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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Lake of fire
Why The Beast and False Prophet Enter The Lake of Fire First
Revelation 20 describes people going into the Lake of Fire after the Millennium yet these two receive their condemnation before the Millennium. Find out why.
Don't Be Confused About Bible Prophecy Another Minute
Know the Future image Here's the Bible Prophecy breakthrough you've been waiting for—from two overlooked keys in the hard sayings of Jesus now made plain in the most accurate prophecy research available, because it departs from traditional "anything goes" allegorical interpretations which disregard Jesus' only statement on how to interpret Scripture correctly. (Learn these keys of Jesus in this free article...)
A Reader Comments:
“I've been searching all of my adult life for this kind of wisdom! I have listened to Irvin Baxter for 13 years and the Prophecy Club off and on for the same amount of time. I felt like I only had bits and pieces of the big picture. Then I hit the "wisdom and understanding jackpot" the next night when I typed "Prophecy" into a google search and out of all the sights that were available, I clicked on Tim's site first! It was like God pulled a needle out of a haystack for me in answer to my prayer from the day before!”
Eve Brast, California (Read more testimonials...)
Antichrist/Beast and False Prophet Entitled to Salvation?
Regarding my popular article on whether Pope Benedict/Ratzinger is the Antichrist or False Prophet, I received the following comment:
Thanks a lot for such an interesting article. I'm one of those who strongly suspect that a Pope is the false prophet and that the antichrist is a political leader.
...
Both the false prophet and antichrist are human beings who are also entitled to salvation but thanks be to the Lord Jesus Christ who is Sovereign in His mercy (see Romans 9:14-23).
God Bless you as you continue to watch and pray!!
Simon.
Speaking of the nature of the Beast and the False Prophet, have you ever thought about this verse describing what happens to them when they oppose Jesus at his return to reign before the Millennium:
Rev 19:19-20 - 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
What I always wondered was, why were the Beast and False Prophet thrown in to the Lake of Fire early ? Why do I say early? Because if you keep reading through to the end of Revelation, you learn that God plans to judge everyone together at the very end after the Millennium in what is called the Great White Throne Judgement:
Inconsistency: Judgment For the Lake of Fire Is After the Millennium
Revelation 20:7,12-15 - 7 When the thousand years end, Satan will be let out of his prison.
12 I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.
13 Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; all were judged according to their works.
14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15 And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
So if all the wicked get judged and thrown ino the Lake of Fire after the Millennium, why do the Beast and False Prophet get thrown in before the Millennium? I don't care how terribly wicked they obviously are, it seems inconsistent of God to throw them in before the Final Judgment for humans. This was a mystery for many years until a chain of events got me to see the only other possibility: the Beast and False Prophet could not be human.
Only Possibility: They Are Not Human
Notice these verses...not only humans go into the lake of fire:
Matthew 25:41 - Then He will also say to those on the left, Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!
Revelation 20:10 - The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
So could the beast and false prophet be angels or some angel/human hybrid (clearly neither of them is the Devil since he is established above as a separate entity)? As a matter of fact, this is what many believe Genesis 6 must be referring to when it says:
Gen 6:1-4 — 1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."
4 The giants were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Not Giant Nephilim, but Tare Nephilim
In this passage the "sons of god" refer to the (disobedient) angels and the giants/or nephilim are understood to be their hybrid offspring from women (you don't get giants or "heroes" of mythology when both parents are human, but you could if one parent was non-human). But not all nephilim must be giants. Genetic engineering can be used to make normal-sized clones as we know today. This sounds an awful lot like what Jesus was referring to in this parable of the Tares and the Wheat, if we take what he says at face value:
Mt 13:36-43 — 36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Jesus interpreted his own parable to literally depict that the Devil had offspring, just as Genesis 6 implies. These offspring look human just like the righteous do, but they are undetectable counterfeits except by angels who will only collect them "at the end of the age" to be "burned in the fire". To me that fits exactly how the Beast and False Prophet are thrown in the Lake of Fire at the end of the current premillennial the age. Why are they thrown in early? It seems there is no salvation for them as there is for humans. Therefore there is no reason to wait until the Great White Throne Judgment as is done for all humans. These unfortunate genetic experiments created by Satan's mingling of human and angelic blood will all be collected up and destroyed so they can cause no more deception..and suffer no more themselves.
