WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?
(WHAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO QUALIFY TO SIT ON
A HIGH THRONE FOR ETERNITY?)
Although this was written in March 2004 I regard it as one of the most important document that I have written, if you are NOT fully aware of the opportunity to sit on a high throne I commend this article for your urgent consideration.
Note that since writing this article I have come to understand that unbelievers and those who are rejected do NOT burn in torment for eternity -- after death they return to earth as disembodied spirits, that is demons or ancestor spirits and seek to lead those who are still alive into deeper sin in the hope that the forces of darkness can defeat those serving to the Almighty and rule on earth for eternity. IF they are NOT successful at the end of the age they will be cast into the fire and will be consumed -- on the Day of Judgment BELIEVERS who have unconfessed sin in their lives at the point of death are tormented in the fire until they have paid the price for their unconfessed sin see http://www.end-time-issue-ministries.org/Hell.aspx
For an in-depth analysis of the REAL rules of engagement between the forces of darkness and the Almighty Creator see http://www.end-time-issue-ministries.org/Articles/ArticleViewPage/tabid/124/ArticleId/497/2013-11-08-Rules-of-Engagement-between-Almighty-Yah-and-Satan.aspx
This article is long and is effectively a book, the pdf can be downloaded by clicking on this link
1. A CRITICAL QUESTION
The most important question facing every human being today, as in every
generation, is:
"Where will i spend eternity?"
This is a question that very few people are considering in earnest.
Revelation 3:21 "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." (KJV)
It IS possible for any one of us to sit on a throne for eternity IF we overcome.
versus:
Revelation 20:11-15:
"11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before the Almighty {God}; and
the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life:
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire." (KJV, adjusted)
It is possible to be cast into the lake of fire for eternity.
There are few who understand that eternity involves a continuum
ranging from reigning on a High Throne with Yahooshua {Jesus} for
eternity to spending eternity close to Satan in the most tormented part
of the lake of fire.
This article seeks to present some data with a view to making the options more
readily visible.
2. AN IMPORTANT CAVEAT
Many readers are likely to conclude that this article is written from what many
will regard as a "Christian" perspective, based on the writings that are cited.
At one level this is accurate, since this is the tradition from which my perspective
has developed and on which most of my knowledge is based.
However, i have chosen to detach myself from the "Christian" tradition and
simply to see myself as "a believer in Yah the eternally self existing" (the
Almighty). In doing this, i am seeking to find a position which is the essence of
what the Almighty is saying to mankind today.
While my understanding of this position is based on what is commonly referred
to as the "Christian" tradition, i have increasingly come to understand that there
are pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that are not really covered in modern "Christian"
thinking. I have also come to conclude that most of modern "Christian" thinking
is far removed from the way Yahooshua {Jesus} understood things.
In arriving at this position i have increasingly taken account of other traditions,
particularly Jewish and Muslim since both these groups are expressly seeking to
serve the Almighty.
There are also traditions and bodies of knowledge that i am currently not
knowledgeable about. Particularly in John 10:16 Yahooshua says "And other
sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they
shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." (KJV)
There is reportedly a tradition in South or Central America amongst Aztec or Inca
Indians, of a man, who is considered by some to be Yahooshua, appearing to
their ancestors at about the time of Yahooshua's resurrection and appearance to
his followers in Israel. There are other reports of others around the world looking
to some manifestation of a saviour from the Almighty.
Accordingly, there are grounds to suppose that there is much that we do not
understand about other traditions, other bodies of teachings, etc which may add
to the understanding of what is presented in this document.
Accordingly, this message is relevant to ALL mankind, no matter what tradition
they have followed to arrive at their present position.
3. WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?
The question of "where will i spend eternity" is a question that very few who
claim to "believe" and to have some form of relationship with the Almighty seem
to be considering in earnest.
As far as the writer can determine, most of those who "believe" have some vague
idea that because they "believe", whatever they "believe", they WILL spend
eternity in Heaven.
There are many verses in the sacred writings that indicate that this is not
necessarily so.
Amongst the broad spectrum of those who CLAIM to "believe" there is massive
disparity, diversity and disagreement. They CANNOT all be correct. How does
anyone know that they are correct?
In fact, prayerful consideration of key verses and other prophetic documents
indicates that the reality is very different.
The book, "The Final Quest", by Rick Joyner, reports a number of visions in which
Joyner was caught up into the Second Heaven and the Third Heaven. In this
book, Joyner reports statements that suggest that only 1% of those who had
been called to spend eternity in Heaven up to the time of the visions in 1995
would do so.
