Beware of Singer Amy Grant

Several years ago when I saw Amy Grant sing live, she never shared the Gospel message, so immediately a red flag went up in my mind.

Today, I just read she will be performing here in Panama City, Florida, on June 5, 2015 - a fundraiser for the local St. John Catholic School with tickets ranging from $28.50 to $58.50. 

Oh brother.

Paying to hear supposed Christian music that supports a roman catholic school? I don't think so.

And that's not the half of it, folks - read on...


Amy Grant Is On The Devil's Side
By David J. Stewart | Updated January 2013
“I’M TRYING TO LOOK SEXY to sell a record...” (Rolling Stone, June 6, 1985, p. 10).[1]
Luke 6:26, “Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to THE FALSE PROPHETS.”
       Amy Grant is a tremendous singer and I admire anyone who works hard to succeed in life. As a musician myself, I like many songs that Amy sings. She's definitely a gifted singer. I am not publishing this article to be unkind. I'm the biggest sinner I know (and so are you if you're right with God and realize just how sinful we all are). James 2:10 says to commit one sin is equivalent to breaking all of God's Commandments in the Lord's eyes. The only righteousness which I possess is the imputed righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grant has changed over the years, singing about her imperfections and those who wrongly judge her. Certainly, no one has a right to condemn anyone, for the Law of God condemns all humanity (Romans 3:19). Whatever sins Amy Grant has are none of my business or anybody else's. We are all big sinners in one way or another. 1st John 1:8-10 calls anyone a liar who denies their sinfulness. The apostle Paul knew how sinful he still was as a Christian, constantly struggling between the flesh and the Spirit of God Who lives in every believer (Romans 7:14-25).
Having said that, I published this article to expose Amy Grant, not for her sins; but rather, for her ecumenical associations, open use of occult symbols in her albums, Hollywood fame, wearing pants and sensual clothing on stage, her lackadaisical attitude toward sharing the gospel to get people saved... all part of the Godless New World Order. I'm tired of women singers being immodest and vile on stage and then downplaying it as just marketing techniques. Miss "Jesus Take The Wheel" (Carrie Underwood) is numero uno whore-of-the-year! Remember, even the Devil appears as an angel of light (2nd Corinthians 11:13-15; Matthew 7:15). So it's not surprising that the most immoral, slutty-smutty and disgraceful of singers claim to know and love Jesus.
Amy Grant said in 1985 that she was dressing sexy to sell a record, and she certainly has sold many records. As of 2009, Grant remains the best-selling Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) singer ever, having sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Amy's on top of the world. She was honored with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005 for her contributions to the entertainment industry.
Tragically, Amy Grant's music is so vague, wishy-washy, and doctrinally deficient that Roman Catholics support her. Amy Grant was interviewed[2] by Catholic.org (the world's largest Catholic network) on July 22, 2010 by Billy Atwell.
As a born-again believer who loves Jesus Christ, I am appalled that any professed Christian would remain totally silent about the evils of the damned Catholic religion, which is leading billions of people into the Lake of Fire. It doesn't require a degree in theology to know that Catholicism is of the Devil. Everything about Catholicism is a cruel hoax, intended to keep men blinded from the truth and lead them into Hell forever (2nd Corinthians 4:4). Religion wants to fit us with glasses; but the Lord wants to open our eyes. Have you believed a lie?
I don't condemn anyone, for the Bible condemns all of us as guilty, dirty, rotten, hell-deserving sinners. My salvation solely rests in Christ's righteousness, because of the precious blood that He gave for our sins. My intention is not to be unkind; but rather, to expose the demonic nature of so-called "Christian rock," and also to expose Amy Grant as a bad influence for Christian teenagers to follow. Amy states . . .
“CHRISTIANS CAN BE SEXY. What I’m doing is a good thing” (Amy Grant, interview, People, July 15, 1991).
This goes contrary to 1st Timothy 2:9 which instructs Christian ladies to dress in "modest apparel." The issue is not about the performers personally; but rather, about the worldly music they claim to sing in Jesus' name and the kind of role models they are for teens. Here's a perverted (and retarded) snapshot from Amy's mega popular video 'BABY, BABY'. Amy's not only the “Queen Of Christian Pop,” but also the queen of sinful compromise. This is how Amy serves God . . .
Jude 1:17-19, “But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.”
Amy Grant's so-called 'music video' 'BABY, BABY' is more resemblant of 101 sexual positions than a music video. And then like a little spoiled brat she publicly whines about people who are JUDGING AMY! Of course Christians get upset when Amy behaves like a slut and openly admits dressing sexy to sell an album...
“I’M TRYING TO LOOK SEXY to sell a record...” (Rolling Stone, June 6, 1985, p. 10).
What do you expect? This is NOT condemning Amy, but simply discerning whether or not she's the type of role model America's youth should have. The following information is about Amy's music and public image. Amy states . . .
“I'm a singer, not a preacher, I'm not looking to convert anybody” says Christian rock diva Amy Grant. (Los Angeles Times, 5/4/84, pg. 2-c) Grant goes on to demonstrate her spirituality by saying, “I'm not going to say too often that I like a cold beer while watching a football game. That might bother some of my fans.” (Greensville News, 5/4/94)
As Christians, we should all be trying to get souls saved. Proverb 11:30, “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.” Amy Grant has made tens-of-millions of dollars through her musical career, professing to be a Christian and singing worldly music in the name of Jesus; but she has not glorified God when she neglects to use her massive public influence to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the lost. Daniel 5:23, “...the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.”
Amy Grant professes to be a Christian, and I am not one to judge whether she is or not, but when any so-called Christian celebrity is honored by Hollywood and is praised by unsaved Catholics and is popular with the sinful world, something is very wrong. 2nd Timothy 3:12 says that believers who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. When you stand up for Jesus and carry a Bible, the world will forsake you immediately (John 15:19). Amy Grant is so worldly, immodest, sensual, sinfully proud, high faced, irreverent and carnally-minded that the heathen world loves her. That is NOT Biblical Christianity!
Luke 8:15 teaches that every believer ought to obediently sow the seed of the gospel to win souls to Christ. Amy Grant openly admits that she has no intention of winning anyone to the Lord. What a sad testimony. I preach mostly against celebrities who masquerade as Christians, who falsely claiming to love God; while hiding their candle under a bushel, and remaining silent about everything that is unholy, evil, a deception, and of the Devil. Jesus said those who love Him obey His Commandments (John 14:15). I'm sick and tired of so-called “Christian” singers shining in humanity's spotlight, being honored by the wicked, supporting the homosexual agenda, and no one has anything negative to say about them because they never take a stand for anything that pleases God. Philippians 2:21, “For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.” To stand for God nearly always means to stand alone.
Jesus plainly taught that no one can serve God and money. Matthew 6:24, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, TobyMac, and all the rest of today's apostate CCM singers are serving mammon, i.e., money. They all know that to raise a flag for God would be career suicide. Hollywood doesn't honor God-fearing Christians who speak out against sin and evil. As you follow the public careers of your favorite CCM singers, you will (guaranteed) eventually see them embrace the homosexual agenda in one way or another.
Amy Grant admits that she has made some bad decisions in life, as we all have; but that does not excuse her present worldliness, hob-knobbing with homosexuals, apostate religious affiliation with Billy Balaam (Graham) and fruitless testimony as a professed believer. She is a friend of the sinful world, which James 4:4 says makes her God's enemy. James 4:4, “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” Being a “friend” in James 4:4 means “to assist” the heathen world. Amy grant is pulling on the same rope as the Devil's crowd. She openly admits her ignorance of the Scriptures...
"That’s one reason I started writing songs, because I DIDN’T WANT TO IMPOSE MY RELIGION ON ANYONE. This way the audience can sit back and draw its own conclusions. … My art and the feeling I am trying to communicate through the songs, it would be silly for me to say, this is who God is; I DON’T HAVE ANY ANSWERS" (Amy Grant, interview, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 21, 1984).
There's a fine line between forcing one's religious beliefs upon another person verses sincerely caring about other people and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with them. Very few people care enough to see the difference, because they are simply against God and the Bible, period. Amy Grant considers sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with her fans as imposing her religious beliefs upon them. That is tragic and sad. Millions of lost sinners about to be cast into the Lake of Fire will one day look at Amy and ask, “Why didn't you warn me? You knew the truth, but failed to warn me, why?” One thing is for certain, the Godless music industry controls Amy Grant.
The Illuminati love to hide things in plain sight. As the saying goes, “You can't see the forest for the trees.” Symbolism and occult imagery are subconsciously perceived, but on a conscious level will not be seen. Amy Grant is no exception. Here's Amy Grant making her famous El Diablo hand sign on stage.
Be warned friend, the Devil is working relentlessly to corrupt what's left of family values and moral character in America. You're going to see satanism trying to creep it's way into our lives in every way possible. With Harry Potter, Devilish shows like Charmed and Witches, Country singers popularizing songs written by satanists, the Godless Public School System, multitudes of corrupted Bible versions, pagan holidays, Rock 'N' Roll music, Rap, Punk, Godless CCM music, false religions, sexually degenerate TV, apostasy in the church, abortion, adultery, homosexuality, and every other evil imaginable... how long can America last??? Even the New King James Bible has an occult symbol on the front cover.
Christianity is NOT religion, it is being born-again by the incorruptible Word of God. 1st Peter 1:23, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” Amy Grant says she doesn't want to impose her religion on anyone, all she wants to do is sing and make lots of money. Although Amy made this statement over 25-years ago, she has lived up to her apostate statements throughout her career, never having shared the gospel truth with her fans. Amy admits that she doesn't have any answers, and still doesn't from reading her website, song lyrics and recent interviews; but the Bible certainly does have the answers, which is why Jesus told us to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES in John 5:39.
Amy Grant doesn't want the answers which God provides in the Bible. Instead, Amy says she lives by her own views...
“I don’t feel like it’s my mission in life to preach to people. I feel like it’s just my gift to communicate life as I see it” (Amy Grant, Family Weekly, August 11, 1985).
May I humbly say, I am as narrow-minded as the Bible. I believe that the King James Bible is God's inspired Words, each and every word of it! I sincerely doubt if Amy Grant is truly a born-again Christian, because she openly states that she doesn't have ANY ANSWERS. If you know how you got saved, then you do have the answer of how to go to Heaven. Does Amy not know how she came to be born-again? Is she saved at all? I think not. Amy admits that she has religion; but that doesn't mean she is saved. Most people have churchianity without Christianity. Remember that the Scriptures warned us that religious phonies would fill our churches in the Last Days (2nd Timothy 3:5), being sensual and worldly, professing a form of godliness but denying the power of the gospel thereof (Romans 1:!6).
The Bible says from such TURN AWAY (2nd Timothy 3:5). You should turn away from Amy Grant and the rest of the apostate Ecumenical Movement which has infected America's churches today, leading Protestants, Evangelicals and Roman Catholics into a One World Religion. Amy Grant is extremely popular and well supported by Roman Catholics, all of which think keeping the Seven Sacraments will get them into the kingdom of God.
People don't realize that 501c3 state-licensing and the Homosexual Agenda are helping the Ecumenical Movement unite all the churches in apostasy. Max Lucado encourages America's churchgoers to receive, support and encourage illegal immigrants (a CFR agenda, promoting the North American Union). Rick Warren is a CFR member and has flip-flopped on Proposition 8 in California concerning gay-marriage (as a chameleon changes colors to adapt to its surroundings). Whether it be your favorite CCM singer coming out of the closet, or befriending those who come out of the closet, or apostate religious authors Like Joel Osteen, Rick Warren and Joyce Meyer, they're all leading America away from the God of the Bible into apostasy!
If Amy is saved, then she is very far from God to avoid her Biblical duty to be a soul-winner (2nd Corinthians 5:11). Jesus taught that the seeds which fell amongst the thorns are those believers who are choked by the cares, riches and pleasures of THIS LIFE, and never bring forth any fruit (Luke 8:14). Jesus commanded His disciples to lay up treasures in Heaven (Matthew 6:20). Romans 10:14-15 plainly teaches the importance of soul-winning. It is apostasy for Amy grant, or any professed Christian, to shirk off their responsibility to win souls. Every believer has a duty to win souls by sharing the good news of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen for our sins. God does the saving, our part is to simply preach the gospel (1st Corinthians 3:6-9). The Word of God is TRUTH (John 17:17), and not just “my religion” as Amy states.
Grant may shine as a star here in this sinful world, having her name glamorized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; but she will be oh so poor in Heaven, never having used her influence to win any lost sinners to Jesus Christ. Instead she has led millions of fans into the Ecumenical Movement. Religious Pop music doesn't get people saved. Romans 1:16 proclaims that it is the GOSPEL that is the power of God unto salvation.
 

