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At first, some family members and friends rejected my message and disliked me for always talking about Jesus. Now, however, things are different. No matter who I am with, I only want to talk about the Lord, and He has given me the privilege of leading many people to Him, including my relatives and friends.
All of my loved ones are saved now. Jesus is always in my thoughts and on my tongue. When difficult times come, I think about what Jesus did for us. When I remember all that He has done, I realize nothing is too hard for me. When someone hurts me, I simply meditate on all Jesus did for me at Calvary, and peace comes instantly. Preceding the Lords first visit with me, I had some very special dreams about clouds.
These dreams reminded me of something my father had once shared with me. He told me that my mother had had a very special dream about clouds. He often mentioned that my mother also had had a special dream about me before she became pregnant with me. He said she never forgot that dream about a clear day that suddenly became very cloudy. The clouds came toward the front of the house. One of them came into the room where she was sleeping and filled the room with a white glow.
My mother had been sick most of her life, and she died when she was only forty. She never shared these dreams and visions with me, but my father told me many times about them, especially about the clouds.
I never thought seriously about them until I had my own experience with dreams and visions. My fathers interpretation of the dream about the clouds was that I could have become very successful if I had been a boy, because in those days many Oriental men believed that only boys could attain success in life.
I believe, however, that the dream was a sign from the Lord. As you read this book, you will see that clouds have played an important part in the preparatory work the Lord had done and continues to do in my life.
Since meeting Jesus, I have had a strong desire to pray for others. I have become a true prayer warrior. Intercessory prayer has become a way of life for me. I regularly attended a Bible study at a Korean-American church for about a year before my husband, Roger, was saved. I didnt do any full-time church work or know many of Gods words, but He chose me for His special work anyway. By showing me heaven and all the other visions I have been privileged to experience, He began to prepare me for the ministry He has called me to.
Now Im learning about Him through prayer and the study of His Word. He has asked me to record these experiences in this book so that others will see and understand. Why He chose me for this important work remains a mystery to me, but I do understand that He wants me to warn people in the world and in the church that we dont have much time left in which to complete the work He has called us to do. The Father in heaven wants everyone to know how much He loves them and desires to bless them, if they will trust Him and obey His Word.
He has shown me that many believers are, in reality, functional atheists--they dont really believe there is a heaven. I can say with all the certainty that it is possible for us--on this side of eternity--to know that heaven is so real. Furthermore, I now know that our God is able, as His Word says, to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us Ephesians The purpose of this book is to give Him glory: To Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.
Amen Ephesians Please read these pages with an open mind and heart, and let the Lord speak to you. He has a wonderful plan and purpose for your life. He has prepared a home for you in heaven. Like me, you can discover the thrill of knowing that you are bound for the Promised Land. Chapter 2.
All Power in Heaven and on Earth. Then Jesus came and spoke to them saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. It all began on New Years Eve The anointing of the Lord was so very real to me throughout the entire evening. In fact, His presence was literally so hot that I could hardly breathe. I had experienced the presence and power of the Holy Spirit before, but this night was so different. It was a time of intense love and excitement, and I sensed that something uniquely wonderful yet mysterious was about to happen to me.
What I was experiencing defied reason and logic, but the presence of the Lord was so real that I felt like I could have reached out and held His hand tangibly. It was a spiritual reality, but it far exceeded anything I had ever experienced in the natural realm. There was an expectancy in my heart. Somehow I realized that all I needed to do was to continue waiting in the presence of the Lord, and He would speak to me and show me wonderful things.
Throughout that long, yet pleasant night, I held onto a verse from Jeremiah that contains a promise from our Father: Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know Jeremiah While I waited with eager anticipation, I could hear the firecrackers and other loud noises of revelers ringing in the new year.
As turned to , I continued waiting, and throughout the wee hours of the morning until daybreak I waited. Nothing happened, but I was determined to hear from God. January 1, , was a cold, damp day in the Northwest, but there was a precious warmth in my heart that no winter wind could chill.
Psalms Waiting--one of the hardest things in the world to do, and yet it is the key to so much empowerment in the spiritual life. The Lord wants us to wait in His presence, because it is in this way that we develop the patience we need to grow and to serve. Even though I had not slept at all the previous night, on New Years Day I felt rested, happy and alive while my family and I celebrated the holiday.
