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A Fatal Illusion – Jonathan Brentner - https://www.jonathanbrentner.com/https/jonathan-brentner-g8fgsquarespacecom/config
It’s been heart-wrenching at times, but now I fear I have become numb to the nonstop drumbeat of disability and death about which I read every week, if not every day. In the past couple years, I have read hundreds of reports depicting the great suffering and death caused by the COVID injections. Stories thoroughly buried by the mainstream news, but nonetheless real to those now experiencing great pain or grieving the loss of loved ones. The worldwide phenomenon of sudden deaths has reached a point where I must continue to warn people. The words of Proverbs 24:10-12 compel me to inform people of this fatal illusion that’s advertised as harmless. Some might say I’m a “conspiracy theorist;” that’s fine with me (I’ve been called far worse!). I very much wish I could keep silent, but I cannot. The problem that keeps so many encased in a soundproof, dark bubble of normalcy is their failure to recognize that the globalists march to the drumbeat of Lucifer. They are his minions, which he’s using to set up his new world order over which his man, the antichrist, will reign. It should come as no surprise to anyone that these demonic powerbrokers, who control most governments (including that of the U.S.), are mass murderers and liars. These followers of Satan display his character, which Jesus described as a “murderer” and a “liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44). THE DEADLY TOLL Everything that follows has been carefully researched and in most cases comes with a footnote. The illusion regarding these shots is widespread is not only false, but also deadly. 1. 4,000 SAME DAY FATALITIES According to the CDC VAERS, eleven hundred people in the US died the same day they received a COVID injection with over twelve hundred perishing on the following day. Based on all reports to the CDC, medical professionals reported that 4,000 people died the same day that they took the shots.[i] Please know that only a very small percentage of vaccine injuries are reported to the CDC with the majority of hospitals strictly forbidding any and all reporting of COVID “vaccine” injuries. Some claim that medical professionals report just one percent of adverse effects; I believe that estimate is reasonable. Even with the vastly underreported number of 2,300 dying within a day of the injections in the U.S., is it not similar to playing Russian Roulette to take an injection or booster? Imagine you are in a doctor’s office and the nurse walks in with a needle and sterilizes your upper arm. As she does, she casually mentions that 4,000 people have died the same day they took the shot. Do you still receive it? What if she says that 40,000 have died immediately afterward (a much more accurate assumption, yet far below the likely number of 400,000 same day deaths throughout the world)? Would you not quickly say, “No thank you!?” 2. PLACEBOS If the injections are so deadly, one might ask, “Why do the results vary so widely? Why do many recipients show no side effects whatsoever while thousands drop dead the same day or the next?” During the past couple years, I have heard or read various reports claiming that the drug companies included placebos in the mix of COVID “vaccine” vials that they distributed. This summer, a nurse and another health professional claimed that thirty percent of the Pfizer “COVID vaccines” were in fact placebos. If true, and I suspect that it is, this would explain why many experience no ill-effects whatsoever. A nurse also stated on Twitter that Pfizer has two differing levels of toxicity found in the other seventy percent of the COVID shots. If true, would this not help explain the differing degrees of severity? I have no way of verifying the reports of placebos and varying degrees of toxicity, but they make sense based on the fact that some experience instant death while others have no ill-effects whatsoever. 3. INEFFECTIVE! We now possess a great deal of evidence that the initial claims regarding the COVID-19 “vaccines” were blatantly false. Data published by the United Kingdom (UK) government reveals that in 2022, 92% of those who died in the UK because of COVID-19 were “vaccinated” with one booster. Below is a chart published by the UK:[ii] The above chart, provided by the UK government, dispels everything we have heard about the “vaccine” and what we continually hear from our governments. The injections are anything but reliable and helpful. I can’t emphasize enough that these numbers don’t come from some “anti-vaccine” group, but rather from the government of the United Kingdom. 4. A STATISTICAL LEAP IN THE OCCURRENCE OF MYOCARDITIS Myocarditis is a side effect of the injection that’s much more prevalent among those under fifty years of age. Although it doesn’t result in an immediate death, many who have this heart ailment fail to live another ten years. Based on CDC numbers, the number of young people stricken with this malady worldwide exceeds twenty-seven thousand, which is likely one percent of reality. Based on all that I have read, I can easily believe that the real number is well over two and a half million. 