Tares Among Us Today Explains Much
The question from this that naturally arises is: Are the Beast and False Prophet the only two tares, or as Jesus' parable suggests, is the whole world littered with them? Would they not be the ones at the helm of the world governments, institutions, and multinational corporations now, just as they will be in two top positions of the world during the last 3½ years? Remember what Satan said to Jesus on this very subject when he came to tempt him in the desert?
Mt 4:5-8 — 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6 And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
7 So if you worship me, it will all be yours."
8 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'"
Note that Jesus did not correct Satan on his claim of ownership of the world. We should then ask, who has Satan been giving the choice positions of leadership over the nations of the world to before and after Christ rejected his offer? Who would he trust more than his own offspring! Is it any wonder that this world is such a mess? That we have leaders who clearly lie and deceive and even commmit treason and yet get away with it? Satan deceives and controls the whole world (Rev 12:9) not alone, but through his minions in all the high places. He controls the media, the wars, what truth gets out and what is squashed. Of course, he cannot stop those who serve God and diligently seek from finding the Truth (such as about 911-view Dr. David Ray Griffin talk on 9/11 for Christians), including about what he is doing...but they don't matter, it's keeping the masses asleep that matters. And they do not see the conspiracies or if they consider them, they discount them because they see no way these conspiracies could be orchestrated globally and through thousands of years of history as is required. They do not understand that the Bible, if studied carefully, explains the truth of a global Satanic conspiracy, a truth, without a doubt, stranger than fiction. For more proof on this topic that the Beast/Antichrist is going to be Nephilim, see the youtube video interview below with Arizona Wilder. She gives her eyewitness account of world leaders who have manifested nephilim characteristics. It is explained in secular terms that sound crazy so suspend your disbelief see if what they describe does not match what the Bible teaches about Nephilim and the ten behind-the-scenes rulers controlling the world (Rev 17).
Revelation 20 describes people going into the Lake of Fire after the Millennium yet these two receive their condemnation before the Millennium. Find out why.
Don't Be Confused About Bible Prophecy Another Minute
Know the Future image Here's the Bible Prophecy breakthrough you've been waiting for—from two overlooked keys in the hard sayings of Jesus now made plain in the most accurate prophecy research available, because it departs from traditional "anything goes" allegorical interpretations which disregard Jesus' only statement on how to interpret Scripture correctly. (Learn these keys of Jesus in this free article...)
A Reader Comments:
“I've been searching all of my adult life for this kind of wisdom! I have listened to Irvin Baxter for 13 years and the Prophecy Club off and on for the same amount of time. I felt like I only had bits and pieces of the big picture. Then I hit the "wisdom and understanding jackpot" the next night when I typed "Prophecy" into a google search and out of all the sights that were available, I clicked on Tim's site first! It was like God pulled a needle out of a haystack for me in answer to my prayer from the day before!”
Eve Brast, California (Read more testimonials...)
Antichrist/Beast and False Prophet Entitled to Salvation?
Regarding my popular article on whether Pope Benedict/Ratzinger is the Antichrist or False Prophet, I received the following comment:
Thanks a lot for such an interesting article. I'm one of those who strongly suspect that a Pope is the false prophet and that the antichrist is a political leader.
...
Both the false prophet and antichrist are human beings who are also entitled to salvation but thanks be to the Lord Jesus Christ who is Sovereign in His mercy (see Romans 9:14-23).
God Bless you as you continue to watch and pray!!
Simon.
Speaking of the nature of the Beast and the False Prophet, have you ever thought about this verse describing what happens to them when they oppose Jesus at his return to reign before the Millennium:
Rev 19:19-20 - 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
What I always wondered was, why were the Beast and False Prophet thrown in to the Lake of Fire early ? Why do I say early? Because if you keep reading through to the end of Revelation, you learn that God plans to judge everyone together at the very end after the Millennium in what is called the Great White Throne Judgement:
Inconsistency: Judgment For the Lake of Fire Is After the Millennium
Revelation 20:7,12-15 - 7 When the thousand years end, Satan will be let out of his prison.
12 I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.
13 Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; all were judged according to their works.
14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15 And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
So if all the wicked get judged and thrown ino the Lake of Fire after the Millennium, why do the Beast and False Prophet get thrown in before the Millennium? I don't care how terribly wicked they obviously are, it seems inconsistent of God to throw them in before the Final Judgment for humans. This was a mystery for many years until a chain of events got me to see the only other possibility: the Beast and False Prophet could not be human.