From 9 P. I slept briefly, then awoke refreshed, yearning to hear the Lords voice speaking to me. This almost sleepless schedule continued throughout the first half of January.
Still I had not heard the Lord. By faith, however, I sensed that He was preparing me for a personal encounter with Him. My body was shaking. This had never happened in my sleep. Since Easter Sunday , however, my body had been shaking during worship services at church and in moments of personal prayer. Theres something about the night--a time of quietness and few distractions--that affords a special opportunity for the Lord to draw close to His people.
This was certainly the case with me. Sometimes the anointing of God was so heavy on me that I felt as if I would faint. At other times it would leave me feeling dizzy and weak. Often I would lay in bed completely immobilized by the overpowering presence of God. It is all too wonderful to fully describe, but I will endeavor to show you what it was like. The Bible is replete with examples of people quaking and shaking in the presence of the Lord.
Sometimes this manifestation is accompanied by fear, but most of the time it is preparatory; God is about to do a great work through a yielded vessel. Certainly the latter was true with the prophet Jeremiah, who heard Gods voice pleading with him: Do you not fear Me? Will you not tremble at My presence? Jeremiah The one who would become known as the weeping prophetanswered Gods plea: My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of His holy words Jeremiah The Word of God shows us that trembling and shaking are appropriate physical responses to the presence of the Lord. Other examples are found in Daniel ; Psalms , Pslams ; Habakkuk ; and Matthew , as well as in Acts , one of my favorites: And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.
Then I heard something. Was it the voice of my Lord and Master? I turned my head on the pillow to look in the direction of the sound, and there, all aglow, was a figure dressed in white garments.
The radiance that emanated from this unknown visitor was so brilliant that I could not see His face, but in my heart of hearts I knew that I had been blessed with a special visitation from the Lord. How could this be happening to me? I wondered, as I began to tremble even more violently and weep tears of love and joy. It was the Lord--the Lord of heaven and earth--and He had willingly chosen to visit me in this special way. I felt so humbled by His presence. I could not stop crying.
You have been My special daughter for a long time. The impact of His voice, His words, His message hit me with a supernatural force that left me reeling. My body shook harder, and I felt my spirit rising within.
The gift of tongues began to flow, followed by a clear interpretation. I moved as close to the edge of my bed as possible so that I wouldnt waken my husband, Roger, asleep next to me. For a moment I wondered how he could possibly sleep with such brightness in the room and the incessant shaking that seemed powerful enough to make the bed collapse.
But this was a special moment for me to receive from the Lord, so Roger continued to sleep. The Lord spoke once more in His calmly reassuring yet very firm voice: Daughter, you are such an obedient child, and I want to give you special gifts. These gifts are going to serve Me greatly. I want you to be happy about these gifts. I knew at that moment God was choosing me to do an important work for Him and that this must become my single-minded purpose.
I knew I had nothing to give Him except my heart and my life, and I was willing to do whatever He wanted, to go wherever He wanted.
It was a night of commitment, challenge and purpose. My wonderful Lord was beginning to reveal His will to me. I have known since then that when my body begins to shake from the inside out, God soon will be speaking to me. I also knew then that His words would be life and victory. My body stopped trembling, and I fell into one of the most peaceful, restful sleeps I could remember having in years. Throughout the next day I felt so anointed and happy because I had met the Master face-to-face.
That morning I asked Roger if he had felt or heard anything during the night. He shook his head. I guess Im just a deep sleeper,he said. God had chosen me for a specific work. It was too wonderful to imagine, and yet it was exciting beyond words. I opened my Bible to the book of John and read these stirring words that coincided with Pastor Randolphs prophecy: You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you John The Lord had chosen me to go and bear lasting fruit.
This is what I wanted more than anything in the world. His Word, His presence, His anointing confirmed His calling in my life. I committed my heart to obeying the Lord from that moment on, no matter what the consequences.
Then my eyes fell to the preceding verses: You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you John The pastors words came back to me: Gods going to tell you things about people that youll never tell people.