The Devil's Music All Comes from the Same Company
EMI Group! Like Bob Dylan and Huey Lewis, who openly admit selling their souls to the Devil for worldly success, so do Amy Grant and others sell out by recording with heathen companies. Sparrow Records (shown on Amy's website at the bottom of all her 30 albums for sale) was acquired by EMI Group in the 1990's. EMI owns over 70 music companies! The EMI Christian Music Group is a division of the EMI Group, which also produce records for Pink Floyd, Katy Perry, Smashing Pumpkins, Grand Funk Railroad, Avalon, Sex Pistols, Iron Maiden, The Beatles, Snoop Dog, Toby Mac, and hundreds of other heathen groups (over 1500 total). It's really sickening if you realize what's going on. EMI Group is a heathen music production company out to make a buck, period.
They created their so-called Christian Music Group as part of their marketing strategy, and not because they love Christ nor care about getting anybody saved. The same parent company that sells Amy Grant's music sells Pink Floyd and Iron Maiden too. It's like a porno store in the rear with a Christian bookstore in the front, all operated by the same organization, trying to make money. There's nothing Christian about any of this garbage, not even the fake “Christian” label they slap across it. It's all a deception of the Devil, a “division” of the Godless parent company. As the saying goes, “The Apple never falls far from the tree” or “Birds of a feather flock together.” 1st Corinthians 10:21, “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.”
The idea of a heathen greedy music company starting a so-called “Christian” music sub-company to market a different group of society is nauseating to say the least. Now you know why the gospel is never preached at any of their CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) concerts. They're no more Christian than Ozzy Osbourne. EMI sells Katy Perry's records, a little tramp whore who lays with her legs open in her immoral video Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.). She sings about streaking in the park, getting drunk, having sex with a boy, and wanting to do it all again to her parents. Such destructive music is deliberately being targeted at teens today by scum Communists, God haters and Luciferian occultists to ruin them. It was Vladimir Lenin who said, “The best revolutionary is a youth devoid of morals.”


SENSUAL MUSIC AND LIFESTYLE
Amy Grant’s life and music have been marked by sensuality and pop psychology rather than true holiness and biblical truth. Her 1997 album, Behind the Eyes, made no mention of God or Jesus Christ and had no explicitly Christian lyrics. She told secular entertainment distributor IMusic that the song "Like I Love You" is actually about loving oneself!
Articles about Amy Grant in the secular media invariably reveal that she is loved not for her Christian message but for her sensuality.
People magazine noticed Amy’s lack of holiness in the performance of the video for the song "Baby, Baby."
"There’s saintly Amy cuddling some hunky guy, crooning ‘Baby, Baby’ into his ear and looking pretty SLEEK AND SINFUL…" (People, July 15, 1991 p. 71).
Amy Grant admits that...
"I’M TRYING TO LOOK SEXY to sell a record..." (Rolling Stone, June 6, 1985, p. 10).
When asked about the controversy surrounding this video, Amy replied:
"The whole thing just seemed very boring to me. Besides, shooting the video was a blast. IT'S FUN TO FLIRT if you’re a happily-married woman" (Woman's Day, Dec. 22 , 1992 , p. 35).
The Bible says that sexual flirting, immodest attire, and such things are basically the same as adultery. When Amy Grant dresses sensually and dances sensually in her performances, she is committing adultery with her audience. Such action does not contribute to a healthy marriage. Further, it is obvious now that Amy was NOT necessarily a happily-married woman when she spoke to Woman's Day magazine in 1992.

UNSCRIPTURAL PHILOSOPHY
Amy Grant’s unscriptural philosophy is evident in the following statements she and her associates have made to the press:
"It seems to me that PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST ADAMANTLY AGAINST PREMARITAL SEX HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME KIND OF PAIN IN THEIR OWN LIVES. Like the people who say absolutely NO to rock & roll. Chances are it has something to do with a past sadness…" (Amy Grant, interview, Ladies Home Journal, December 1985, p. 210).

