February 5, 2012

Heaven Is An Experience, Not A Place People Go When They Die

Most churches teach that heaven is where Christians go when they die... but let's look at a verse that may give you a reason to reconsider what you have been taught. 


Matthew 23:13

 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Here we have Jesus talking to the Jewish religious leaders of his day, telling them that they do not enter into into heaven, nor do they allow their fellow Jews to enter in. 

Did you catch that???

Jesus didn't say that they wouldn't enter heaven when they died, but rather that they weren't entering into heaven right then in their present time! If heaven is just a place where people go when they die, then what Jesus says here makes absolutely no sense. It is rather clear here that heaven (the Kingdom of God) isn't a place, but rather a state of being... a mindset if you will. Which falls in line with what Paul says in Romans 14:17, which is that the Kingdom of God is having the joy, peace & righteousness (righteousness means a clear conscious before God... a great study all by itself) in the Holy Spirit!

It could be said that heaven is a personal state of being... meaning, are you at peace with God and experiencing his love and joy in your life or are you weighed down the religious condemnation that many churches and preachers place upon you?

Ask the Lord about these things... and I hope and pray that you too will find Heaven in your daily life! 

November 6, 2011

Babylon in Revelations by Phil Liszewski

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1) The only references to great city in the Greek are in the Revelation. The first reference definitely refers to Jerusalem "where their Lord was crucified."  

Revelation 11:8 "and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified."

Revelation 16:19 "The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered great Babylon, to make her drain the cup of the fury of his wrath."

Revelation 17:18 "And the woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth." 

Revelation 18:10 "they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas! alas! thou great city, thou mighty city, Babylon! In one hour has thy judgment come." 16 "Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, bedecked with gold, with jewels, and with pearls! 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, "What city was like the great city?" 19 And they threw dust on their heads, as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! In one hour she has been laid waste. 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So shall Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and shall be found no more;"'

Jer 4:30 "And you, O desolate one, what will you do? Although you dress in scarlet, Although you decorate [yourself with] ornaments of gold, Although you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you make yourself beautiful; [Your] lovers despise you; They seek your life."

Also compare:

Matthew 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! 38 Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate."

Revelation 17:5 "and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6 And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her I marveled greatly."

Revelation 18:21 "Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So shall Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and shall be found no more... 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of ALL who have been slain on earth." 

Revelation 19:2 "for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants." 

Notice also...

Isaiah 1:1 "The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem... 21. How the faithful city has become a harlot, she that was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers."

Ezekiel 16:2 "Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations..." 

Jeremiah 2:2 "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD, I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown... 20. "For long ago you broke your yoke and burst your bonds; and you said, 'I will not serve.' Yea, upon every high hill and under every green tree you bowed down as a harlot."'

Revelation 21:9..."Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem..."

There are two Jerusalems.  There are two covenants.  There is physical  (shadow) and there is spirit (reality in God.)  John in Revelations is concerned with the passing of the covenants...the judgment on the old and the installation of the new. 


August 4, 2011

Time for a (Christian) Revolution!!! by John Pitts Jr.




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I received an email from a minster who is embraced by the mainstream platforms of Christianity. The minister will remain anonymous, because he sent me the email in confidence, stating that due to his affiliations, which have been established over many years of labor, he is are unable to openly declare the things that I do. This man of God went on to encourage me to continue to boldly declare truth and let truth dismantle every erroneous tradition we’ve held and worshiped for ages, no matter what. I love the nick name that developed from that dialogue, “Johnny the Butcher” for I am called to slay as many sacred cows as I can get my hands on! Lol  Worship, in the simplest of terms, is to ascribe worth to a thing, just talk to a Christian today and several worthless idols will surface…  “Child the devil sure is busy!” “I just don’t want anyone to go to hell” “Those demons where so busy, I got sick!” The problem is Christianity has several gods, but that is another subject for another note! Lol

