PRAYER MEETING - Tonight - Every Wednesday Evening (11 PM Eastern) (10 p.m. Central) (9 p.m.Mountain) (8 P.M. Pacific) Stay a few minutes or stay for the 2 hours and Pray and Talk and Sing and Listen with me! (Call in: 530-881-1400 with access code of 888-974 #) . PROPHECY MADE EASY Why Make it Hard if You Can Make it Easy? . . CHAPTER A DAY – Chapter 5 – I will SEEK to put a chapter a day from Prophecy Made Easy so that if you wish to highlight and copy and paste each chapter into a file – one after the other - you can have a complete book of Prophecy Made Easy in a few days and if you have questions about the chapters I will seek, on limited time, to answer as many as possible. . Chapter 5 Traps . The Ten Commandment According to Satan . Satan Deceives the Whole World.” Revelation 12:9 . Satan’s plan is to hold the people in darkness and disobedience until Christ finishes His work as mediator and there is no longer a sacrifice for sin. . SATANS TEN COMMANDMENTS . Satan hates Jesus, the Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit, and every person that has ever been born. Satans plan is to hold the people in darkness and disobedience until Christ finishes His work as mediator and there is no longer a sacrifice for sin. He is like a hunter stalking his prey. You are that prey, and he knows that the only way to get you is to get you to turn your back on God and His protective care. . Many different traps are used to capture animals such as beaver and mink. Each trap is built especially for the type of animal being trapped. Satan has designed his trap to get us away from God and Gods angels. He knows that he is no match for God and His angels. . Since Satan hates Gods Ten Commandments lets call these ten traps the ten commandments according to Satan. The Bible clearly teaches that these are his principles and desires for you and me. His ultimate objective is to bring us as much pain, sorrow, and death as possible. . Page 68 . These commandments, Satans traps, carried out in our lives leave us entirely defenseless against his attacks and expose us to the ultimate in pain, sorrow, and death. If you avoid these ten traps, you will find security, peace, and ultimate happiness. . 1. SATAN SAYS You can be a Christian. Just dont invest any time building a relationship with Christ. . Satan is afraid of a person who loves Jesus Christ. He knows we can easily defeat him if we place our confidence in Jesus. He tries to discourage us into not searching Gods Word and into neglecting prayer. Satan knows our connection to God is through those two avenues. He wants us to find anything else or do--anything else! Wouldnt you rather watch a movie etc. rather than pray or study Gods Word? Satan whispers in our ear. He knows he is no match for a person who seeks to know God on a daily, hourly basis through prayer and Bible study and sharing these great truths with others. . Gods plan is to grant us, in answer to the prayer of faith, that which He would not give us if we didnt ask. No one is safe for a day or an hour without prayer. We should especially ask the Lord for wisdom to understand His word. Praying regularly throughout the day is vitally important. During the day when others are around and you cant pray out loud, speak the words silently - Jesus will hear and send angels in answer to your prayer. . 2. SATAN SAYS Dont bother to search the Bible. It doesnt apply today. . But Gods promise is Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it. Revelation 1:3, NKJV. Notice that this promise applies especially to the book of Revelation. Prophecy Made Easy will open the book of Revelation up for your understanding and enjoyment. You will receive the blessing that comes to those who read and hear and do the things written in the book of Revelation. . Satan knows very well that anyone whom he can lead to neglect prayer and the study of the Bible will fail and ultimately die without receiving eternal life. The Bible feeds your spiritual life just as food feeds your physical life. See how strong you are physically after you go several days without eating food. We get weak when we dont eat regularly. The same thing happens when we neglect to read or hear the word of God. . Page 69 . The greatest danger a Christian faces is not Satan, alias the devil. Our greatest danger is terrorism, violence, or atheism. Our greatest danger is neglect. The greatest danger we face is just ignoring God. How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? Hebrews 2:3, NIV; Hebrews 2:3, KJV. More people will be eternally lost from neglecting God, from ignoring God, then from all other reasons combined! Your greatest danger will be that of neglecting to read Gods word with a spiritual hunger every day. Your greatest danger will be in neglecting to pray constantly throughout each day. . I challenge you to become a spiritual giant using these two avenues of strength. To avoid becoming spiritually fat and lazy, there is a third part to spiritual health. Reading Gods word compares to eating food. You eat two or three times a day. A good program is read Gods Word as often as you eat food. Prayer is compared to breathing fresh air. Talk with God in your thoughts all through the day, just like breathing. Exercise is also important t good physical health, and it is important to important to good physical health and it is important to good spiritual health as well. This is the third part of the “good spiritual health” triangle. Tell others about the great things you are learning. Help them find good spiritual health too. Sharing these things with others is exercising your faith and just as physical exercise helps make you strong, sharing the Word of God will help make you spiritually strong. Those who are ultimately lost will be lost from neglecting these three sources of power. May God guide you to strong spiritual health. . 