Category Archives: Uncategorized

The ABC’s of Scripture: FALLING AWAY; MAN OF SIN

Posted on by
Reply

Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though that Day will not come unless the FALLING AWAY comes FIRST, and the man of sin is REVEALED, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” – 2 Thess 2:1-4 (Apostle Paul 52ad)

The FALLING AWAY or “apostasy” of some of the followers of Christ occurred as the persecutions by the Jews and the Romans began to increase in intensity so that they could not or would not endure. All believers in the first century leading up to the day of Christ’s return had to suffer such persecutions.

“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION.” – 2 Tim. 3:12

Jesus told His disciples in 30ad about some of the signs of His second coming in judgement on Israel, resulting in the end of the Jewish age. He said that even among themselves there would be betrayal and hatred for one another.

“And then many will be offended, will BETRAY on another, and will HATE one another.”- Matt 24:10

Paul’s last letter before his death was written to Timothy 2 Tim 4:6-7 He said, “ALL WHO DESIRE TO LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION.”-2 Tim 3:12

This FALLING AWAY would occur prior to the Parousia of Christ in 66-70ad. It would be especially evident as the Neronic persecutions became more and more extreme between 63-66ad. It would be during the period just before the Jewish revolt officially began.

Paul told Timothy in late 63ad that the time would soon come when many would not endure sound doctrine but would FALL AWAY to follow the Judaizers and other false teachings. The FALLING AWAY was already in progress in the first century when the last books of New Testament were being written. -2 Tim 4:3-4; 4:10; 4:14-16

During the transition period prior to Christ’s second coming Parousia, the saints did not yet have salvation fully consummated. If anyone professing belief in Christ FELL AWAY, it was impossible to renew them to repentance, since they would crucify again themselves to Jesus, and put Him to an open shame – Heb 6:4-6 (written in 62-63 ad).

The issue of FALLING AWAY did not involve those genuine believers in Christ, who remained faithful until the Parousia. It also does not apply to born-again Christians who live after 70ad. Our salvation has been fully consummated at the Parousia of Christ by faith. Our standing is in God’s hands and is manifested as the Holy Spirit works in and through us in His kingdom. [SEE: MAN OF SIN].

_______________________________________________________________________

MAN OF SIN

The MAN OF SIN aka: son of perdition sitting in the Temple of God, showing himself that he is God, had to occur before Christ’s second coming Parousia. the MAN OF SIN is usually connected with the ‘antichrist”. However, the spirit of the antichrist was already at work in the first century by c.61 ad. Apostle Paul wrote about this in his first and second epistles.

“Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard the ANTICHRIST is coming, even now MANY ANTICHRISTS have come, by which we know that is the last hour.” – 1 John 2:18 *Note: they were in the ‘last hours’ IN THAT GENERATION.

“Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is ANTICHRIST who denies the Father and the Son.”-1 John 2:22 *Note: anyone who denies Jesus is the Messiah & to not confess that Jesus was God come in the flesh and that He was the Father, and the Son is antichrist! ((WE SERVE ONLY ONE GOD, MESSIAH, LORD & SAVIOR EVERYTHING ELSE IS ANTICHRIST TEACHING! KEEP IN MIND WE CANNOT SERVER TWO MASTERS!)) bOOM!

“and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the ANTICHRIST, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”- 1 John 4:3 *Note: Anyone that claims Jesus is NOT God in the flesh is antichrist!

“For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an ANTICHRIST.”- 2 John 1:7 Note: anyone who does Not confess Jesus is God come in the flesh is a deceiver and antichrist!

It is difficult to identify exactly who the MAN OF SIN actually was in this context. But we know that he or it was certainly first century figure or figures. The statement that “he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” -2 Thess 2:4 provides some clues for us. The only ones who sat as God in the holy of holies of the temple before it was destroyed were leaders of the factions of the Jewish Zealots during the Jewish-Roman war ending in 70ad.

*Note: the religious leaders were antichrist !!

Some of these Jewish Zealot leaders were John of Gischala, Simon b. Giora, Eleazar b. Ananias, Eleazar b. Yair (the leader at Masada), and the High Priest. This MAN OF SIN would have been revealed before the Jewish-Roman war before the destruction of the temple in 70ad. Josephus wrote extensively about this war. He described in detail the abominations, defilement, blasphemy, murder, and sinful actions of the Jewish Zealots in and around the temple during the war. See: Josephus website: http://www.Josephus.org

Josephus wrote: “Now, as soon as the army had no more people to slay or to plunder, because there remained none to be objects to their fury (for they would not have spared any, had there remained any other such work to be done), Caesar gave orders that they should demolish the entire city and temple.” (Wars 7.1.1).

-Michael Alan Nichols

_________________________________________________________________________

*My thoughts: Can we see how inserting ourselves into the scriptures as the audience is clearly a misfortune and mistake that has, can and will continue to ultimately lead to nothing but deception and so many more future antichrists’- so many put themselves in the seat of God by simply inserting their generation as the generation scripture is speaking of.

No, the generation that scripture is speaking of is the generation that was writing, living and being persecuted in that day and hour. We can continue to say, “no man knows the day nor the hour” but the very words of Christ states that it was going to be within THAT GENRATION that ALL THOSE THINGS WOULD TAKE PLACE.

“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place.”- Matt 24:34

There is no simpler way to understand the scriptures then to allow the scriptures to interpret the scriptures. I pray that we quit inserting current world events into the scriptures! This is the utmost diabolical deception religion has ever created. I pray we repent and turn from our wicked ways period! I’m pleading with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to Stop adding to and taking away from the very perfectly written and fulfilled word of God! The very word of God that became FLESH (the living Messiah Christ) who lived perfectly, died to shed His blood for our forgiveness and to sanctify us wholly,(defeating the power of law and sin)- resurrected to defeat spiritual death (the temporal body) and raise up unto spiritual life (the glorified body) and ascended to HIS rightful position of ALMIGHTY GOD (from Father-to son- to Abba) all so that He can send HIS helper (the Holy Spirit). All this so that we can continue HIS legacy of preaching the Gospel and defeating the wiles of the enemy! WE bind the strong man by preaching the Gospel. The enemy was bound because Jesus arrived on the scene, and He was the Gospel in the flesh; therefore, we ought to be doing the great commission!! “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”- Matt 28:19

Jesus is a 3 part being and if we ‘take away from that or add to that’ we are preaching another Gospel and we are considered ‘antichrist’.

He did His part, now may we do ours! May we NOT ever give glory to another false doctrinal hearsay that speaks any other gospel other than the one Paul preached! Let any man that preaches another gospel be accursed! OUCH & YIKES! However, that is why we are NOT to ADD to nor TAKE AWAY from CHRIST AND HIS FINISHED WORKS! Anyone contributing to anything less is seriously antichrist.