In other words, 99% of those called to spend eternity in Heaven as of
1995 would, in fact, spend eternity in the lake of fire unless something
happened.
On 17 January 2002, the writer was told by the Almighty that, in terms of the
present generation, it was no longer one percent that would make it, the number
of the present generation had declined. I was told that as at that date, IF the
world was to be judged at that moment, only thirty million (30,000,000) people
of the entire world population on earth at that moment would qualify to enter
heaven.
On Passover 2004 (6 April), i was told that this number had reduced to three
million (3,000,000).
These statistics relate to dramatic changes that have taken place in the spiritual
realm in the years following the two thousandth anniversary of the birth of
Yahooshua the anointed of Yah {Jesus Christ}.
These statistics are given by the Almighty in order to challenge every one of us
to turn to Him and repent of our sins and our errors. Particularly those that we
do NOT KNOW are sins and errors. We are called to turn from those things that
are accepted as true doctrine by hundreds of millions and in some cases billions
of people and turn to Him.
Much of this relates to the withdrawal of the Grace that has prevailed on earth
since the death of Yahooshua on the stake {cross} and the ushering in of the
New Covenant at that time.
Today, mankind is being required to take responsibility for what we believe.
We are being called to enter into a close personal relationship with the
Almighty.
We are being called to take personal responsibility for what we believe and to
stop relying on other men and the writings of other men to define our faith.
We are being called to return to the essential, fundamental writings, inspired by
the Almighty, both ancient and modern and to hear His Prophets. We are also
being called to test every word in prayer through a deep personal relationship
with the Almighty.
We are being called to consider the challenge:
a) Will YOU go all out to seek to please the Almighty?
b) Will YOU go all out to seek to be found to be a "good and faithful
servant"?
c) Will YOU go all out to seek a high throne for eternity in the hope that
you will AT LEAST qualify to spend eternity in Heaven SOMEHOW?"
d) or will YOU consume your life believing whatever you believe at the risk
of being bitterly disappointed on the Day of Judgment?
Do YOU fear the Judgment of the Almighty?
With a view to assisting each one of us to answer these questions, here are a few
verses to consider:
Revelation 3:21 "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." (KJV)
It IS possible to sit on a throne for eternity, HOWEVER, it requires that one
"overcometh".
Philippians 2:12 "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in
my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling." (KJV)
We are advised to work out our OWN salvation with fear and trembling.
In other words, simply because one has "made a decision" or prayed a prayer,
or goes to the local assembly {church}, or prays regularly, or reads the writings
{book / Bible}, this verse suggests we need to WORK OUT our salvation.
Salvation is NOT inevitable, nor is it a right.
A place in Heaven is NOT inevitable, nor is it a right.
Consider Revelation 21:7-8 "7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and
I will be his Mighty One {God}, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and
unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." (KJV, name
adjusted)
Here we see a critical juxtaposition:
a) If we overcome, we shall inherit all things and the Almighty will be our
Mighty One {God} and we will be His son's (children).
b) Otherwise, we will have a PART in the lake of fire and brimstone which
is the second death. This says a "part".
In other words, one can go to heaven but FIRST burn in the lake of fire and
brimstone for one's sins!
Notice also that verse eight specifically mentions "the unbelieving". This
accounts for all those who are NOT believers!
In other words, the REST of verse eight is speaking to "believers". It is
also speaking to those who call themselves believers but who do not
believe.
So, if you are a believer and at some time in your life you have been:
- fearful
or
- unbelieving
or
- abominable
or
- a murderer (remember Matthew 5:22 "whosoever shall say, Thou fool,
shall be in danger of hell fire")
or
- a whoremonger (adulterer, fornicator - Man are you living with every
woman whose virginity you have taken? Woman, are you living with the
man who took your virginity? - Sexual intercourse with a virgin IS
marriage, if a woman is not living with the man who took her virginity,
they are almost certainly in adultery - repentance does NOT fix this, it is
much more complicated!
Fornication ALSO includes spiritual treachery - Man, are you in complete
submission to the Almighty or in rebellion? Woman, are you in complete
submission to your husband or in rebellion? etc)
or
- sorcerers (Are you engaged in manipulation? Are you praying
manipulative prayers? Are you cursing others by judging them and
speaking out your judgments or in other ways? Are you using swear words
like "damn" and "hell", etc? etc)
or
- idolaters (Who or what are you worshipping besides the Almighty? Are
you worshipping Yahooshua {Jesus}, a created being? Are you
worshipping "The Bible" as the "inerrant word of God" even though none
of the writers claim this? etc)
or
- a liar (includes all false doctrines you have heard or read about and
believed, practice, talk about, preach yourself. Includes all jokes, white
lies, practical jokes, etc. Includes what you write for advertisements, TV
programmes, magazines, books, etc that is not factual and accurate versus
fiction. Includes if you even absorb these things and speak of them as
though they are true.