Youll pray for and intercede, and hold them up in prayer because youre going to be a friend of God--and thats a true prophet; its just a friend of God. Now it was happening, and I could hardly wait to discover what God would tell me next. The anointing of the Lords presence awakened me and was accompanied again by intense heat. I was half asleep, but suddenly the Lords voice woke me completely, saying: Daughter, I am going to visit you many times before this work is done. Therefore, I want you to rest during daytime hours.
I have many special plans for you. I will use you in a great way, but it will take awhile to get you ready for the work Ive called you to do. You must write down what you hear during each of My visits.
The whole experience stunned me, and I was amazed to think that He would visit me again and again. Surely one visit with the Lord should be enough. Yet He said He would be returning to me personally so that He could get me ready for the work He has for me to do. Just as suddenly as He came into my bedroom, He departed. I could neither hear nor see Him. The shaking dissipated. His reassuring words, and His wonderful visit, left me feeling very happy, peaceful and certainly curious.
It was as if I had climbed a high mountain in my native land of Korea from which I could see clearly for miles and miles and as if I were breathing the rich, clean air of the mountain heights. My mind was focused, my heart was joyful, and I felt healthy and happy.
I determined to obey the voice of the Lord by taking one step at a time, because I knew He would lead me each step of the way. Between 2 A. I awoke suddenly. My body was shaking uncontrollably, and I was perspiring heavily.
The anointing of the Lords presence was upon me. The Lord said, You are My precious daughter. I will be with you always, wherever you are. I love you just as you are. As I lay there, soaking in His every word, I was overcome by awe and adoration. He went on: I am giving you the power that you will need for the work Ive called you to do. I am preparing you to serve Me. Your body shakes as the power flows into you. I am giving you all the spiritual gifts. I am releasing your spirit so you will be completely free to serve Me.
A few days before this I had had a dream during which I had climbed a mountain. When I reached the summit I was able to touch the clouds. The Lord reminded me of that dream and explained its spiritual significance to me.
You will go to that height as you minister in My name,He said. For the first time during one of His personal visits to me I raised a question. Lord, I said, what do You want me to do? I dont really know anything about ministering. I will guide You and show You what I want You to do. What about my husband? I asked. Dont worry about him. I will bless him and minister to him also. Once again His words were wonderfully reassuring, liberating and empowering.
Truly I felt the power of His words unleashing power in my spirit. When He stopped talking to me that morning, the shaking stopped as well. My heart was soaring, and my mind was filled with childlike curiosity. Where I once had felt insecure, I felt completely free.
I realized my new future would be entirely different because all my hopes and dreams truly depended on the Lord. I was truly alive, and it was a vibrant life beyond all my expectations.
On January 25 the Lord talked with me from 3 A. This time, I had awakened before He arrived on the scene, and while I lay silently in my bed, I anticipated another meeting with my Lord and Savior. The familiar shaking began precisely at By now I had learned that this meant my Savior would soon be with me. I had learned to sense His presence, and when I turned in the direction where He usually stood, I saw Him.
His radiance, His strong voice, His loving presence always transport me into a different world. Im sure its the realm of eternity where time and space hold little significance, and physical and material things do not matter.
It is a realm of the spirit--so bright and peaceful--a place where life takes on new meaning and purpose. It is a little bit of heaven on earth. The shaking continued for twenty minutes. I began to view it as being like a spiritual transfusion. The power of the Holy Spirit was coursing through every nerve, sinew, muscle and organ of my body.
It was setting me on fire with the power of God. This must have been what the disciples experienced on the Day of Pentecost when the Lord baptized them with the Holy Spirit and fire. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting Acts When the power of God falls, strangely wonderful things begin to happen in our lives.
I want You to hear and remember everything I tell you. When You write it down, use My exact words. You are sleepy, but do not miss any of the words I tell you. I will be visiting You many times in the future because I have important work for You to do. You are the child I am going to use to do this work for Me, so be prepared.
It was between and in the morning. I felt so overcome by the presence of the Lord that I was weak. My body was so hot that I was perspiring. It seemed as if I was dreaming, but I soon realized that this was no dream. I am your Lord, My daughter,Jesus said. Then I glanced toward the window, in the direction of His majestic voice, and I saw His radiant figure standing there.
I know You have been so hungry to serve Me, but You did not know how to serve Me yet. I know you do not want to be embarrassed when you come before Me. I know all your thoughts, and I love your thoughts. This message from my Savior spoke volumes to my heart.