“I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one, we preached to you, let him be under a curse! As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!” – Gal 1:6-9

All my baptizing love in the name of Jesus our 3 part Abba -Everlasting Father, Almighty God & Prince of Peace! ❤ Diana 🙂 xo

The ABC’s of Scripture: FALL OF MAN

Posted on by
Reply

Adam was the first man created by God. He was the representation of all men going forward in human history. God gave Adam instructions to enjoy the Garden of Eden that God created. But Adam had only one condition that God gave to him. He was not to eat of the “tree of knowledge of good and evil”. *(I’m Not sure I believe that Adam was the first man; however, I do believe that Adam walked in relationship with God and named all of Gods other creatures (the animals)- Will share more thoughts on that when my brain aligns better.)

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord god commanded the man, saying “of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but the tree of THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT EAT, for in that day you eat of it YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.”- Gen 2:15-17

But the serpent deceived Eve and she ate the forbidden fruit of the tree. She also gave its fruit to Adam, and he ate it. Thus, the sinfulness of man was manifested for all mankind throughout human history.

“Then the serpent said to woman (Eve), “You will surely not die. For God knows that in the day you eat it of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband (Adam) with her, and HE ATE.” -Gen 3:4-6

Adam was the federal head of mankind, as Jesus Christ is the federal head of the redeemed. Adam possessed all that was necessary to continue without failing, yet he fell. He disobeyed God. Thus, spiritual and physical death and condemnation passed on to all humans by the imputation of Adam’s sin and guilt to mankind.

“As it is written, ‘There is NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NO ONE; there is none who understands; there is NONE WHO SEEKS AFTER GOD. They have ALL turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; THER IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NO ONE.'”- Rom 3:10-12

“Therefore, just as though one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE ALL SINEED.” -Rom 5:12

The good news is that because of Jesus Christ and His Righteous atonement, justification of life by faith in Christ has come as the free gift for His elect.

“Therefore, as through one man’s (Adam) offense JUDGEMENT CAME TO ALL MEN, RESULTING IN CONDEMNATION, even so through one Man’s (Christ) righteous act of free gift came to all (elect) men, resulting in JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE.” -Rom 5:18

See: Isa 53:12; Matt 1:21; 26-28; Mark 13:20; Titus 1:1; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:2

-Michael Alan Nichols

________________________________________________________________________

*Struggling with brain fog today, will share thoughts later or on another day.

**Okay, it’s been over a week and my thoughts on ‘was Adam the first man?’ is still not complete. I do know though that it’s unimportant to have all “knowledge” into all the specifics of every story in scriptures.

See, I know the scriptures are stories of the people that walked with God and the prophets, disciples and apostles that spoke all words given to them to speak of. I think it’s really important to ONLY speak words inspired through the HOLY SPIRIT (the third ROLE of God) given unto us. If we don’t speak only out of this HOLY SPIRIT inspired KNOWING as opposed to the Knowing of the world and our fleshly instincts, then we will only continue to contribute to the confusion of the masses. knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. The prophecy came not by the will of man in the ancient times, but when holy men of God spoke, being compelled by the Holy Spirit. -2 Pet 1:20-21

I KNOW GOD! I’ve come heart to heart with Christ! I do NOT need a religion nor a Pastor/Preacher/Priest/Rabbi nor Prophet to teach me of the words and ways of God.

I know HIS logos word (the written inspired scriptures) and I personally KNOW HIS RHEMA word (The true knowing of WHO HE IS through A POWERFUL, PASSIONATE, FAITHFUL RELATIONSHIP with HIM!) NO person nor bogus doctrine/theology/eschatology will ever take what I have with ABBA! God and HIS plan is complete IN JESUS! I need nothing more and I settle for nothing less! HE is my everything. My life, my love my whole complete being is WITH HIM, THROUGH HIM and IN HIM! ❤

I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] Jesus, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. – Gal 2:20

All religions see Him as a prophet or a liar but do not know HIM as the very perfect redemption. This includes ‘christians’ they too are waiting for a fleshly return to save us from the wicked ways of the world, they too are saying HIS grace IS NOT SUFFICIENT for them. -2 Cor 12:9

The whole future ‘return of Christ’ has been sold to us via the Muslim end times theology- which is nothing short of the same lies the unredeemed Jews believe! See both jews and Muslims (supposed line of Abraham) deny that Christ is our Messiah and did die for our sins to give us forgiveness and salvation, therefore they are antichrist (against the one true God Christ). They answered and said to Him, “Our father is Abraham”; Jesus says to them, “If you were children of Abraham, the works of Abraham you were doing; “But now, behold, you are seeking to kill me; I am a man who have spoken the truth with you, which I have heard from God; this Abraham did not do.”- John 8:39-40

There really is no other way around it. WE eighter believe He was who He said He was, He did what He said He did, and He meant what He said, and said what He meant, or we are calling HIM a liar! “Let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words…”- Rom 3:4

We must take caution with what we choose free willingly to believe. Just as Adam and Eve free willingly chose to NOT TAKE GOD at HIS WORD and allowed themselves to be deceived by being drawn away by their own lust, we too can choose to go our own way by being enticed away by our own lust and NOT TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD. We either study ourselves approved by God so that we are not PUT TO SHAME for not rightly dividing the WORD OR TRUTH! JESUS is the WORD OF TRUTH because JESUS is both the WORD made Flesh in CHRIST OUR MESSIAH (LORD & SAVIOR) that died for us, shed HIS blood as the payment for all who choose to believe, and HE is also ALL TRUTH and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP US GOD!! ❤

Carefully study to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. – 2 Tim 2:15

All my WITH HIM, THROUGH HIM and IN HIM, ❤ Diana xo 🙂

The ABC’s of Scripture: ETERNAL SECURITY

Posted on by
Reply

The ETERNAL SECURITY of the believer is connected to the doctrine of election. God has chosen or elected His people before the foundation of the world. If God has chosen us, we are eternally SECURE because of Him and not because of us or anyone else.

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors THROUGH HIM who loved us. For i am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Rom 8:37-39

ETERNAL SECURITY for the believer is described as “once saved, always saved’. That is correct, but it involves more than that. It is possible because God continues in love for His saints. It is connected to the providence of God. ETERNAL SECURITY of the believer is because of God, not because of man or his efforts. God has elected His saints to be saved and that election is without any conditions. It is security that is in Christ, because of Christ, and for the glory of Christ.