3. SATAN SAYS What you believe is unimportant. . But Jesus Christ says For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not die but have eternal life. John 3:16 And whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:16 . 4. SATAN SAYS Twist the Bible meaning to say anything you want it to say. Dont study too deeply and prove your point by quoting just half of a single verse. . Jesus never depended on just half of a single Bible verse to prove anything. He used the whole Bible (what we call The Old Testament) to teach His disciples. And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. Luke 24:27. . The prophets of old foretold the coming of Christ with pinpoint accuracy. Look at the first chapter of this book once again, if you wish to see what Christ shared with His disciples after coming out of the grave. . Page 70 . Paul also taught us the importance of Old Testament scripture when He wrote to Timothy and to the whole world, telling Timothy and us that All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine for reproof, for correction, for instruction. 2 Timothy 3:16, NKJV. The Scriptures here referred to were primarily what Christians call The old Testament. The part of the Bible we call The Old Testament was the Bible Christ taught from and the Bible Timothy taught from and said was inspired of God. Lets use the whole Bible in our search for God. The whole Bible is in agreement on the plan of salvation. It is false teachers who discredit The Old Testament. Study the Bible in its entirety. . 5. SATAN SAYS Gods ten commandment law has been done away with. It does not matter what you do, heaven is your future home. . Many reject the plain, cutting truths of the Bible because they involve a cross. They neglect the word of God because it is inconvenient. They will be left to receive outrageous heresy for religious truth. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 2 Thessalonians 2:10. . Some, unwilling to obey God’s requirements, attempt to overthrow God’s authority. They become infidels to excuse their neglect of duty. Others choose not to believe because of their pride and laziness. Too lazy to distinguish themselves by accomplishing anything worthy of honor, which requires effort and self-denial, they aim to secure a reputation for superior wisdom by criticizing the Bible. Many enjoy finding something in the Bible to confuse the minds of others. Some at first criticize and reason on the wrong side, from a mere love of controversy. They do not realize that they are, in reality, getting caught in Satan’s trap. Having openly spoken with disbelief, they feel that they must defend their position. . 6. SATAN SAYS Trust psychics, spirits, mediums and miracles. . Jesus says False Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive. John wrote in Revelation They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs. Matthew 24:24; Revelation 16:14. . Isaiah wrote When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? Isaiah 8:19 & 20. . Page 71 These are an abomination to the Lord. They are a revival of the witchcraft of old under a new disguise. These things actually open channels of speaking, not with God, but with Lucifer and the fallen angels. In the days of the ancient prophets they were forbidden under penalty of death. Today they have become entertainment and are promoted on television. Compare Numbers 25:1-3; Psalm 106:28; 1 Corinthians 10:20; Revelation 16:14 and Leviticus 19:31; 20:27. . 7. SATAN SAYS You can believe that Jesus was a good man Just dont believe He was God in human form. . Christ claimed, I am the way and the truth and the Life, No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6. Christ here claims that there is no other way to find eternal life except through Himself. . One day the Jews asked Christ if He was greater than Abraham. Christ responded Your father Abraham saw my day and was glad. The Jews answered You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham? I tell you the truth, Jesus answered, Before Abraham was born, I AM! At this, they picked up stones to stone him but Jesus slipped away. John 8:57, 58. The Jews understood His claims and that is why they tried to kill Him with stones that day . Either Jesus is God in human flesh just as He said He was, or He is the greatest liar of all time. He said that He knew Abraham, who along with Isaac and Jacob, had been dead for hundreds of years. And then He said Before Abraham was I AM. The words I AM are the words that refer only to God. . At the burning bush Moses spoke with God and God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you. Exodus 3:14. It was God that spoke with Moses at the burning bush. It was Jesus Christ who spoke with Moses at the burning bush. The entire Bible is a Revelation of Jesus Christ. And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. Luke 24:27. Either Christ was who He claimed to be or He was a liar and a deceiver. A good man would not make such claims. Turn back to chapter one for a confirmation of whom the Messiah is. . 8. SATAN SAYS Dont be afraid of me, I am not a real individual. Page 72 The New Testament clearly states the fact that Jesus believed in a personal Satan. He spoke face to face with him in the desert after His baptism. He forced Satan and the other evil angels to leave many of those whom they controlled, those who were demon possessed. . In Africa the animals, such as zebras, that are in the greatest danger are the ones that do not know that the lion is stalking them. Those who either smell, hear, or see the lion are ready to run away. The others just keep eating until the lion seems to come out of nowhere and pounce upon them. The Bible compares Satan to the Lion. Satan seeks to convince man that He is not real. He wants people to picture Him with horns, a pitchfork, and red pajamas. This creates tons of laughter. And those who laugh the loudest at the existence of a real Devil are in the greatest danger. . 