are counted among those 144,000 people, well you just hang on to that belief. But for me, I am going to believe the words that our creator had penned for us. Our creator created this awe inspiring physical universe, including this incomparable earth and all of the life on it. We learned before that Jehovah promised that the earth would remain forever, and that man would live forever upon it. It is not up to you to order God around as to where you and your family are going to live, you should be thankful that you are alive anywhere in the universe. One thing that he mentions specifically is that the heavens belong to Him, so if I were you, I would not argue with him on that subject. Also we learned, that Jesus himself said that he did not have the authority to get anyone into heaven, that it was Jehovah alone who assigned seating there, not Christ. There is not a chance in hell that you are going to remain alive if you continue to argue with God, about every word that he speaks, if you want to live, sooner or latter you are going to have to begin listening to him. You do not have a minute to waste. It it up to Jehovah alone to decide where your dead relatives are going to live when he brings them back to life, not you. Look up into the night sky and gaze into the universe. Astronomers believe that this universe goes on forever, and only gets bigger the farther out we look. Stop worrying about sealing up the borders, there is plenty of room in this physical universe for everyone. But there is no room in this entire universe for one single lie about God, and there is no room in the minds and hearts of anyone, to believe lies about God. So today we are going to learn, what are the people who go to heaven going to do when they get there. Are they really going to lay around all day in a drunken orgy, having sex with 70 virgins, because they bombed a busy marketplace. Is that your idea of life in heaven ?? So lets get started learning the truth about who go to heaven and why they go there. Continued ……………

FINISHING UP WITH WHO GO TO HEAVEN The primary audience and application of the Christian Greek Scriptures, the “New Testament” is aimed at this “little flock”. The secondary application is toward the “other sheep”. Since it is the twelve apostles that are the beginning of the little flock, and the twelve apostles are the ones that go to heaven, then the little flock are those sheep of that fold that become rulers with the Christ in heaven. The “other sheep” not of the same fold as the “little flock”, are the ones who live forever upon the earth. The “little flock” go to heaven. The “other sheep” remain on earth. But both groups of people have only one, and the same, Shepard, Christ. The little flock have a definitive number, 144,000. Twelve tribes, twelve apostles, 144. This definitive number is found at Revelation 14: 1- 4, “Then I saw, and look! the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who have his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. 2 I heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was like singers who accompany themselves by playing on their harps. 3 And they are singing what seems to be a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to master that song except the 144,000, who have been bought from the earth. 4 These are the ones who keep following the Lamb no matter where he goes. These were bought from among mankind as first fruits to God and to the Lamb, 5 and no deceit was found in their mouths; they are without blemish.” Notice that the 144,000 were bought, as in purchased, from the earth, as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. The 144,000 were taken from among mankind, they were not angels who were already living in heaven. Again we read at Revelation 7: 1 – 10, ” After this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding tight the four winds of the earth, so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the sunrise, having a seal of the living God; and he called with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying: “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until after we have sealed the slaves of our God in their foreheads.” 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: 5 Out of the tribe of Judah 12,000 sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben 12,000; out of the tribe of Gad 12,000; 6 out of the tribe of Asher 12,000; out of the tribe of Naphtali 12,000; out of the tribe of Manasseh 12,000; 7 out of the tribe of Simeon 12,000; out of the tribe of Levi 12,000; out of the tribe of Issachar 12,000; 8 out of the tribe of Zebulun 12,000; out of the tribe of Joseph 12,000; out of the tribe of Benjamin 12,000 sealed. 9 After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. 10 And they keep shouting with a loud voice, saying: “Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.” The great crowd who no man was able to number is the other sheep, they remain on earth, they survive the great tribulation, and they live forever upon the earth. They are also made up of all who are resurrected, and all of those born during the 1000 year reign of Christ. Notice also, that the four angels who are holding back the destructive powers, to end the system of things ruled by Satan, are restrained, until all of the 144,000 have been chosen, and sealed, certified. Once Jehovah has selected all 144,000 from 29 C.E. until our time, he tells the angels holding back the destructive forces to let go, and the great tribulation begins. The tribes of Israel mentioned in verse 5-8 are of spiritual Israel. Remember that the earthly Jerusalem was terminated upon the death of Jesus. That covenant ended when the Jews slaughtered him, that was the last straw. Continued ……………