“And He said, ‘Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been GRANTED TO HIM by my Father.'”- John 6:65

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH; neither shall anyone, SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND. My Father, who has GIVEN THEM to Me, is greater than all; and NO ONE IS ABLE TO SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY FATHER’S HAND.” – John 10:27-29

“In Him also we HAVE OBTAINED an inheritance, being PREDESTINED according to the purpose of Him who works all things ACCORDING TO THE COUNSEL OF HIS WILL.” -Eph 1:11

“But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because GOD FROM THE BEGINNING CHOSE YOU FOR SALVATION through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which HE CALLED YOU by our gospel, for obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”- 2 Thess 2:13-14

So, we know that our salvation is secure because we have Jesus Christ, as our Lord and Savior. We can confidently continue to believe in Him because He has saved us and given us all that we need to be ETERNALLY SECURE is in Christ. God our Savior is able to keep us from losing our salvation.

“And this is the testimony: that God HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, and this life is in Jesus. He who has Jesus HAS LIFE; He who does not have Jesus does not have life. These are the things I have written to you WHO BELIEVE in the Name of Jesus, that YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and that you may CONTINUE TO BELIEVE in the name of JESUS.”- 1 John 5:11-13

”Now to Him who is able TO KEEP YOU from stumbling, and TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, BOTH NOW AND FOREVER. Amen. – Jude 1:24-25

-Michael Alan Nichols

_________________________________________________________________________

I LOVED this lesson! My personal testimony with my day of salvation was when I was 13 years old. I was in a youth group with my church called CYC (Christian Youth Cadets). We would do a lot of fun activities and go on may adventures with our youth group leaders. We did have scriptures to memorize and recite and one day I was asked if we would like to be ‘born again’. I was not raised Catholic although my parents both were, and although they baptized me as an infant, my mother decided to send me to a non-denominational congregation. Here they simply taught us the LOVE of CHRIST, that Christ was Salvation and that all we needed was to belief in our hearts and confess with our mouths that HE was Lord, and He rose from the Dead to bring us unto this salvation.

because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation.- Rom 10:9-10

Now, I know many struggles with “once saved, always saved” concept, many call it slippery grace. But I do know for me that confession was from my heart, and I truly believed in the simplicity of Christ and the finished works at the cross. I have spent my days knowing on a deep level that My salvation was going to be CHRIST BASED AND NOT WORKS BASED. However, I also knew that if I trusted and put my faith ON HIM that HE would sustain me, lead, me and guide me. I was in no way a perfect teen, nor did I remain unblemished, but It was by the very power of my intimate relationship with Christ that He remain faithful to me even if I wasn’t perfect. See It isn’t by our ‘perfection’ that we are saved but IT IS BY HIS PERFECTION THAT WE ARE SUSTAINED! NOTHING-ABSOLULTEY NOTHING CAN PLUCK US OUT OF HIS HANDS.

To add to this testimony: When I first built and bought this house a knock came to my door and it was a ‘man of God’ and when I opened my door, His very first words to me was, “If you died today would you go to heaven?” I didn’t pause, I didn’t stop to evaluate my sins vs. my good deeds, I didn’t stop to think (and I am a thinker in most things), I immediately said, “YES”! This man became our pastor for many years, a pastor that ordained me 12 years later into the Christian ministry. This church sent me to Bible college and so much awesomeness and love came from that journey. My pastor shared this story with many (never sharing my name) because he had been walking home to home asking this question and I as the only way to say undoubtably “YES”. Everyone else said they were NOT sure about their salvation. I found it very sad to realize so many had no security in their relationship (or lack thereof) with their savior, they based their salvation on their ‘good deeds’ vs their sins. 😦

See it wasn’t by my merits that I believed I was saved but it was by my secure relationship with Christ that I knew He’d never ‘unsave’ me! This day was a day I knew I was no longer ‘insecure’ within myself, but I was IN SECURE love with my SAVIOR!

See our salvation is NOT about us, it is about What Christ did at Calvay! He completed the prophecy of Isa 9:6 – He was the ‘son born unto us’ that would be our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. IN HIM every jot and tittle is complete! We can rest now in our ETRENAL SECURITY!

Those perfect infamous words’ “IT IS FINISHED” translates to ALL WHOM BELIEVE IN ME ARE IN ETERNAL SECURITY WITH ME! ❤

-All my IN SECURE ETERNAL LOVE, ❤ Diana xo 🙂

*Edited added -Note: Take heed, anyone can walk out of their salvation though, just like in any relationship- we can choose to leave because we have freewill to make HIS GRACE NOT SUFFICNENT for us. OUR God is not a God of forcing relationship upon us. So, although we can never be PLUCKED out of HIS hands, we can free-willingly choose to leave His loving hands. And that is the tragic truth.

ABC’S of Scripture: ELECT OF GOD

Posted on by
Reply

The ELECT OF GOD are those who have been chosen by God for salvation. Divine ELECTION is unconditional. It is not based on the character of work of an individual. God’s ELECTION of His chosen ones is not based upon foreseen faith in the future. It is strictly a sovereign choice by God.

*[I do not agree- will share my thoughts at the end of blog].

Without ELECTION, No one would be saved. Man is in a fallen state and is incapable of choosing to believe in God. It is only when he is regenerated and born-again spiritually by the Holy Spirit that anyone is able to have faith to believe in Christ. The salvation of the ELECT OF GOD is God’s work from before the foundation of the world. No one can boast for any part of his or her salvation. God has done it all!!

But God, who is RICH IN MERCY, because of HIS GREAT LOVE with which HE LOVED US, even when we were DEAD in trespasses, MADE US ALIVE together with Christ (BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of HIS GRACE in HIS KINDNESS TOWARD US in Christ Jesus. For by GRACE, you have been SAVED through FAITH, AND THAT not of yourselves; it is a GIFT OF GOD, not of works, LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST.”- Eph 2:4-9

God plans everything; that is called “foreordination”. God determines the eternal destiny of every human who lives throughout all of human history; that is called “predestination”. God chooses each and every one of His saved people; that is called “ELECTION”.

*Please note: [I don’t agree with this perception].

Everyone of God’s ELECT was known and loved by God before the foundation of the word, which is called ‘foreknowledge”, It is not simply referring to God’s knowing that in the future a person would believe in Christ. But it is the deepest love, mercy, and grace, from God towards His elect. It is not based on anything they have done, are doing or might do in the future. But His love for His ELECT is based entirely on the good pleasure of God’s will.

* [I don’t agree with this perception].

For whom He foreknew, He also PREDESTINED to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He PREDESTINED, He also CALLED; whom He called, these He also JUSTIFIED; and whom He justified, these He also GLORIFIED.”- Rom 8:29-30

The ELECTION of His saints proves several truths about God. It confirms that He is sovereign over His creation. It displays that all of His judgements are perfect. It illustrates that what He ordains shall come to pass, with no exceptions. People may not believe in Him; some may even hate Him; many may choose other gods; but ALL shall know that Almighty God is an eternal, wise and sovereign God!