5. HEART ATTACKS ON THE USC BASKETBALL TEAM During the past year, two University of Southern California (USC) basketball players suffered cardiac arrests at practice. USC requires that members of the team have all COVID injections and boosters. Bronny James, the eighteen-year-old son of Lebron James, suffered a mild cardiac arrest on July 14, 2023, while practicing with the team. The same thing happened a year earlier to Vincent Iwuchukwu, another member of the USC basketball team, who has since recovered and returned to practice. 6. THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN ATHLETE FATALITIES William Makis MD, @MakisMD, in his article referenced on Twitter: “Teenage Athletes are still dying suddenly at unprecedented levels in US & Canada!!” provided the names of fifteen high school and college athletes that died suddenly or unexpectedly in the past month!
Many other news accounts confirmed the death of basketball star Caleb White from Alabama. He was one of the top twenty-five players in the country in his class. He suddenly dropped dead at a practice. Previous to the beginning of COVID injections, an average of 29 athletes worldwide died suddenly of heart related ailments each year. In the two and a half years that have followed, there have been 1,884 athlete heart attacks with 1,310 dying as a result. Since January of 2021, the yearly number of sudden deaths among athletes has jumped from 29 to 524. Then there’s this report of a thirty percent increase in heart attacks: NBC’s the Today show reported, “A national study from Cedars Sinai hospital shows the deaths related to heart attacks increased across every age group since the spring of 2020, but the group that saw the biggest increase isn’t who you might think… The relative increase in heart attack-associated deaths among 25-44-year-olds was a staggering 30%… Experts are still working to figure out why young people are so impacted.”[iii] It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the direct correlation between the dramatic rise in heart related ailments and the COVID injections. Why are so many unwilling to connect the dots? 7. IS IT POSSIBLE? 600,000 DEATHS EACH YEAR IN THE U.S. On May 25, 2023, a top insurance analyst in the US, Josh Stirling, reported his findings from the UK to U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. Below is an excerpt from what he shared: Those vaccinated against COVID-19 have a 26 percent higher mortality rate on average compared to those who declined the jab – and the death toll is even more staggering for vaccinated people under 50 years old, where mortality is 49 percent higher than for those unvaccinated. The shocking numbers are based on government data from the United Kingdom and were brought to Senator Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) attention by Josh Stirling, one of the nation’s top insurance analysts and formerly Senior Research Analyst for U.S. nonlife insurance at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.[iv] This same article cited Stirling as concluding, “If you were to take these numbers and apply them to the United States, that ends up being something like 600,000 excess deaths per year.” I have read of other insurance analysts stating that there’s been a forty percent increase in deaths in the under forty-four age group since the introduction of the injections. 8. RASSMUSSEN REPORTS The quote below comes from a January 2, 2023, Rasmussen Reports story. According to their poll: Nearly half of Americans think COVID-19 vaccines may be to blame for many unexplained deaths, and more than a quarter say someone they know could be among the victims.[v] This poll shows that we are not alone in our suspicions. I would be in the 25% that suspect they know someone who has died as a result of the COVID injection, but I can’t say for sure. 9. CANCER?? Dr. Peter McCullough is one of the top cardiologist in America. He’s also a teacher at the Texas A&M Medical School. He recently reported that SV40, “a known cancer-promoting segment of DNA,” has been found in some of the COVID injections. Below is a direct quote from Dr. McCullough as Alex Jones interviewed him: “What I’m telling you is the shots promote cancer through SV40, and they inhibit our ability to fight cancer by suppressing the tumor suppressor system. So now this is looking very bad. Every system is showing cancer rates are up. So, that’s inarguable. The big question is, how much of this is due to the vaccines?” There’s much empirical evidence that backs up this claim. The “fact checkers” will tell you that the link with the increase in the incidents of cancer is totally false. But can you trust them? They are the same ones that tells us the COVID injections are trustworthy and absolutely harmless. They are lying; it’s a fatal illusion and multitudes are dying as a result. The above is just a sampling of what I see every week. I have a profound lack of trust for most sources of information, but the above information comes from those in which I have