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Matthew 26:64 is NOT a "Preterist Time Indicator" Pointing to AD70 "In short, the usage of "Apo Arti" in Matthew 26:64 [Apo ("from" - Strongs 575) and Arti ("now on" - Strong's 737)] is highly suggestive of the themes that have been previously offered at this blog ; that is, a series of revelatory recognitions of the power and glory of Jesus Christ's dominance by friend and foe alike. Though the typically pret-friendly Weymouth translation would like to make Jesus say "later on, you will see.." this is not really honest. I would rather say that it was simply a mistake, but I find it impossible to believe that neither Richard Francis Weymouth ("If this belief ever obtains general acceptance the earlier date of the Apocalypse will also be regarded as fully established. For it will then be seen that the book describes beforehand events which took place in 70 A.D.") nor Earnest Hampden-Cook (co-editor and author of "The Christ Has Come") were aware of how important (ironically) a futurist spin on this passage is to uphold their Preterist assumptions. However, not only is there no sense of futurity in this very emphatic Greek phrase, but rather we see quite the opposite.
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| Modern "Televangelists" "The deplorable conditions which I recently encountered when I was a visitor constrained me to prepare this brief and simple catechism or statement of Christian teaching. Good God, what wretchedness I beheld! The common people have no knowledge whatsoever of Christian teaching, and unfortunately many pastors are quite incompetent and unfitted for teaching. Although the people are supposed to be Christian, are baptized, and receive the holy sacrament, they live as if they were pigs and irrational beasts, and now that the Gospel has been restored they have mastered the fine art of abusing liberty. Benny Hinn
"The Holy Ghost is upon me...The day is coming when those that attack us will drop dead. You say, 'What did you say?' I speak this under the anointing of the Spirit. Can I tell you something? Don't touch God's servants; it's deadly...Woe to you that touch God's servants. You're going to pay. 'And the day will come," the Lord said that to me. He said, "The day will come when I will punish instantly. Woe to those that touch my chosen.' They will fear us. Hear this: today they mock us; tomorrow they will fear us." - "Miracle Invasion Rally," Anaheim Convention Center, 11/22/91 "Adam was a super being when God created him. I don't know whether people realize this, but he was the first Superman that really ever lived. First of all, the Scriptures declare clearly that he had dominion over the fowls of the air, the fish of the sea - which means he used to fly. Of course, how can he have dominion over the birds and not be able to do what they do? The word 'dominion' in the Hebrew clearly declares that if you have dominion over a subject, that you do everything that subject does. In other words, that subject, if it does something you cannot do, you don't have dominion over it. I'll prove it further. Adam not only flew, he flew to space. He was - with one thought he would be on the moon." - TBN "Praise the Lord" program, 12/26/91 "God came from heaven, became a man, made man into little gods, went back to heaven as a man. He faces the Father as a man. I face devils as the son of God...Quit your nonsense! What else are you? If you say I am, you're saying I'm a part of Him, right? Is he God? Are you His offspring? Are you His children? You can't be human! You can't! You can't! God didn't give birth to the flesh...You said, 'Well, that's heresy.' No, that's your crazy brain saying that." - "Our Position In Christ #2 - The Word Made Flesh" video tape #255, Orlando Christian Center, 1991 "Ladies and gentlemen, the serpent is a symbol of Satan. Jesus Christ knew the only way He would stop Satan is by becoming one in nature with him. You say, 'What did you say? What blasphemy is this?' No, you hear this! He did not take my sin; He became my sin. Sin is the nature of hell. Sin is what made Satan...It was sin that made Satan. Jesus said, 'I'll be sin! I'll go to the lowest place! I'll go to the origin of it! I won't just take part in it, I'll be the totality of it!' When Jesus became sin, sir, He took it from A to Z and said, 'No more!' Think about this: He became flesh, that flesh might become like Him. He became death, so dying man can live. He became sin, so sinners can be righteous in Him. He became one with the nature of Satan, so all those who had the nature of Satan can partake of the nature of God." - "Benny Hinn" program, TBN, 12/15/90 "Now, are you ready for some real revelation knowledge? OK. Now watch this: He laid aside His divine form...so one day I would be clothed on earth with the divine form. Kenneth Hagin has a teaching. A lot of people have problems with it. Yet it is absolute truth. Kenneth Copeland has a teaching. Many Christians have put holes in it, but it's divine truth. Hagin and Copeland say: You are god. Ye are gods. 'Oh, I can't be god.' Hold it. Let's bring balance to this teaching. The balance is taught by Copeland, who is my dear friend, but it's those that repeat what he says that are messing it up. You see there brother? When Jesus was on earth, the Bible says that first He disrobed Himself of the divine form. He, the limitless God, became a man, that we men, may become as He is." - "Our Position In Christ" cassette tape #A031190, Orlando Christian Center, 1990