ILL TRY TO FINISH WITH WHO GO TO HEAVEN We left off last time with the knowledge that in all of the Hebrew Scriptures it was never understood by anyone that the kingdom of the heavens was ever going to be occupied by any human from earth. Up to and including Mary and Joseph and John the Baptist all of mankind before the Baptism of Christ in 29 C.E. do not have the opportunity for kingdom reign in the heavens. Other than Christ, the first group of people who will be assigned heavenly life are the 12 Apostles. Remember also that we learned, that it is Jehovah who decides who goes to heaven, not Jesus. Jesus did not choose the 12 Apostles, his Father did. Remember Jesus said, “the men you gave me”. It will be very wonderful, in the new system of things, under God’s kingdom, to be able to invite Mary, Joseph, Noah, Moses, Abraham, Abel, Job, Lot, David, Samson, Solomon, Enoch, Jonah, John the Baptist over to our homes for diner, and hear their stories and get to know them, when they return from their sleep, in the dust of the earth, from which they were taken. Jesus sometimes referred to his followers as sheep. And he called himself their Shepard. We read a little of this at John 10: 14 – 20, “I am the fine shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I surrender my life in behalf of the sheep. 16 “And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those too I must bring in, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd. 17 This is why the Father loves me, because I surrender my life, so that I may receive it again. 18 No man takes it away from me, but I surrender it of my own initiative. I have authority to surrender it, and I have authority to receive it again. This commandment I received from my Father.” 19 A division again resulted among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying: “He has a demon and is out of his mind. Why do you listen to him?” I hear this allot about myself. So we see there that Jesus said that he had two groups of sheep, the “other sheep which are not of this fold” and then there was the sheep he was addressing at the time. Jesus was to be the Shepard over both groups, bringing them all under his shepherding, so that they would be in essence, “One flock, one Shepard “. At Luke 12: 32 it tells us this, “Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has approved of giving you the Kingdom.” So we see there that Jesus made reference to “a little flock” that would inherit the kingdom”. And it is the “little flock” that he was talking to at the time. He told the “little flock” that he had “other sheep” that he also needed to shepard. And collectively they would be as “one flock, one Shepard ” . It is important that you understand, that Jesus said, “one flock, one Shepard”. Also a point to take away from this is that since Jesus referred to the people he was talking to at the moment as “the little flock” it could be understood that the “other sheep” would be a much greater number. Continued ……….

DO SOME GO TO HEAVEN – YES THEY DO – BUT WHO ? Remember we said before that David did not ascend to heaven, that only Jesus did. And Jesus also said that no one has went to heaven, no matter what you have been taught, no matter who you have heard it from, no matter how many generations it has been handed down to you, no matter how many preachers have preached their entire congregations into heaven, Jesus made it clear, that none of them were going there. Who are you going to believe, your preacher, or the words of Christ ?? Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Abel, Noah, Lot, Moses, Solomon, Mary, Joseph, John the Baptist, Daniel, Job, King David, all of these people, faithful servants of Jehovah, DID NOT GO TO HEAVEN. Going to heaven was not even in the minds and hearts of anyone on earth for the first 4,000 years of man. The opportunity of going to heaven only came into the realm of possibility when Jesus arrived at his baptism. He was baptized around 29 CE. Simply put, all of those alive before that date, did not have the chance to go to heaven. Exactly like Jesus said. Another serious point to clearly understand are the words spoken by Jesus at Matthew 20: 20 – 23, “Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him with her sons, doing obeisance and asking for something from him. 21 He said to her: “What do you want?” She replied to him: “Give the word that these two sons of mine may sit down, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your Kingdom.” 22 Jesus answered: “You do not know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him: “We can.” 23 He said to them: “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” So we can see here clearly, that Jesus has no authority to say who goes to heaven, that power belongs to Jehovah alone. He is the one who says who goes to heaven. Notice also the words at John 17:6 – 9, that Jesus said, “I have made your name manifest to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have observed your word. 7 Now they have come to know that all the things you gave me are from you; 8 because I have given them the sayings that you gave me, and they have accepted them and have certainly come to know that I came as your representative, and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I make request concerning them; I make request, not concerning the world, but concerning those whom you have given me, because they are yours; “. It was the Father of Jesus, Jehovah, who chose and gave the apostles to Jesus. Jehovah is the one who chooses those from among mankind who join Christ in heaven. This is his earth, and he will decide who rules over it. Jehovah also decides who lives on it. Some people believe that their animals go to heaven when they die, that is ludicrous, and they need to get a grip on reality. Except for Jesus, the first men chosen for heavenly life were the 12 apostles, minus Judas. From 29 CE until our day, Jehovah has continued to select from among mankind over the centuries, men and women, whom he is certain will maintain their faithfulness and loyalty to him, all the way to their own deaths, to serve as kings and priest with Christ over the earth. Remember that we read before, that the earth will remain and that man will live forever upon it. The people that Jehovah choses from the earth to rule with Christ, will have as subjects, those living upon the earth. Continued ……