confidence. SATANIC DELUSIONS What we see today has been planned for over a century. The source is Lucifer and the intent is to “steal and and kill and destroy (John 10:10). RUDOLF STEINER, 1917 Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher and founder of a satanic spiritual movement in his day, wrote the following around 1917: In the future, we will eliminate the soul with medicine. Under the pretext of a ‘healthy point of view,’ there will be a vaccine by which the human body will be treated as soon as possible at birth, so that the human being cannot develop the thought of the existence of soul and spirit. Materialistic doctors will be entrusted with the task of removing the soul of humanity. As today, people are vaccinated against this or that disease, so in the future, children will be vaccinated with a substance that can be produced precisely in such a way that people, thanks to this vaccination, will be immune to being subjected to the ‘madness’ of spiritual life.[vi] He penned these words 105 years ago! Take a few moments to ponder the fact that his words are over a century old. Also, consider the fact that the FDA has approved giving the COVID injection to babies as young as six months, who have virtually a zero chance of dying because of COVID-19. After including the Steiner quote in his book, J.B. Hixson wrote: One wonders what he [Steiner] knew and how he knew it. What did the demons reveal to him about Satan’s transhumanist agenda that would unfold in earnest over the next century.[vii] I agree with Hixson. The minions of Satan revealed their future plans to Steiner who at the time was immersed in the worship of Lucifer. The transhumanists of our day talk openly about eliminating the “god gene” in people. They say this will reduce the “hostility” or violence they believe arises from “religious passion.” That’s a lie, of course, it’s all a part of Satan’s agenda to prepare the way for the antichrist and his kingdom. ALDOUS HUXLEY, 1961 More recently, philosopher and author Aldous Huxley, spoke these words at the California Medical School in 1961 (please, please read these words very carefully): There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.[viii] (emphasis added) Huxley’s words represent the playbook from which today’s globalists operate. What he talked about in 1961 has become reality in 2023. “Pharmaceutical methods” are the weapon of choice for transhumanists seeking to change humanity by combining humans with machines. In 2021, I watched a video on the World Economic Forum (WEF) website showing a smiling young man while the narrator said this about the future, “You will own nothing and be happy.”[ix] Does this not precisely match the words of Huxley? People will never welcome servitude, but Huxley predicted that someday they will because of “pharmacological methods.” Hmmm For more of how Huxley and Steiner directly connect to the current COVID-19 injections, please see my previous article, Suddenly. The satanic planning for today began long ago and true to his nature, the deception is now widespread, and the suffering is over-the-top intense. PHARMACEUTICALS DURING THE TRIBULATION Did you know that Revelation contains two references to the widespread use of pharmaceuticals during the seven-year Tribulation? Revelation 9:21, while speaking of those who refuse to repent during the Tribulation, mentions “sorceries” as something they refuse to give up. In chapter 18, we read that during this time, “Babylon” will deceive the nations through its “sorcery” (18:23). In both verses, the Greek word for “sorcery” is pharmakeia, which in ancient times denoted the administering of drugs and even poison. Most versions of the Bible translate the word as “sorcery” because of the longstanding connection with drugs used in magical spells and witchcraft. Could the references to pharmakeia during the Tribulation period denote the widespread use of “medicinal” injections during this time? Huxley said that the powerbrokers of our world would someday use “pharmacological methods,” aka pharmakeia, to control people. The dots connect rather well. JESUS IS OUR ONLY HOPE My purpose in writing is not only to warn, but to point you to the Savior. These injections are but one of many deadly delusions rampant in these perilous times. The same governments that tell us the COVID injections are 100% reliable at stopping the virus and totally harmless are also saying we must drastically curtail farming and kill hundreds of thousands of cattle in order to “save lives.” How does causing the mass starvation deaths of tens of millions, if not many times that number, preserve human life? These same powerbrokers, who have absolutely no regard for human life whatsoever, are demanding that everyone receive the deadly COVID injections. Last year, I listened as Joe Biden repeatedly yelled into a microphone that all those who refuse the shots are “murderers.” I have yet to figure out how that works. The Lord Jesus is our only hope for the day in which we live. He gives us strength, unshakable peace, and bright hope for the future regardless of Satan’s deadly agenda. What we see happening today is