Kenneth Copeland
"Adam committed high treason; and at that point, all the dominion and authority God had given tohim was handed over to Satan. Suddenly, God was on the outside looking in...After Adam's fall, God found Himself in a peculiar position...God needed an avenue back into the earth...God laid out His proposition and Abram accepted it. It gave God access to the earth and gave man access to God...Technically, if God ever broke the Covenant, He would have to destroy Himself." - "Our Covenant With God," KCP Publications, 1987, pages 8-11 "God's reason for creating Adam was His desire to reproduce Himself...He was not a little like God. He was not almost like God. He was not subordinate to God even." - "Following the Faith of Abraham I", KCM audiotape #01-3001, 1989 "The Spirit of God spoke to me and He said, 'Son, realize this. Now follow me in this and don't let your tradition trip you up.' He said, 'Think this way - a twice born man whipped Satan in his own domain.' And I threw my Bible down...like that. I said, 'What?' He said, 'A born-again man defeated Satan, the firstborn of many brethren defeated him.' He said, 'You are the very image, the very copy of that one.' I said, 'Goodness, gracious sakes alive!' And I began to see what had gone on in there, and I said, 'Well now you don't mean, you couldn't dare mean, that I could have done the same thing?' He said, 'Oh yeah, if you'd had the knowledge of God that He did, you could've done the same thing, 'cause you're a reborn man too." - "Substitution & Identification", KCM audiotape #00-0202, 1989
Bob Larson
"I insisted that Christians claiming to have demons were making excuses for problems of carnality or personal lack of discipline; they were avoiding the tough part of growing in grace and maturing in a deeper understanding of Scripture. I overcame this theological prejudice...I discovered that the issue wasn't as conclusive as I had thought...I realized that those pastors and Bible teachers who had repeatedly reinforced the 'Christian can't have a demon' outlook had very little practical experience with the phenomenon. I concluded that, while doctrine is not based on experience, the lack of experiential testimony is about such a crucial area of spiritual deliverance was a glaring weakness....The moment a person is born into the kingdom of God by faith in Christ (Eph.2:8-9), the spirit is eternally reborn and belongs to God...However, man is a tripartite being (1Thess 5:23), and there are aspects of the human condition that Satan can afflict. While he is prohibited from touching the spirit of God's saints, nothing prevents him from tormenting the body and soul - if the disobedient conduct of a Christian allows him to do so." - "In The Name Of Satan" - Thomas Nelson Publishing, 1996, page 75 "What about those instances in which a demon manifests in a Christian? In most cases the demon entered before the believer's conversion to Christianity, and the evil spirit continued to control some part of the Christian's life because the specific occult sin was never renounced. The demon claims squatters rights." - "ITNOS", Thomas Nelson Publishing, 1996, page 78 "I have had my physical appearance duplicated by demons." "ITNOS", Thomas Nelson Publishing, 1996, page 154 "Our future is at stake, I'm battling the forces of darkness and I've got to know that you are there and you care about me remaining behind this microphone to deal with the devil and expose what the forces of evil are doing to destroy your home, your church, and your family so back me now!" "Talk-Back" radio program, 1/7/97 [Larson is speaking to an alleged demon.] "Breathe in the Holy Spirit right now - I command you to breathe deeply, BREATHE DEEPLY, breathe the Holy Spirit! The angels of God make you breathe in the Holy Spirit!!" - Live radio broadcast, 1/7/97. [speaking about potential recruits of Satanism] "They are fairly obvious - the music that he listens to, the friends that he keeps, the literature that he reads. Not any one of these things or even a combination necessarily means that the kid is in Satanism, but if there is an obsession with these types of things, some indication that his life is totally absorbed around black metal music, or absorbed around reading occult literature or seeing horror films, then the parents had best start asking some very serious questions." (Emphasis added.) - Bob Larson interview, TBN, October 1997.