Today I want to share with you what the Lord has shown me is presently taking place across the globe. We are in the midst of an awesome great awakening and it is happening outside the institutionalized church, this is so exciting! Listen to them on mainstream Christian networks, you hear the panic in their voice, for they feel their influence slipping away and they can’t explain it… Many of them have resorted to fear tactics, telling the saints that they have no covering, when they leave their institutions. Others are peddling 24 hour miracles for a seed of $24 and 24 cents! Lol there is a new generation rising up who wants nothing to do with their BULL, (1 Kings 18:33) like Elijah we’ll cut it up and lay it out to be consumed in fire!

Let me tell you, people are so desperate to preserve their LIE, that they’ll warp the very scriptures they reverence ABOVE His innervoice! A friend of mine, received an email from someone he knows personally, asking him if he was a Universalist. We refuse to be labeled by anyone by the way, when asked what sect do we subscribe to, our reply is I am!  Well, my friend quickly discovered that the woman was not trying to hear him at all, she simply felt it was the leading of the Lawd to warn him from deception and hell’s fire, for surely they are more powerful than Christ! Appalled at the fact that my friend did not waiver, and when she discovered that my friend, could NOT BE MOVED by her fears, I’ll address the bold print later, instead of agreeing to disagree, in one last desperate move, she sent him a scripture with words added, as if he would not read the text himself … Below is the text with her addition copied directly from the email…

“2 Peter 2:1-9 Beware of false prophets and teachers who teach there is no eternal Hell ... God will not spare the unrighteous, did not spare the angels, did not spare the ancient world of Noah, Sodom and Gomorah, to make them an example to those who would live ungodly, and will keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment ....” When we read this, I mean we laughed for about 20 minutes or so, people are so desperate to preserve their LIE that they will do anything, even, not expound upon, but add to the text.

Listen you guys, Mainstream Institutionalized Christianity will soon be just like the Klu Klux Klan, no threat at all, a delusional group; they will be the only ones unaware of their insignificance! There is a revolution happening as we speak, all of humanity is awakening to the true nature and Love of God, and the fact that not one will be lost. You are not alone, God has kept to Himself seven thousand, there are thousands of us and we are uniting as we speak! 


Some of us are coming out the closet now, but it is not time for everyone to come out of the closet, stay in their pews for a season, stay in their worthless schools of ministry for a season, let their prophets continue to prophesy over you confirming what you already know, let them continue to ordain you in their empty ordination services…  Take a note from my friend, Rob Bells life and let them set you up as pastor of their ‘Mega Church’ and when the time is right… *BOOM* we will implode the whole worthless structure that has been keeping men from entering the kingdom (Matt 23:13)! Joel’s Army is getting in formation, we are the Josiah generation, and we’re tearing down the high places! For those of you who are out, cry loud and spare not, let the Pharisees throw stones, let them cut you off and label you false! Is it better to please God or man? 


Let it be known, we are not Evangelical, we’re not in a race against time, rescuing people from an angry God or an imaginary hell! We are not Pentecostal or Charismatic, stuck in one place, seduced by their very own gifts and hypnotized by outward manifestations, living life from one encounter to the next! We are not kingdom now, delusional, caught up in authority as if His Kingdom is an earthly one! When asked what are you, simply shout, “I am that I am and that’s all that I am!”  We’ve entered the Most Holy Place, we’re no distraction live! This is a place of rest, and from this perspective, it is finished! We are ministers of RECONCILIATION, compelling all men, Christian and Non, to simply BE reconciled to God! (2 Cor 5:18)!