“Just as HE CHOSE US in Him BEFORE THE FOUNDATOINS OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having PREDESTINED us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL.”- Eph 1:4-5

“All that the Father GIVES ME WILL COME TO ME, and the one who comes to Me I will be by no means cast out.” – John 6:37

“And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that NO ONE CAN COME TO ME unless It has been GRANTED TO HIM by My Father.”- John 6:65

“Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And AS MANY HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED.”-Acts 13:48

“So, then it is NOT of him who wills, NOR of him who runs, but OF GOD who shows MERCY.”- Rom 9:16

“but we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God FROM THE BEGINNING CHOSE YOU FOR SALVATION through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in truth.”- 2 Thess 2;13.

“WHO HAS SAVED US and called us with a holy calling, NOT ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS, but according to HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE which was GIVEN US in Christ Jesus BEFORE TIME BEGAN.”- 2 Tim 1:9

The fact that all Christians are ELECT OF GOD should cause us to praise Him and to thank Him. If God had not chosen His ELECT no one would be saved. We should also be very secure in our salvation. Knowing that it is God who chose us, gave us the Holy Spirit, and granted us the faith to believe; it is a secure as it gets for us.

If anyone doubts whether or not he or she is ELECT, the solution is to cancel that doubt, lies in our attitude towards Jesus Christ. What do we believe is His role in our salvation? What is our role? These answers are only found in the Scriptures.

Christians are able to have confidence in their ELECTION and SALVATION by faithfully studying the Word of God, the Bible. The more we CORRECTLY UNDERSTAND the Bible, the more secure and complete in Christ we become. Our ELECTION in Christ does not change with Bible study, but our UNDERSTANDING and confidence of our election changes.

“BE DILLIGENT to present yourself APPROVED to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH!”- 2 Tim 2:15

-Michael Alan Nichols

_________________________________________________________________________

*My thoughts: I want to base this off of the very perfect Character of God, God is NOT partial, and He does NOT pick favorites, however, He does choose those He foreknew would accept His calling upon their lives. God does NOT call the qualified, but He does qualify the called. God is a God of freewill, therefore those He calls must answer the call. Our faith is in Him and not of ourselves so we cannot boast; However, just as a Bride has freewill to accept the proposal, and a person has the right to accept or deny any position offered to them we all have the very same freewill to accept the Groom and the position granted to us. God is NOT a tyrant, so I truly do not agree with the perception of this lesson that was presented under the guise of “Sovereignty of God” this is yet another one of those “God is in control” theories that I do NOT agree with because I belong to Gentleman!

Jesus Christ is a loving, freewill savior with no conditions attached but to believe and receive the proposal.

With that I pray that the eyes of all our hearts be enlightened to His Calling for our lives! May we accept these awesome positions He grants to us who choose to believe!

[I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people),and [so that you will begin to know] what the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His [active, spiritual] power is in us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength. – Eph 1:18-19

All my predestined, preordained, appointed, elected, selected, chosen and justified love,

❤ Diana xo, 🙂

The ABC’s of Scripture: FALSE CHRISTS: FASLE PROPHETS

Posted on by
Reply

For if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ Do not believe it. For FALSE CHRISTS and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”- Matt 24;23-26; Mark 13:22

The unbelieving Jews expected the Messiah to come and establish a physical kingdom on earth for the nation of Israel. They looked for the Messiah to be a conqueror that would lead them into battle and bring victory to Israel over its enemies, which at that time was the Roman Empire in the first century AD.

At His trial, Jesus told Pontius Pilate that His kingdom was NOT of this world. -John 18:36 Jesus had previously told the Pharisees with His disciples present that the kingdom would come as a spiritual kingdom, not a physical kingdom. those who believe in a physical kingdom for Israel, are advocating something that CHRIST REJECTED! That was the position of the FALSE CHRISTS and FALSE PROPHETS in the first century. Jesus said DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM OR FOLLOW THEM.

Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The Kingdom of God DOES NOT COME WITH OBSERVATION; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN IN.”- Luke 17:23

So, the key to understand prophecy is to know that Jesus TAUGHT SPIRITUAL THINGS, while the FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS taught physical things. In 70ad, God brought complete destruction to the physical city of Jerusalem and the physical temple, which was part of the ceremonies, days and rules (aka: old heavens and old earth).

Christ then fully established His new spiritual kingdom under the New Covenant (aka: the new heavens and earth), which is about grace and faith in Christ. It is within all born again Christians going forward in human history.

_________________________________________________________________________

FALSE PROPHETS

There is a difference between “false christs” and FALSE PROPHETS. False christs represent themselves as false messiahs. FALSE PROPHETS work signs and teach lies to deceive. They also predict events, near and future, that are NOT TRUE and DO NOT COME TO PASS.

In 30ad, prior to the second coming Parousia of Christ in 66-70ad, the Lord told His disciples that there would be FALSE PROPHETS showing great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

“Then many FALSE PROPHETS will rise and deceive many.”- Matt 24:11

For false christs and FASLE PROPHETS will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. – Matt 24:24

Now these FALSE PROPHETS about whom the Lord was talking about were Jewish. They showed signs and wonders to deceive the Jews about Christ as the Messiah. Some of them specifically worked under the influence of Satan to deceive the Jewish people to go to war against Rome. Some of these FALSE PROPHETS at the time were the leaders of the Jewish Zealots; and the Jewish High Priests from Caiaphas, who condemned Jesus in 30ad; through Phinehas in 68-79ad.

But there are also FALSE PROPHETS among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who brought them, and bring them on themselves swift destruction.”- 2 Pet 2:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God’ because many FALSE PROPHETS have gone out into the world.”-1 John 4:1

At the second coming of Christ there were FALSE PROPHETS that John described in His Revelation. This occurred in the first century and was at the time of Christ’s final judgements.

And I saw a beast, the king of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, with him the FALSE PROPHET who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were CASE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE burning with brimstone. ” Rev 19:19-20

Jesus taught the Jews and His Apostles that there would be FALSE PROPHETS who would continually come forward to deceive in that first generation. He said that they would be able to identify these as FALSE PROPHETS by their fruits.

“Beware of FALSE PROPHETS, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistle? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but every bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the Lake of Fire. THEREFORE, BY THIER FRUITS YOU WILL KNOW THEM. -Matt 7:15-20

At the time of destruction of the City of Jerusalem and the temple the Judgements of Christ were carried out. The devil and the FALSE PROPHET were cast into the Lake of Fire to be tormented day and night forever and ever. This occurred in 70ad.

“Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, God and Magog, to gather them together to battle, (Jewish-Roman war), whose number is the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth (land of Israel) and surrounded the camp of the saints (Jews) and the beloved city (Jerusalem). And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the FALSE PROPHET are. And they will be TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER”- Rev 20:7-10

-Michael Alan Nichols

_________________________________________________________________________

I skipped a few lessons ahead because I am seeing a Lot of FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS trying to hijack the true scriptures with lying signs and wonders. I see a lot of Jewish and Islamic mystism creeping into people’s heart, minds and souls and its quit frustrating. All the “end times” madness was created via evil hearts redesigning the actual scriptures. I mean come on folks, True, Christ believers ought to see right through all this fallacy! Nothing going on today is prophecy period! These evil hearts KNOW THE SCRIPTURES better than most of us… and all they are doing is falsifying it to do what? DECIEVE THE NATIONS again! And anyone continuing in this false prophesying is literally adding and embedding the enemies! I’d quicky repent NOW!

I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away [from that one] his share from the tree of life and from the holy city (new Jerusalem), which are written in this book.- Rev 22:18-19

And let us remember that FALSE CHRISTS and FALSE PROPHETS were stoned and killed if their words did NOT COME TO PASS! Let us also remember that the counterfeit prophecies of NOW are to bring us all back under the O.T system so stoning and beheading will be their government. I suggest we all stop playing with fire.

If we don’t understand the WHOLE POINT OF THE SCRIPTURE AND THE WHOLE PROPECY BEING CHRIST AND HIS FULFILLMENT OF ALL OF IT, THEN WE WILL FORVEVER REPEAT THE SAME DEMONIC AGENDA OF NOT MAKING CHRIST ENOUGH! If we still have NOT made HIS GRACE SUFFICIENT for us, then we are no better than the Pharisees!

As a repeat of this lesson: “the key to understand prophecy is to know that Jesus TAUGHT SPIRITUAL THINGS, while the FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS taught physical things.”

Ever notice how all false religion does is speculate a physical future kingdom; yes, I realize that is what most people believe, due to mishandling of the Holy Spirit inspired scriptures hugely influenced by doctrines of man.

So, I will end this with a warning, if anyone else comes to you with another Gospel do NOT beleive them and remember these words:

“But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.- Galatians 1:8

“For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.”–2 Corinthians 11:4

“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.“ Galatians 1:6-9

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”1 John 4:1

These verses emphasize the importance of discernment and adherence to the true gospel message. It warns against accepting teachings that deviate from the core principles of Christ! Remember, truth matters, and we should diligently seek it in our spiritual journey.

All My Diligently seeking truth that Matters, Diana ❤ xo 🙂

The ABCs of Scripture: EARTH (PHYSICAL); EARTH (PROPHECY); EARTH (Works Burned).

Posted on by
Reply

The PHYSICAL EARTH is just that. It is the planet earth that God created for humans to live and populate during their lifetimes. The physical planet earth and its place in the eternal universe was created forever. In the beginning God created the HEAVENS and the EARTH. -Gen 1:1; 1:10-12.

God created the PHYSICAL EARTH (planets, sky, clouds, sun, moon, stars, galaxies, etc.) and the PHYSICAL EARTH. They have been established to last FOREVER AND EVER. God’s creation is good. He will continue the PHYSICAL HEAVENS and PHYSICAL EARTH forever.

Praise Him, you HEAVENS and EARTH, and your waters ABOVE THEY HEAVENS! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for HE COMMANED AND THEY WERE CREATED. HE ALSO ESTABLISHED THEM FOREVER AND EVER; He made a decree which SHALL NOT PASS AWAY.” -Psalms 148:4-6

“You laid the foundations of the EARTH, so that it SHOULD NOT BE MOVED FOREVER.” -Psalms 104:5

“And He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the EARTH which He has ESTABLISED FOREVER.”- Psalms 78:69

After Noah’s flood, the Lord said that He would never again curse the ground for man’s sake, even though man is evil. He said that while the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease. The PHYSICAL EARTH and its setting in the PHYSICAL HEAVENS shall last forever! – Gen 8:21-22

_________________________________________________________________________

EARTH (PROPHECY)

The “EARTH” in regard to bible prophecy describes the corporate people of God. It also often includes visible aspects of God’s covenant systems. The OLD EARTH refers to the Old Covenant Jewish people of Old Testament nation of Israel as God’s chosen people.

The OLD EARTH includes the nation of Israel, the land of the Jews, the City of Jerusalem, and the Jewish Temple. The City and the Temple were literally destroyed by God in the outpouring of His wrath during Christ’s Parousia 66-70 ad. That is when the Jews and Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the temple by fire during the Jewish-Roman war.

The NEW EARTH refers to God’s people under the New Covenant after 70ad. These are Christians who corporately make up the New Covenant body of Christ; as spiritual house; a chosen generation; a holy nation; a royal priesthood; and His own special people. -1 Peter 2:5, 9

Each born-again, elect, believer is a holy New Covenant kingdom priest with direct access to God Almighty through their LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.

These believers in Christ are part of the NEW EARTH upon being spiritually regenerated during their human lives. The Holy Spirit indwells each believer and thus only righteousness dwells in the NEW EARTH in the New Covenant spiritual kingdom of God. -2 Pet 3:13

________________________________________________________________________

EARTH (Works Burned)

The day of the Lord, (aka: the LAST DAY) which was the first century saints expected to come as a thief in the night in their generation, would be Christ’s judgments carried out. This included both the EARTH and the WORKS that are in it being burned up. -2 Pet 3:10

Now, we identify the EARTH (nation of Isael, city of Jerusalem, and the temple) and the WORKS (the efforts and deeds of the non-believing Jewish people) in it as being burned up in the Jewish-Roman war. This occurred in the first century at Christ’s second coming Parousia ending in 70ad in which not one stone of the temple was left upon another. There was total destruction by fire of Jerusalem and the temple, which were left desolate.

The Greek word for “earth” here is “ge” (Strong’s #1093= country, ground, labor, work. Therefore, this action of God’s wrath to burn up the earth and its works means the land of the non-believing Jews, which all missed the mark of obeying and pleasing God.

Some of the other uses of this word, “WORKS” in the New Testament are:

1) Paul wrote to Titus and said that the unbelievers are defiled. They profess to know God, but in WORKS they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work –Titus 1:16

2) Paul told the Corinthians that the Day of Judgement, each of those transition period saints would have their WORK revealed by fire to test what sort of WORK it is (i.e.: fleshly works or spiritual works). This was talking about the first century believers, who could have fleshly-oriented works, but still be saved, because of their faith in Christ. -1 Cor3:11-15

-Michael Alan Nichols

________________________________________________________________________

Now can we see that God is NEVER going to destroy HIS Creation! If the earth is to be destroyed it would by the wars of man, not because there is evil in the world, but because there is evil in the hearts of the human race.

All deception comes from an unsatisfied heart. All sin is a result of our own fleshy desires, there is NOT boogey man called satan, there is only our own lust that sweeps us away! And God is not the author of our temptations either.

