Melchizedek: An Immortal Among Us?

 In Matthew 24, after Jesus mentions the signs of his return, he states: 'This generation shall not pass away before [my coming]'.

It has always been assumed that he meant 'the generation which sees these signs'. Considering I'm working off of the King James translation more often than not, that very well could be what the Greek text actually says. But, having nothing more to really go off of at the time I had the thought, I couldn't help but wonder if he wasn't actually talking about somebody in that crowd, or even someone from that very day living to see the Church and the return of Christ. 

Could there be an immortal among us? 

Well, it may have nothing to do with 'this generation' or 'that generation' as intimated by Christ, but here's another curiosity that could mean just that.

 - Ben Parker

                                                             MELCHIZEDEK

By Barbara Parker

The name Melchizedek means king of right.  He was king of Salem, later called Jerusalem, at the time of Abraham, father of the Jewish nation.

In the book of Genesis, chapter 4, verses 17-20 it tells how Melchizedek brought out bread and wine to feed Abraham and his servants after they returned from rescuing Lot and the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, all of whom had been kidnapped and carted off with all their belongings.

Abraham saved all those people and brought back Lot and all his possessions. After Melchizedek fed Abraham and his servants Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils. After all, Melchizedek was a high priest of God Most High.  Melchizedek blessed Abraham who was at the time referred to as Abram.  (Later God changed his name to Abraham.)

In Psalm110:4 we learn the Lord is a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.  The order is a priest who will live for ever, as well as not of the line of Levi the priestly tribe.

In Hebrews 6:20 Jesus is described as being a High Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek  Chapter 7:3, (talking of Melchizedek) 'without record of father or mother or ancestral line, neither with beginning of days nor ending of life, but resembling the Son of God, he continues to be a priest without interruption and with out successor.'

Verse 8, (tithes) 'are received by one of whom it is testified that he lives perpetually.'

If I read it right, it says he lives forever with out death just like Jesus.

Does that mean he still resides among us somewhere, just blending in with the rest of us today on this earth?

I considered the thought that Christ may have taken him to Heaven when he left us, but Hebrews was written in 60 or 70 AD about 30 years later. Hebrews speaks of him as still living perpetually.

Well Mr. Melchizedek, if you’re still here I’d like to meet you.  Glory be and God bless you.

The Salvation Message

By Barbara A Parker

For those who already believe and have confessed, this is a message for those who haven't. Still, it's good to be reminded what it is we as Christians, born again under the blood of Christ, believe.

Jesus came to Earth as a baby born in a manger to a virgin girl.  This same baby created the whole universe and every one and every thing living on it.

He grew up, preached the gospel, healed the sick, lame and blind, cast out demons and was crucified for our sins, died and rose again.  He now resides at the right hand of the Father of Heaven making intercession for us before God’s throne.

If you believe this you do well. But, the devil also believes this and trembles before a righteous, holy, almighty God.

Have you repented and asked him to save your soul yet? Did you mean it? You aren't saved by the gift of grace if you haven't, even if you believe the story.

All you lack is to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to save your soul. Then you will live with him forever.  (Romans 10:9-10)

If you haven’t done this yet, you should hurry up and do so.  You see, the tribulation is coming and you don’t want to be left here to face the devil after Jesus catches away his repentant believers from off the Earth.

There may still be a chance for you to repent but circumstances will be a lot harder for you if you wait until then.  You won’t be able to stand before God on judgment day and say no one told you the truth.  I am telling it to you right now.

We forever celebrate the babe in the manger but He is the eternal Son of God who died to take away the sins of the whole world.  He will take away your sins if you just ask him.

You say you’re too bad to save?  Nonsense!  Moses, David and Paul were all murderers, yet the Lord had them write major portions of the Bible.  If He can forgive them, He most certainly can forgive you.

Just pray right now.  Tell Him you believe in Him and you desire His salvation and forgiveness.  He will in no wise turn you away.  May God open your eyes and heart to the truth of the Gospel.

                                                                        God bless you with his salvation.

                                                   

Don't Give Up!

