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Thoughts of Monk Michael (Sweet)
Let's Not forget to put Jesus Christ back into Christmas whose coming into this
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Matthew 24 & 25:
To begin I would like to extend the blessings of our Metropolitan Archbishop
Joseph Thaddeus, our Very Reverend Archimandrite Gregori and the whole church to
you and I hope that you will grow in truth and gain a better understanding of
the Father+, the Son+, and the Holy Spirit+.
There is a false doctrine out there and it has a name; it's called "The
Rapture", there are several pieces of scripture recited to back this
'Rapture' up. A few of them are found in St. Matthew chapters 24 & 25, here are
a couple; Mt. 24:40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken
away and the other left, 41 Two women will be grinding at the hand mill;
one will be taken and the other left. Somehow these verses automatically mean
that good people will be taken away and bad people will be left and some of them
will then become saved through much tribulation and anguish with fear and death.
Weren't Christians already subjected to death, fear and anguish for accepting
Christ? Are we still now being executed in parts of the known 'civilized' areas
of the world? Does anyone not see and understand what is going on with Islam
burning down Christian Churches and mutilating Christians as well as any other
non-Muslim, are we ignoring Christians in China who are being executed or
imprisoned as well?
Are you blind to the acceptance of the Mark of Satan that is going on around you
at this very moment? Are you waiting for some magic number of '666' to appear
somehow and then you will wake up? Can you not see the world system is the '666'
that you are looking for? Do you not understand the enslavement of too much
debt, false doctrine, neglecting the Holy Creator; God the Father in your
worship by strictly concerning yourself with Jesus Christ alone and ignoring the
fact that as He is God, He is also the man Jesus and that to ignore the Father
is blasphemy?
Did Jesus not say "whatsoever you ask of the Father in my name, He will give it
to you and whatsoever you ask of me in my own name I will do it for you." ?
Isn't Jesus Himself differentiating between Himself and God the Father? Are you
so above Jesus the Christ that you can ignore the Father of all creation in your
worship? You have turned the worship of the Father through Jesus Christ
into a cult worship. Like it or not, the Bible alone mentality is
destroying Christianity by ignoring the worship established and allowing any
doctrine or worship whatsoever one wishes to be called Christian and then
working on the idea of joining together under one banner, this is a false
Christianity, it is a bunch of philosophies trying to get together and act as
one furthering the cult mentality.
Go backwards in this chapter (Mt. 24) to verses 30 and 31, 30 Then the
sign of the Son of man will appear in the sky and all the generations of the
earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of the
sky with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels
with a large trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other. This sure doesn't sound like anyone,
good or bad, is going to miss the second coming, there is no silence
here. No doubt He will be coming with a bang and 10 verses later one will be
taken and one will be left except everyone will be seeing it happen as stated in
verses 30 & 31.
Now in chapter 25, verse 31 When the Son of man comes in his
glory, and all his holy angels with him, then he will sit upon the throne of
glory. 33 And he will set the sheep at his right and the goats at his
left. 46 And these shall go into everlasting torment, and the righteous
into eternal life.
So put away your Sunday school lessons and your Bible study that takes 5 verses
from various books and 25 pages of explanation to put them together into a
philosophy and read these few paragraphs here and the two chapters cited; St.
Matthew 24 & 25, not just once and not over the period of two days. My Lord
was giving a lesson and it took two chapters to give it. Give him the courtesy
of reading both chapters in one sitting and get the full impact, then read them
several more times and meditate on them.
Then think about this; what if those who are left are not the bad people who now
have to struggle harder to live for Jesus, what if it is too late and the one
grinding, who is left, is the one who remains with Jesus?
Why is this important?
Expecting the tribulation, will make you lazy
in Christ, it will make you lazy in your commitment to doing what you should be
doing now. It allows people to continue living in sin, "so what if
Jesus comes? If he does then I will have proof and no one will be able to force
me to not accept him in the tribulation because then I will know". And
many false prophets will rise and will mislead a great many. St. Matthew
24:11.
The Reformation has produced over 3,000 of them and more each day. Teaching
doctrine that was not taught since the beginning while claiming 'revealed
truth'.
Remember that Jesus Christ gave us a church to guide us, not a book, the church
in turn gave us a book made up of many books, the church is the authority. If
your church has been born from a Bible and not from the line of
teachers since Christ, then your church is in error and teaches a
false doctrine. How do I know this? Well let's see what Jesus said to the
Apostles regarding the power and authority of the church;
Matthew 18:18
Truly I say to you, Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,
and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.
Jesus Christ.
So you follow Jesus Christ and in turn follow the church, or you do not.
Let us pray;
Lord Jesus Christ, who did say to Your Apostles: peace I leave
with you, My peace I give unto you, look not upon my sins, but upon the faith of
Thy church; and vouchsafe unto her that peace and unity which is agreeable to
Thy will: who lives and reigns God forever and ever. Amen.
Monk Michael
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