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God” [for temptation does not originate from God, but from our own flaws]; for God cannot be tempted by [what is] evil, and He Himself tempts no one. -James. 1:13

The desire for us to see the earth burn up and all its inhabitants (except those perfect ‘raptured’ people) is the MOST SELFISH DOCTRIN HOLDING BACK our focus for the KINGDOM here on EARTH! We can NEVER preach the unhindered gospel if we keep tainting it with selfish desires and ambitions! WE cannot fight evil with evil but we can only destroy deception with the goodness of God and all that CHRIST accomplished on the CROSS everything else is worthless works.

It’s time to realize that there will NEVER be a perfect person but we can have perfect faith! But ony by the true author and finisher! [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].-Heb 12:2

All my focused on the Author kind of LOVE, ❤ Diana xo 🙂

DISEMBODIED

Posted on by
Reply

All of the Old Testament deceased people went to Hades upon their deaths. The O.T. non-believers waited DISEMBODIED in the torment side of Hades until the final judgement in 70ad. The O.T. believers were taken to the outer courts of heaven when Christ led captivity at His ascension in 30ad. -Psalm 68:18; Eph 4:8-9. They remained there DISEMBODIED until Christ’s Parousia in 66-70ad.

Therefore it says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND HE BESTOWED GIFTS ON MEN.” (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth? -Eph 4:8-9

The Transition Period deceased saints went to the outer courts of heaven upon their deaths. They were also DISEMBODIED. They waited there until Christ’s Parousia in 66-70ad. The transition period deceased non-believers went to Hades and waited there DISEMBODIED until the final judgement in 70ad.

NOW this DISEMBODIED does NOT mean that they did not have any kind of bodily “form”, but these were not physical bodies of flesh and blood, which had died and returned to dust. Samual also, when he appeared from the dead to the necromancer or medium at Endor with Saul present, had a recognizable bodily “form” of kind of temporary body they many have in the unseen realm.

But now after 70ad, no saint is “DISEMBODIED”. Saints who die “Put On” their new immortal, incorruptible, glorified, spiritual, visible, heavenly bodies at death. Those new individual, immortal bodies are reserved in heaven for us born-again believers.

For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. – 2 Cor 5:1

We get our new bodies to cover our “nakedness”, so we are NEVER unclothed.

For while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened [often weighed down, oppressed], not that we want to be unclothed [separated by death from the body], but to be clothed, so that what is mortal [the body] will be swallowed up by life [after the resurrection]. -2 Cor 5:2-4

-Michael Alan Nichols

_________________________________________________________________________

*My thoughts: I never understood how other “Christians” didn’t understand the NEW HEAVENS were opened to Us at Jesus’ baptism. However, I do realize there was the ministry of completion of the gospel, (Jesus’s journey to bring us COMPLETE SALVATION).

I never understood how other “Christians” didn’t realize after the finished works of the cross that the heavens were now our eternal home. No waiting time after the FINISHED WORKS. We are not just dirt in the ground, for goodness’ sake, don’t we believe in our savoir and the Greatness of our heavenly Father? FOLKS, keep scripture in context and understand audience relevance! We are the audience (REPEAT AFTER ME, “AFTER THE CROSS, WE ARE AFTER REDEMPTION IS COMPLETE. WE HAVE INHERITED ALL THAT IS IN THE WILL & TESTEMENT! PROBATE IS OVER!!” IN the words of our Savior, “IT IS FINSHED!”

When Jesus Died (crucial to believe that JESUS died) in order to inherit all that was written in the N.T. (the new will and testament). NO one inherits anything if the testor of the Will hasn’t – (of course, Jesus’ death was about the death of the flesh to inherit the life of the SPIRIT- which is EVERLASTION LIFE!)

For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. -Heb 9:16

I couldn’t figure out for the life of me, how any “Christian” can think God/Jesus would keep us in Hades, (the holding place during transition from O.T. to N.T) The conversion of O.T. to N.T isn’t just some paper pages in a book, it was a written will and an blood oath covenant; it’s also crucial to understand that Jesus’ shed His perfect blood to clothe us in HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS! It was going from an old worn out, tainted, adulterated covenant to one that had our perfect God come down Here Himself in the form of a “son born unto us” that we would one day call ABBA; Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given; And the government shall be upon His shoulder, And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.-Isa 9:6

-And this government (Us- His born-again believers evangelizing the world (ahem the great commission– Matt 23:18-29; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:44-49; John 20:19-23; Acts 1:8) Is a NEVER-ENDING COVENANT, Generation after generation!

There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace, [He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness FROM THIS TIME FOWARD AND FOREVER MORE. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this. – Isa 9:7

Are we doing our part of evangelizing the world or are me filling ourselves with fear and doubt and keeping our hope on a future burn and destroy mission that God never spoke of in the scriptures!

I pray today, that we see that our God is Perfect and it’s our born-again duty to keep His Kingdom growing not cowering in fear to what we see with our eyes, but that we do the WILL OF the FATHER and that is to bring more and more saints into the family! We must build up the BODY OF CHRIST here on this earth, the one our creator created and is NEVER going to burn up! (Please seek thy heart for that is where all evil resides)- May we continue to clean it with only the purity of Christ and His Finished works at the cross! Generations come, and generations go, but the earth lasts forever. – Ecc 1:4

All My Evangelizing LOVE ❤ Diana xo 🙂

DEPRAVITY OF MAN

Posted on by
Reply

All humans are spiritually dead in their trespasses and sins. This death is inherited through their fathers, not their mothers. This does not mean that mothers are not also dead in their sins, but as far as the human race is concerned, this sinful “nature” is passed on through the father to the sons and daughters. All humans are not only condemned due to Adam’s sin, but all humans are also sinners by their own thoughts, deeds and actions.

Is there anyone who has not had a human father? Only Jesus Christ, the Son of God, born to the Virgin Mary, has NOT inherited the sinful nature of Adam. Christ is the only one who is righteous from eternity past to eternity future. Because of His righteousness, He is the only one who could pay for the sins of His elect people. He accomplished this by His atonement work at His first coming in 30ad; and also, at His consummation of salvation at His second coming Parousia in 66-70ad.

All Israel are sinners:

“Yes, all Israel has TRANSGRESSED YOUR LAW, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore, the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, BEAUSE WE HAVE SINNED against Him.”- Dan 9:11

All People throughout human history are sinners:

“As it is written: “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE; there is NONE who understands; there is NONE who seeks after God. They have ALL turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is NONE who does good, NO, NOT ONE.” -Rom 3:10-12

All humans sin and are born sinners due to Adam’s sin:

“For if by the one man’s sin (Adam) sin entered the world, and DEATH THROUGH SIN, and thus death spread to all men, BEACUSE ALL SINNED,” -Rom 5:12

All of God’s elect are made righteous in Christ:

“For if by the one man’s sin (Adam’s) offense DEATH reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in LIFE through One, Jesus Christ. Therefore, as through one man’s (Adam’s) offense JUDGEMENT CAME TO ALL MEN (In Adam by birth), RESULTING IN CONDEMNATION, even so through one man’s (Christ’s) righteousness act the free gift came to all men (all those in Christ by faith), RESULTING IN JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE. For as by one man’s (Adam’s) man’s DISOBEDIENCE many (fall but Christ) were made sinners, so also by one Man’s (Christ’s) OBEDIENCE many (the elect) will be made RIGHTEOUS.” – Rom 5:17-19.