For those wondering why nothing has been posted for a few months, it's not that I was disheartened by the lack of events surrounding the Blood Moon Tetrad. Sure, I'm disappointed, but all it means to me is that I misinterpreted signs. That happens. Also doesn't mean the moons weren't significant.

No, I haven't given up the faith or the belief that Christ is about to return. That was my head's up, so it can still be any time now.

Life got in the way, is all. Work picked up, and time disappeared on me. That's all.

I haven't given up, and neither should you. More and more people are telling me that the feel his return is close; people I haven't talked with for a long time and complete strangers alike. An Aunt on my mother's side who lives in 'nowhere' Illisnois is looking at the current Isis Crisis as the gateway to the new world order and the rise of the Anti-Christ.

The Gog-Magog war has yet to happen, and that is generally accepted to be the event that launches the tribulation and the transition to the Age of Christ's reign on Earth.

Jack Van Impe may have some questionable things to say, but about that event, I have no doubt he's correct in fingering Russia making a final land grab, since the cities in question: Magog, Tubal and Rosh are all now cities inside the Russian border.

The signs are all there. The Fig tree is ripe. Harvest is near.

Of course, He'll come when he's good and ready, and not a moment before. That is His prerogative as lord of all. 

I haven't given up, and neither should you. Hang in there.

The Four Horsemen Ride Forth - by Barbara A. Parker

No Man Knows the Day or the Hour!

By Ben Parker

Not only do we have such jewels of wisdom from history such as:

Ecclesiastes 8:7 
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?

Proverbs 27:1 
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

But in Mathew chapters 24 and 25, Jesus tells his followers three times that 'no man will know the hour and/or day of his return.'

Mathew 24:36 (KJV)

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Mathew 24:42 (KJV)

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your lord doth come.

Mathew 25:13 (KJV)

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

So, when I put up a post on the Feast of Trumpets (The Day That No Man Knows) being a pontential candidate for Christ's return, first to call away his elect, I am in the wrong according to all these.

People have thrown them at me a lot lately, and I know of them myself. Matthew 24:36 is especially popular.

But, if you're going to throw those last three at me, you best be familiar with the entire passage. 

Mathew 24 starts of with Jesus lamenting the destruction of the temple and segueing into signs of the future. When asked, he gives more signs to look for and then we get to 24:32 - the parable of the fig tree. Notice, it comes before all the comments of not knowing.

Mathew 24:32-33(KJV) 

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

We have been given signs of the times. We will know when he's about to return.

And, let's not forget the helper that God sent to help the Christians in their lives and in doing their lord's bidding - the Holy Spirit, which appears in Acts, and is told about at the very beginning of that book. The Holy Spirit is responsible for all kinds of miracles, including giving insight to the thoughts of our creator and savior.

The Bible is supposed to be the inspired word of God to the world. But, why does it have to stop with Paul and John? In all actuality, it really hasn't. God's been good about giving a heads up to individuals and nations. He sent Jonah to warn a very non-Jewish Nineveh of their plight and how to escape it. Jonah didn't like it, but it was done. 

If he did it for people not in the covenant then, why would he have stopped in the last 2000+ years?

In fact, Jesus tells us the second two times to watch. 24:42 launches into the man left in charge of his master's house. 

Matthew 24:48-50 (KJV)

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My lord delayeth his coming;' and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,...

And bad things happen.

The first portion of Matthew 25 starts with the Parable of the 10 Virgins (1-13), switches to the Parable of the men given 5, 2, and 1 talents (13-30) and finally goes into the judging of nations (31-46).

Taken in context of watching for the King's return, the first parable sounds a lot like the events that happen during the feast of trumpets when people have to race to the temple before the doors are closed. That's significant to me. And, it shows we're to be prepared.

Taken in the context of watching for the King's return, the second parable sounds a lot like what we should be doing with what has been given us while we wait for his return, knowing that he will eventually come back. We will either be rewarded or punished for our activity or inactivity.

The judging of nations is a preview of one of the things that will happen during his reign on Earth.