IF you are doing ANY of the above, Revelation 21:8 indicates that you WILL
spend time in the lake of fire and brimstone, EVEN if you make it to heaven,
UNLESS you have confessed your sin and repented in this life.
1 John 1:8-10 "8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we
have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." (KJV)
Matthew 13:49-50: "49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall
come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them
into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
(KJV)
4. A VITAL QUESTION: DO WE KNOW WHAT SIN IS? - WHAT IS THE
ESSENCE OF THE JUDGMENT?
Revelation 21:8, cited above, gives us a fairly detailed identification of sin. Many
other verses provide more detail.
In essence, the basis of the Judgment is defined in Exodus 20:
Exodus 19:16-20 & 20:1-19
"16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the
trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with Yah
{God}; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because Yah the eternally self
existing {the LORD} descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended
as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and
louder, Moses spake, and Yah {God} answered him by a voice.
20 And Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} came down upon mount
Sinai, on the top of the mount: and Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD}
called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
...
CHAPTER 20
1 And Yah {God} spake all these words, saying,
2 I am Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} thy Mighty One {God},
which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other mighty ones {gods} before me. (1)
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness
of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I Yah
the eternally self existing {the LORD} thy Mighty One {God} am a jealous Mighty
One {God}, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my
commandments. (2)
7 Thou shalt not take the name of Yah the eternally self existing {the
LORD} thy Mighty One {God} in vain; for Yah the eternally self existing {the
LORD} will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (3)
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yah the eternally self existing {the
LORD} thy Mighty One {God}: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore
Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed
it. (4)
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the
land which Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} thy Mighty One {God}
giveth thee. (5)
13 Thou shalt not kill. (6)
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. (7)
15 Thou shalt not steal. (8)
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (9)
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,
nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. (10)
18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise
of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they
removed, and stood afar off.
19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not
Yah {God} speak with us, lest we die." (KJV, adjusted)
This is the only time in recorded history that i know of where the Almighty has
come down on a mountain in fire and smoke and SPOKEN to a large group of
human beings about His commandments.
Since the people asked that it never happen again, it seems likely that it has
never happened again.
Furthermore, in Deuteronomy 10:4 Moses (Moshe) states "And he [Yah the
eternally self existing] wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten
commandments, which Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} spake unto you
in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yah the
eternally self existing {the LORD} gave them unto me. (KJV, adjusted)
The Almighty, Himself, recorded the ten commandments on the tables (tablets)
of stone.
Stone indicates that these commandments will NEVER pass away.
It therefore seems clear that those commandments are the most important words
the Almighty has spoken to mankind. It is the writers clear understanding that
the entire basis of the Judgment and the essential basis of whether a person will
spend eternity in Heaven or the lake of fire will be based on these ten
commandments.
5. CAUSE FOR CONCERN - NEARLY ALL OF MANKIND IS BREAKING MOST
OF THE COMMANDMENTS
In recent years, the writer has come to understand that most of mankind,
including PARTICULARLY the "Christian" "church" is, at an individual and
corporate level, breaking most of the commandments.
In particular, almost universal doctrines of the "Christian church" regarding who
Yahooshua {Jesus} is considered to be, the way many view "The Bible", the
names applied to the Almighty and Yahooshua, the day observed as Sabbath, the
major holidays and feasts, the way parents are treated, marriage and virginity
(monogamy) are resulting in sins that are affecting an extremely large portion
of the world population.
Furthermore, sins that are commonplace in "Christian" nations, like abortion,
advertising that stimulates covetousness or is misleading or manipulative,
"jokes" (which are lies), etc is seriously compounding the sin of the world.
This is compounded by the false doctrines of the vast majority of mankind.
All of this adds up to a terrible litany of sin.
Ultimately every person will pay the price for what they have done and what they
have believed on the Day of Judgment AND for what they have caused others to
believe.
Hence the terrible statistics in terms of the implications if judgment was to come
on the world today!
This is coupled with an enormous need for repentance, self examination and
turning around in order to reverse these statistics.
Matthew 18:14 "Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven,
that one of these little ones should perish." (KJV)