"I’m a singer, not a preacher. I’M NOT LOOKING TO CONVERT ANYBODY. I feel people come to hear my music, not to hear me talk" (Amy Grant, St. Petersburg Times, Florida, April 7, 1984, p. 4).
"I don’t feel like it’s my mission in life to preach to people. I feel like it’s just my gift to communicate life as I see it" (Amy Grant, Family Weekly, August 11, 1985).
"I’ve become disillusioned, and that’s why my lyrics are less idealistic. I’m realizing that the world isn’t a perfect place, and GOD CAN’T SOLVE EVERYONE’S PROBLEMS" (Amy Grant, interview, Family Circle, September 9, 1986, p. 24).
"If an audience feels I’ve walked away from God because I no longer talk about Him onstage, then that’s their loss" (Amy Grant, Ibid.).
"I get tired of Christians trying to tell me what being a Christian is. I get tired of that kind of Christianity. … People asking, ‘Have you had your quiet time today?’ We have such a regimented idea of what Christianity is" (Amy Grant, 1980, cited by Bob Millard, Amy Grant, p. 107).
"That’s one reason I started writing songs, because I DIDN’T WANT TO IMPOSE MY RELIGION ON ANYONE. This way the audience can sit back and draw its own conclusions. … My art and the feeling I am trying to communicate through the songs, it would be silly for me to say, this is who God is; I DON’T HAVE ANY ANSWERS" (Amy Grant, interview, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 21, 1984).
"CHRISTIANS CAN BE SEXY. What I’m doing is a good thing" (Amy Grant, interview, People, July 15, 1991).


[The following is Amy’s own description of her actions before a crowd of 30,000 young people in Kissimmee, Florida, in 1978.] "We’re sitting there, I do my sound check. All these girls are in halter tops, great figures, everybody's wearing nothing, we’re in Floriday [her way of pronouncing Florida]. I’m eighteen, and I know what they’re thinking. I said, ‘I really want to know Jesus and I really want to love him except … my hormones are on ten, and I see you all … sitting out there getting chummy and praying together -- and WE’RE HORNY. MY FEELING IS, WHY FAKE IT? I’m not trying to be gross, I’m saying let’s be honest about what’s coming down’" (Bob Millard, Amy Grant, 1986, p. 103).

QUOTES BY AMY GRANT

 The queen-bee of Christian rock is Amy Grant. Amy says,

“Why isolate yourself? Your life isolates you enough. I’m isolated when I walk into a room and somebody says, She’s a Christian and NOBODY OFFERS ME A JOINT and all the coke (cocaine) disappears. . .” (Bob Millard, Amy Grant, p. 169)
The Bible says in 2nd Timothy 2:22, "Flee also youthful lusts:", but Amy says...

"Petting happens . . . As a teenager, when I gave part of me to someone, I knew I was just going to flirt, HAVE A LITTLE FUN, . . ."(Bob Millard, Amy Grant, p. 30)
Amy Grant tells the Ladies Home Journal (Dec. 1985, p. 210)...

“It seems to me that people who are most adamantly against premarital sex have experienced some kind of pain in their own lives. Like the people who say absolutely no to rock ‘n’ roll. Chances are it has something to do with a past sadness…”
Amy's song, "Baby, Baby", was unprecedented in Gospel Music history topping the chart as the number-one spot on Billboard magazine. People magazine (July 15, 1991 p.71) says of Amy's video Baby, Baby...

"There's saintly Amy cuddling some hunky guy, crooning "Baby, Baby" into his ear and looking pretty SLEEK AND SINFUL. . . "After all, Amy confesses, "I'm trying to look SEXY to sell a record . . ." (Rolling Stone, June 6, 1985 p. 10)
In 1998 Amy left her husband of 16 years, Gary Chapman. Gary literally got on his knees and begged Amy to stay. In June 1999, Amy divorced Gary. And quickly, in March 2000, Amy married country star Vince Gill. In 1996, Vince’s wife Janis found a note—”I love you, Amy”—in his golf bag. (People, Nov. 29, 1999), As early as 1994, Amy told Gary,

“. . . I’ve given my heart to another man.” (CCM, January 2000, p. 36)
Amy admits to ABC's Primetime,

“I think that a part of me loved him [Vince] instantly.”
(http://abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/DailyNews/amygrant_vincegill_021003.html)
Though Amy has denied any sexual contact with Vince before their marriage – few believe her – including Gary Chapman. When asked whether Amy and Vince were romantically involved, Gary says:

“Could I answer? Yeah. Will I answer? Probably not. I think by Amy’s admission they’ve been very dear friends for years. I suspect most people can add. I’ll leave that to their mathematical abilities.”
(http://amygrant.offramp.org/info/articles/sep/41.html)
On Amy's Lead Me On album, Amy and Michael W. Smith wrote the "sin-temptation-adultery" song "Faithless Heart":

At times the woman deep inside me
Wanders far from home,
And in my mind I live a life
That chills me to the bone.
A heart, running for arms out of reach,
But who is the stranger my longing seeks?
I don't know.
But it scares me through and through,
'Cause I've a man at home
Who needs me to be true. . .
Oh, faithless heart,
You tempt me to the core,. . .
God, you know my feelings here
Could wipe my world away,
Ravaging the promises
A stronger heart once made,. . .

    - Faithless Heart, Amy Grant (Lead Me On, 1988)
Faithless heart — how true it was. . .

“For their heart was not right with him. . .”
Psalm 78:37

OCCULT
A frightening "mark" infiltrating much of the Contemporary Christian Music is occult symbols. And many of these symbols are blatant recognition of occult usage. Harpers' Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience (p.594) says, "Symbols are important to all esoteric teachings [occult], for they contain secret wisdom accessible only to the initiated."
In Amy's video, That's What Love Is For, some occult symbols are clearly and openly displayed. In the video, Amy, dressed in a red robe, (used in witchcraft rituals) strangely flashes a six-pointed-star on the palms of her hands. It is common knowledge the hands are the primary "contact point" in the occult. That is why you place your hands on the Ouija board and join hands in a séance.
The six-pointed-star Amy "communicates" is a hexagram. "Hex" is a spell used to place a curse. Hex is also the Greek word for the number six. Sean Sellars, a former Satanist, who was executed for sacrificing 3 people to Satan, says in his book, Web of Darkness (p.51), the hexagram "is said by some to be the most powerful and evil sign in Satanism and of all the occult world." Sellers also states, "The hexagram is used mainly in witchcraft to summon demons from the underworld." As Amy's is flashing the "hexagram", a mysterious black-attired man begins digging up a guitar (the curse) from the "underground"! This is no coincident or accident. These videos cost thousands of dollars to produce. They are researched and choreographed to the smallest detail.
AMY GRANT says, “I love to hear Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins and the Doobie Brothers” (Time, March 11, 1985).  Amy’s album House of Love includes the environmental-mother-earth song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” by new-age-priestess Joni Mitchell (Ibid.).  Mitchell is infamous for her open relationship with a spirit she calls “Art.”  Obviously she is communing with demons, and it is unconscionable for Amy Grant to be promoting Mitchell’s music to Christian young people.

A Role Model for Young People?
"A recent Rolling Stone piece portrayed her as a tough-talking, no- nonsense fundamentalist who is every bit as ambitious as the real Madonna, goes to Prince concerts (she doesn't enjoy the simulated masturbation) and frolics naked on secluded African beaches...." [1]
"The beach incident occurred during a vacation, she explains, and involved a woman companion. ''We threw off our clothes. Nobody was there, nobody saw us. It was such a free, wonderful, childlike experience. It was great. But then it can also be worded as 'let's get naked.' '' Such tidbits are fodder for fundamentalists who criticize Grant's worldly sound and appearances, although she says she ''would never do anything that I thought would be offensive. I'm just trying to live my life the best way I can.'' [1]
"I have a healthy sense of right and wrong, but sometimes, for example, using foul, exclamation-point words among friends can be good for a laugh." [2]
"Why isolate yourself? Your life isolates you enough. I'm isolated when I walk into a room and somebody says, She's a Christian and nobody offers me a joint and all the coke [cocaine] disappears. . ." [3]
"I remember years ago the first time I smelled anybody smoking a joint at a concert, I was thrilled. . . it meant to me that obviously this person is not affected by the church peer pressure." [4]
References
[1] (Gospel Singer Amy Grant Crosses Over, http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/gangsta/249/articles/ung/4.html#t)
[2] (Ladies Home Journal, December, 1985, p. 100)
[3] (Amy Grant, Bob Millard (New York, 1986), p. 169)

[4] (Amy Grant, Bob Millard (New York, 1986), p. 30)

Source: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/CCM/amy_grant-exposed.htm

Today's Churches are the Biggest Enemy of the Truth



Thanks Ronald Kirkland

Beware of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing Like Joey Hemphill

This morning received this email and got permission to post it:

Subject: Thanks For Your Ministry, Speaking Of "WOLVES"

I appreciate your blog on "WOLVES". So sad that there are many.
I am glad that many have been exposed, but the many on Christian radio/TV that have not. These have duped many Christians, and Christian organizations. One example below. Many Herbert W Armstrong off-shoots cults continue to air on Christian radio/TV. I know of at least 8 of these cults airing. One well know off-shoot is former Baptist Ronald L Dart's "Born To Win" program. He airs on Christian stations in FL. He has now been cancelled from twenty-three Christian stations. They others only care "if the check clears the bank" What a real shame!
Blessings,
James

Here is a small sample of some of the information I have sent to different ministries concerning 8 time Dove award winner, author of many well Gospel songs, Joel Hemphill I found his book on a cult site, The Church Of God General Conference, many get this confuse because they have "Church of God" in their title. Some of Hemphill's BLASPHEMOUS materials are on this site: http://21stcr.org/

Musician Joel Hemphill Says, "We Are Going to Bring Down the Doctrine of the Trinity"
http://biblicalevangelist.org/index.php?id=772

Southern Gospel Singer Denounces the Trinity and Deity of Christ
http://wfiprestoncondra.blogspot.com/2008/07/southern-gospel-singer-denounces.html

JOEL HEMPHILL DOES DENY THE DEITY OF CHRIST
http://apprising.org/2008/08/30/joel-hemphill-does-deny-the-deity-of-christ/

Heretic Enters Southern Gospel Hall of Fame
http://jaspry.blogspot.com/2008/07/heretic-enters-southern-gospel-hall-of.html

Joel Hemphill Denies the Deity of Christ and the Trinity
http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php/2008/07/08/joel-hemphill-denies-the-deity-of-christ-and-the-trinity/


My reply:

Thanks so much James. Can I post your email?