Death, judgement, and condemnation came to all men through Adam’s sin and their own sin. However, grace, life, justification, and righteousness came to those who received grace from God and eternal life through Jesus Christ.

-Michael Alan Nichols

_________________________________________________________________________

Isn’t it great to Know that we are no longer under the original sin of Adam because of what Christ did for us to RECIEVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!

I do not believe we are under the curses of Adam since the crucifixion. I truly believe Christ won us all back (I also DO NOT BELIEVE IN SATAN) For Christ WON IT ALL BACK AT CALVARY! We are not held accountable to our past generational sins or curses of our ancestors. We are NOT held accountable for the sins of Adam either. We are not tempted or overtaken by some “satan” to sin either. We are Now only tempted by our own desires.

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion).- James 1:14

For those of us In Jesus Christ through faith in HIS grace are made righteous! We are properly clothed in HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS! There is no other way to be RIGHTEOUS BUT TO BE CLOTHED IN CHRIST!

All my clothed in HIS RIGTHEOUSNESS, ❤ Diana xo 🙂

Clothed in His Righteousness

In the tapestry of grace, we find our place, A garment spun from threads divine. Not woven by mortal hands, but by love’s embrace, A robe of righteousness, forever thine.

The fabric whispers stories of redemption, Each stitch a promise, each fold a plea. It drapes across our brokenness, a sweet exemption, A covering that sets our weary souls free.

The warp and weft of mercy intertwine, Golden strands of forgiveness, soft and true. The hem bears scars, a testament to love’s design, Where grace and justice meet, forever new.

So wear it well, this robe of heaven’s making, For it was fashioned in the courts above. Clothed in His righteousness, our hearts awaking, We walk in light, wrapped in eternal love. 🌟

Image: ![Clothed in His Righteousness]

There is FREEDOM in CHRIST!

Posted on by
Reply

Okay, I am taking a break today from the ABC’s of scripture to write something that My God and LORD JESUS has put upon my heart. It is only by the actual word of God (JESUS is the WORD of GOD- and JESUS is GOD in the flesh) that we can even remotely understand the perfect FREEDOM we are given in CHRIST.

OKAY, May I start with the irony I see and have seen for many years on fakebook (and all the other worthless social media sites); I see christian after christian rebuking one another and make their whole ‘status’ about THEM and How they have this epiphany and vision and dream, or they did such in-depth research (which basically consist of cut and pasting of social media) not so much actual research but anywhoo.. the irony of people calling out one another and the most hysterical part of it is they too are preaching/sharing liesor worthless half-truths. They only go so far as to find something to ‘point out’ about another person that is ‘wrong’ but not seeing the WHOLE-COMPLETE TRUTH! So here I am calling out an issue within the so-called body of Christ; I do think it’s important to call out a subject matter, but we don’t need to call out each other as to compete for a platform of who’s more anointed so to speak. When if we are NOT walking in the truth of WHO HE IS then how can we walk in the truth of who we are in HIM! A lacking in position will lead to a lacking in perception and we won’t see clearly enough for growth and truth anyway.

The only truth worth repeating is JESUS is SALVATION- and I don’t simply mean saved from a life of ‘hell’ but I mean a relationship with the ONE TRUE GOD, which by the way we can serve only ONE. So, we need to get our little ‘christian’ minds made up! Do we serve and worship a Father or a Son, which is it? Yeah ‘christianity’ is so double minded that we can’t even see the TRUTH if it was standing right in front of us. The whole “three persons in one” oxymoron cliche’ I’ve heard it all my whole life and I decided to seek JESUS for the answers not some mere’ cultish doctrine of religion. I now understand that He plays three roles in one person! See He is the center of the whole book: the scriptures are about HIM because He is the word; He is the prophecy; HE is the son born unto us that would be named and called – EVERLASTING FATHER, ALMIGHTY GOD, PRINCE OF PEACE AND COMFORTER- AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LED GOVERNMENT WOULD REST ON HIS SHOULDERS. -Isa 9:6 (this here was in the dead sea scrolls too by the way*)

*Note all the names He would be called! Note no need for actual Yah names. That is a synagogue of Satan’s mind trap. Don’t fall for it! We don’t belong there. Get out of that cult! Run and run fast! Rebuke it all and move into the NEW and beautiful marriage with the TRUTH that is CHRIST & only CHRIST! If we worry about ‘how to pronounce’ and all that hoopla we have been bewitched and your mind will NEVER find the PEACE of God until it’s rebuked IN JESUS NAME!! There is NO OTHER NAME to even ponder.

This Jesus is the STONE WHICH WAS DESPISED and REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation].”-Acts 4:11&12

Again- anywhoo–We are so carnal, all sharing about a ‘sacred name’ movement- and the hebrew roots garbage that we can’t see clearly enough to even make one iota of sense. All things “hebrew” and all things “yah” are not our religion! WE are not to worry ourselves with the OT religion, nor their false god of pure idolatry. *Note I do not capitalize what is worthless! Also Note I am not saying OT is worthless, but I am saying JESUS defeated law, sin and death so that we that belong to Him and are saved according to what He has done at the cross and not what OT laws, rules, regulations and rituals can do. I pray all this doublemindedness die today!

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.- James 1:8

If we claim to be a follower of Christ, we are MADE NEW & we belong in the NEW COVENANT; we need NOT worry about the OLD dead worthless traditions of men. It’s all ‘their’ religion -you know the one’s Christ rebuked and pointed out that they were of the synagogue of satan and that they worshiped the father of lies.

You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths. – John 8:44

Let me remind the flock- that Christ fulfilled it ALL; He won it ALL at the cross! All we need to do is rest in HIM! “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].- Matt 11:28

I know I won’t be liked because I am one to see through all the religious drama that most don’t even realize they are bound too. They are so yoked to slavery still that they couldn’t pick JESUS out of a lineup. If we don’t know JESUS as God – we can’t know who we are in Christ. We will keep sharing half-truths because we truly don’t know anything but what the internet is sharing with us. We need to ‘study ourselves approved’ not via something someone else said or shared and we definitely do NOT want to be tied to any name game drama and roots of lies from the synagogue of satan that serve the father of lies. I mean seriously! If we are worried about the ‘proper name’ we will NEVER come to the fullness in CHRIST that HE came to give us and set us free from anything that threatens our peace! If it doesn’t bring peace -than it’s because we chose not to rest in HIS peace!