precisely what the Bible said the world would look like in the last days. Although it’s terribly vexing to those of us who love the Lord and His Word, we know it signals the soon return of Jesus to take us home to glory. The words of 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 promise that the event we call the Rapture will happen before the Lord pours out His wrath on this wicked, lawless, and exceedingly violent world. Many of us who know Jesus as our Savior long for His appearing. We eagerly anticipate the day He catches us up to meet Him in the air and takes us up to glory (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; 1 Corinthians 15:47-54; Colossians 3:4). If you have not yet put your trust in Jesus, please, please see my post, Jesus Is the Only Path to Eternal Life. In it, I explain how you can know for sure that Jesus has forgiven all your sins and that you possess eternal life and with the sure hope of receiving an immortal and incorruptible body at Jesus’ appearing (1 Corinthians 15:48-54). Please don’t delay; call upon Jesus while you may! Tomorrow may be too late. My book, The Triumph of the Redeemed-An eternal Perspective that Calms Our Fears in Perilous Times, is available on Amazon. If you wonder why I’m so confident about the Rapture occurring before the Tribulation, please see the evidence I present in this book; it’s the result of over 2,000 hours of careful study and research. Note: Please consider signing up for my newsletter on the home page of my website at https://www.jonathanbrentner.com/ . Thanks! [i] https://openvaers.com/covid-data [ii] Frank Bergman, “92% of Covid Deaths in 2022 Were Triple+ Vaxxed,” August 6, 2023, at: https://slaynews.com/news/92-covid-deaths-2022-were-triple-vaxxed/ [iii] https://www.infowars.com/posts/what-could-it-be-mainstream-media-shocked-by-30-increase-in-heart-attack-deaths-among-ages-25-to-44/ [iv] Patrick Wood, Shock: Top Insurance Analyst Says 600,000 Americans Per Year Are Dying From COVID Shots, May 25, 2023, at: https://www.technocracy.news/shock-top-insurance-analyst-says-600000-americans-per-year-are-dying-from-covid-shots/ [v]https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/died_suddenly_more_than_1_in_4_think_someone_they_know_died_from_covid_19_vaccines [vi] J.B. Hixson, Spirit of the Antichrist, Vol. Two (NBW Ministries, 2022), p. 60. Similar information can be found at: https://www.oom2.com/t73827-in-1917-rudolf-steiner-foresaw-a-vaccine-that-would-drive-all-inclination-toward-spirituality-out-of-peoples-souls [vii] Ibid. pp. 60-61. [viii] Taken from the Alliance For Human Research Protection website: https://ahrp.org/1961-aldous-huxleys-eerie-prediction-at-tavistock-group-california-medical-school/ I also found this quote on several other websites with varying agendas; it is valid [ix] I watched this video many times before the WEF either buried it or took it off their website. Dangerously Corrupt: FDA Admits Doctors Had Every Right To Prescribe Ivermectin To Treat COVID – By Leo Hohmann - https://harbingersdaily.com/dangerously-corrupt-fda-admits-doctors-had-every-right-to-prescribe-ivermectin-to-treat-covid/ Just how corrupt is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the entire biomedical security state apparatus that peddled fear of Covid and said the only hope of defeating the virus was to wait for a new technologically advanced “vaccine” — the same “vaccine” that proved unsafe and ineffective? We are talking about a corruption that is beyond the capacity of many Americans to comprehend. The FDA, Fauci, the CDC, Biden, the entire U.S. medical system and the corporate media mind-controlled millions of Americans into believing that using the well-known anti-microbial drug Ivermectin was a laughingstock perpetuated by quacks and conspiracy theorists. They kicked to the curb any physician who sought to prescribe Ivermectin to his or her patients infected with Covid. Despite the fact that Ivermectin has been FDA-approved for use in humans for decades, this same deep-state apparatus made it sound like Ivermectin was just a “horse drug” that stupid people were dangerously ingesting in a failed attempt to ward off Covid. They mocked and derided us. Telling us we were using “horse paste” that was meant solely for livestock, when it was a known fact that Ivermectin, while used to protect equines and bovines from various viral infections, is just as effective in humans. Now comes the bombshell report we’ve all been waiting for, exposing who the real quacks have been all along, detailing how they suppressed the administering of a well-known, very effective drug during the heat of the Covid pandemic that could have saved millions of lives. The Epoch Times reports that doctors are now free to prescribe Ivermectin to treat COVID-19, two years after millions were killed by doctors listening to Fauci and the FDA’s advice not to treat them with a known effective drug. It all came out this week in litigation against the FDA. A lawyer representing the FDA said “FDA explicitly recognizes that doctors do have the authority to prescribe Ivermectin to treat COVID.” That lawyer is Ashley Cheung