Not sure you've read or seen any of my testimony, but I've been deceived by some of these frauds, thus my earnest desire to see them exposed and to warn others. The problem in my opinion is if a person does not love the truth, they are subject to deception. I love the truth BUT I did not heed the red flags the Holy Spirit was waving in front of me. When I finally did wake up, He opened my eyes to A LOT of shocking revelations. Even many of the newer 'modern' churches that look at times like a rock concert at times are questionable in my eyes but I haven't really researched them much to confirm my suspicions.

My continued prayer to God is that the Truth be revealed, the lies be exposed, the deceived wake up, the sinner repent, the lost saved and the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified!

Blessings,
Cathy


James follow-up email:

Yes, you can post this Thanks for your email. I have info concerning Dart's unorthodox teachings, just in case you are asked. Some have questioned me about his teachings. He has duped many. He sounds smooth. All one has to do is some digging. That's what I did with Joel Hemphill. I noticed is book on a cult site. I called to asked why is book is on their site. They told me this is a book by Hemphill "To God Be The Glory" explaing why Jesus is not God, and the Trinity is false. I called Hemphill in TN(Always want to get the info from the horses mouth). Sadly, he has duped many. Speaking of the deity of Christ, TATE Christian publishers published a book that the author denies the deity of Christ, the Trinity, Hell, and teaches soul-sleep. This author was involved in the Way International cult. I voiced my concern to the CEO of TATE, it did not faze him in the least. From what I understand all authors must acknowledge TATE'S statement of faith. HmmmmmmmmmmmmmMONEY!!! At least XULON Christian Press took a book out of print by another Way International associate. In his book he also attacked the deity of Christ and the Trinity. Many of these off-shoots have duped/deceived Christians. Here's one site(Way International off-shoots) where Keith Daniels and Jerry Brown are listed. http://cortright.org/behome.htm

WOLF ALERT! Name: Markus Bishop. Location: Panama City Beach, FL

Please scroll down for updates

It's time to expose this Wolf in Sheep's clothing as he is right here, under my nose, in Panama City Beach!


“I am a follower of Jesus. I practice of Buddhism. I am a student of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and I am a student in miracles and more than anything I am passionate about a path of reality that manifests in love and peace." Marcus Bishop

Read and weep...

Church or Club?
03/10/2015
http://www.mypanhandle.com/story/d/story/church-or-club/34633/-vBllcFHmEqjBsauQgiwYQ#.VQBLVuyiofU.facebook

It's to be expected that spring breakers who come to Panama City Beach will party, but it's unexpected that they would do so in a local church.

There are signs asking for a cover charge and an ATM at the property listed as Faith Christian Family Church. And that's some of the evidence that the location may serve a different purpose.

"I myself went in there saturday night at around 11 o'clock at night. There's no chairs in there there's no pews. They had a loud stereo system going, they're running videos on top of the stay. To all purposes it's a nigh club. I've been to a lot of night clubs, it's a night club. I've been to a lot of churches, it's not a church,” said Panama City Beach Chief of Police Drew Whitman.

Because the facility is listed as a church, it’s tax exempt. Property owner Markus Bishop, who has a criminal record, recently told Chief Whitman he still holds church service at the same location as Club Amnesia Wednesdays and Sundays.

"A true church, a God fearing, God honoring church that conducts meaningful worshipful services and activities in January doesn't sponsor this type of debauchery in March, ” said Bay County appraiser Dan Sowell.

After he heard this news, Sowell removed the tax exemption from the location. Even spring breakers found this situation unsettling.

"They were advertising it a lot and apparently they had like explicit like you're not going to remember the fun night and I'm like, not in a church,” said spring breaker Mary-Kate Messer.

“I don't think that partying is something you should take into the church,” said spring breaker Tyler Smith.

The bottom line, authorities smell something fishy and they're investigating.

"There's something wrong with this picture. You know you got monies not accountable going through the door. To me it's a scam. It is a scam. And I nor the chief are going to stand by. And if we can stop, we're going to stop it,” said Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen.

News 13 reached out to property owner Markus Bishop for comment, but he didn’t return any of our phone calls.

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Now let's look back...

Former Panama City Beach Pastor Accepts a Plea Deal
02/12/2015 05:35 PM
http://www.mypanhandle.com/story/d/story/former-panama-city-beach-pastor-accepts-a-plea-dea/10066/UoDTkSzZ0EG-3nOgeUdbZA

A former Panama City Beach pastor accepts a plea deal.

The Bay County Clerk of Courts says Markus Bishop, 54, had his charges for delivery of a controlled substance to a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor dropped.

His charge for felony battery was amended to misdemeanor battery and he pled adjudicated withheld to that charge. As a result he faces 12 months of probation, 100 hours of community service, no contact with the victim and must pay the court over a thousand dollars in fees.

Back in September 2014 the Bay County Sheriff's Office arrested Bishop and he was accused of giving a 16 year-old marijuana and kissed the teen several times.

Marcus Bishop was once pastor of the now closed Faith Christian Family Church on Back Beach Road.

http://i1.wp.com/baycountypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bishop-1.jpg

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Leg's go back a little further...

Preacher Surrenders at the Bay County Jail on Child Abuse Charges
Thu 3:51 PM, Jun 24, 2004
http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/848767.html


Forty-four-year-old Marcus Bishop is charged with felony child abuse for slapping his 15-year-old daughter. Both of his daughters live in Alabama with their mother, but were visiting Bishop this week in Panama City Beach.

According to the arrest warrant, Bishop hit his daughter across the face hard enough to knock off her glasses.

Two hours after the incident when the police were called, the teenager still had a hand print on her face and there were visible welts.

Bishop's attorney, Waylon Graham, says the case is just bogus. "She was standing in her daddy's face, screaming and hollering and calling him a dumb “a-hole” and at that point Rev. Bishop smacked her on the cheek and told her to hush, and here we are."

Bishop is the pastor at The Faith Christian Family Church on Back Beach Road at Panama City Beach.

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 Now listen to what he believes! Icing on the cake

Mega Church Pastor's Long Spiritual Journey
Sat 9:28 PM, Jun 22, 2013
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Mega-Church-Pastors-Long-Spiritual-Journey--212568291.html

Markus Bishop has been in the headlines throughout the years for many reasons but, this time it is for something different.

"For some reason there are rumors and people talking about what I am today,” said Bishop. “I guess right off the bat it would be difficult in a sound bit to explain my spiritual path."

Bishop says he began a journey several years ago to find his truth.

"Because I had certainly complied with and conformed with a lot of things in my beliefs that didn't resonate with me. And I decided after a lot of difficult things occurred in my life, people may call it a crash and burn, they were an awakening. They made me really go and look within."

Bishop lead a mega church in Panama City Beach, but two bitter divorces, a bankruptcy and a court battle to keep from paying taxes on his multimillion dollar parsonage changed his outlook on life.

“It's not about what label you wear or title you carry, it's about what goes on inside you, Bishop said.

“I am a follower of Jesus. I practice of Buddhism. I am a student of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and I am a student in miracles and more than anything I am passionate about a path of reality that manifests in love and peace."

Bishop has a new church, called The Life Center, where he says there are no rules, no religion, just love.

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UPDATE MARCH 23, 2015

PCB church loses tax exemption after opening club
By ZACK McDONALD | News Herald Writer
Published: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 10:53 AM.
Club Amnesia

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A local church that has been hosting naked paint parties and slumber-party Sundays with the “sexiest ladies on the beach” will now have to pay taxes on the property as officers investigate the church’s practices, authorities said Tuesday.