I now knew what once I had only believed--that Jesus hears and answers prayer. It is for this reason that I always read the Bible both in English and Korean--to gain the deepest possible understanding of the Word of God so I can share it with others. Serving the Lord was my deepest desire after I learned what the Lord had done for me. Daughter, your prayers have been answered, and you will serve Me greatly.
You will have much work to do for Me. What you will do for Me will please you. You are My faithful daughter, and that is why I am giving this important work for you to do. The shaking subsided, and the Lord departed from my room. My mind was drawn to His Word: Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him 1 John I now know the truth of this wonderful prayer promise.
It is an infallible premise of the Word of God that He does, in fact, hear us when we pray according to His will, and His will is revealed in the Bible. It is His will for us to bear lasting fruit in His name. It is His will for us to minister to others. It is His will for us to believe when we pray. It is His will for us to spend time in His presence, to wait upon Him. Therefore, when I pray according to these aspects of His will, as they are revealed in His Word, I know that He hears me.
This is a very firm realization to me now. The visitations from the Lord have given me the growing confidence that comes from spending time with God.
He was there; He is always there. I know He will never leave me or forsake me. He is my friend, my constant companion, my Lord and Master. He is my loving Savior. I now know, beyond all doubt, that God loves me and hears and answers prayer. He knows my thoughts and feelings, and He cares. He came to me early in the morning, just before daybreak, and said, Daughter, I want you to look at something.
In the spirit He transported me to an unknown church--a very large church filled with dark-skinned men. There were no women present in this particular assembly.
Jesus explained, You will visit many churches as you do My work. Never had I experienced anything like this. It was as if I were able to fly with the Lord to a different time and place. It was an incredible sensation. He told me more. My daughter, I have many surprises for you, He said, so expect to receive them all. I will be with you everywhere.
You will never have to worry about anything while you are on this earth. I want you to be happy every day of your life. Then He disappeared. After this visit, I knew that each visit thereafter would provide me with new clues about my future. When the Lord told me that I would never have to worry again, I rejoiced because I had been prone to worry and insecurity since my early childhood.
He was healing me on the inside while He was preparing me for ministry. The sweetness of His presence can only be described as total peace. It enabled me to live and walk in the truth of His Word: Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid John Chapter 3. All Things Are Possible. But Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Because of the trembling of my body that always accompanied the Lords visits, Roger was now sleeping in the guest bedroom.
It was a good thing he had made this change, because on this particular evening the shaking was more intense than ever before, and it was accompanied by other manifestations of the Lords presence as well. Immediately the Lord spoke to me, My precious daughter, I must show you My presence and talk with you before this work begins.
His radiant presence had always been stunningly brilliant, but this time He was dressed in white and shining like the sun. His form was beautiful to behold, and so very compelling. I responded this time by speaking in tongues and singing in the spirit. As I sang, my hands lifted in front of me and they began to move in rhythm with the singing.
It was as if I were dancing, but I remained in bed. I lost control of the movement of my hands and watched them sway back and forth as if they were being moved by a silent wind.
It was the wind of the Spirit of God that was moving them, and, upon realizing this, I was overcome with joy and began to laugh. Though I could not see the Lords face, I heard Him laughing as well.
This phenomenon is known as holy laughterin some circles. I can say without any reservation that I know it is a manifestation of the Lords presence. The Bible tells us:. Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. We should not be surprised by joy and laughter when it occurs during times of worship and adoration in the presence of the Lord.
It is thoroughly biblical, and we will spend all eternity in His presence, singing, worshiping, laughing, celebrating and experiencing His pleasures. In fact, this is what He wants for us because we are His children. The name of Isaac--the miracle child of Abraham--literally means he laughs,and God wants us to enjoy His presence through the gift of laughter.
Although many of the psalms are songs of sadness, there are some that reflect the joy and laughter that are the true inheritance of Gods people. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for us, whereof we are glad vv.
When people raise questions about the shaking, singing in the Spirit and holy laughter, I point them to these passages. Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes, tells us that there is a time to weep, and a time to laugh Ecclesiastes Its a shame that so many people believe Christianity needs to be stiff and formal, when it is clear that the Lord wants us to experience a full measure of joy. Now I know the true meaning of these healing words.