A CONTINUATION OF WHO GO TO HEAVEN Yesterday we learned that Jesus said that no one has gone to heaven except him. To say otherwise, is calling Jesus a liar. When a preacher from the pulpits, or at a funeral eulogy, promises the suffering family that their dead loved one is now in heaven with Jesus, it is a direct lie. If you pass around that lie in print and in postings, wishing people well and warm fussy thoughts of their families and even pets in heaven, you are in essence publishing lies about God, do you really want to do that. Why is it that you would rather print and publish lies about God, rather that believe his own words ??? At John 3:13 it tells us clearly, “Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but the one who descended from heaven, the Son of man.” The son of man refers to Jesus. NO ONE HAS WENT TO HEAVEN. If you claim to have a belief about the Christ, if you claim to be a follower of his, then STOP LYING ABOUT HIM. A major teaching of the scriptures is the resurrection hope, whereby billions of people, both righteous and unrighteous, those who served God faithfully, and those who practiced vile things against God, those who never knew God at all will come back to life. At John 5: 25 – 30 Jesus tells us this, “Most truly I say to you, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who have paid attention will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted also to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to do judging, because he is the Son of man. 28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. 30 I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.” And again at Acts 24:15, the Apostle paul tells us this, “And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.” THERE CANNOT BE A RESURRECTION IF EVERYONE HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO HEAVEN !!! OR SENT TO HELL !!! Some people make the claim that ,”YOU PEOPLE TEACH THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONES IN GODS KINGDOM” That is a lie as well. Billions of people who never knew God at all, will be brought to life and given a chance to live in a perfect world, under the rulership of Christ. It is during this period of time, that the Bible calls Judgement Day, that everyone who is resurrected, and those who survive the Great Tribulation, , including those who practiced really awful things, will have a chance to change, learn, and become righteous in the eyes of Jehovah, under the tutelage of his Son. Judgement Day is a period of time of one thousand years in duration, it was refered to many times in the scriptures as the “Last Day”. At 2 Peter 3:8 it tells us this, “However, do not let this escape your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.” So righteous and unrighteous persons, will have 1,000 years, with Jesus helping them every step of the way, to turn their lives around, change, so that at the end of that 1,000 years, Jesus turns the restored paradise earth and perfected mankind back over to Jehovah so he can declare them righteous, and lead them to the trees of life. At 1 Corinthians 15:12 – 28 we read this, “Now if it is being preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If, indeed, there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised up. 14 But if Christ has not been raised up, our preaching is certainly in vain, and your faith is also in vain. 15 Moreover, we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we have given witness against God by saying that he raised up the Christ, whom he did not raise up if the dead are really not to be raised up. 16 For if the dead are not to be raised up, neither has Christ been raised up. 17 Further, if Christ has not been raised up, your faith is useless; you remain in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in death in union with Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are to be pitied more than anyone. 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep in death. 21 For since death came through a man, resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. 22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each one in his own proper order: Christ the first fruits, afterward those who belong to the Christ during his presence. 24 Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power. 25 For he must rule as king until God has put all enemies under his feet. 26 And the last enemy, death, is to be brought to nothing. 27 For God “subjected all things under his feet.” But when he says that ‘all things have been subjected,’ it is evident that this does not include the One who subjected all things to him. 28 But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him, that God may be all things to everyone.” Notice here that it is God, Jehovah, who puts all of the enemies of God and man, under the feet of Christ, and it is God, who places the last enemy of man, death, under the feet of Christ, for him to crush. When this last enemy of God and man, death, is done away with, Jesus then hands over his kingly authority to Jehovah, so that Jehovah can be all things to everyone. Remember that scripture that says, ” at Psalms 110:1,”Psalm 110:1 “Jehovah declared to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand Until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.” the last enemy of man is death. Death is destroyed at the conclusion of the 1000 year reign of Christ. Why at the conclusion of the 1,000 year reign, instead of the beginning ?? It is because some of those people who are resurrected during the 1000 year reign, will not change their ways, they continue to rebel against Jehovah, and that will not be allowed, and they will die during that time. Also, children will be born during the 1000 year reign of Christ, and some of them, will chose to go against Jehovah, they also will loose their lives. All of mankind will be brought to physical perfection, so that when a person deliberatly chooses to stand against Jehovah, they do it as a perfect person, and there will be no further opportunity of life for them. Continued ………….