Honold, a Department of Justice lawyer representing the FDA. She made her comments during oral arguments on August 8 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. The government is defending the FDA’s repeated exhortations to people to not take Ivermectin for COVID-19, including a post on Twitter that said “Stop it.” Three doctors brought the case against the FDA, alleging the federal agency unlawfully interfered with their practice of medicine with its repeated statements blasting and denigrating the use of Ivermectin to treat Covid patients. Why did it take this long, you ask? Because a federal judge dismissed the case on December 6, 2022, prompting an appeal. Jared Kelson, representing the three doctors, told the appeals court: “The fundamental issue in this case is straightforward. After the FDA approves the human drug for sale, does it then have the authority to interfere with how that drug is used within the doctor-patient relationship? The answer is no.” The FDA on August 21, 2021, wrote on Twitter: “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” The post, which linked to an FDA page that says people shouldn’t use Ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19, went viral. In other statements, the FDA said Ivermectin “isn’t authorized or approved to treat COVID-19” and “Q: Should I take Ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19? A: No.” The plaintiffs are Drs. Paul Marik, Mary Bowden, and Robert Apter. They say they were professionally harmed by the FDA’s statements, including being terminated over efforts to prescribe Ivermectin to patients. Other doctors were threatened with having their licenses revoked if they prescribed Ivermectin for Covid. The Epoch Times article cites Dr. Marik, chairman of the Frontline Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance, as noting that a number of studies support using Ivermectin against COVID-19, as the FDA itself has acknowledged. Federal law enables the FDA to provide information, such as reports of adverse reactions to drugs, but not medical advice, attorney Jared Kelson said. A version of the drug for animals is available, but Ivermectin is fully approved by the FDA for human use against diseases caused by parasites. Honold, the FDA lawyer, argued that the FDA didn’t require anyone to do anything or to prohibit anyone from doing anything. “What about when it said, ‘No, stop it’?” Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, on the panel that is hearing the appeal, asked. “Why, isn’t that a command? If you were in English class, they would say that was a command.” Honold described the statements as “merely quips.” So they were just playing with us. They were just making quips, playing with our minds and trying to influence us not to use Ivermectin, but they weren’t “requiring” us to do anything. Remember that next time you hear anything come out of the FDA, or any government agency for that matter. [There were] hundreds of corporate media reports mocking Ivermectin as a drug “intended for barnyard animals,” and citing the FDA as the authority warning Americans not to take it. Fauci’s hands are also full of blood. He was routinely bashing Ivermectin as a viable treatment for Covid during the peak of the pandemic. In an interview with CNN’s Chuck Todd, Fauci also said, “Don’t do it.” The interview appeared totally staged. Todd phrased the question this way: “Cases are spiking in places like Mississippi and Oklahoma, because some Americans are trying to use an anti-parasite horse drug called Ivermectin to treat coronavirus. What would you tell someone who is considering taking that drug?” “Don’t do it. There is no evidence whatsoever that that works and it could potentially have toxicity because they’ve taken the drug at a ridiculous dose and wind up getting sick, and there’s no clinical evidence that indicates that this works.” The reason Fauci, the FDA and the entire mainstream corporate media had to destroy the credibility of Ivermectin was because they had the real toxic drug — mRNA vaccines — ready and waiting to be deployed, the one that indeed had “no clinical evidence” of efficacy or safety. We must also remember that hospitals only received their bonus cash payouts if they used the vaccines and an expensive new drug called Remdesivir, which in many cases led to kidney organ failure. And many states barred pharmacies from filling prescriptions for Ivermectin even when doctors prescribed it. These were crimes against humanity on a scale the world has never seen. As a result, millions died. Editor’s Desk: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant? Jan Markell, in her article, “Wicked Men, Corruption, Lies, And Destructive Schemes—Are You Weary of Being Outraged?” wrote: We are just frankly, weary of being outraged. We groan that those in power never let a good crisis go to waste. We wonder how an entire system, the media, has been persuaded to further the lies and further promote such a nonsensical agenda. We get frustrated that too many pulpits will not address vital issues that could at least wake up some Christians. Politicians enter office as ordinary people, but in time, are worth tens of millions of dollars. Much of this wealth is from nefarious deals, and we are outraged. Today’s political players are nothing but a crime syndicate. No, nothing in this world works very well, and that is by design. But don’t interpret that as evil winning. Evil people will someday soon stand at the Great White Throne Judgment where they will account for every one of their deeds, their lies, their greed, their selfishness. 