I was really encouraged by the laughter of my Lord as He visited with me that night. He seemed so pleased with me. As I sang in the spirit, even my own voice took on a different quality. It was my voice--I knew that--but it sounded so different, so beautiful, clear and resonant. Around midnight the Lord said, I love you, My daughter, and I will continue to visit you. As He departed I felt lighter and freer than I had ever felt before, and I was thrilled with the prospect that He would soon revisit me.
He began to share many things with me, as He had promised, I am releasing all the power you will need to do the work Ive chosen you to do. As I did the night before, I was trembling and singing in the Spirit. The Lord continued His personal message to me: Daughter, the way I am going to use you will be so different.
Many of My children will be surprised. I have gifts for all My children, but I will give each one different gifts. Daughter, I want you to be pleased with what you are going to receive.
It was an exhilarating promise. The Lord assured me that He was preparing me for a special ministry. I wanted only to please Him. From A. He stood before me in glowing garments of white. My daughter, do not be afraid to pray for others, because you are receiving the gift of healing and all the other spiritual gifts, He said. I know that you always want to pray for others and to make them happy.
That is why I am giving you these spiritual gifts. At first His words were difficult for me to hear. I felt very unworthy to receive so much from my Lord and Master. He went on: You have a special heart, and that is why I answer your prayers. I notice that your heart is pure, and you are an obedient daughter. I trust you with many things. This is why I have chosen you to do this important work. Your faith makes Me very happy, and so does your will power. Your heart is strong and independent, and I am very pleased.
Obeying the Lord has been so important to me as a Christian. My main goal has always been to please Him. It was so wonderful to hear Him tell me I was pleasing to Him and that He had purified my heart and had seen my obedience. His message to me that night made me even more determined to follow Him in all my ways. This is why your faith has grown so strong and you gave up the worldly things for Me, Jesus continued.
If you were not what you are, I could not use you for the work I have prepared. What I am going to do with you will surprise you, My daughter. I am your Lord. Remember, nothing is impossible for Me on earth or in heaven. I will release My power to you so I can use you.
The way the Lord addressed me as My daughterover and over again always caused me to shed tears of love. He was so different from my earthly father. The Lord was tender, respectful, encouraging and sensitive in all His dealings with me. I knew that He knew my needs before I expressed them to Him. I knew that He was my safe place--my Rock of refuge--and that compared with Him, any other refugewas sinking sand.
He then explained the shaking in my body. Your body shakes for a long time because you need power for this work. I want you to expect many surprises. More surprises? I wondered, with joy.
I felt like I had already experienced enough to last a lifetime. His visits, my time in prayer and the Word, the precious moments of worship at my church--all of these were having deeply revolutionizing effects in my life. My faith in the Lord was growing at an accelerating pace. I knew, beyond all doubt, that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us Ephesians The shaking in my body was His power at work in me.
The devil hates this book. Currently over 60 countries are translating and re-printing this book and most of the translations are being done by pastors who were transformed by the book after reading it. David Yonggi Cho translated the book after reading it three times and it was the 1 bestseller in Korea.
It is truly an end time book. The book is an International best seller and is on the charismatic best seller list in the US. I would like to let all the readers of the book know what our awesome God is doing for His people. Praise the Lord!! With this money they are able to print the book and give them away. Over , books have been printed in China and Muslim countries. Pakistan has printed 50, books. India, Africa, and many other countries in Europe have printed and given the book away freely to prisoners and some poor countries.
All these awesome things are happening because it is His book. Some readers are curious how much money we make from the sales of the book and what we do with it. The royalties that are received from Creation House are spending on our ministry. We are sending out at least 30 packages weekly. We decided never to spend any money from the royalties or offerings for ourselves. Christians should never judge other Christian's work of God. The Lord has been saying that because of this book, at least 1,, people will see His face.
I am praying for those who will be left behind after the rapture, to read this book, so they can be saved also. Please go to: www. The universal salvific will of God: First of all underlines the universal salvific will of God, which consists of two aspects: 1 -God loves all men.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. In this regard, the vision they have Protestants on salvation is very small, full of fanaticism to not considering other parts of the Bible and actual situation of mankind, who do not have the opportunity of an adequate knowledge of Christ.
