Chuck Missler's Teachings

Years ago I posted this on the Koinonia Institute wall, it dealt with DVDs vs Slide show's. I'm still pushing for a file of slides be provided for studies that don't include slide shows.

"I feel like Don Quixote's tilting at windmills, a followup to my March 31 post. I unsuccessfully brought up the suggestion with KI management that in the event that slideshows are not available it would be great if a file of CM's slides as presented on his DVD would be included with the audio. I pointed out that not only are the DVD more expensive than the slideshows, they take up far more hard drive storage. 

As an example, I mentioned that a friend who bought the DVDs Learn the Bible 24 hours required about 45 gigabytes hard drive storage as compared to less than half a gigabyte storage for the slideshows that I bought.

It's been my experience that CM mentions things on his DVD/ slideshows that are not always in the PDFs. For me it is easier to find these nuances with the slides, at least I have some idea where in the hour lesson to look rather than once again listening to the full hour.

Full disclosure, I am not one for shuttling DVDs on a computer. My choice is to download the slideshows and have them at my fingertips so to speak. I have both a summer and winter home so it is easier to carry my computer around that a bunch of DVDs.

I seem to be fortunate in the nearly 40 courses that I have taken through KI all had slideshows available. Back when I took the basic Issachar courses I was able to download both MP3s and PDFs with slides. I could listen to the audios while "flipping" through the slides while offline.

I am currently taking two courses with KI, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah and Isaiah part two. Ezra and Nehemiah does not have slideshows available. Fortunately, the Isaiah downloads do. This is been a learning experience for me and I will avoid any KI courses that do not provide slideshows in the future. Unfortunately two courses that I really want to take, Exodus and Joshua, do not have slideshows with them so...."

Time for Awareness

 The following a an interesting dream I had a few years ago. I was being analytical in my dream rather than just being an observer as is usual for me. I rarely feel fear in my dreams but a month or more ago I was feeling threatened in a dream. I remember thinking to myself this is a dream and I can come out of it and I woke up.

From 2018:
"Although  I am usually an observer  during my dreams, in the last few weeks I've had dreams where I'm analyzing my situation. A week or so ago I dreamt that there had been/ was about to be an EMP incident, solar or nuclear I'm not sure. I was taking an inventory of what I had and how to protect it in faraday bags. For some time I've been concerned about our power grid and how vulnerable we are to an EMP incident.

In last night's dream I was with a group, family or friends, not sure which. We had been told that we were to be forced to take a chip. My associates didn't seem to be very concerned about it but I was packing to get away. I was being rather analytical as to what I would be taking. My cell phone and charger and my tablet and charger. I was very specific in that these were small enough to be carried. I was packing enough clothes to last a day or two. I vaguely remember meeting up with one of my friends and asking are you really going to take the chip and he answered in the affirmative. Then in that between sleep and waking up I remembered my solar chargeable audio Bible and decided to include that as well. Interesting as it should have been first to pack.
I felt no fear and either of these dreams just a sense of needing to be prepared."

Fast forward to March of 2021, a time for discernment and to pay attention to the prompting from the Holy Spirit.

A couple Bible verses come to mind:

Matthew 10:16 KJVS
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."

1 Peter 5:8 KJVS
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour::

2021 Review of the Unconditional covenants made by God with Israel

February 2016 I posted, “As for the United States, again and again the POTUS and his minions fail to support Israel and actually undermine her in mockery of God’s Word. Isaiah 5:5, “And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:” So much for the hedge of protection around America. As America has done to Israel….”

We had a four year reprieve during the Trump/ Pence Administration which was very supportive of Israel. Just one accomplishment was to finally move our Embassy to Jerusalem.  Now the election of 2020, questionable as it was/ is, removed God’s Warrior Jehu from office.  

Now that we have a Biden/ Harris administration in Washington DC that some refer to an a third Obama Administration, what of Israel? At least the US Senate nearly unanimously to keep our Embassy in Jerusalem. That said, I expect that the new administration will be less than supportive of Israel.

So it is time once again to review the Four Unconditional Covenants made by God with Israel:

The Abrahamic Covenant:

 “And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting  covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” (Genesis 17:7-8).