Rod Parsley
"Forget Paul's Thorn! We know God has the power to heal. He translated us out of the power of darkness and into the kingdom of light...You know Jesus has the power to heal. In this chapter, I am absolutely intent on convincing you that not only does He have the power to heal you, it is His absolute and perfect will to heal you. We do not have to sift through Paul's thorn, Job's boils, or Timothy's sick stomach to try to understand the perfect will of God. You must realize Paul's infirmity was not in his flesh; it was his soulish man - his mind, his will, and emotions. We know this because he told us the thorn was a messenger of Satan sent to buffet him....It is time preachers stop trying to make excuses for their lack of faith and understanding of the Word of God." - "ROB", Results Publishing, 1992, pages 267, 268 "On the inside of you, you will sense something prompting you to say words and syllables. Just open your mouth and let the words flow. I do not care if it is 'la, la, la,' or 'da, da, da.' The devil hates it all." - "ROB", Results Publishing, 1992, page 236 "I don't want to look like I slept upside down in a posthole, like I bounced off the back of a covered wagon, like I am eating out of trash cans, like I am living out of a food pantry, or like I am getting my clothes from the missionary barrel. I have had enough of that. You can keep it if you want to. I will endure the persecution that comes with the blessing. Why hasn't the body of Christ received this truth? Why are we not living this reality? I am telling you, if you will pray God's way, God can open up whatever you need opened up in your life. Your prayer, mixed with giving, will become a memorial before God." - "ROB", Results Publishing, 1992, page 327 "It's as simple and as tragic as this: When I cut stations, souls may be lost for eternity." - Fundraising letter, September, 1997 Send an email with your comments to todd @ preteristarchive.com Be sure to include the article name. They will be posted shortly upon receipt Date: 05 Nov 2003 Time: 16:35:34 CommentsWow...the four little pigs. Wish they all stayed home. Maybe an angel will huff and puff and blow their houses down. I repent. It's good Jesus came for the sick. Sorry. RW, San Diego Date: 11 Jan 2004 Time: 20:08:29 CommentsAS FAR AS "I-AM" IS CONCERNED, YOU ALL ARE DEALING WITH THE DEMONIC POWERS OF DARKNESS. bECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE NOT A LOVE FOR "TRUTH" I WILL BRING YOU A STRONG DELUSION, THAT IF POSSIBLE IT WILL DECIEVE THE VERY ELECT, AND IT HAS. YOU ALL PROCLAIM TO WORSHIP THE SAME GOD AND YET CANNOT AGREE TO THE SAME TRUTH. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION THERE. WHO IS THE MASTER OF CONFUSION? THE EVIL FORCES, ALONG WITH THE MASTER ITSELF, BAAL,{LORD}. THIS FORCE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO BE WORSHIPPED, AND IT IS EVERYDAY BY YOU ALL WHO SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUES AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT! WHEN YOU ALL CAN START TO RIGHTLY DEVIDE THE WORD ONE JOT OR TIDDLE AT A TIME AND CLEAN UP YOUR LANGUAGE THEN YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE OR EVEN HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCHES. COME OUT AND BE SEPERATE. TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN THING AND DO NOT WORSHIP ME LIKE THOSE (7) HEATHEN NATIONS DO THEIR ELOHIM OR YOU WILL SUFFER THE JUDGEMENT. I-AM CALLING MY CHILDREN HOME. DO YOU REMEMBER MY NAME? IN LOVE A FRIEND FROM HOME. Date: 27 Mar 2004 Time: 16:08:10 CommentsHAHA! Some of this stuff is funny, but it is sad at the same time. What is up with that response from January 11, 2004? LOL! Seems to me that if you are going to write in first person, as if writing for God, that you would at least spell things correctly. Strange quotes above, to say the least. DBS, March 27, 2004 Date: 20 Apr 2004 Time: 10:57:36 CommentsWow! These are some powerful statements. Thanks for the important truths that these men have shared in the past with fellow believers. This website is attempting to bring division to the Body of Christ, and they doing nothing but teaching others through these men of God that they are quoting. Thanks! :) Date: 20 Apr 2004 Time: 10:59:00 CommentsWow! These are some powerful statements. Thanks for the important truths that these men have shared in the past with fellow believers. This website is attempting to bring division to the Body of Christ, and they doing nothing but teaching others through these men of God that they are