Just think of Japan, India and all communist countries where the practice of any religion is prohibited. All these people who in fact does not know and does not believe in Christ, are they condemned? Are all Indians of Mexico and America who lived and died before the arrival of the missionaries condemned for not believing in Christ?
Of course not. The Bible says that in every man, God has put some wisdom so we can find Him and love Him although it is a difficult quest. Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made.
As a result, they have no excuse; for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. For 'In him we live and move and have our being,' as even some of your poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.
So the Catholic Church, having a deeper understanding of the Bible, has a broader view of salvation, salvation is open to all men of all times provided they act according to their conscience. The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Holy Trinity, acts in a salvific way in Christians as non-Christians and does it in a mysterious way.
This does not mean that those who belong to the Church are saved automatically by the fact of belonging to it. Our cooperation is necessary to the graces that come us from Christ through his Church. Then I heard her voice. I immediately recognized my mother! Next I saw my father, my stepmother and a close friend who had died when she was only nineteen. They all were in hell! To which Jesus replies:. It is here that they will have to spend eternity. What a way to condemn all her family to hell for not having been Christian Protestants!
A bright, shiny red car was parked on the left side of the garage. It was a luxurious automobile. Also she says that the more money you give in tithes, the more you will be blessed financially in this life by God:. When I could, I would help every ministry, but I had never expected such results from our obedience.
God was so wonderful. Truly, I was unable to contain the blessings He poured upon us. No doubt it is a lie, because there are still hungry children, and she is dead. Those who love money more than My Word will never see My kingdom. You already know where they will be at the end. The tithe, that belongs to the old covenant, was abolished by the New Covenant, and the tithe was given once a year, not every month, fortnight or week Deuteronomy Tithing is an ancient law of the Old Testament.
In the New Testament does not exist this law. According to this biblical quote, tithing is a commandment for the people of Israel. Christians do not belong to the Old Testament but the New Testament. At the same time, God promised to establish a new Covenant:. As Christians we are not obliged to pay the tithe, since it was a mandate for the people of Israel. Tithes were for God, but were intended to support Levites, strangers, orphans and widows.
The following biblical text confirms this:. The tithe was abolished by the new covenant:. The tithe belongs to the law of Moses which is the old covenant, weak, useless, imperfect, under a curse that has to disappear, and that has been canceled with the Lord's death on the cross and the arrival of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost it was a covenant made with the people of Israel, not with us, the Christians.
In any case, if someone wants to give it because it is in the Law of Moses, he should not forget that the Apostle James says that the Law was an all or nothing; a person was not allowed to choose what he liked about it - as if it were a religious menu - and leave aside what he did not like it. If a Christian wishes to follow the Law, he must be circumcised, keep the Sabbath, sacrifice animals, not eat blood, do not eat fish without scales, pork or shellfish, stone those who break the Law, celebrate all Jewish holidays, etc.
Or all or nothing. You can not fulfill one thing and leave another because you become guilty of everything else. I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Why do you say no to circumcision and yes to tithing? Paul is so upset with those who have wanted to mix the law of Moses with the new covenant, which advises them that instead of cutting the foreskin only, mutilate.
Asking believers to bring their tithes into the storehouse, that God is going to open the windows of heaven, the much vaunted passage of Malachi are mixing the old covenant with the new covenant annulling the blood of Jesus. By the way, Malachi 3: refers to the sons of Jacob, not the Christians, in fact the passage starts in Malachi We Christians are not sons of Jacob, besides the tithe was taken to the storehouse which is a barn and not to the pockets of the pastors.
Did Christ die uselessly? Does fulfilling the Law of Moses make you saved? So, for what served the old covenant? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. When Jesus tells the scribes and the Pharisees in Matthew that should continue keeping the Law and tithing, he is talking to Jews who were still under the Law of Moses not to us who are Gentiles. Who taught you that a Christian has to tithe, circumcised or keep the Sabbath?
Paul tells the Galatians foolish twice and the apostle Peter hypocrite for wanting to return to the law of Moses. Who has bewitched you?
Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? The influence of the Law had been so strong that even the Apostle Peter was confused and had let himself be influenced by the group of James who insisted on keeping the Law of Moses, Paul calls them fanatics of the circumcision.
