God's preordained plan for His church (part two)

 

With all the massive delusions and deceptions that are taking place in the world today it is imperative that God’s people are able to make a clear distinction between the church and the rest of the world. In the world today in the sight of God, there are three (3) groups of people, and they are distinguished as follows:

•                    The Jews

These are the chosen people of God to whom were committed the oracles of God, as it is written; “What advantage then has the Jew, or what the profit of circumcision is? Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God. For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar” (Romans 3:1-4).

With regards to Israel it is written; "For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Him-self, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.'

"Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face” (Deuteronomy 7: 6-10).

The irony of truth is, God has not cast away His people Israel whom He foreknew, and their rejection is not final. In fact, through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? The truth of the matter is, if they do not continue in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

And so we have been instructed by the apostle Paul saying; “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; for this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins."

Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers” (Romans 11:25-28).

The crux of the matter is, Gentiles who once were disobedient to God have now obtained mercy through the disobedience of the Jews, and even so Gentiles also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown towards them the Jews also may obtain mercy. For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all and so, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

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God's preordained plan for the church

The church which is the body of Christ is foreordained by God to attain a specific status in life, before the appearing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul in his earnest prayer for the church said; “Now may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints” (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13).

In his various exhortations, the apostle Paul admonished the church by saying; “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

Not only is the church preordained by God to be blameless, but provisions have been made for her to attain her desired status and has given the assurance saying; “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” The irony of truth is, as the bride of Christ the church is subject to Him, and as a loving husband, “He gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:25-27).

 The sad thing is, most people including professing Christians do not make a clear distinction between the church and the rest of the world. Even we who claimed to be Christians are not living the way we are destined to live as light bearers. For we have been admonished saying; “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.'

“Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain” (Philippians 2:12-16).

The objective of the church is to be found blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. But the crucial question at this present time is are we ready and prepared to face the inevitable that is being promulgated by the leaders of this world?

The general consensus of the majority of world leaders and business owners is that, every single authorized worker that is on the authorized worker’s list must be vaccinated if they want to continue working and to the majority of them this decision is irreversible and the ultimatum. To these authorities, the unvaccinated, God’s perfect creation is a significant risk to society and must be eradicated if the world wants to regain its freedom.

What gross disrespect, irreverence and profanity? God’s perfect creation is now being considered as scum, worthless, inferior, useless, a danger to society which need to be isolated and left to starve in favor of the vaccinated, the work of man’s wisdom which we are not to have our faith in, but rather in the power of Go, what spiritual blindness?

But thanks be to God who forewarned His people by saying; “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them (John 16:1-4).

To the church of the living God this is what the Lord says; “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches ” (Revelation 3:19-21).

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The Corona Virus vaccine and the believer

 

The believer and the corona virus vaccine

 Since the scriptures made it abundantly clear stating; “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is Holy, which temple you are” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

And there is a further warning which states; “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation" (Mark3:28-29).

I therefore beg to ask the question, what will be the future status of those who have wittingly or unwittingly taken the Corona Virus vaccine and by so doing have defiled the Holy temple of God and blasphemes the Holy Spirit by placing their faith in the wisdom of men rather than in the power of God? Is their actions reversible, or are they irreversible?  

Unfortunately, this will be a very hard pill to swallow, but the irony of truth is, ignorance of the law is no excuse therefore, since the temple of God has absolutely no fellowship with idols, the ultimate consequence is, if anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, it is free from defilement.

So then, what is the future status of those who has defiled the temple of God? Their status will be exactly as Jesus foretold saying; “but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation."

To those wo have their names written in the book of life the eternal condemnation will be the forfeit of immortality and ruler-ship in the kingdom of God and therefore will not be part of the first resurrection and will not be ruling with Christ during the millennium. Because, it will be only those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands that will live and reign with Christ for a thousand years.

But the rest of the dead will not live again until the thousand years were finished. Then according to the apostle John, “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:12-15).

So then, those whose names are found written in the Book of Life will not suffer the second death but will be granted life and given access to the water of life and the tree of life, but will forfeit the golden opportunity of being kings and priests in the kingdom of God. What a sad situation simply because people have been misled to place their faith and trust in the wisdom of men rather than in the power of God.

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Mandatory vaccination inhibits inheritance of the Kingdom of God

 

1. It prohibits the inheritance of God’s kingdom

The third spiritual implication of mandatory vaccine is that it inhibits one’s inheritance of the kingdom of God. Whether or not the Covid-19 vaccine is the prophesied mark of the beast, one cannot deny the fact that the consequences for refusing to partake of it is synonymous and very identical to what is prophesied to happen with the refusal to take the mark. For it is stated clearly that; “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Revelation 13:16-17).

Now since the consequences for not taking the vaccine is identical to that of the mark of the beast one should be very cautious and try to avoid taking it at all cost because of its dire consequences which states; "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name" (Revelation 14:9-11).

Therefore, the spiritual consequences of taking the vaccine are humongous and far exceed the greater good that is being promulgated by the leaders of this world. Furthermore, it is inconsequential whether the Covid-19 vaccines is the mark of the beast or not, the crux of the matter is, it defiles the temple of God and this should be a matter of great concern to all believers because it is the defilement of the temple of the Holy Spirit that disqualifies one from inheriting the kingdom of God.