Only Possibility: They Are Not Human
Notice these verses...not only humans go into the lake of fire:
Matthew 25:41 - Then He will also say to those on the left, Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!
Revelation 20:10 - The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
So could the beast and false prophet be angels or some angel/human hybrid (clearly neither of them is the Devil since he is established above as a separate entity)? As a matter of fact, this is what many believe Genesis 6 must be referring to when it says:
Gen 6:1-4 — 1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."
4 The giants were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Not Giant Nephilim, but Tare Nephilim
In this passage the "sons of god" refer to the (disobedient) angels and the giants/or nephilim are understood to be their hybrid offspring from women (you don't get giants or "heroes" of mythology when both parents are human, but you could if one parent was non-human). But not all nephilim must be giants. Genetic engineering can be used to make normal-sized clones as we know today. This sounds an awful lot like what Jesus was referring to in this parable of the Tares and the Wheat, if we take what he says at face value:
Mt 13:36-43 — 36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Jesus interpreted his own parable to literally depict that the Devil had offspring, just as Genesis 6 implies. These offspring look human just like the righteous do, but they are undetectable counterfeits except by angels who will only collect them "at the end of the age" to be "burned in the fire". To me that fits exactly how the Beast and False Prophet are thrown in the Lake of Fire at the end of the current premillennial the age. Why are they thrown in early? It seems there is no salvation for them as there is for humans. Therefore there is no reason to wait until the Great White Throne Judgment as is done for all humans. These unfortunate genetic experiments created by Satan's mingling of human and angelic blood will all be collected up and destroyed so they can cause no more deception..and suffer no more themselves.
Tares Among Us Today Explains Much
The question from this that naturally arises is: Are the Beast and False Prophet the only two tares, or as Jesus' parable suggests, is the whole world littered with them? Would they not be the ones at the helm of the world governments, institutions, and multinational corporations now, just as they will be in two top positions of the world during the last 3½ years? Remember what Satan said to Jesus on this very subject when he came to tempt him in the desert?
Mt 4:5-8 — 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6 And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
7 So if you worship me, it will all be yours."
8 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'"
Note that Jesus did not correct Satan on his claim of ownership of the world. We should then ask, who has Satan been giving the choice positions of leadership over the nations of the world to before and after Christ rejected his offer? Who would he trust more than his own offspring! Is it any wonder that this world is such a mess? That we have leaders who clearly lie and deceive and even commmit treason and yet get away with it? Satan deceives and controls the whole world (Rev 12:9) not alone, but through his minions in all the high places. He controls the media, the wars, what truth gets out and what is squashed. Of course, he cannot stop those who serve God and diligently seek from finding the Truth (such as about 911-view Dr. David Ray Griffin talk on 9/11 for Christians), including about what he is doing...but they don't matter, it's keeping the masses asleep that matters. And they do not see the conspiracies or if they consider them, they discount them because they see no way these conspiracies could be orchestrated globally and through thousands of years of history as is required. They do not understand that the Bible, if studied carefully, explains the truth of a global Satanic conspiracy, a truth, without a doubt, stranger than fiction. For more proof on this topic that the Beast/Antichrist is going to be Nephilim, see the youtube video interview below with Arizona Wilder. She gives her eyewitness account of world leaders who have manifested nephilim characteristics. It is explained in secular terms that sound crazy so suspend your disbelief see if what they describe does not match what the Bible teaches about Nephilim and the ten behind-the-scenes rulers controlling the world (Rev 17).
Im back Home by grace!
Hi World, Im Back home
Sermon1: Hi World, I am backing Home.
I took time to review my life; I did not like the results of the probe which revealed that I was actually in a canoe, a boat or a ship going for ruin or destruction, worst Idea is heading for a bad water fall. The only reason I am still alive is that every Sunday I go to church again is that I am saved by grace as per the verses stated below:
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do " (Eph. 2:8,9).
As for you [believers], you were DEAD in your transgressions and sins [before you became believers], in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air [Satan], the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. . . .We were by nature objects of [God's] wrath. But because of his great love for us, God who is rich in Mercy, MADE US ALIVE with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved " (Ephesians 2:1-5).
he [God] purified their hearts by faith. . . .We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved . . . "(Acts 15:9, 11).