GETTING BACK TO THE RESURRECTION HOPE – WHO GO TO HEAVEN AND WHY DO THEY GO THERE We left off last time with this scripture from Paul when he said at Acts 2: 32 – 36, “God resurrected this Jesus, and of this we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore, because he was exalted to the right hand of God and received the promised holy spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you see and hear. 34 Actually David did not ascend to the heavens, but he himself says, ‘Jehovah said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand 35 until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.” 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for a certainty that God made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you executed on a stake.” Notice here that David did not go to heaven. At John 3:13 we read the words of Christ say, ” Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but the one who descended from heaven, the Son of man.” Jesus assured all of us that no man has ever gone to heaven, except the one who came down from heaven. Take a good hard look at what religion has done for mankind. Take a good look at what religion is doing for mankind right this minute as we speak. One so called Christian Nation, you know which one don’t you, it is the one you are living in right now, dropped two bombs on innocent men women and children, who had absolutely nothing to do with any conflict whatsoever, and slaughtered 200,000 people in one day, and several hundred thousand in radiation damage in the years that followed. This so called Christian Nation, with all of it’s Christian preachers, vaporized, hundreds of thousands of innocent people, and left the house of the very person that was causing all of the trouble, completely untouched, even though they knew exactly where he was, at all times. This so called Christian Nation that you are living in, told a lie to the American people, and slaughtered 58,000 American soldiers and more than a million Vietnamese, all because this Christian Government told a lie. This so called Christian Nation, lied to the world again, when it said that Islamic Terrorist flew airplanes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. Funny isn’t it, that the only piece of an airplane found in all of those sites was black boxes, and an engine that did not belong to any of the accused planes. Once again this Christian Nation slaughtered 4000, innocent men women and children, on it’s own soil. You don’t really believe for one moment do you, that two planes, could crash into two buildings, and cause seven buildings to spontaneously all turn to dust, and with no flames, no fires, burn to a crisp, hundreds of cars, a mile away, and leave all of the paper, un scorched. But I guess that does explain why Mohammed Atta’s Passport was found laying miraculously on top of all the rubble in plain sight, not covered in dust or debris. Then using this atrocious act, by our own government, as an excuse, our Christian Government lied once again, claiming that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was an eminent threat to the entire world. And while admitting to the entire world, that this was a lie and they knew it was a lie, they continued, continued, continued to bomb, shoot, rape pillage and plunder, burn homes, drag people out of their homes in the middle of the night, and lead to the slaughter more than a million innocent Iraqis, innocent men women and children, who had absolutely nothing to do with the World Trade Center. And in the process, lead American soldiers to their deaths, all because of a lie, that they knew was a lie. You see, as long as Saddam was alive, he understood what was needed to keep the region stable, but keeping the region stable was the last thing that this Christian Nation had in mind, and Saddam was in the way. The same terrorist that hit the World Trade Center, struck Iraq, and moved on to Afghanistan, and now are bombing Syria. Killing millions of innocent people, and displacing millions more, and all the while claiming that someone else is the real terrorist. One of the greatest terrorist the world has ever seen, is the United States of America, don’t take my word for it, just look at the facts. America makes Islam, look like Cinderella. The Christian Nation, with all of it’s Christian preachers, the leader of the World Council of Churches. If this Christian Nation, with all of it”s Christian Preachers, can lie to it’s own citizens, at the very same time that it is blowing up innocent women and children around the world, why do you think for one moment that they would never lie to you from the pulpits. This Government has nothing to do with God. This Country, America, belongs to Satan. Open your eyes and look at what this country does to everyone around the world, including it’s own people right here in America. This country, America, claims to be Christian, but it is as far away from