The Life Center: A Spiritual Community, 9721 Thomas Drive, has been up and running its seven-days-a-week party schedule as Amesia: The Tabernacle since Feb. 28. But The Tabernacle, which caters to college students on vacation, has caught the attention of more than just party-seeking spring breakers.

Since ATMs and a banner promoting “iDrink” appeared out front of The Life Center, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office and Panama City Beach Police Department investigators have began taking a closer look at the church. Owned by Markus Q. Bishop, former pastor of Faith Christian Family Church, officials said the club has been engaging in activities unbefitting of a church.

Bishop could not be reached Tuesday for a comment on this story.

A sign on the front of The Tabernacle stated the events are alcohol and drug free and donations go back to the church. Promoters said it is a church by day and youth ministry by night.

Sheriff Frank McKeithen said it is a “blatant slap in the face” to taxpayers and law enforcement.

“They’re trying to get around the laws, and they’re using the church to get there,” McKeithen said.

Since a Facebook post from BCSO questioned the integrity of the club, highlighting that the club often hosts adult entertainment, Club Amnesia has shut down its website. However, when the website was available, it boasted a Sunday night event called “Slumber,” a pajama and lingerie party hosted by “the sexiest ladies on the beach.” Raves take place weekly along with an “Anything But Clothes” paint party. And Wednesday nights are reserved for an event called “Wet n Wild,” a water-themed event where “white water meets Tabernacle PCB with a little twerkin’,” the website stated.

“I’ve been in a lot of nightclubs and I’ve been in a lot of churches,” said PCBPD Chief Drew Whitman. “That isn’t a church.”

Patrons are charged $20 at the door, which is called a donation. And T-shirts depicting stick figures performing oral sex on one another and the text “I hate being sober” adorn the walls.

Whitman and McKeithen said it is not the nature of the events that has piqued their attention. Several similar events are hosted at clubs just east of Club Amnesia. However, the business does not have alcohol permits or appropriate licenses, is zoned as a church and has been tax-exempt as a church for years, McKeithen said.

Property Appraiser Dan Sowell sided with law enforcement. He said the lot had been tax exempt as a church until word spread about the activities being held within. The property’s tax-exempt status was changed Tuesday morning.

“A bottle club, charging $20 at the door and selling obscene T-shirts is not being used as a church,” Sowell said. “A God-fearing, God-honoring church in January does not sponsor this type of debauchery in March.”

Amnesia’s website reopened Tuesday night with a disclaimer attached.

“The Tabernacle is a drug and alcohol free community for the youth to go for spring break at night to interact with each other in a fun safe environment,” the website now states. “iDrink sponsors this community reach out program with their non-alcoholic bottled water product only. We thank all of our patrons that have attended and will be attending our safe environment.”

The site includes an application sheet to become an “ambassador” of The Tabernacle and “help get the word out about our safe place to go instead of wondering the strip.”

This is not the first time Bishop has faced scrutiny from county tax officials. In 2004, he challenged a property tax assessment on his the 10,000 square-foot, five-bedroom, six-bathroom home he lived in, saying the mansion was a parsonage and should be tax exempt. A string of rulings over years went in favor of Bishop.

Sowell said he also has changed the tax exempt status of that property.

Bishop is currently on probation after pleading to a misdemeanor battery charge that surfaced after a 16-year-old girl said he made unwanted sexual advances toward her.

http://www.newsherald.com/spring-break/pcb-church-loses-tax-exemption-after-opening-club-1.448871?ot=hmg.PrintPageLayout.ot&print=photo

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'Church' hosting raunchy spring break parties loses tax-exempt status
The Life Center: A Spiritual Community in Panama City Beach has been stripped of its tax-exempt status after hosting wild spring break parties as Amnesia: The Tabernacle.
By Ben Hooper Contact the Author | March 12, 2015 at 3:19 PM

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/03/12/Church-hosting-raunchy-spring-break-parties-loses-tax-exempt-status/6551426186355/#ixzz3VFL2VxMx


PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla., March 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a church has lost its tax-exempt status after it was found to be hosting nude paint events and slumber parties with the "sexiest ladies."

Property Appraiser Dan Sowell said Panama City Beach's Life Center: A Spiritual Community has lost its tax-exempt status after authorities discovered it has been hosting late night spring break parties as "Amnesia: The Tabernacle" since Feb. 28.

The events hosted at the facility included an "anything but clothes" body painting party and a slumber party billed as "a pajama and lingerie party hosted by the sexiest ladies on the beach."

Sheriff Frank McKeithen told the Panama City News-Herald treating the facility as a church is a "blatant slap in the face" to taxpayers and authorities.

"They're trying to get around the laws, and they're using the church to get there," McKeithen said.
Sowell agreed with the sheriff's assessment.

"A bottle club, charging $20 at the door and selling obscene T-shirts is not being used as a church," Sowell said. "A God-fearing, God-honoring church in January does not sponsor this type of debauchery in March."

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/03/12/Church-hosting-raunchy-spring-break-parties-loses-tax-exempt-status/6551426186355/#ixzz3VFKoYPpu

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MORE...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/03/12/debauchery-what-went-on-inside-this-church-just-led-to-the-loss-of-its-tax-exempt-status/


MARCH 24, 2015 UPDATE

Tabernacle Church Members Speak Out on the Life Center Church's Spring Break Amnesia
Updated: Mon 11:09 PM, Mar 23, 2015
By: Jamie Hale

The Life Center Church is used as a place of worship by day, and it recently became a hotspot for spring breakers.

PANAMA CITY BEACH-- The Life Center Church is used as a place of worship by day, and it recently became a hotspot for spring breakers.

Its website advertised events with themes like "Paint Parties" and "Anything But Clothes."

Promoters for what was called "Spring Break Amnesia -- The Tabernacle" told NewsChannel 7 it was a youth ministry, but law enforcement says it's a nightclub.

But as of this weekend, it's stopped operating at night.

Because of the police reports, the Bay County Property Appraiser's office removed the church's tax exemption on March 9.

NewsChannel 7 received a statement from the property appraiser's office Monday saying since the activities going on inside the building on Thomas Drive don't match those of a church, they don't meet the tax exempt requirements.

The property appraiser's office also removed tax exemption status from 3703 Preserve Bay Blvd., a home owned by the church's former pastor, Markus Bishop.

Dan Sowell's statement indicated that since Bishop isn't a pastor, the house cannot be a parsonage.

That's not the only issue coming out of the church turned "club," especially when it comes to the name.

"The Tabernacle here on Frankford Avenue has been here for 13 years," Tabernacle Church Senior Pastor Bill Pfeffer said. "We are not affiliated with the Tabernacle on the beach."

The pastor of a church in Panama City says spring breakers seem to confuse his church with the one on the beach.

"We've been getting phone calls about what time toga parties start and happy hour, and I'm like, well happy hour's all day, but we don't do toga parties," Tabernacle Church Associate Pastor Donna Pfeffer said. "But you know, it's just, when you get phone calls like that after you been at this church for 13 years, it's kind of saddening."

The Pfeffers say what's happening on the beach is giving Christian churches a bad name.

"Sadly to say, it gives us all a bad reputation," Bill Pfeffer said. "It hurts us all and hopefully it doesn't cause people to leave the church, to walk away from the church."

"It just breaks my heart that I'm getting phone calls to the Tabernacle here, which is God's place, about that place out on the beach," said Donna Pfeffer. "We are no relationship to Markus Bishop, or the Life Center, the Tabernacle, none whatsoever. The only thing we probably have in common is happy hour, but ours is totally different."

NewsChannel 7 spoke with Chief Whitman Monday and he says neither the Panama City Beach Police Department or Bay County Sheriff's Office shut down the operation.

There is still an on-going investigation into the church.

NewsChannel 7 tried to reach Markus Bishop for comment multiple times Monday, but he did not return our calls.

http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/Local-Church-Members-Speak-Out-on-the-Life-Center-Churchs-Spring-Break-Amnesia-297326411.html


DECEMBER 7, 2015 UPDATE

Faith Christian church sues property appraiser

Published 12/07 2015 04:47PM
Updated 12/07 2015 07:48PM

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.

Markus Bishop and Faith Christian Family Church are once again suing the Bay County Property Appraiser's Office.

In a recent court filing the church argues that it should not have lost its tax exempt status because it allowed others to use the facility as a gathering place for young people during Spring Break.

Sheriff Frank McKeithen and Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman were both critical of the church during Spring Break for opening what they deemed a night club. That led to Property Appraiser Dan Sowell revoking the church's tax exempt status.

In a complaint against the property appraiser the church argues that church officials wanted to create a "safe venue" for young people that offered a "party like but wholesome atmosphere" with music food and non-alcoholic beverages.

The complaint states that the church took no money from a contractor and a subcontractor who created Spring Break Amnesia on the church grounds. Pastor Markus Bishop and other church officials found some of the activities at Spring Break amnesia offensive and they warned organizers several times to clean up the situation and they eventually shut it down.