Again, I would like to emphasis the point that our battles are not physical in nature and that the greater good that is being promulgated by the world leaders is quite the opposite to what it is in the spiritual perspective because, even though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds: For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Therefore, the greater good that can be done for humanity at this point is, to take up the whole armor of God, that we may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. We are to stand therefore, having girded our waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod our feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which we will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.

He, who has ears to hear, let them hear because, woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time." 

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Mandatory vaccination defiles the temple of the Holy Spirit

 

1. Defilement of God’s spiritual temple

The second spiritual implication of mandatory vaccination is that it defiles the temple of the Holy Spirit because believers have been duly admonished saying; “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is Holy, which temple you are” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

Also, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

And for this reason we have been duly warned saying; “And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God: As God has said: "I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people." Therefore "Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty" (2 Corinthians 6:16-18).

Let us Consider and ponder another passage of scripture for a moment which reads, “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh" (1Corinthians 6:15-16).

Let us not be naïve and consider this, if unlawful sexual intercourse with another human being defiles the temple of the Holy Spirit how much will a vaccine with tissues of aborted human fetuses integrated with many other unknown tissues and substances such as HIV Aids viruses, even particles of hydrogel active ingredients being deposited directly into the blood stream which houses our DNA defiles it?

And more significantly depositing these defiled substances in our human body which has now become the temple of the Holy Spirit! What an abomination! What a defilement, what a desecration of the temple of the Holy Spirit!

I therefore, beg to ask the question again, are we dealing with the root cause of the problem or are we simply dealing with the effects? The root cause here is Satan’s quest to destroy the temple of the Holy Spirit, something Satan wished he had, and so, this battle is not against flesh and blood, for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).

And although we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when our obedience is fulfilled” (2 Corinthians 10:3-6).

Presently, the genuineness of our faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, is being tested by fire and hopefully may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, because we are facing the challenge as to whether we allow our human body to serve as the temple of the Holy Spirit or allow it to serve as a Guinea pig for the advancement of science and forfeit our chances of inheriting the kingdom of God? The choice is ours to make individually. 

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Mandatory vaccination is idolatrous

 

So here are three spiritual implications of mandatory vaccination on humanity especially on those who profess to be born again and are living the spiritual life:

1. The sin of idolatry

A simple definition of idolatry is extreme or excessive devotion, admiration or worship, or the worship of craven images or things other than God; it is the admiration of somebody or something including safety and security.

So when one listens to the emphasis that is being placed on the Covid-19 vaccines it is clear that the implication is that, vaccination is one’s or the world’s only hope of survival and it is considered as being the savior to save man from this pandemic, And so by making it mandatory for people to take it is blatant idolatry, disrespect and dishonor to the Creator who created the human body with an immune system to act as our body guard to protect our body from outside invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and toxins (chemicals produced by microbes).

We take also into consideration the fact that, we all have the option to either have our faith in the wisdom of men or, have our faith in the power of God. Therefore, to mandate vaccination on humanity is to force humanity to have faith in the wisdom of men and that is blatant idolatry.\Please bear in mind that the contest is between the wisdom of men verses the power of God and the authority that Jesus Christ gave to His disciples states as follows: “Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick” (Luke 9:1-2).

He also gave His disciples the authority to go and preach the gospel saying; “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:7-8).

Let us not lose focus on the reality, because the crux of the matter is, either we have faith in the wisdom of men or we have faith in the power of God and remember; “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13)..

Therefore, to mandate vaccination, the work of man’s wisdom (science) on people who ought to have their faith in the power of God rather than in the wisdom of men is demonic, blasphemous, idolatrous and  it is pathetic for those religious leaders who support this idea because they claim that there is no biblical support to defend God’s people. What a charade! So disgusting!

But, truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead" (Acts 17:30-31).

It is high time that those who profess to be believers in Jesus Christ learn to deal with the root cause of a problem and not just dealing with its effects, it is Satan’s quest to be worshiped even as God is worshiped and he has given the rulers of this world his power, his throne, and great authority and some of this power is manifested in the work of science, the wisdom of men which is to God foolishness.

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light: For the next mandate to be imposed in the not too distant future is that of worshiping the image of the beast, which is to mandate everyone to worship on Sundays.

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Mandatory vaccination in spiritual perspective

 One very important thing one should note in dealing with this issue is that, humanity since the advent of Jesus Christ has a dual nature, man is both a physical and spiritual being, the members of man’s body is the instrument he/she uses to either live in accordance to the flesh or to live in accordance to the spirit and so we have been duly admonished saying; “And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God” (Romans 6:13).

Therefore, in dealing with anything that pertains to the human body, we are to consider not only the physical aspect but the spiritual aspect as well. So while one considers the physical aspect of mandating the vaccines as the greater good for man physically, one should also take into consideration the spiritual aspects and consequences for doing such and take into cognizance the fact that the flesh and the spirit are contrary to each other.

As we have been duly admonished saying; “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish” (Galatians 5:16-17).

We have further been instructed saying; “For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1Corinthians 2:11-14).

So then, since the natural carnal mind sees mandatory vaccination as the greater good for humanity, how does the spiritual mind views it? Remember, the natural and the spiritual are contrary to each other, so here is how the spiritually minded individual views the mandatory vaccination on humanity, especially on believers.

I am flabbergasted and in complete amazement when I listen to so called spiritual leaders who claims not to have any scriptural or biblical reasons to support those who may refuse to partake of it, but instead are supporting the idea of being vaccinated as the greater good for humanity, what a shame!

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Lucius Joseph