quoting. Thanks! :) Date: 20 Apr 2004 Time: 10:59:29 CommentsWow! These are some powerful statements. Thanks for the important truths that these men have shared in the past with fellow believers. This website is attempting to bring division to the Body of Christ, and they doing nothing but teaching others through these men of God that they are quoting. Thanks! :) Date: 17 May 2004 Time: 21:45:15 CommentsI don't think I understand. Are you PROMOTING these televangelists or are you saying that they are false prophets? Date: 17 Jun 2004 Time: 21:12:04 Commentsdope. Date: 17 Nov 2004 Time: 12:03:53 CommentsMoses is on the mountain of sinai for 40 days AND Jesus is in the wilderness for 40 days!! BABEL spelled with Greek letters (and using their 'numerical values') yields "40". First Peter 5:l3 (New English Bible) states: "Greetings from her who dwells in Babel . . ." ARE WE DEALING WITH A VARIATION ON A THEME?! [WALTER C. CAMBRA] Date: 05 Jan 2005 Time: 00:00:28 CommentsDate: 05 Jan 2005 Time: 00:10:06 CommentsI take exception to the comment that this website is bringing division to the Body of Christ. I am a Christian pastor and I am personally sick of the money grubbing parasites that that use the name of my Lord Jesus to line their pockets. These preachers care nothing about the truth or people. They care about money, homes, cars, airplanes,etc... It is all about money. It is time for Christians to wake up and recognize these scam artists for what they are. Date: 16 Jan 2005 Time: 14:08:37 CommentsOnly someone completely blinded to the truth of the Bible could believe what these men have said. How dare they presume to speak for God? I pray that God will open all our eyes to what the real truth is, but I know it is definately not what these men are saying! Date: 04 Feb 2005 Time: 14:22:52 CommentsThe CIRCUIT RIDER vs. The TELEVANGELIST" -by Michael Edds <MichaelEdds@aol.com> In my continued research on the "old wells of revival" I have discovered some incredibly contrasting bits of information. One of the top televangelists in the nation was recently invited to preach in Baltimore, Maryland. His terms for coming were #1. That he must be picked up by a limousine at the airport, #2. that he must have $1,000 spending money, #3. That he must be guaranteed at least $10,000 in offerings. This same televangelist/ pastor lives in a multi million dollar mansion, eats in the finest restaurants and wears the most expensive tailor-made suits. His writings and speaking engagements have garnered millions of dollars. He brags that he is a role model of the prosperity message of our day. He pastors a mega church, appears on national and international television, has authored many books and draws tens of thousands to hear him. To his credit, he is a powerful, commanding speaker. However, please contrast this to the following life and ministry of the great circuit rider, Francis Asbury in the late 1700s and early 1800s. While still in his 20's, Bishop Francis Asbury left his home and family forever in England to come to a wilderness called America. He came to be a traveling preacher/evangelist in a nation with little infrastructure such as roads, decent housing, few hotels and restaurants, poor sanitation and dangerous drinking water, few medical professionals and limited law enforcement. The nation had recently plunged into a violent war of independence against Asbury's native land of England. The American frontier was also ablaze with war between the colonist and Native Americans tribes. Asbury was not greeted upon his arrival by a limo. He had to purchase a horse on which he traveled 6,000 a year for over 40 years. His financial reward was $60 a year, much of which he gave away or sent back to England to help his parents. He wore hand-me-downs not tailor made suits. He had no retirement, no insurance, no dental plan, and no 401 k. He set no fee for his ministry. What he did receive, he often gave away. He traveled on "roads" on which his horse sank many times knee-deep in mud. If a road did not exist, he would lead his horse over the steep, rocky inclines of the Appalachians to reach a pioneer community. Many times, his feet and legs were bloodied and bruised by the horrific journey. When he came to a river where there was no bridge or ferry, he would swim his horse across. Numerous times he was nearly drowned by an angry, swollen stream. His "hotel" on many occasions was on a dirt floor in an overcrowded, rat- infested frontier cabin. Often times he slept in the woods, on a mountain ledge or in a damp cave. Many days