The complaint goes on to argue that even though the activities took place the church should still be exempt from taxes and that the property is still predominantly used as a church.

The document also states that the tax exempt status for Bishop's parsonage was revoked in 2015 and he is asking to have it back. The multi-million dollar home in a gated community is listed for sale but Faith Christian says the pastor has not stopped living there. The suit states that the second reason exemption was denied is that the property appraiser contends that Faith Christian is no longer a church. The suit says Faith Christian has provided religious services for its members and public there at all times.

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http://www.mypanhandle.com/news/faith-christian-church-sues-property-appraiser


JUNE 15, 2016 UPDATE

PCB Pastor arrested again in Pensacola
Published 06/15 2016 04:04PM

PENSACOLA, Fla.
http://www.mypanhandle.com/news/pcb-pastor-arrested-again-in-Pensacola

A Panama City Beach pastor who has had several run-ins with the law was arrested again earlier this month in Pensacola.

Markus Bishop is charged with possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana. Bishop is a controversial figure in the area, at one time the pastor of one of the largest congregations in Panama City Beach.

But the church he founded, Faith Christian Family Church, ran afoul of Property Appraiser Dan Sowell. The first time was over tax exempt status status of the church's parsonage, a large home in a gated community for Bishop. That was a fight Sowell lost.

The two groups are currently involved in a second court battle, which began in Spring Break 2015 when Sowell and members of law enforcement claimed the church had transformed itself into a moneymaking nighclub for Spring Breakers.

That case is ongoing.

Bishop was also once charged with battery, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and delivery of a controlled substance to a minor by an adult after a September of 2014 incident. Prosecutors dropped those charges in February of 2015.

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE

Were All the Beatles Replaced?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band.jpg

Some think that Paul died or was killed and then replaced in 1966. Would the other Beatles go along with that secret? And if not, were they replaced as well?

Check out Tina Foster's website
http://plasticmacca.blogspot.com/

Original UK LPs

PS Some think the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were all replaced 1966-67. Hmmm...

MARCH 11, 2015 UPDATE
The Beatles at the Hollywood in 1964 (go to 5 min)


Listen to Paul's Voice


Greedy Doctors Diagnose Cancer for Profit

Very disturbing but no surprise here. We all know so many who are being 'treated' for cancer and suffering to the point of death which is tearing up families and causing insurmountable grief. It is absolutely the worse when a 'trusted professional' stoops to this level of deceit and murder. Tragic and heartbreaking!

"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." Romans 12:19

"God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day." Psalm 7:11

"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Hebrew 10:31

"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." 1 Timothy 6:10

More Doctors Confessing To Intentionally Diagnosing Healthy People With Cancer To Make Money

January 13, 2015

It happens more often than you can imagine, but more Doctors are finally getting caught in the act of misrepresenting their oath and fraudulently diagnosing healthy patients with cancer to turn a quick buck from kickbacks on chemotherapy poisons.

Why shouldn't Doctors lie when the entire cancer industry is one gigantic fabrication from start to finish? Is it any wonder that cancer societies worldwide put a far greater financial initiative on chemotherapy and radiation research than disease prevention techniques? Preventing disease doesn't make money, but treating disease certainly does.

Dr. Farid Fata
Take Dr. Farid Fata, a prominent cancer doctor in Michigan who admitted in court one year ago to intentionally and wrongfully diagnosing healthy people with cancer. Fata also admitted to giving them chemotherapy drugs for the purpose of making a profit.

Were his patients shocked? You bet they were. Who would ever suspect a Doctor of faking a diagnosis to collect money. It's unconscionable. Yet it happens with cancer and almost every disease that medical doctors can generate income through kickbacks and commissions based on the volume of patients treated with specific pharmaceuticals. Like anything people are used as a comodity.

"Many of these unscrupulous Physicians are like businessmen without a conscience. The only difference is they have your health and trust in their hands--a very dangerous combination when money is involved," said Dr. Sayed Mohammed, a retired Oncologist who admits seeing the trend more than a decade ago.

"It is my choice," Fata said on Tuesday of his surprise guilty plea, which included rattling off the names of numerous drugs he prescribed for his patients over the years. In each admission, he uttered these words:

"I knew that it was medically unnecessary."

Fata was charged with running a $35-million Medicare fraud scheme that involved billing the government for medically unnecessary oncology and hematology treatments. The government says Fata ran the scheme from 2009 to the present, through his medical businesses, including Michigan Hematology Oncology Centers, with offices in Clarkston, Bloomfield Hills, Lapeer, Sterling Heights, Troy and Oak Park.

According to the government, Fata had a patient load of 1,200 people and received $62 million from Medicare; he billed for more than $150 million.

U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said she plans to seek life in prison for Fata, calling his case is "the most egregious" health care fraud case her office has seen. She said Fata not only bilked the government -- which is typical in such cases -- but he also harmed patients.

Lying with Statistics

Prostate cancer is another great example which doctors falsely give prognoses about without giving patients the facts. A prostate (PSA) blood test looks for prostate-specific antigen, a protein produced by the prostate gland. High levels are supposedly associated with prostate cancer. The problem is that the association isn't always correct, and when it is, the prostate cancer isn't necessarily deadly. Only about 3 percent of all men die from prostate cancer. The PSA test usually leads to over diagnosis -- biopsies and treatment in which the side effects are impotence and incontinence. Repeated biopsies may spread cancer cells into the track formed by the needle, or by spilling cancerous cells directly into the bloodstream or lymphatic system. More than 90% of Doctors who encourage cancer treatment for prostate cancer will generate a commission from each treatment the patient receives. It proves risky and often deadly in the long run for most people who don't understand how to take care of their health and are persuaded by false statistics.

Dozens of excellent large studies have been done on men who have had cancer discovered in their prostate with a biopsy. In over 97% of the cases this cancer either never spreads outside of the gland to cause harm or the patient dies of something else long before any evidence of cancer spreading outside of the prostate occurs. In that 3% where cancer is aggressive and harms the patient, it has already spread beyond the limits of surgical resection long before discovery; thus, these men are not helped by surgery either.

After at least seven years of post-college graduate medical education on the emotional, mental, and physical condition of the human being, you would expect a physician to be a powerhouse of goodwill for his or her patients. Unfortunately, too many doctors fail to keep the welfare of their customers at the forefront, as their main concern. The needs to boost their own egos, self-preservation, and the quest for more money often result in inappropriate care and harm to the patient.

Most women are often told that hysterectomies lead to many different cures for cancer and other ailments. This is misrepresenting the truth. The research done so far has demonstrated no improvement in survival regardless of the aggressiveness of many of these unnecessary treatments.

Breast cancer screenings also result in an increase in breast cancer mortality and fail to address prevention. Despite no evidence ever having supported any recommendations made for regular periodic screening and mammography at any age, malicious recommendations from the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) on breast cancer screening are now suggesting that breast cancer screening should begin at age 40 and earlier in high-risk patients. Published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), the recommendations released by the SBI and ACR state that the average patient should begin annual breast cancer screening at age 40. They also target women in their 30s if they are considered "high risk" as they stated.

The rate of advanced breast cancer for U.S. women 25 to 39 years old nearly doubled from 1976 to 2009, a difference too great to be a matter of chance and more about diagnoses.

A disturbing study published in the New England Journal of Medicine is bringing mainstream attention to the fact that mammography has caused far more harm than good in the millions of women who have employed it over the past 30 years as their primary strategy in the fight against breast cancer.

It always has been and always will be about the money. It is not time to recognize the trend?

Chemotherapy Does Not Heal The Body--It Slowly Destroys It

Chemotherapy boosts cancer growth and long-term mortality rates. Most chemotherapy patients either die or are plagued with illness within 10-15 years after treatment. It destroys their immune system, increases neuro-cognitive decline, disrupts endocrine functioning and causes organ and metabolic toxicities. Patients basically live in a permanent state of disease until their death. The cancer industry marginalizes safe and effective cures while promoting their patented, expensive, and toxic remedies whose risks far exceed any benefit. This is what they do best, and they do it because it makes money, plain and simple.

The reason a 5-year relative survival rate is the standard used to assess mortality rates is due to most cancer patients going downhill after this period. It's exceptionally bad for business and the cancer industry knows it. They could never show the public the true 97% statistical failure rate in treating long-term metastatic cancers. If they did publish the long-term statistics for all cancers administered cytotoxic chemotherapy, that is 10+ years and produced the objective data on rigorous evaluations including the cost-effectiveness, impact on the immune system, quality of life, morbidity and mortality, it would be very clear to the world that chemotherapy makes little to no contribution to cancer survival at all. No such study has ever been conducted by independent investigators in the history of chemotherapy. The only studies available come from industry funded institutions and scientists and none of them have ever inclusively quantified the above variables.