The Land Covenant:

In Genesis 15 God instructed Abram to construct an offering and then caused Abram to enter a deep sleep. God foretold of the time that the Israelites would be strangers in a land not theirs, however, when they would come out of a period of enslavement they would be given an unconditional title to land as described in verse 18 through 21. This was a unilateral land covenant granted to Abram and his descendants.

The Davidic Covenant:

Nathan the prophet told King David God’s unconditional covenant. 2 Samuel 7:12, “And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.” 2 Samuel 7:16, “And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever.”

The Everlasting Covenant:

God promised Isaac in Genesis 26:3-4, "Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed."

Now with the current administration will we lose God’s blessing? Genesis 12:3, “ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” 

God Said “Go Close the Windows”

 Last week I was at a Gospel performance featuring Michael and Ed Cullipher. Ed sang a song that likely brought tears to even the hardest heart, “Go Close the Windows.”

As Jesus hung on the cross “Angels cried Father please stop them" and God answered "Go close the Windows." What anguish God must have felt, nevertheless, as the Suffering Messiah Jesus was to serve as the propitiation for sin. Ephesians 2:8-9, “8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Jesus was the  conciliation that permitted us to stand before our  righteous God. 

 

As I listened to Mr. Cullipher I thought back several years to when Pastor Bruce talked about “The Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross.” I was inspired to look into some of the Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled while Jesus hung on that cross.

 

The following is from my earlier blog postings:

 

# 1. Forgiveness: Luke 23:34, “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.”

Numbers 15:26, “And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.”
Psalm 22:18, “They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.”

#2. Salvation: Luke 23:43, “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.”

Isaiah 40:3, “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”

John 1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John the Baptist is often referred to as the end of The Old Testament.

#3. Relationship: John 19:26-27, “When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

Psalm 69:8 “I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.”

#4 Abandonment: Matthew 27:46, “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?”

#5 Distress: John 19:28, “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.”

Psaml 69:20, “Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.”

#6 Reunion John 19:30, “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."

Psalm 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

#7 Triumph: Luke 23:46, “And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”

Psalm 31:5, “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.” 

Tetelestai means, “It is finished.” Jesus paid the price, it is up to each of us to choose to accept or reject the gift of Grace. 

The Second Coming of the First Century Church Continued

In November of 2012 I discussed the value of being part of a small group of believers. I ended with “One final comment, small groups may very well be the future churches in America as they are in so many other countries. We can see more and more discrimination against the Christian faith and Christians even here in the United States. I would pray that rather than having to go underground, we will see great revival in the United States.”

Christian friends and several in prayer groups are hoping for a great revival in these end days. Sadly, and in my opinion, hearts seem to progressively be getting hardened to the message of the true Gospel. That said and while there is still time, we will continue to witness in this darkening world.

Many churches have either been closed down or restricted in their services due to the Conid-19 virus. Many are told no singing, no singing of praises to the Lord, seriously? There is some “opening up” but with the constant talk of mutations of the virus what does 2021 hold?

Under the Biden/ Harris administration the left now has complete control of all branches of the government as sadly it seems even the SCOTUS has moved left. Is this a “shaking of the Church,” will the capital C Church, the “Ekklesia,” the assembly of “called out ones” be going underground, is this a wake up call, a rebirth of the church at Pentecost in Acts 2.

With thanks to Church Missler, a little background on “The Life Cycle of Churches” with my added editorial comments in red:

• People-oriented Pastor – describes the church I attend when home in Arizona

• Pulpit-Oriented Pastor – the conservative Protestant church I grew up in

• Property-oriented Pastorate – describes the Protestant church I attended with my mother before she joined the Catholic Church

• Power-oriented Pastorate - Return of the Nicolaitans – in my opinion, describes the Catholic Church

• Politically-driven decay - Megachurches too many of which are falling into line with “The World”

With this politically driven decay, is there a coming of the underground church? Decades before the followers of Jesus were called Christians they met in secret, in home churches and in the case of Rome, in the catacombs. The people of the First Century Church, the "Way," likely heard about the teaching of Christ by word-of-mouth.

In the Apostolic Church one might even be taught by one of the apostles and teachings would be very close to those of Jesus. John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

What of the simplicity of Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

As for me, I seem to have the gift of discernment and am being watchful in these days of deception.