he would travel over 60 miles with nothing to eat. The paths and roads he traveled were full of dangers from murderers, thieves, wolves, bears, poisonous snakes and roaming bands of Native Americans with whom the frontiersmen were at war. If he met someone who needed a cloak, food or money, he would take what he had and give it to the person in need. Asbury sought out the forgotten, hidden places of early America. He traveled from New England, to the Midwest, and to the Deep South spreading the Gospel of Christ. When he would meet a person who was ill, he would minister to their physical needs with the last medication he had. He demanded nothing of others in order to come into a community. The demands he made were on himself. Frequently, his body would be racked with pain, illness, fever, hunger and weakness. His physical being would cry out for rest and nourishment. However, his spirit ruled his body. When truly unable to travel, he would mount his horse and ride for 8 hours or more through blinding snow storms, torrential rain or in oppressive heat. He too had been invited to Baltimore. In 1816 he was traveling by buggy through Virginia headed to the annual conference in Baltimore. However, he was dying. His last sermon was preached in Richmond. He had to be carried into the meeting room. He commented, "I am too weak to walk but not to preach." They sat him on a small table and he ministered the Word for the last time. He made it as far as Spottsylvania twenty miles north of Richmond. He body was rapidly failing. He stopped at a friend's house on Saturday. Shortly before he left this world he was asked, "Do you feel Jesus precious?" Summoning his last remaining strength, the great circuit rider raised both hands in victory. Minutes later he laid his head on a friend's hand and gently slipped away to be with the Lord. He owned no mansion, no land, and no bank account. His net worth was what he wore on his body. He was buried in a borrowed grave plot. When Asbury came to America, there were few Methodist believers and fewer preachers. At the end of his ministry, there were over 200,000 Methodist believers and almost 8,000 ministers. He impacted lives of thousands upon thousands. He changed the very course of American history. Among his converts were poor farmers, merchants, Governors of several states, frontiersmen, slaves, Native Americans, State Supreme Court Justices, attorneys, physicians, house wives, children, youth and people from all walks of life. He gave all he had. He sought nothing for himself. His passion was to bring salvation and the Light of the Gospel to those in darkness of sin. He loved a nation and made it his own even though he was not her native son. Quite a CONTRAST between the CIRCUIT RIDER and the TELEVANGELIST! One was selfless, the other selfish. One was people-centered, the other ego-centered. One was a Kingdom builder, the other an empire builder. One drew souls into the Kingdom of God, the other drew the masses into an arena. One demanded of himself, the other demanded of others. One gave freely, the other commanded a price. One was a servant, the other a celebrity. Hebrews 11:32-38 speaks about the real heroes of the faith: They were....."tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mocking and beatings, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented... they wandered in deserts, and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.... of whom the world was not worthy." How long are we going to tolerate the "superstar syndrome" in the church? How long are we going to feed the ego and pocketbooks of these self-seeking charlatans, regardless of how articulate they are? How long will we continue to pack their arenas and buy their CDs, DVDs and books? How long will we pick them up in limos, and line their wallets with thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on self? How long will we tolerate apostasy??? My God, how far we have fallen!!!! God is calling on us as His people to repent and turn from our wicked ways. He is calling us to seek HIS face. I am praying that God will overthrow this current, perverted religious system and will fulfill Jeremiah 3:15 and give us shepherds after His own heart..... -Mike Edds. Date: 31 Jul 2005 Date: 20 Sep 2005 Date: 05 Feb 2006 Date: 11 Mar 2006 Date: 14 Apr 2006 Date: 09 May 2006 Date: 16 May 2006 ate: 18 Jun 2006 Date: 19 Jul 2006 Date: 19 Jul 2006 Date: 13 Jan 2007 Date: 15 Jan 2007 Date: 09 Jun 2007 Date: 20 Jul 2007 Date: 08 Oct 2007
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