That's right. We will be rewarded, not just punished. 2 Timothy 4:8 says we'll get a crown:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

So, yeah. I watch for the signs, and I feel the lord has given me a heads-up. But, I feel, as a watchman on the tower, I should probably warn you, too. I've found I'm not the only one who has concluded Feast of Trumpets as the time, or the tetrad blood moons lining up with the Feast of Tabernacles this year as a sign that things are going to change soon.

Don't worry. It'll only be seven years of Tribulation, and it might even start out with peace and prosperity before War, Pestilence and Death & Hell follow along.

Then he will return and reign. 1000 years of peace. I actually look forward to that, because I haven't seen anything wonderful coming out of any invention of man or his oppressor.

Why We Do What We do

By Barbara A. Parker

Proverbs 22:3
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

Proverbs 19:2
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.

Ecclesiastes 8:6
For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him.

These would seem prudent scriptures to follow.  

However, in II Corinthians 5:18 it says Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself and He gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

Verse 19 says He committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation.

Mark 16:15 (Amplified) "and He said unto them, go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the gospel) to every creature of the whole human race."

Now that wasn’t just a suggestion but a command of the Lord to his believers of all generations.

So when people squawk at me that I ‘m trying to tell you how to live your life, you are soo right.  The Lord wants and expects us as believers to point out to others that they may not be reconciled at this point in time and may want to fix it. 

According to Ezekiel 3:17 we are called to be watchmen on the Watchtower.

18) "When I say unto the wicked, 'Thou shalt surely die;' and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thing hand.

19) "Yet, if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul."

As a watchman on the wall we are to warn of incoming danger.  The danger I speak of is that Christ will very soon return for His own and catch them all away.  All others will be left behind to face a horrendous tribulation, the likes of which the world has never seen before or will see again.  If you choose to ignore His invitation to life and forgiveness then you will not be counted among the missing when He comes.

So instead of growling at me for interfering in your immoral business you should thank me for warning you to welcome Jesus into your heart and escape the danger to come.

I care about you and don’t want to see you left here to suffer the consequences of your total lack of judgment.   Jesus loves you too and does not want to leave you here, but He will because you failed to accept His promises and His salvation He so freely offered you.  When you stand before God on judgment day you can’t tell Him you didn’t know.

I feel some of you are offended at God because you asked Him for something and failed to receive it.  I can’t explain why that happens, but I’m not God. A lot of the things we blame Him for He is not responsible for.  The Devil is; but he tries to convince everyone that God did it. 

Perhaps some one you loved died.  If you read Isaiah 57:1-2 you will discover your loved one may have been spared from the evil to come. 

I personally believe that every soul that ever lived will one day accept Christ and serve Him gladly.  Some of them may have to spend a little time in the fire to be convinced, but in the end all will live for Him.  So that loved one that you are so sure you will never see again, yes, you will, someday.  Oh, Happy day.  God will wipe all tears from all faces.

Homosexual Marriage: What does God say about it?

By Barbara Parker

A couple of weeks ago the United States Supreme Court handed down their verdict that homosexual marriage should be legal in all 50 states. 

The President thought the matter closed and said we should all accept it as a done deal and go on about living like it was the most natural thing in the world.

The Boy Scouts decided that their troops could have gay leaders. It was up to the individual troops to decide.

The army decided it was fine for transgender folks to serve in the military.

The Republican Party now has a problem, whether to decide to shelve the issue or raise it up in Congress and pass legislation undoing the damage caused by the Supreme Court.

Some folks want the right to vote Federal Judges out of office when they get to acting too high handed. It does not seem right that some appointed judges can change laws at the mere flick of a gavel that have taken years to put in place by the voting public.

Of course they pay no attention to God or the scriptures that vehemently put down the whole homosexual issue.  

On A Personal Level

God hates it and calls it an abomination. In Leviticus 18:22 the Old Testament law states, you shall not lie with a man as with a woman. It is an abomination.

John states in Revelation 21:27 those who work abomination will not be allowed into the holy city New Jerusalem.