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I genuinely believe that Prophecy Update and many other like-minded ministries, are needed now more than ever! The world is getting darker daily, almost hourly, but never has the light of the Word of God shone so brightly. Never in our history has there been such a thirst for Truth and a need for a Savior! The Prophecy Update website, newsletter, and Video Channels are all dedicated to providing the truth, encouraging and informing believers, and prayerfully opening the eyes and hearts of non-believers with the Gospel, but none of it would be possible without your prayers and support. DONATE HERE Your can also mail your support to: Prophecy Update PO Box 40516 Bakersfield, CA 93384 When A Nation Quickly Turns from Post-Christian to Anti-Christian—How Do We Respond? – By Hal Lindsey - https://harbingersdaily.com/when-post-christian-quickly-turns-into-anti-christian-how-do-we-respond/ A few years ago, we would often hear that the United States had entered a post-Christian era. Looking back, it’s amazing how fast post-Christian turned into anti-Christian. The Facebook pages of certain groups show an amazing number of anti-Christian memes. They don’t present thoughtful arguments, but cute little one-liners. And the vitriol is stunning. They seethe with hatred for all things Christian. They hate churches. They hate the individual followers of Jesus. And they hate every hint that this society once held Jesus and the Bible in high esteem. You wonder who they are arguing with. The commenters on such pages all agree with one another. It’s as if they just want the comfort of knowing that there are people out there who hate God as much as they do. Sadly, outrage against the Jesus of the Bible and His followers is growing in size and intensity. You may have friends or family members who have been infected. The natural, human, fleshly thing, would be to respond in kind. That means answering hate with hate. But that’s not what Jesus said to do. These are people for whom He died. Our goal is not to outwit them, make them look foolish, or show them that we, too, can curse like sailors. Our goal is to win them to Christ. We must not respond by hiding. We should not hide our eyes, pretending that this is just another societal phase, and that all things continue as they have from the beginning. Neither should we hide by retreating into our homes, never venturing beyond our “safe” neighborhoods, and by hunkering down in churches that refuse to engage the world. In any case, hiding will not long remain an option. When a tornado is ripping apart your home, hiding your eyes does not make you safer. There comes a point when you can’t pretend that everything is normal. If a church preaches God’s word, Satan’s world system will attack it. Your neighborhood may seem quiet on the surface, but it is almost certainly being invaded by drugs, pornography, and hate. Hiding is fear-based, and our response must be faith-based. Understand what’s going on. But don’t forget that the most important part of any situation is that the God who created all things is still in charge. So, do what He says. In Matthew 5:44, Jesus gave us explicit instructions. “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” What does it mean to be in Christ? – Scott Savell - https://www.rev310.net/profile/5221ad75-343d-4423-92e8-19d3d072f1ef/profile "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Ephesians 1:3). Ask the average Christian what it means to be saved and you'll likely get some variation of ask Jesus into your heart or receive Jesus into your life. As acceptable as these descriptions of salvation have become in modern Christian circles, they are actually foreign to Scripture. The writers of the New Testament had little if anything to say about asking Jesus into your heart or receiving Him into your life. There is one phrase, however, some variation of which appears approximately 135 times in the New Testament (some theologians suggest it appears upwards to 200 times) and that is in Christ. Other variations of this phrase include, In Him, in the Beloved, and in the heavenly places. To give a better idea of how often this phrase is used, consider the fact that in Christ appears approximately 93 times in the New Testament, 46 times in the book of Ephesians alone. In Him appears approximately 41 times while in the Beloved appears one time. The writings of the Apostle Paul are rich in using some variation of in Christ. The New Testament writers teach us that as believers, we are in Christ. Whenever we think about salvation and what it means to be saved we often think in terms of something we did--"I asked Jesus to come into my