Christianity as Catholicism. And everything that America learned about how to terrorize, torture, and kill innocent people, it learned from the Catholic Church. It is the Catholic Church, that started the belief in Christendom, that when people die they go to heaven. What a horrible horrible thing to do to someone. Send them to heaven, so that for the next few thousand years, they could watch from the heavens, as everyone they love is slaughtered, tortured, starved, beaten, raped, murdered, right here on earth, and there is nothing they can do to stop it, and the very person who has all of the power to stop it, just sits back and eats popcorn and watches all of the action, like it was a blockbuster from the film sets of Hollywood. God does not do that to people, wake the hell up. It is a teaching from the Churches of Satan, that when people die they go to heaven. If your country will lie to you while it is slaughtering people, Satan will also have his preachers lie to you. You are going to get your dead relatives back. God promises to bring the dead that Satan killed back to life. But he is not going to bring them back so that they can just be killed again, or watch as others are killed again. The resurrection happens when earth is restored to paradise, and Jesus is ruling over it for 1,000 years, the last day. Just like Jesus said, no one has went to heaven yet, except him. Believe Jesus, those preachers are the same ones who bless the soldiers, who go off into the world, to slaughter innocent people. Stop listening to them. Continued ………….

AGAIN, A CONTINUATION ON WHO GO TO HEAVEN We read last time that David did not go to heaven, and that Jesus said that no man has went to heaven except him. Everyone who lived before that moment when Jesus spoke, who died, was not in heaven, or else Jesus was lying. Abel, Enoch, Noah, Moses, Job, Lot, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Samson, Mary, Joseph, John the Baptist, all of these people did not go to heaven. What makes you think that your dead drunk uncle, went to heaven when he died, if even Moses didn’t get to go there ??? You are drinking the koolaid that the Churches of Satan are pouring, stop it. Drink the waters of life that God pours. If these faithful servants of God do not go to heaven, why do you think that those who only practice false beliefs about God, who only do the things that God says not to do, are allowed to go to heaven, and then once they get there, God rewards their evil acts, with 70 virgins to rape and violate ?? Can you not see the insanity in this type of thinking ?? Or do you defend it ?? On this earth today, right this minute, in so called Christian nations, who are in reality, instruments of Satan, millions of virgins are slaughtered every year, while they are yet in the womb. Those who defend it, call it a choice. I suppose, they would also defend, that Muslim in Nigeria, who takes his machete and cuts off their head, as his choice. I wonder if they would defend the rights of that Boko Horam soldier, as he ties that mother to a tree, and forces her to watch as they decapitate the heads of her little girls, saying, that he has the rights to his religious beliefs, and it is his choice to cut off the head of her daughter, and if she was a lawyer, she would defend his right in court to do so, she must defend freedom of choice at all cost, even paying for that freedom of choice with the slaughtering of her own children. There is no limit to the evil rationale, that can be conjured up in the minds and hearts of men, to go against God and his principles, and that is exactly why, they must be removed by force and those forces against all of those who believe that a person has the right to think and believe and practice whatever they want, are being gathered as we speak. I say these things to point out in a graphic obscene way, that no one will be allowed in heaven, that brings with them the belief, that it is ok and allowed to think anything you want to. If you expect to live in a righteous world, ruled over by God, in heaven or on earth, not all thoughts and beliefs are acceptable to him, you do not have the right to think whatever you want, and just because a person goes ahead and does something, does not mean that they have the right to do it, and all actions, start out with thoughts. You might think something, but that does not mean you have the right to think that. And nowhere is that more true than thoughts about God, spiritual thoughts. When you learn that you have a thought about God that is not true, you must dismiss it. Those who held false beliefs about God were kicked out of heaven by Jesus when he took power. So why would he allow more false beliefs from the earth to creep into heaven by resurrecting unrighteous people into the heavens,??? If righteous people were not resurrected into heaven, why do you cling to the belief that unrighteous people are resurrected into heaven ?? Continued ……………..