If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved " (Romans 10:9, 10)
But I learn that god loves me and will never go to ruin. As per the Scriptures below:
Isaiah 62:3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
Jeremiah 31:10 "Hear the word of the LORD, O nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: 'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.'
Jeremiah 31:11 For the LORD will ransom Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.
Zechariah 10:6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them; for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.
Until next time God bless you.
By Siphiwe Billy Sigudla http://siphiwebillysigudla.yolasite.com
Source: http://wwwbillysigudla.ucoz.com/
Sermon1: Hi World, I am backing Home.
I took time to review my life; I did not like the results of the probe which revealed that I was actually in a canoe, a boat or a ship going for ruin or destruction, worst Idea is heading for a bad water fall. The only reason I am still alive is that every Sunday I go to church again is that I am saved by grace as per the verses stated below:
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do " (Eph. 2:8,9).
As for you [believers], you were DEAD in your transgressions and sins [before you became believers], in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air [Satan], the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. . . .We were by nature objects of [God's] wrath. But because of his great love for us, God who is rich in Mercy, MADE US ALIVE with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved " (Ephesians 2:1-5).
he [God] purified their hearts by faith. . . .We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved . . . "(Acts 15:9, 11).
If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved " (Romans 10:9, 10)
But I learn that god loves me and will never go to ruin. As per the Scriptures below:
Isaiah 62:3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
Jeremiah 31:10 "Hear the word of the LORD, O nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: 'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.'
Jeremiah 31:11 For the LORD will ransom Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.
Zechariah 10:6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them; for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.
Until next time God bless you.
By Siphiwe Billy Sigudla http://siphiwebillysigudla.yolasite.com
Source: http://wwwbillysigudla.ucoz.com/
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
when U relax
you are doing more than what is expected to kill your career,when you sleep you waiste your creativity and loose alot of weight or gain due to eating food which does not excist so the likerble thing is to wakeup and just do it.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Who sold Jesus? As we celebrate easter.( six co-conspirators)
The death of Jesus Christ involved six co-conspirators, each doing their part to push the process along. Their motives ranged from greed to hatred to duty. They were Judas Iscariot, Caiaphas, the Sanhedrin, Pontius Pilate, Herod Antipas, and an unnamed Roman centurion.
Hundreds of years earlier, the Old Testament prophets had said the Messiah would be led like a sacrificial lamb to slaughter. It was the only way the world could be saved from sin. Learn the role each co-conspirator played in the most important trial in history and how each step contributed to the death of Jesus.
Judas Iscariot – Betrayer of Jesus Christ
Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus Christ's 12 chosen disciples. The group's treasurer, he was in charge of the common money bag. Scripture tells us Judas betrayed his Master for 30 pieces of silver, the standard price paid for a slave. But did he do it out of greed, or to force the Messiah to overthrow the Romans, as some scholars suggest? Judas went from being one of Jesus' closest friends to a man whose first name has come to mean traitor.
Joseph Caiaphas - High Priest of the Jerusalem Temple
Joseph Caiaphas, High Priest of the Jerusalem temple, was one of the most powerful men in ancient Israel, yet he felt threatened by the peace-loving rabbi Jesus of Nazareth. Caiaphas feared Jesus might start a rebellion, causing a clampdown by the Romans, at whose pleasure Caiaphas served. So Caiaphas decided Jesus had to die, ignoring all the laws to make sure that happened.
The Sanhedrin - Jewish High Council
The Sanhedrin, Israel's high court, enforced Mosaic law. Its president was the High Priest, Joseph Caiaphas, who leveled charges of blasphemy against Jesus. Although Jesus was innocent, the Sanhedrin (with the exceptions of Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea) voted to convict. The penalty was death, but this court had no authority to order execution. For that they needed the help of the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate.
Pontius Pilate – Roman Governor of Judea
Pontius Pilate held the power of life and death in ancient Israel. When Jesus was sent to him for trial, Pilate found no reason to execute him. Instead, he had Jesus brutally flogged then sent him to Herod, who sent him back. Still, the Sanhedrin and Pharisees were not satisfied. They demanded that Jesus be crucified, a torturous death reserved for only the most violent criminals. Always the politician, Pilate symbolically washed his hands of the matter and turned Jesus over to one of his centurions.