9. SATAN SAYS The second coming of Christ is His coming to each individual at death. . Jesus says In my Fathers house are many mansions. I will come back and take you to be with me. The harvest is the end of the world and the reapers (harvesters) are the angels. John 14:2-3, NKJV; Matthew 13:39, KJV. Jesus plainly states that He does not come for us until the end of the world. When Jesus comes in glory with all the heavenly angels and the trumpet of God. That day is not far away. . Write the vision, and make it plain . . . that he may run who reads it. Habakkuk 2:2, NKJV. . The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (understood). 1 Corinthians 2:14. False doctrines and ideas, without number, are found in the many churches claiming to serve Christ. The errors of popular theology have driven many people to skepticism. . Read 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12. With such a warning before us it is very important that we be on our guard about what doctrines we receive. . 10. SATAN SAYS Jesus is coming again in a Secret Rapture. . amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/74/t/the-secret-rapture.aspx . According to the dictionary, rapture means The act of transporting or fact of being transported. The secret rapture belief is that Christ will return in secret when He comes the second time--and that those who are Christians (the dead and the living) at that time will be secretly transported out of this world before the tribulation--before the seven last plagues fall on Planet Earth. According to this theory the followers of Christ will be in heaven while life goes on down here on the earth. . Page 73 . The theory claims that the plagues of Revelation chapter sixteen will be poured out on the world but the Christians are safe in heaven. According to the Secret Rapture Theory, those who follow Jesus will experience no cross, no persecution. Believers in this theory say Christians will be taken out of this world before the time of crisis. . Many of Gods children have been deceived by this wonderfully sounding doctrine. Believing in the secret rapture does not make a person bad. But it does effectively stop them from preparing for the crisis ahead. Jesus says As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Jesus says His second coming will be similar to the time of Noah. Noah and his family were not taken out of the storm--they went through the storm. Matthew 24:37-39. . God removes wrinkles from our characters through the cross of painful trials. When you iron your clothes and want to get out the wrinkles, what do you use--a hot iron or a cold iron? A hot iron of course. The Apostle Paul says Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. Peter explains it like this Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ. Ephesians 5:25 -27; 1 Peter 4:12-13. Peter was speaking from experience. Peter, himself, did not believe Jesus when Jesus told Peter that He, Jesus, would die on a cross. Peter got converted and later Peter, himself, died on a cross. And finally, Timothy says everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 2 Timothy 3:12. . Belief in the secret rapture conveniently takes away the cross-- the trials--of those who live just before Christ comes again. The devil wants people to sleep on unprepared for the time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:1-2. . Page 74 . God has always taken His children through the storm, through the trial. He says take up YOUR cross and follow me Noah was not saved from the storm. He was saved through the storm. Daniel was not saved from the lions den. He was saved through the lions den. Shadrack Meshach and Abednego were not saved from the furnace of fire. They were saved through the furnace of fire. . Nebuchadnezzar ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. So these men, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. The king was amazed as the furnace was so hot that it killed the soldiers who threw these three men in--but when he looked in to watch them die he saw four men walking unhurt through the fire. The fourth was Christ, himself, protecting His three faithful servants. Daniel 3:19-20. . Christ told the story of the wise man and the foolish man. He said everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash. Matthew 7:24 -27. . Notice that the two houses on two different foundations represent two types of people--two types of Christians. This parable tells us that those Christians who not only hear Christs words but put them into practice are like a wise man. Both houses, representing all people, must go THROUGH the storm. The difference is that those who put Christs words into practice go THROUGH the storm successfully. . Read in Exodus about the children of Israel. God delivered them from slavery to the king of Egypt through the use of plagues. They were on their way to the promised land. Persecution will come on all who live obedient spirit-filled lives just before Christ comes to take His people to the promised land God will again use plagues to deliver His people. Read about it in Revelation chapter sixteen. In the days of Moses, Gods children were then protected from the plagues and Gods children now, just before Jesus comes to take us to the promised land will be protected from the plagues. God did not rapture his people before the plagues fell then--and God will not rapture His people now before the plagues fall. . The lure of the secret rapture is that it promises no pain! If I were to offer you a journey that involved trials and suffering--or a journey that was entirely free from pain or trials