MORE ON WHO GOES TO HEAVEN AND WHY At John 3:13 Jesus tells us and it reads, “If I have told you earthly things and you still do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but the one who descended from heaven, the Son of man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone believing in him may have everlasting life.” Notice here what Jesus said, ” NO MAN HAS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN but the one who descended from heaven.” The one who descended from heaven is Christ, the Son of man. Is that statement from Jesus clear to you ??? NO ONE HAS WENT TO HEAVEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So stop it with all of this nonsense about your relatives being in heaven, it is a lie from Satan! it is not a scriptural teaching. Who do you believe, Jesus or your Church. Believing that your relatives and loved ones are in heaven is believing in the lies taught in the schools of Satan, not from God. It is like telling Jesus that he is a liar. It is a part of that original lie told in the Garden of Eden, “YOU POSITIVELY WILL NOT DIE”. All of the examples that we are told of in the scriptures about people that Jesus resurrected, came back to life as a complete human being, delivered whole, into the arms of their loved ones, and carried on with their life on earth. Jesus said, and all evidence proves, that no one has gone to heaven, YET. Jehovah said many times, that when a man dies, he returns to the dust from which he was taken. The bible refers to the dead in some places as “ASLEEP”. WHY ? If they have simply become dust, why doesn’t the bible tell us that they are gone for good, never to return, forget about them ? The reason is because to Jehovah, the dead are alive, because he remembers each and every one of them, and he promises us, that he is going to wake them up, from their sleep in death, they will rise, and walk out of their tombs. But he is not going to awaken the dead in the middle of a battle field, just to have them shot down again, and right now this entire world is a battlefield. When Jehovah ends war, then he will bring them back. Jehovah himself is about to wage war with the nations, because they lie about him, if you have found yourself in a position where you are participating in the lies about God, he is giving you a chance right now to stop it and return to the truth about him, if you do not, when the day of his war begins, you will find yourself opposing him, and that is not conducive to good health. The world is going to be divided into two camps, and two camps only, those who are on God’s side, and those who are on Satan’s side, there is no middle ground. That division is taking place right this minute. Continued ………………….

WHO GOES TO HEAVEN AND WHY DO THEY GO THERE The thoughts and hopes of continued life has always been in the hearts and minds of men. But the thought of going to heaven are not found in the Hebrew Scriptures. The concept of heavenly life for man is not mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures even once. At Acts 2:34 we read this, “For David did not ascend to the heavens, but he himself says, ‘Jehovah said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand.” So we see there that King David did not go to heaven when he died. The lineage of David can be traced to Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, and from David back to Abraham. Jehovah made a promise to Abraham, that his children would grow to such a large number that they could not be counted. And that through the family tree of Abraham, the saviour of the nations would come. This is why the law covenant prohibited the Jews from marrying out side of the Israelite nation, so that the blood line from Abraham all the way to Jesus could be assured, it was a very serious thing to Jehovah, to keep his promise to Abraham. Originally Jehovah had planned to have the Israelite Nation, the Jews, serve as kings and priest to the nations, to the entire world, IF THEY KEPT HIS LAWS AND COVENANTS. But they did not, in fact they went in the complete opposite direction. They even burned their children up in the fires, in false idolatrous worship to Molech. Deliberately getting pregnant to deliver a child for sacrifice at a certain time, in the celebration of Saturnalia, the Winter solstice, the 25 of December to the god Tammaz, Baal, Molech, delivering that baby wrapped in a bundle, placed under an evergreen tree. Probably with a pretty bow attached to it. And some have the nerve to tell me that I don’t love my children because I refuse to do that to them, or celebrate along with others on the day when others do. The Jews turned their backs on God, committed horrible atrocities against their own children, and created numerous false gods to worship, made of wood and stone, just like the Churches do today, so God had no choice but to give up on them and abandon them as his people. He did however keep his commitment to Abraham. Continued ………………

THE RESURRECTION – A GUARANTEE FOR MAN We learned from the scriptures that the resurrection happens when Jesus has directed those who survive the great tribulation, to restore this earth to a paradise home for mankind. That does not have to mean that they have subdued the entire earth by the time the dead are raised up, we will need to leave a little bit of work for them to do, but what that means is that the survivors of the great tribulation will have made provisions for the dead, so that when they get back, they have a comfortable life to begin again. We learned that the resurrection happens AFTER all of the religions and all of the political systems have been destroyed. The dead will not be raised up, only to have an AK 47 thrust into their hands and shoved into a battlefield, war will never happen again, like that scripture says, “neither will they learn war anymore”. God does not resurrect people so that they can sit in heaven, in bleachers like the Coliseum of Rome and watch people being slaughtered on the battle