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours]. – Phil 4:6&7

Signing off in my fully resting in HIS peace beyond understanding, ❤ Diana xo 🙂

ABC’S of Scripture: DEATH: (Believers)

Posted on by
Reply

“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit the incorruption.” For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So, when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.”- 1 Cor 15:50, 53-54

[BEFORE THE PAROSIA]

(1) BEFORE the Cross of Christ in 30 ad, all BELIEVERS were people living under various Old Covenants (ie: Adamic covenant; Noahic covenant; Abrahamic covenant; Mosaic covenant). those elect BELIEVERS from Adam to Abraham were Gentiles. Those elect BELIEVERS from Abraham to Christ were most all Jews. When they died they went disembodied, without their flesh and blood bodies, but in another bodily form of some kind, to Paradise (aka: Abraham’s bosom) in the comfort part of life side of Hades. They waited for Jesus, the Messiah, to come and to take them up to the outer courts of heaven at His ascension. – John 20:17

(2) During the TRANSITION period between Christ’s resurrection in 30ad and His second coming PAROUSIA in 66ad, those Old Covenant BELIEVERS, along with the transition period DISCIPLES, who died natural deaths, were sent to Paradise (aka: “Abraham’s Bossom”). Christ had brought this sides of Hades to the outer courts of heaven at the time of His ascension.

Also, some special O.T. martyrs, including all of the transition period martyrs, were held disembodied, without their flesh and blood bodies, but in another bodily form of some kind, and given white robes as they waited for Christ’s Parousia in the outer courts of the heavenly Holy of Holies. These could not be numbered when John wrote the Revelation because new martyrs were continually entering that location upon their deaths during the transition period. -Rev 4:4; 7:9; 7:13-14

[DURING THE PAROUSIA]

(3) At His second coming Parousia in 66ad, Christ had raised and brought all of these above deceased saints, from both locations in the heavens, with Him to the unseen realm in the air of mid-heaven. They were judged and found faithful to the end.

(4) Those few first saints who were still alive at Christ’s second coming PAROUSIA in 66ad, were changed and RAPTURED (ie: caught up-Greek: “harpazo”-Strong’s #762 snatch, pluck, pull up, or catch away) to meet the Lord in the air or mid-heaven without experiencing death. They were also judged and found to be faithful.

“Now I say a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also, there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, preparing as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” -Rev 21:4

“But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord god almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the Glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. and the nations of those when are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. But there shall by no means enter in anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” -Rev 21:22-27

All saints have eternal life with Christ in the heavenly New Jerusalem, which He brought down with Him at His Parousia in 66ad. During the Parousia all of these other O.T. and transition period groups of redeemed, elect BELIEVERS, also received their new incorruptible, immortal, glorified, spiritual, visible, heavenly bodies.

[AFTER THE PAROUSIA]

(5) After Christ’s second coming presence (“PAROUSIA’), which ended in 70ad, the New Covenant gospel kingdom (New Heavens & New Earth) has been fully established. The Old Covenant Jewish religious system (Old Heavens) has passed away. The biblical nation of Israel as God’s chosen people; the city of Jerusalem; and the Temple; (Old Earth) have all been destroyed and passed away. They are no longer part of God’s redemptive plans.

All of God’s redeemed, elect BELIEVERS (elect Jews and elect Gentiles) in this life AFTER 70ad have already been judged in Christ and have a fully consummated salvation. They spend eternity with Christ in the New Jerusalem. They are no longer identified as Jews or Gentiles, but as one people in Christ called Christians. – Gal 3:16, 28-29. When they die on and individual basis, they immediately go to heavenly presence of Christ in their new immortal, incorruptible, glorified, spiritual, visible, heavenly bodies forever.

-Michael Alan Nicols

_________________________________________________________________________

*Okay, I wrote this a week ago, but have been slowly healing up from laryngitis and strep/lung/ear infection so I didn’t write out my thoughts on this subject.

Here are my prayed up and long researched thoughts.

I never understood people’s obsession with waiting for ‘end-times’ outcome to the scriptures. When in reality the scriptures are simple about CHRIST & Christ only!! “ You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.”    – John 5:39-40

To add to Him is to add the plagues of life, and to take away from Him is to take ones’ name out of the Book of LIFE> (to choose to be non-existent).. *Will explain more on this topic in next blog)).

“I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away [from that one] his share from the tree of life and from the holy city (new Jerusalem), which are written in this book.”- Rev 22:18&19

 When I would hear people state that the final judgment and final resurrection didn’t happen yet, something within me knew that was a major fallacy. God has always given me a peace beyond (human carnal) understanding that ALL WAS FINIHSED IN CHRIST! THERE IS NO LONGER ANYTHING PERTAINING TO CHRIST AND SALVATION NOT FINISHED! Not one Jot or tittle is left undone! Jesus kept all His promises, and He fulfilled every single one IN THE PAST! WE ARE NEW COVENANT BELIVERS AND WE OUGHT TO BE ACTING LIKE IT! STOP LOOKING BACK! THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE OLD COVENANT JOT OR TITTLE NOT COMPLETED IN CHRIST! WE CANNOT BELONG OR BELIEVE IN TWO COVENANTS; THAT IS TO COMMIT SPIRITUAL ADULTERY!

There is no heaven or hell issues either. I do not believe in satan nor hell anymore. ( a very in-depth study on “hell” is in order for one to come to the “there is no hell” in scripture– not for today’s blog though)-not that they (the unbelievers place in Hade’s (aka hell) and satan (simply adversary- aka the power of law- sin and death over us)- didn’t maybe have past (before Christ) position- possibly, but none the less it is to be saved in Christ or not saved in Christ that is the subject of this blog. I Truley do not give any one or thing (aka satan) the power to deceive mankind (as in an omnipotent being)- there is no such -person nor Prescence- that is oh so powerful enough to steal the soul of a flesh created creation of God. The only deception is deception in itself. It is our very own thoughts that drive us to temptation and sin. “But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion).     – James 1:14


Before Christ came – lived – fulfilled all scripture and (was and is the Prophecy of the whole book), died, resurrected and ascended, there was a ‘holding place’ with a not saved and saved side in this place. However, after Christ came and defeated the whiles of the ‘devil’ that being the powers of law, sin and death’ - now it is only by FAITH IN GRACE (ALL THAT HE ACCOMPLISED AT THE CROSS THAT WE AS MERE HUMANS CAN NEVER EARN) that we are saved! “For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].”- Eph 2:8&9

And if we cannot make His grace sufficient for us then all the religion in the world will NEVER SAVE US! “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me.”- 2 Cor 12:9

All my grace is sufficient kind of LOVE, ❤ Diana XO 🙂