heart," or "I received Jesus into my life." To be saved, however, means to be in Christ. It means that God has placed me into Christ. This understanding expresses the spiritual union with Jesus we enjoy as a result of our salvation. It means we are united with Christ and that this union identifies us with Christ. This understanding is one reason I prefer the first-century descriptive term Christian over the modern phrase Christ follower. But we'll save that discussion for another time. What does it mean to be in Christ? Beginning in Paul's letter to the Ephesians we discover our union with Christ began in eternity past with the Father's plan. Since God's plan to save us began before He brought the universe into existence, it speaks to the fact our being in Christ is not an afterthought nor is it God moving from Plan A to Plan B. Our salvation by grace through faith has been God's Plan A all along! God the Father has "blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. 1:3). In fact, "He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world" (Eph. 1:4), going so far as to have "predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself" (Eph. 1:5). All of this, He says, is "to the praise of the glory of His grace" (Eph. 1:6). Our union with Christ, therefore, began in eternity past with God's past election. Past election, however, is incomplete without present redemption. To be in Christ means we have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Paul writes, "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace" (Eph. 1:7). In fact, the Bible teaches one of the many meanings of being in Christ is that we have died with Him (Gal. 2:20) and we have been raised with Him (Eph. 2:5-6). To be in Christ, therefore, means my present identity is one of being just that--in Christ. When God the Father looks at us He no longer sees a dirty, filthy, wicked, and unholy sinner. He sees the holiness and righteousness of Christ because my sins have been transferred onto Christ (at the Cross) and Christ's righteousness has been transferred to me. All of this, according to the Apostle Paul, is "to the praise of His glory" (Eph. 1:12). Both past election and present redemption guarantee a third reality for those who are in Christ. God's Word promises for us a future inheritance. "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession" (Eph. 1:13-14). The Holy Spirit--God's Spirit--comes to indwell and seal all those who are in Christ. According to pastor and theologian John MacArthur, this seal signifies security, authenticity, ownership, and authority. The Holy Spirit is given as a pledge of the believer's future inheritance in glory. In Christ, "we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will" (Eph. 1:11). Our inheritance, then, is both a present and future reality--right now but not yet. This is amazing to think about. Whatever Christ is heir of we are, too. Why? Because we are in Christ. And just like the Father's choice in past election and the Son's work in present redemption, our future inheritance, guaranteed by the indwelling Holy Spirit is, "to the praise of His glory" (Eph. 1:14). The ultimate purpose for our having been saved and placed in Christ is the glory of God. If that is God's ultimate purpose then perhaps that ought to be my ultimate purpose, too--to live and die in such a way so as to bring glory to God. When it comes to these matters theologians have debated for centuries how all these things work out in the Christian life. Some have emphasized God's sovereign election while others have emphasized our personal responsibility. Regardless of where one might land on these matters we must understand that salvation is, in a sense, a mystery. We don't fully understand how God's sovereign election and a person's responsibility to believe meet. But this much we do know--God has provided for our salvation through the finished work of redemption. All of this was accomplished in Christ. Our responsibility is to hear and believe the gospel. When that happens, we are saved and "sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise" (Eph. 1:13). Have you believed the gospel--the good news that Jesus lived the perfect life you could never live and died for your sins and rose from the dead three days later? If you have not, why not take a few moments right now to place your faith and trust in Christ and His finished work of redemption. The moment you believe, God will place you in Christ--a union that will last for all eternity! You can find more of Scott's work at http://www.fightforjoy.net Daily Jot: Stupidocrisy: Dems destroying Jan 6 evidence - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com This should come as no shock to anyone: The Democrats on the infamous January 6 Committee kangaroo court have destroyed vast amounts of information collected on its investigation into what they called an “insurrection.” This is evidence that could have been used by President Donald Trump’s legal team to exonerate him and others. The horror in all this is that the Democrats put on a show trial, dictating a narrative, editing testimony and video to support that