Why? Money, greed and profits run the cancer industry--nothing else. The cancer establishment must retreat from the truth to treat cancer because there will never be any profit for them in in eradicating the disease. There is no governing body in the world that protects consumers from being subjected to these toxic therapies or even known carcinogens in our foods our environment, because that too, will prevent the profits from rolling in. It's a business of mammoth proportions and must be treated as such. The most powerful anti-carcinogenic plants in the world such as cannabis must be demonized and be made illegal because they are so effective at killing cancer cells without side effects. Cannabinoids are so efficient at treating disease, that the U.S. Government patented them in 2003.

If a "magic bullet" were used FIRST by orthodox medicine, meaning the cut/burn/slash/poison treatments were avoided, a 90% true cure rate would be easy to achieve. But the fact is that the leaders in the medical community have absolutely no interest in finding a "magic bullet." A "magic bullet" would cost the drug companies hundreds of billions of dollars, and patients would have less hospitalization and less doctor visits, etc.

You might ask your oncologist why your chances of survival are only 3% (ignoring all of their statistical gibberish such as "5-year survival rates" and deceptive terms like "remission" and "response"), when your chance of survival would be over 90% if they used something like DMSO. Actually, bring up DMSO to any oncologist and most of them won't even talk to you about it. Why? Because DMSO is a natural product, cannot be patented and cannot be made profitable because it is produced by the ton in the wood industry.

Dr. Farid Fata is only a consequence of the system. Like him there are thousands of legally practicing Doctors and oncologists in the United States and abroad who are guilty of the same crimes, but because they fly below the radar, they are never caught.

As we continue playing this charade of making the public believe that poisons treat cancer, people will continue to die, and Doctors will continue to make money up to the day of their patient's death. Every once in a while, we may catch a few (of the many) like Dr. Fata, who self-destruct due to their own greed. We will claim they are outlaws, banish them and tarnish their reputations based on a perception that a healthy person should never be unnecessarily subjected to chemotherapy for money. So we can harshly judge and legally prosecute the Doctor who falsely prescribes poison to a healthy person for money, but we proudly accept the Doctor who prescribes poison to an unhealthy person for money. I find that truly mind blowing.

Sources:
justice.gov
freep.com
preventdisease.com
drmcdougall.com
medscape.com

Dave Mihalovic is a Naturopathic Doctor who specializes in vaccine research, cancer prevention and a natural approach to treatment.

https://www.minds.com/blog/view/401784984240656384/more-doctors-confessing-to-intentionally-diagnosing-healthy-people-with-cancer-to-make-money

Testimony of Simon Luckinbill, Grandson of Lucy Ball & Desi Arnez







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Testimony of Cynthia

Cynthia From New Mexico grew up in an Illuminati family and talks about gang stalking and finding freedom through the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Moon Landing Hoax: A Propaganda Payload Pt. 1 by Max Ratt



Published on Jan 18, 2015

In this episode of the Max Ratt Deconstruction Zone Max breaks down the Moon Landing Hoax. In part 1 of a series Max takes a look at the “Proof”. Max aggregates loads of evidence and explanations clearly showing that NASA presents Fraudulent Records of the Apollo Moon Missions. In his usual style Max compiles and arranges a multitude of audio clips from the horse’s mouths themselves, as well as expert commentaries, humorous satires, and mainstream news.

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Daniel Smith Interview on Alternative Healthcare and the FDA



Daniel Smith exposes the government/corporate control matrix that wants to take away your right to chose alternative health remedies. He faces severe criminal charges for selling a health product readily available on such mainstream sources as eBay and Amazon.com. The Justice Department and the FDA hope not only to convict Daniel, but also through his case, severely limit your personal freedom to chose your own paths toward health.

The World Beyond Belief talks with Daniel Smith and Mia Hamel about Daniel's case and how this affects us all in maintaining our health freedoms and how we can help. Please visit http://standbydaniel.com to learn more. Daniel is facing 37 years in prison for helping save lives and defending our Health Freedom.

A Secret Rapture is Purely Fiction by Rick Ramdon

The following are Facebook comments by Rick Ramdon which I found to be very important!

The Bible does not support the idea of a secret rapture. That is purely fiction.

All the scriptures used to support a secret rapture are either misapplied or taken out of context. The one that Jesus used, where He said there will be two people, one taken and one left, that is the main text used to support the secret rapture. That is taken out of context and actually contradicts the rapture idea completely. Remember, Jesus was using the Flood as the example. During the time of the flood, the one that's "taken" by the flood was lost not saved! The secret rapture idea says that the person who is taken will be saved. Well, that's not what happened during the flood. It was the ones who remained in the boat, Noah and his family, who were saved. All the rest were taken by the water and were lost. The Bible says, "He who ENDURES to the END shall be saved."

You should check out the origin of this false doctrine. It was conceived by the Jesuit priest Francisco Ribera centuries ago. At the time every Bible student who studied Revelation correctly understood that the Man of Sin, or the Antichrist, mentioned in Revelation referred to the Papacy. In fact every Protestant church believed this, and rightly so. Rebiera wanted to deflect this understanding from the Papacy so he invented the secret rapture lie to say that the Antichrist will come AFTER the Church has gone to Heaven, thus, shifting the Antichrist, the Papacy way into the future. He was successful, because 99.99% of all protestant churches embrace this false teaching and have abandoned the truth of Scripture.

All you have to do is read the context and it will tell you very clearly what Jesus meant. First of all, Matthew 24 is speaking about the end times. So, let’s look at it. Verse 3 is clear that it’s talking about the end times:

Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Notice that Jesus said that believers should endure until the END, which is His second coming.

Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Here He says that there will be tribulation for God’s people. The Secret rapture doctrine says that the church will be raptured secretly and that only the lost will be in the tribulation. If so, then what is the purpose for the tribulation? It’s to cleanse God’s Church, His people. In Daniel 12:1, it say that this time will be such a great time of trouble that there’s nothing so far to compare it to. In fact, in Revelation 13, it say at this time, you will either receive the Mark of the Beast or the Mark (seal) of God. And unless you receive the mark of the beast, you won’t be able to buy or sell. Who won’t be able to buy or sell? The SAVED, not the lost. This will be a time of trouble and tribulation for God’s people. But I thought at this time the Church is already raptured? Clearly not. The Bible is clear that the Church will still be on Earth until Christ comes for her in the clouds of Heaven. Just look what Paul says in IThs. 4: 16, 17:

1Th 4:16 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

The saved will look up and declare:

Isa_25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

See, if the church is already raptured and in Heaven, then just who does Jesus return for? The lost? Absolutely not.

Ok, let’s get back to Matthew 24.

Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Mat 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mat 24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
Mat 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Mat 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Jesus said that His coming will be a visible event, not a secret. In fact, we just read in I Ths. Above that Jesus will come with a “Shout” and a loud trumpet that will wake up the dead in Christ!

Mat 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Jesus said that all the tribes of the earth will see His coming. This will not be a secret.

Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Here we go again with a noisy trumpet. At this time, the dead in Christ are raised from the grave and those who remain alive and are among the save will be translated from life to eternal life!

Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Look up at the verse above and see what Jesus said about the flood. He said it came and TOOK THEM ALL AWAY! Indeed, those who were TAKEN were lost, NOT SAVED. Jesus Himself said that, not me. The doctrine of the secret rapture contradicts this passage completely.

Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Jesus was simply making the point for the believer to be prepared, not to be living a life of sin and then hoping to change at the last minute, because you could actually die before he comes too, and if you die in your sin you’ll be lost. This was the point He was illustrating here when He mentioned one taken and one left. If this is literal, then that would mean exactly 50% of all people will be saved, which is clearly not the case.

Mat 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

“That one taken and one left is not referring to being taken..”

In Matthew 24: 37-39, Jesus said exactly the opposite of what the Secret rapture teaches. He stated that those who were taken were lost, not saved. He clearly said that the flood came and TOOK THEM ALL AWAY. What does that mean? Those who the flood took away drowned. Even the very context tells you that it’s talking about those who were lost. It says that they were caught up with the cares of this life (eating and drinking, marrying, etc.) and was not paying attention to the signs of the times, so they were unprepared and were lost.

Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Let me answer the question about Jesus returning to the Earth and reigning. In I Ths. 4; 16, & 17, the Bible says that when Jesus comes, He will raise the dead who are saved (this is the first resurrection of the dead, those who are saved) and save both them and the living who remain alive when He comes. All the saved will be given immortality at that time and taken to Heaven. Here is what the Bible says:

1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

So, we will spend the millennium in Heaven, not on this earth. Then, after the millennium, then we will return to the earth, along with the New Jerusalem (See Rev. 21: 1-4). The wicked dead, who had been dead for the millennium, and those who had died long ago, are now raised in the second resurrection to be consumed by fire. This is the hell fire that the Bible talks about, which is entirely another study. The earth is then made new (See Revelation 21: 1) and saints and God Himself and Jesus will dwell with us for all eternity (“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth”). What a glorious promise this is. It will be like the Garden of Eden all over again, right here on this earth, along with God the Father and Jesus.