But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The law of Moses ended, and with it ended the tithe, the Levites, animal sacrifices, killing adulteresses by stoning, set aside menstruating women, do not eat pork, the circumcision, etc.
I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ.
The apostle Paul says that now that we have Jesus, the Law and the tithe are rubbish for him and that he lost everything: this is for those who are still seeking material blessings in the new covenant. True wealth and abundance is in the Holy Spirit. The priesthood of Aaron had the tribe of Levi that charged the tithe, killed the animals for the sacrifice for the sins of the people and also stoned those who did not comply with the Law of Moses. The Melchizedek priesthood has salvation and the Holy Spirit as a guarantee because the Lord paid on the cross for the sins of the world, it means that animal sacrifices and everything else ended.
The current Jews no longer tithe. The tithe was intended for the sustenance of the priests and Levites, of the tribe of Levi, who for dedicating themselves to the service of God had not received their parcel in the distribution of the land. The Jews do not pay tithing, and the explanation they give is very logical and easy to understand: "The tithe, which belongs to the Law and which we strive to fulfill, commands the Israelites to tithe for the maintenance of the Temple of Jerusalem and the Levitical priests, and today there is no temple or Levitical priests, so we could not ask for a tithe in the synagogues, where there is also no priest of the tribe of Levi, but simply a rabbi.
The favorite passage of the unscrupulous pastors who have imposed the tithe in their churches is undoubtedly Malachi 3: "Will a man rob God, for you have stolen from me, and you have said," What have we stolen from you? Bring all the tithes into the storehouse and have food in my house. The passage actually begins in Malachi 3: 6 where God directs the message to the sons of Jacob Malachi 3: 6 "Therefore, you sons of Jacob… you said, What have we stolen from you?
The pentecostal pastors knavishly introduce him into the church that is under Grace and not under the Law of Moses and insult and intimidate Christians, to take advantage of something that does not belong to them, because the pastors are not Levitical priests nor ordered according to the rigor of the Law, nor do they live in the temple of Jerusalem.
Therefore, if someone is robbing God, they are the pastors and not the congregation. A job that they had to carry out from the age of 25, and that they had to retire by the age of 50 Nm. Jesus rebukes the Pharisees. The Lord is rebuking the Pharisees who are Israelites and not Christians , to reproach their hypocrisy for worrying about the tithe, and not for God's justice and love.
This sounds very familiar to us, right? In the parallel passage of Matthew he says to these hypocritical Pharisees, representatives of the Law. And it is curious to see many religious leaders of our day, how they strive to identify with these hypocrites in order to collect the tithe. Today there is no temple in Israel, there are no Levitical priests. All the records of the genealogical archives that were kept in the temple were destroyed in 70 AD.
The Rabbis of today do not charge tithes because they, knowing the Law of Moses, know that only the Levites could do it, and if they lived in the temple of Jerusalem.
The Lord Jesus Christ himself never received the tithe, and it did not correspond to him, because he was not of the tribe of Levi, but of the tribe of Judah.
Hebrews " For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. The same could be said of all the churches mentioned in the New Testament, none of them received the tithe, because that is not for the church. Today we must offer up freely as each purposed in his heart. The goal is equality. Unfortunately today the leaders of the churches that have moved away from the divine ordinances, have tied that human imposition of the tithe with strong chains of superstition and human greed for personal profit, contrary to the disposition of God.
Pastors who charge in their churches tithes are robbing God, for they never corresponded to them that benefit. The Lord commanded it for the Levites, because they were not allowed to own any property.
And today those who live illegitimately from the tithe, are those who have the greatest and best properties. Today one must give according to his possibilities for the sustenance of the Church:. Since you are willing to do this, remember that people are accepted if they give what they are able to give. In this way things balance out. We know one who was not interested in the poor but in money, just like the pastors who love money today:. It was worth a year's wages.
The devil also has his message and it is that you seek your own good and not that of others:. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
I knew why it was so difficult to complete the election process with so many disputed votes and other problems. This was because Satan knew that George Bush would make a difference to the Christians of this world, and the enemy was so against him. Apparently she does not know what George Bush did during his presidency like attacking Iraq and Afghanistan under the justification that they had weapons of mass destruction, which were never found.
As the vision clarified, I saw people wearing white robes flying throughout the air.
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