narrative, and did harm to the American public to the tune of over $3 million. Now they destroyed any way to verify whether their statements were true. And they did so against the orders of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). As Breitbart News reports, “The committee conducted more than 1,000 interviews of witnesses who testified, usually under oath, in closed-door depositions. Only a few of the witnesses were called to testify publicly at hearings that were scripted, with committee members reading from teleprompters. Videos and transcripts were made, but only a few clips were shown to the public, and only a few transcripts were released.” Several witnesses complained, according to Breitbart, “that testimony had been selectively edited to distort or even reverse its meaning, and that members of the committee had publicly accused them of wrongdoing, without evidence, and which they had denied in their testimony.” Republicans also suspected that the committee was in cahoots with the Biden White House and DOJ to censure information for future use. Georgia Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk told Fox News Digital on August 8, “Nothing was indexed. There was no table of contents index. Usually when you conduct this level of investigation, you use a database system and everything is digitized, indexed. We got nothing like that. We just got raw data,” he said. “So it took us a long time going through it and one thing I started realizing is we don’t have anything much at all from the Blue Team [which was to have investigated security lapses].” Jan 6 Committee Chairman, Congressman Benny Thompson (D-MS), admitted in a letter to Loudermilk that the committee did not preserve information that was not used in the public hearings or transcripts—this after telling CNN and the White House, that by law, all of the committee’s materials would be preserved. To anyone with any common sense this cannot appear anything less than a con job. Worse, the American public may never know the real truth behind the January 6 event because the Democrats in charge destroyed any evidence that didn’t support their narrative. Meanwhile, people have rotted in jail with no real due process as they were labeled insurrectionists, and a federal prosecutor has weaseled a Jan 6 indictment on Trump in an effort to undermine his political campaign—and now the evidence that could exonerate all of them is destroyed. This is looking more and more like a third-world communist dictatorship and the Democrat leadership is leading it. Proverbs 12:22 says, “Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.” Hard to find the truth these days because of all the, say it with me…Stupidocrisy. Sources: https://www.yahoo.com/video/cost-congress-january-6-committee-231101988.html https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/09/january-6-committee-destroyed-records-videos-trump-rights-violated/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/politics/mccarthy-january-6-committee-preserve-records/index.html# Daily Devotion: The Battle We’ll Always Lose - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org LORD, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name. —Isaiah 26:8 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/the-battle-well-always-lose/ - Listen Vance Havner wrote, “You can’t break the law of God. Nobody ever broke the law of God. You break yourself against the law of God. He was right. We cannot break the law of God, but we will break ourselves against it. How we need God’s commandments today, and how we need to follow them. We can either accept the truths of His commands or fight against them and reap the inevitable results. It’s our choice: we can do it the easy way or the hard way. We can buck against God’s truths, say they don’t apply to us, and live the way that we want to live. Or, we can see God’s wisdom in giving us His commandments. In the Old Testament we read about King Solomon, who went on a sinful binge. He rebelled against the truth he had learned from God and decided to sample just about everything the world had to offer. And having almost unlimited resources, Solomon could build any building he wanted, have any woman his heart desired, and experience any pleasure he chose to experience. Yet after he did all the things that he wanted to do, he said that it was all emptiness, like chasing the wind. He wrote, “Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty” (Ecclesiastes 12:13 NLT). Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, was saying, “Here’s what I’ve learned in life. Don’t fight against the laws of God. They were given to us for a reason.” Someone might say, “Well, Solomon didn’t know what he was talking about. I’ll find out for myself.” You can go ahead and find out for yourself, of course, but it is much easier to do it God’s way. In His commandments, God has given us the blueprint for a fulfilled life. He has given us the blueprint for happiness. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 8/16/23 http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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