This is just one of the many false teachings that has crept into the church through the backdoor while God's people are slumbering. This is serious stuff.

You would be shocked to know that there are many more false doctrines, especially popular ones that we all hold as being true. The devil has done a lot to try and dilute the potency of God's word. I am a Bible believing Christian and I study a lot to get closer to Christ through the plain truth of His Word. It's the only way to go, especially when there is so much confusion today. Only the Word of God can lead the Child of God the right way, nothing else. Unfortunately, the traditions of man has come to replace many Bible truths, and that's very sad.

Below are comments another made in quotes, followed by my comment:

“Well, I have heard many Bible scholars explain the Rapture as a Pre Trib event and I'm still going with their philosophies.”

While I do support some of what scholars say, it’s always safer to go with Scripture. The Bible says there is a way that seems right to a man, but the end leads to destruction. When you do the actual study on the origin of the secret rapture, you’ll see just where this false teaching came from. Like I said, it came right from the Catholic Church toward the end of the dark ages. Some people also like to credit this spurious and dangerous doctrine to John Nelson Darby in the 1830’s, but it came right out of the Roman Church (Papacy) in order to shift attention from themselves as the seven-headed beast power of Rev. 13 and the man of sin, whose number is 666.

“Why would the Bible say that Jesus will keep us from the hour of testing if he isn't going to take us before the Tribulation?”

This is why Jesus said, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20). Why would Jesus promise to be with the church until the end of the world if He intended to come seven years before the end to take them out of the world? And just when is the “end of the world?” Of course when Jesus is seen coming in the clouds. This is mentioned in Mat. 24: 3, where the Bible uses the second coming to mean the same thing as the end of the world. Read it below:

Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

“Also, how do you explain that we will meet Jesus in the clouds the first time (the rapture) but Jesus will land on the Mt. of Olives the second time. (the 2nd Coming) He has TWO appearances and not everyone will see him at the Rapture but they WILL see him at the 2nd Coming.”

There is only one return of Christ prior to the millennium and that is to get his people, all those alive and those who are dead in Christ. Listen to what the Bible says:

Jesus said of the dead in Christ, "And I will raise him up at the last day" (John 6:40). Again, this is the second coming. If the dead is already in Heaven seven years before, then who is Jesus raising up in the first resurrection when He comes the second time? Here is a breakdown, according to Scripture, of the events that transpire when Jesus returns the second time:

According to I Cor. 15:51-53 the following will take place at the second coming:
A. Jesus will be seen coming in the clouds, visibly to everyone, everywhere on earth.
B. Jesus does not touch the earth.
C. The dead saved are resurrected and meet Christ in the air.
D. The living saved are translated and meet Christ in the air.
E. The dead and the living saved will be changed and put on immortality.
F. All the saved go to Heaven with Christ for 1000 years to participate in the judgment.
G. The living UNSAVED are killed with the brightness of Christ glory and the glory of the angels and remains dead until the 1000 years are up.
H. Devil is “bound or chained” for 1000 years. This is simply a metaphor to say that he is “Bound” by his circumstances. He will have no one else to tempt for 1000 years.

Then after the 1000 years are up, the following will occur:

I. When the 1000 years are up. Christ returns with the Holy City, New Jerusalem.
J. The unsaved dead are raised (the second resurrection).
K. The devil is “loosed.” Now he can deceive the lost one last time, because they have just been resurrected.
L. The unsaved and the devil try and capture the Holy City, New Jerusalem.
M. Fire comes down from God and devours them. This is the “hellfire” that the Bible refers to.
N. The earth is made new.
O. The holy city descends from God and lands on the Mount of Olives.
P. No more death, pain, suffering, etc.

“Why is the church mentioned in the Bible up until Chap. 4 of Revelation and then not again until Chap. 19 when we return to rule and reign with Jesus?”

You’re mistaken here. The church is mentioned in pretty much all the chapters all the way to the end of Revelation. Pretty much the entirety of Rev. 12 is about the Church. Rev. 13 talks about the church (God’s people) avoiding the mark of the beast and won’t be able to buy or sell. And some of God’s people will lose their life for the sake of the Gospel. Rev. 14 tells of the Church preaching the Three Angels Messages, the everlasting gospel, a final warning message, to the world before Jesus comes.

“Why would Jesus have his bride BEAT UP during the Tribulation before he rescues her for the wedding ceremony?”

In the Bible we read a multitude of examples where God’s people were prosecuted. Look at Daniel. Jesus didn’t save Him from the lion’s den or fiery furnace, but was with him in there. Jesus said “I’ll never leave you nor forsake you.” Read Daniel chapter 12: 1. It says that this time will be a time of trouble unparalleled to anything else, BUT Jesus will stand up and deliver His people.

“What is the point of Christians having FAITH without SEEING if we are going to have to go through the same punishments as the NON BELIEVER during the Tribulation?”

Christians will have to have faith to go through the time of trouble. They will have to believe that God will provide for their every need. When you can’t buy or sell, you will have to trust God that your bread and your water will be sure. Christians will NOT experience the same “punishment” as the wicked. The wrath of God in the form of the seven last plagues will fall on the unsaved, but the saved will not experience this. Remember the Bible said in Psalms 91:

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

“That just doesn't make sense... You people can believe what ever you want and put your own meanings to what you think the Bible is saying, but you won't change my mind. If I'm wrong, I'm still saved so it doesn't matter.”

This makes perfect sense and this is actually what Jesus taught and the Bible supports. I am sorry to say that when the time comes, those who subscribe to the doctrine of the secret pre-tribulation rapture will be deceived and lost. The Bible says that the devil will impersonate Jesus shortly before He returns. Remember Jesus said:

Mat 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Most Christians today believe this doctrine and WILL end up in the Middle East when this false Christ appears there. Do you know that the Muslims, Hindus, Catholics, AND most Christians ALL believe that someone will come back to this earth and be a Massiah, and they are ALL waiting for that to happen? The devil is preparing a grand deception that will end up deceiving billions. Don’t fall into this trap. Jesus is NOT coming back secretly at anytime. Why does Jesus need to sneak up on anyone? He is the maker of all that exists. The “thief in the night” scenario, if you read it in its proper context, is actually referring to those who are lost, not the saved. It’s simply contrasting them with the saved and saying that we should not let His coming find us idle and sinning and not being ready, that His coming should NOT catch us unaware.

The danger that I mentioned regarding the pre-trib rapture is not in imitating Christ coming in the clouds, but someone appearing in the Middle East, working miracles and claiming to be Christ. Yes, God took Moses, but He raised him from the dead, and Elijah went up visibly as did Jesus. These events were all visible events, not secrets. The church is absolutely mentioned in Revelation, in many other chapters after chapter 4 and before 21. Who do you think preaches the Three Angel's messages in Rev, 14:1-6? In Rev. 13:7 it says that the the beast power will make war with the saints, that "...it was given unto him to make war with the SAINTS, and to overcome them." Just who do you think these saints are? This is nothing but the Church of Christ. These are the same ones who will refuse to accept the mark of the beast and and be persecuted. I really don't believe that we have the option to privately intrepret the Scriptures the way we want. The Bible says that there is only one way to interpret it and that is to "rightly divide" the Word of truth. Two views that contradict each other cannot be accurate. One, or both, must be wrong, but the two cannot be correct. There is just no Biblical precedent at all to even suggest that will take away anyone invisibly. This just helps to further fictionalize the truth of the gospel.

The return of Christ will be a visible event just like the first coming was. All of it will be very real events, including when the saints are being taken up in the clouds to meet Christ. I tell you the truth, the Left Behind silliness has done a tremendous disservice to the cause of Christ. Because of this series, along with the secret rapture doctrjne, many people now find it difficult to relate to the event, because it's so unrealistic, even to anything that has ever occurred before in the Bible.

Regarding Noah, he did not sneak or secretly enter into the ark, but went in with his family and the animals in a very obvious and visible way. There was nothing secret about that event. Who will rise up to meet the Lord in the air, both dead and those alive, when mentioned in 1 Ths. 4:16 & 17? It says, "For the Lord shall decend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ will rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." This text is proof beyond absolutely any doubt that only WHEN Jesus appears in the clouds are the dead raised and the living saints are translated and taken to Heaven.

Please take a very close look at this text and consider what I have said.

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History Lesson by Bill Cooper (1943-2001)

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