fields, and women taken as the spoils of war, and sold into sexual slavery. Can you just imagine the cruelty of the God, if he resurrected her husband into heaven, and he had to watch as his wife is brutalized, for the rest of her life, not to mention his daughters. The “False Prophet” will have been hurled into a lake filled with sulfur that will burn forever”. What does that mean ? It means that forever no one will be allowed to falsely testify against God, no one will be allowed to stand up on a platform, and preach lies about God, like the Churches do today. ALL WARS ARE CAUSED BY RELIGION. God will bring to ruin, all of those “who are ruining the earth”. We know that the resurrection has NOT happened yet because we still have upon this earth. political systems, religion, war, fracking ruining the earth and the drinking water, pollution, starvation, disease, and death. None of these things will exist under God’s Kingdom reign. And God would not resurrect someone asleep in death, whose sins have been paid for by his death, only to experience all of the things that caused his death all over again. That would be something that Satan would do, and so Satan has his preachers preach from the pulpits, that God is doing just that when he takes your relatives to heaven. STOP LISTENING TO SATAN !!! LISTEN TO GOD !!! Yes, I know what you are going to say, BUT JESUS DID. Yes he did, but he resurrected a small amount of people, and gave his Apostles the power, to show what he would do when his Kingdom Rule took effect, but he also said, that his kingdom was not yet. Daniel told us that when God’s Kingdom is established on earth, there would be no other Kingdom, and there never would be again, and you can bet your life on that, because your life depends on that. Only God can save your life, don’t you think that it is time you got to know him ?? You already know all about Satan, how is that working out for you ??

MORE OF FINISHING UP WITH THE RESURRECTION HOPE Remember from our earlier discussion of the resurrection that the scriptures describe different categories of the resurrection and different times for them to happen. Let’s give some thought to those right now. Even in the Hebrew Scriptures, hopes of one day living again were in the hearts of men. At Ecclesiastes 3:11 it tells us this, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has even put eternity in their heart; yet mankind will never find out the work that the true God has made from start to finish.” Yes God placed eternity in our hearts, we do not live our lives every day with death in view, we live and work and plan, as if there were going to be a tomorrow for us. In fact if someone had to choose a day to die, no one could do it, there will always be things we want to be, do, say, experience, that is how Jehovah made us. Job told us at Job 14:13,14,15, ” O that in the Grave you would conceal me, That you would hide me until your anger passes by, That you would set a time limit for me and remember me! If a man dies, can he live again? I will wait all the days of my compulsory service Until my relief comes. You will call, and I will answer you. You will long for the work of your hands.” Job knew Jehovah, knew that Jehovah made him, and that Jehovah one day would remember Job, and long for, want to, restore Job. Job prayed to remain hidden in his grave, until Jehovah called for him. He believed that Jehovah would resurrect him, but he did not expect that his resurrection would be immediate. May we all find such pleasure in the eyes of Jehovah that he longs to restore us. At Daniel 12:13 we read this, “But as for you, go on to the end. You will rest, but you will stand up for your lot at the end of the days.” Here is Jehovah telling Daniel, to go on with his life until it ends, he will then fall asleep to rest, like Lazarus did, but at the end of the days, Daniel will rise, stand up again, for all the faith he showed in Jehovah. Notice that Daniel was told that he would be raised up at the end of the days, his resurrection was not immediate. At Acts 17: 22-32 we read this, ” Paul now stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens, I see that in all things you seem to be more given to the fear of the deities than others are. 23 For instance, while passing along and carefully observing your objects of veneration, I found even an altar on which had been inscribed ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you are unknowingly worshipping, this I am declaring to you. 24 The God who made the world and all the things in it, being, as he is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples; 25 nor is he served by human hands as if he needed anything, because he himself gives to all people life and breath and all things. 26 And he made out of one man every nation of men to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he decreed the appointed times and the set limits of where men would dwell, 27 so that they would seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us. 28 For by him we have life and move and exist, even as some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his children.’ 29 “Therefore, since we are the children of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and design of humans. 30 True, God has overlooked the times of such ignorance; but now he is declaring to all people everywhere that they should repent. 31 Because he has set a day on which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and he has provided a guarantee to all men by resurrecting him from the dead.” 32 Now when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, while others said: “We will hear you again about this.” Notice the guarantee that God has given to all men. At Romans 6:23 it says this, “For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord. When a person dies, his sins are paid for by his death, when he is resurrected, he starts off with a clean slate, in a perfect world, my goodness, lets hope he gets it right this time.