In a statement above I placed the words NOT BE MOVED in all caps and bold, because a friend of mine quoted this text as a status, and I liked it, because it is one that I preach from often. The funny thing was my friend stated in the comment thread that this scripture was an anti-universal scripture. Listen, anytime you see someone try and use a text to discredit another’s position, they are carnal and that is a Pharisee spirit! The letter kills, but it is the Spirit that brings life(2 Cor 3:16)!  The scripture that was quoted was Colossians 1:22-23which states,

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled.
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard,and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Now, here is why we all must study to show ourselves approved  unto God, a workman not ashamed, “rightly dividing” the word of truth (2 Tim 2:15) Because if not, you may take heed to tradition, which is nothing more than profane and vain babbling which only leads to more ungodliness (or un like Godness!)

My response was… “Though I am not a Universalist, I do believe in Ultimate Reconciliation, and this scripture when used in context with the whole, would support what many may call Universalism. I can inbox you more on that, if you are at all interested?.. If not, I understand and will say that your point has been made, and will cease from responding... Love you”

The tradition of the Pharisees will always point out how much you are not like God, (serpent’s voice) placing conditions on your identity in Christ (If you eat of this tree)! Look at the above scripture carefully and silence the serpent’s voice (the carnal MIND)! God never separated from us, we separated from HIM, not in spirit, for that is impossible! We were alienated or separated from God in our own MIND, and that is wicked! The good news is that God, reconciled us ALL (2 Cor 5:19) indicated above by the statement NOW has He reconciled (past tense). 


Now, here’s the kicker, the condition presented in the text! Many who have a presupposed inclination toward the afterlife, heaven and hell, see this scripture referencing those three somehow, I am personally not sure how, other than the possibility that they are filtering the text through the years of erred teaching. This text is not speaking of the afterlife, it is speaking of the Here and Now, speaking of how we presently present ourselves before God (His Sight) in every moment! Either you will embrace what your “carnal mind” speaks of you and present yourself before God in flesh (where there is guilt, shame and condemnation) or you will continue in faith (mind of Christ), and not BE MOVED away from the Hope of the Gospel which you heard and was preached to every creature under heaven, my God this is good stuff!!!

What is the HOPE of the Gospel? Well, when we read further down the text my friend quoted, you will read in verses 26 and 27 that the mystery which was at one time hid from ages and from generations, is now made manifest (or is being revealed) to his saints. And that God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the Hope of glory! You see, this is the earnest expectation of all creation, this is what creation is waiting and travailing for (Romans 8:20)! The seed of Christ is in all man, the problem is in the mind (John 1:9)! It is our job as ministers of reconciliation to Harold this good news until all humanity is awaken out of its sleep! Shout it from the roof tops, let them call you whatever they want to call you, Inclusionist, Universalist, Ultra Grace Preacher, even false prophet, you simply respond by saying, “I am that I am and everything He is, I am!(1 John 4:17)”  The Truth will prevail, God is shaking everything that can be shaken and He is burning up everything not like Him! Let’s be a part of this Revolution!!!!


Hebrews 12:24-29 (KJV)
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not weescape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.

No matter how this may appear to some, it is all in the love for all humanity (for the Love of God)!

July 12, 2011

Congratulations! You're not perfect!

Via my friend Stephanie McEntire on Facebook


It's ridiculous to want to be perfect anyway. But then, everybody's ridiculous sometimes, except perfect people.

You know what perfect is? Perfect is not eating or drinking or talking or moving a muscle or making even the teensiest mistake.

Perfect is never doing anything wrong - which means never doing anything at all. Perfect is boring!

So you're not perfect! Wonderful! Have fun! Eat things that give you bad breath! Trip over your own shoelaces! Laugh! Let somebody else laugh at you! Perfect people never do any of those things. All they do is sit around and sip weak tea and think about how perfect they are. But they're really not one-hundred-percent perfect anyway. You should see them when they get the hiccups!

Phooey! Who needs 'em?

You can drink pickle juice and imitate gorillas and do silly dances and sing stupid songs and wear funny hats and be as imperfect as you please and still be a good person.

Good people are hard to find nowadays. And they're a lot more fun than perfect people any day of the week. 



~Stephen Manes, Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!