Herod Antipas - Tetrarch of Galilee
Herod Antipas was tetrarch, or ruler of Galilee and Perea, appointed by the Romans. Pilate sent Jesus to him because Jesus was a Galilean, under Herod's jurisdiction. Herod had earlier murdered the great prophet John the Baptist, Jesus' friend and kinsman. Instead of seeking the truth, Herod ordered Jesus to perform a miracle for him. When Jesus was silent, Herod sent him back to Pilate for execution.
Roman centurions were hardened army officers, trained to kill with sword and spear. One centurion, whose name is not given, received a world-changing order: crucify Jesus of Nazareth. He and the men in his command carried out that order, coldly and efficiently. But when the deed was over, this man made a remarkable statement as he looked up at Jesus hanging on the cross.
Regards
Billy
Hundreds of years earlier, the Old Testament prophets had said the Messiah would be led like a sacrificial lamb to slaughter. It was the only way the world could be saved from sin. Learn the role each co-conspirator played in the most important trial in history and how each step contributed to the death of Jesus.
Judas Iscariot – Betrayer of Jesus Christ
Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus Christ's 12 chosen disciples. The group's treasurer, he was in charge of the common money bag. Scripture tells us Judas betrayed his Master for 30 pieces of silver, the standard price paid for a slave. But did he do it out of greed, or to force the Messiah to overthrow the Romans, as some scholars suggest? Judas went from being one of Jesus' closest friends to a man whose first name has come to mean traitor.
Joseph Caiaphas - High Priest of the Jerusalem Temple
Joseph Caiaphas, High Priest of the Jerusalem temple, was one of the most powerful men in ancient Israel, yet he felt threatened by the peace-loving rabbi Jesus of Nazareth. Caiaphas feared Jesus might start a rebellion, causing a clampdown by the Romans, at whose pleasure Caiaphas served. So Caiaphas decided Jesus had to die, ignoring all the laws to make sure that happened.
The Sanhedrin - Jewish High Council
The Sanhedrin, Israel's high court, enforced Mosaic law. Its president was the High Priest, Joseph Caiaphas, who leveled charges of blasphemy against Jesus. Although Jesus was innocent, the Sanhedrin (with the exceptions of Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea) voted to convict. The penalty was death, but this court had no authority to order execution. For that they needed the help of the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate.
Pontius Pilate – Roman Governor of Judea
Pontius Pilate held the power of life and death in ancient Israel. When Jesus was sent to him for trial, Pilate found no reason to execute him. Instead, he had Jesus brutally flogged then sent him to Herod, who sent him back. Still, the Sanhedrin and Pharisees were not satisfied. They demanded that Jesus be crucified, a torturous death reserved for only the most violent criminals. Always the politician, Pilate symbolically washed his hands of the matter and turned Jesus over to one of his centurions.
Herod Antipas - Tetrarch of Galilee
Herod Antipas was tetrarch, or ruler of Galilee and Perea, appointed by the Romans. Pilate sent Jesus to him because Jesus was a Galilean, under Herod's jurisdiction. Herod had earlier murdered the great prophet John the Baptist, Jesus' friend and kinsman. Instead of seeking the truth, Herod ordered Jesus to perform a miracle for him. When Jesus was silent, Herod sent him back to Pilate for execution.
Roman centurions were hardened army officers, trained to kill with sword and spear. One centurion, whose name is not given, received a world-changing order: crucify Jesus of Nazareth. He and the men in his command carried out that order, coldly and efficiently. But when the deed was over, this man made a remarkable statement as he looked up at Jesus hanging on the cross.
Regards
Billy
Invitation from Jesus during First eve season
As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated.
During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my birthday is getting closer and closer. It is really very nice to know, that at least once a year, some people think of me.
As you know, the celebration of my birthday began many years ago. At first people seemed to understand and be thankful of all that I did for them, but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for the celebration.
Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the celebration. I remember that last year there was a great feast in my honor. The dinner table was full of delicious foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The decorations were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts. But, do you want to know something? I wasn't invited. I was the guest of honor and they didn't remember to send me an invitation.
The party was for me, but when that great day came, I was left outside, they closed the door in my face .. and I wanted to be with them and share their table.
In truth, that didn't surprise me because in the last few years all close their doors to me. Since I wasn't invited, I decided to enter the party without making any noise. I went in and stood in a corner.
They were all drinking; there were some who were drunk and telling jokes and laughing at everything. They were having a grand time.