FINISHING UP WITH THE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION We have learned so far from the scriptures cited that the resurrection hope is a fundamental teaching from the scriptures, and it is God’s promise to man that He is going to undue the penalty of death that Satan inflicted upon mankind, through his lies and deception. To be a beneficiary of that reward, a person must not join in with the lies and deceptions of Satan, and they must cease distributing those lies about God. Adhering to the teaching that began the death penalty for man, mainly the teaching that man does not die, aligns ones thinking with that of God’s enemy Satan. If we want to receive the reward of the resurrection we must change that belief, and align our thinking with that of the person who gives us life, not the one who causes our death. Teaching and passing on to others that man does not die is telling lies about God, because God tells us that we do die, and it is because we die, that the provision of the resurrection was installed. Telling others that mankind does not die, negates the teaching that he does die. The scriptures are filled with the recollections and stories about people dying. In fact the knowledge that people die, and how God plans to stop that, is the entire purpose of the Bible, otherwise, it never would of been written. As far as I know, correct me if I am wrong, but there is only one faith, (you might call it a religion if that helps you understand better), on this entire planet that teaches that man does indeed die, cease to exist, returns to the dust, his thoughts perish, only one faith, and every single one of you knows already who those people are. All of the other religions teach that man is only transformed, he drops his body, and goes on to a different life form. But the soul never dies. That my friends is a lie, and teaching that , is teaching lies about God, listening to that taught, and believing that lie, is choosing to believe lies about God, rather than the words from Gods own mouth. If man does not die, there is no need or purpose for the resurrection. Why then, would God make provision for it, and put Jesus in charge of it ?? God has an appointed time for the resurrection to begin, and as we learned from the scriptures, Jesus told us that only God knows when that day is. When you say that your dead relative has been resurrected and is living in heaven, are you saying in effect that you know as much as God does, and that you know more about the time table of the resurrection than Jesus does ? At John 6:40 Jesus said,”I will resurrect him on the “last day”. At John 11:24 Martha said,”I know he will rise on in the resurrection on the “last day”. At Daniel 2:44 it tells us,” And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all of these kingdoms, and it itself will stand forever.” All other kingdoms, except God’s Kingdom has to be destroyed first, before his kingdom can be established upon the earth, God’s Kingdom power has already began in the heavens, when Satan and his demons were kicked out. The resurrection cannot happen until God’s kingdom gets here. So, the resurrection has not happened yet, and to say that your family is an exception, and that they are in heaven right now is a lie, it is taught to you from the preachers that belong to God’s enemy. Listen to God, stop listening to the enemy of God. Really, do you think that a loving God, would put someone in heaven to have them watch as their loved ones were slaughtered upon the earth??? Think people, think, reason for yourselves. Jesus said that the dead were asleep, isn’t that a much more loving condition to leave the dead in, asleep, until this earth is made perfect, and all of the enemies of God and man are dealt with. Doesn’t the description of the dead that Jesus gives us make much more sense and reason ?? Sure if Satan had his way, what the churches teach is exactly what he would want. He would want to have honest loving people watch from the heavens as he tortured their relatives on this earth and in the fires of hell, but that is not how God thinks and treats people, that sort of thinking comes from Satan, stop going to the schools of Satan, go instead to the schools of Jehovah.