The apostle Paul stated in a letter to the Corinthians, I Cor. 6:9-10 (Amplified) v9 Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled) neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality, v 10 nor cheaters, (swindlers and thieves) nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the Kingdom of  God.

In Genesis 19:4-8 God destroyed Sodom and Gohmorrah for

Sodomy.  They tried to sodomize the angels who came to spend the night at Lot’s house.

You can see one of the destroyed cities of the plain from atop Masada in Israel.

Romans 1:24-28 God gave them up to uncleanness (lesbianism and homosexuality).

God promises to severely judge those who practice such a life style by throwing them into the lake of fire.

I don’t think they are born with it but they are convinced they were by Satan himself, because he wants plenty of company while he’s burning in the fiery lake.

The only other reason I can come up with is they’ve drunk too much recycled water with left over birth control medication in it.  Perhaps it has screwed up their sexuality.

On A National Level

 

If you believe in a God, then it shouldn't be a stretch that he has judged nations in the past for what conduct they allowed among their citizens. 

 

Look back into history at the countries that practiced such life styles.  They no longer exist in the powerful forms of government that they once did.  Greece fell to Rome.  Rome fell to the Ottomans.  God roasted Sodom and Gohmorrah for such flagrant disregard for his principles, Gen.19:24-29.

And, the biggest example has to be the long tale of his very own covenant people, the Jews, who claimed a nation with the greatest of ease with his help, and then later were allowed to be consumed by other nations for their disobedience and falling away from their deal.

Is that what we want for our beloved USA.? If he is willing to let the nation of his covenant fall for not following his commandments, why should we expect any less for the US? If we continue down the path we're following, the US will certainly see its demise.

You won't necessarily be safe in other portions of the world, either.

 

All these people coming out of the closet may want to scurry back in there when the Muslims try to take over the world, as their agenda is to kill all Christians, Jews, and Homosexuals because none of them follow Shariah Law.

So, if the Muslims kill you and then God judges you and tosses you into the lake of fire what have you really gained by all this homosexual marriage?  

Evolution: Does Geological Evidence Prove It Impossible?

By Barbara Parker

Ideas derived from THE TWILIGHT OF EVOLUTION by Dr. Henry Morris. 

The first law of thermodynamics says energy can be transformed in various ways, but can neither be created nor destroyed.

Evolution says that increasing organization and integration and development is continually taking place in the present.

The second law of thermodynamics says if left to itself any isolated system will go toward greater entropy, greater randomization, and greater disorganization. (confirmed law)

Evolution is the exact opposite (theory).  Evolution relies on uniformitarianism to explain the geologic features of our Earth’s crust. “The processes we see at work on the crust today are sufficient to account for all the events of the past that have formed the Earth’s crust.”

If one truly pays attention to the two laws of thermodynamics, it becomes obvious that evolution is impossible.

It used to be that Geologists believed that the features of our crust were formed by a series of catastrophes.  The destruction and chaos caused by a global flood would have resulted in a certain stratified order.

There would have been a tendency for sediments and organisms which occupied the lowest elevations at the time of the flood to have been buried deepest by the receding flood waters. So simple marine organisms and marine sediments would tend to be buried the deepest, followed by fish and more complex sea creatures, on top of that reptiles, amphibians, still higher up mammals and finally man.

Another factor would be specific gravity and hydrodynamic drag. In plain English, each particle of material, along with the remains of each creature would tend to fall out of the water via gravity. Organisms of high density and simple structure would settle most quickly and be buried deepest. Due to the hydrodynamic selectivity fossils would have been sorted with organisms of similar shape and size sinking together.

Also organisms capable of escaping the flood waters would have scrambled to higher ground.  Simpler, less mobile, smaller creatures would have been trapped first and buried deepest. This would mean that most men and higher animals would have floated on the water at death or until decomposed and never buried in the sediment at all.

These three factors would have produced a fairly well graded series of layers of deposits which would increase in size and complexity with the higher elevations of burial.

This is exactly the general order found in the fossil record.

Noah’s great world wide flood offers a highly reasonable solution to the enigma of the fossil record. Any system of historical geology that ignores the effects of a global flood must be a large fallacy.