To top it all, this big fat man all dressed in red wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling Ho-Ho-Ho! He seemed drunk. He sat on the sofa and all the children ran to him, saying: "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" as if the party were in his honor!
At midnight all the people began to hug each other; I extended my arms waiting for someone to hug me and do you know no-one hugged me.
Suddenly they all began to share gifts. They opened them one by one with great expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if, maybe,there was one for me. What would you feel if on your birthday everybody shared gifts and you did not get one? I then understood that I was unwanted at that party and quietly left.
Every year it gets worse. People only remember the gifts, the parties, to eat and drink, and nobody remembers me.
I would like this Christmas that you allow me to enter into your life.
I would like that you recognize the fact that more than two thousand years ago I came to this world to give my life for you, on the cross, to save you. Today, I only want that you believe this with all your heart.
I want to share something with you. As many didn't invite me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a grandiose party that no one has ever imagined, a spectacular party. I'm still making the final arrangements..
Today I am sending out many invitations and there is an invitation for you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will make a reservation for you and write your name with golden letters in my great guest book. Only those on the guest list will be invited to the party.
Those who don't answer the invite, will be left outside. Be prepared because when all is ready you will be part of my great party.
See you soon. I Love you!
Siphiwe Billy Sigudla
During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my birthday is getting closer and closer. It is really very nice to know, that at least once a year, some people think of me.
As you know, the celebration of my birthday began many years ago. At first people seemed to understand and be thankful of all that I did for them, but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for the celebration.
Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the celebration. I remember that last year there was a great feast in my honor. The dinner table was full of delicious foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The decorations were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts. But, do you want to know something? I wasn't invited. I was the guest of honor and they didn't remember to send me an invitation.
The party was for me, but when that great day came, I was left outside, they closed the door in my face .. and I wanted to be with them and share their table.
In truth, that didn't surprise me because in the last few years all close their doors to me. Since I wasn't invited, I decided to enter the party without making any noise. I went in and stood in a corner.
They were all drinking; there were some who were drunk and telling jokes and laughing at everything. They were having a grand time.
To top it all, this big fat man all dressed in red wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling Ho-Ho-Ho! He seemed drunk. He sat on the sofa and all the children ran to him, saying: "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" as if the party were in his honor!
At midnight all the people began to hug each other; I extended my arms waiting for someone to hug me and do you know no-one hugged me.
Suddenly they all began to share gifts. They opened them one by one with great expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if, maybe,there was one for me. What would you feel if on your birthday everybody shared gifts and you did not get one? I then understood that I was unwanted at that party and quietly left.
Every year it gets worse. People only remember the gifts, the parties, to eat and drink, and nobody remembers me.
I would like this Christmas that you allow me to enter into your life.
I would like that you recognize the fact that more than two thousand years ago I came to this world to give my life for you, on the cross, to save you. Today, I only want that you believe this with all your heart.
I want to share something with you. As many didn't invite me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a grandiose party that no one has ever imagined, a spectacular party. I'm still making the final arrangements..
Today I am sending out many invitations and there is an invitation for you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will make a reservation for you and write your name with golden letters in my great guest book. Only those on the guest list will be invited to the party.
Those who don't answer the invite, will be left outside. Be prepared because when all is ready you will be part of my great party.
See you soon. I Love you!
Siphiwe Billy Sigudla
The Giant Called Fear
People claim they know this giant it is actually a phenomena which come and passes quick just like food as one is hungry feels like dying but as soon as food is here the hunger dissaper.Why will a man work his life out only to die and leave everything he worked for as the bible said what will it banefit a man if he gains the whole world and looses his life?
We are in a race as people of god living in the universe everything we do is according to how we want to be rewarded you work little you get paid little!
We are in a race as people of god living in the universe everything we do is according to how we want to be rewarded you work little you get paid little!
Pain
Pain why do you always follow me where ever i go,Why it seems like you know only my skin.
Maybe is my mistake help me out and inform me since i'm misinformed,Yes mistake is ignorance done a being if not all in the hunt for fame and futune.
Maybe is my mistake help me out and inform me since i'm misinformed,Yes mistake is ignorance done a being if not all in the hunt for fame and futune.
Giant called life
people often miss interpretes the changes in their life as success where as they takeup a lot of credit thatn they can handle for what,People no longer take time to be with themselves or family is all about wealth and power.
Do you know where you are going?
Do you know where you are going?
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