which would you take? . Page 75 . Naturally you would take the journey that is free from all trials and pain. That is the way my natural heart would rather have it. If you have been tricked by the false teaching of the secret rapture, I can certainly understand. This false teaching, the doctrine of the secret rapture, has its own type of magic. . Everyone I know would rather have a pain-free future. But the truth is that there is no one who will have a pain-free future. If the secret rapture were true, Id be the first one to teach it because my own natural heart prefers the easiest way. Satan tricked our first parents with a miracle and with lies. He has returned to this last generation to try and trick us into joining his rebellion. It is sad that he has tricked so very many. Wont you accept Gods call to set the captives free from erroneous thinking? Gods way is the best way! When the plagues fall, only those who have chosen to follow their self-denying Savior will be safe! It is truly the best way! Many of those who have dreamed of the security of the secret rapture will be shocked awake when it is too late! . Christ tells us in Revelation about the people who are saved when he comes again and says These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb Revelation 7:14. Notice Gods children go through the tribulation. The tribulation is a refining process. Today we put iron ore into an intensely hot furnace to refine it--to make steel. The product is better for having gone through the heat. God wants to refine you and your character. The character of Christ will shine out of your life if you will submit patiently to the heated trials you will pass through if you are truly a born-again, Spirit-filled Christian. . DURING THE OUTPOURING OF THE SIXTH PLAGUE CHRIST HAS NOT YET COME . Those who believe in the secret rapture believe that Christ will come and take His children home, before the tribulation--before the seven last plagues of Revelation 16 are poured out on Planet Earth. Notice that there are seven plagues. Read about the first six plagues in Revelation 16:1-17. During the outpouring of the sixth plague Christ says He has not yet come. In Revelation chapter 16 and verse 15 Christ says, Behold I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake. Revelation 16:15. It is during the sixth plague that Christ tells us that He still hasnt come yet but is coming soon. . UNEXPECTED but NOT SECRET! . What about the Bible texts that say The Lord will come like a thief in the night? Doesnt that mean Christ will come and slip into this world and take His children home without anyone else knowing He came? The Bible says: But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? . Page 76 . You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. 2 Peter 3:10-14, NKJV. . The heavens disappear with a roar. . . and the elements melt. NIV. 1. They will see Christ come. 2. They will hear Christ come. 3. They will feel Christ come. Thieves come unexpectedly and silently. Jesus is not emphasizing silence but He is emphasizing the unexpectedness of Christs coming and the Christian worlds lack of preparation for this great event. . It is amazing that those who believe in the secret rapture use one of the noisiest passages in the Bible to teach the secret rapture theory. . 1Thessaloninans 4:16-18 speaks of Christ coming down through the skies, For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up [raptured] together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.” The King James Version says that Christ comes “with a shout, and with the trump [trumpet] of god.” I have a very difficult time imagining my Creator “shouting,” and angels blowing the trumpet of God” in such a quiet way that it is “secret.” This coming of Christ, and this rapture (taking His children up out of the world) will be no secret—it will be majestic, noisy, and visible to all. GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE . (1) ADVENTISTBOOKCENTER.COM/prophecy-made-easy-experience-the-future-now.html . (2) WWW.AMAZON.COM/Prophecy-Made-Easy-Glen-Walker/dp/0615113567/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382475707&sr=1-1 . (3) FREE TO READ ON THE WEB prophecymadeeasy . (4) amazon/Whats-Next-Visions-Revelation-Walker/dp/0578073544 . 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To find the glow tracts closest to you put “glow tracts” into a search engine – here are a couple of locations – California glowonline.org and Michigan glowcentral.org. You see your voice is loudest through literature. Distribute a hundred pieces of literature and you have multiplied the loudness of your voice by a hundred. And your voice will be heard while you are sleeping at night – others will be reading and “learning” and they in turn will be “going and teaching.” We’ll meet in heaven as eternal everlasting friends. We will travel the universe of worlds faster than the speed of light forever equal with the angels and their close friendship (Hebrews 1:2; Matthew 22:30). We will sit with Christ on His throne as part of His government (Revelation 3:21). Read about the marvelous life Christ has prepared for you and me in the last two chapters of your Bible – Revelation 21-22. . Meet me in heaven – The Son of God loves you so very much that He took the suffering your sins deserve so you and I could have the life He deserves – what amazing LOVE! Love will win – you will love Christ and you and I will forever love each other. Heaven begins right here so I can honestly tell you I love you and want to have you as an eternal everlasting friend. Ask Jesus to fill us with His Holy Spirit Power so we can share His message of love with others Your brother in Christ, Glen Walker See you in heaven with those you have invited!
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