SF, Stagecoach, NV
Dear
Brothers & Sisters in The World,
God chose Adam to fellowship with, but they sinned, so they couldn’t walk with
Him.
God chose Abraham to bless, but his descendants wanted the blessings, not the
Blesser.
Now,
instead of God choosing us, He’s allowed man to choose for themselvies –
individually.
During
our stay here on earth, we get to taste/see both Heaven and hell for
ourselves. Depending on your choice,
after your physical death [last breath], you will go to Heaven and be with
Abraham, or down to Hades and be tormented.
The choice is yours. Make it
soon; we don’t have that much time left!
From Chapter 8 - Behind
door #3 Death & Hades........Pages 135-151
Revelation 1:18 “I am He who lives, and
was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I
have the keys of Hades and of Death.”.”
The final keys God has
given us work the door of death and Hades.
Thanks to Jesus, no longer can the twerp [satan/demons] kill
people before their time just because he’s having a good day or wants to silence
them. Now we have the keys over
death and Hades.
Since
the Lord has combined these keys together, I’m going to cover them in one
chapter. I’ve put both keys in door #3,
because no human will go to Hades unless they die without accepting Christ - their FREE CHOICE.
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 “Therefore, being always of good
courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we
are absent from the Lord -- for
we walk by faith, not by sight -- we are of good courage, I say, and
prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home
with the Lord.”
Paul
tells us as Christians that to be separated from the body is to be present with
the Lord, so we should have no fear of death.
It’s simply our spirit and soul separating from our body to join the
Lord in Heaven.
The
first two keys discussed are basically used for your personal growth. But I have some shocking news for you. While you were seeking the Lord for your
answers, you already received knowledge, and with that knowledge the
understanding of how to help yourself and others, which is the purpose of these
two keys.
King
David is a good example of this, for he learned the will of God. What David could not do was force anyone to
choose God. But David also learned that
he could intercede for God’s will for others, as he does throughout the Psalms
to share with us and Israel
Although
we have the full authority of Jesus, we cannot make someone accept
salvation. We can intercede
through prayer that they will. We can
loose ministering spirits to lead that person to a church or someone from whom they
can hear the Word. We can also intercede
for the protection and guidance of our children and family members while they
are away from us. But we cannot force
anyone to choose – It’s FREELY GIVEN, and MUST BE FREELY RECEIVED!
I
believe these keys are the culmination and rewards of our Christian walk. These keys allow us to take our knowledge and
authority and apply them through prayer for others. What better way do we have to show God’s love to our neighbors,
then pray for them? Then, “Love thy neighbor as thyself” (Leviticus 18:19 , Matthew 22:39 ) will truly be fulfilled!
What death really
is
Luke 16:19-20, 22 (19) “Now there was a certain rich
man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, gaily living in
splendor every day. (20) And a certain poor man named Lazarus was
laid at his gate, covered with sores,...” (22) “Now it came about that the poor man died
and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the
rich man also died and was buried.”
1 Corinthians 15:55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
Luke gives us an example
in the New Testament [NT] of what happened after death before Christ. Death is literally the separation of our
spirit and soul from our body. Our body
stays on the earth, and our spirit and soul go to either Paradise
or Hades depending on your choice.
If you’ve read the whole
story from the passages quoted above, which I recommend that you do. Keep in mind, this is before Jesus came, did you
notice that in death the rich man knew Lazarus and felt suffering? Likewise, did you notice that Lazarus was
being comforted from his pain? Don’t be
concerned about Lazarus’ suffering, because we’ve been promised there’s “no
more tears” in Heaven! Thankfully, we
serve an awesome God who wants nothing but the best for His family!
Since the fall of Adam
and Eve, the devil [twerp] has killed man, thinking that the dead can’t hurt
him. Boy was he wrong! Evidently, the twerp cannot fully understand
the Word. Like any non-Christian, he can
see the words, but he does not have the understanding. I say this because the foretelling of the
death and resurrection of Jesus goes back to the Old Testament [OT]
prophets. The dumbest thing the twerp
ever did was to attack Jesus. Being
sneaky he’s good at, but a straight frontal attack shows him for what he really
is - a dumb loser! The Twerp only understands
it from the Words we speak to others. He
doesn’t know the times or season of the Bible, which is why he’s always had
someone in the wings [like Hitler, etc] just in case rapture comes. He knows once that happens, he only has seven
years to do his worst on earth – so he wants to be ready.
Mass death brings us to
our knees in repentance, prayer, fasting, and supplications. So where is his victory? There was none for him on 9/11, it only
brought millions closer to God, unfortunately for to short a time the churches
were full. In our deepest hurt and
trials we seek God, not turn away. Now
that we have salvation through Christ, there is no sting to death, because we
are restored to Abba [God].
I also feel it’s
important to note that the angels carried Lazarus to Abraham and the nameless
rich man just died and went to Hades on his own. Not because it was the Father’s will, but
because the rich man focused on this life rather than eternity. At the same time, this gives me assurance
that my loved ones are being well taken care of, and if I know my relatives,
they are playing pinochle waiting for me to join them!
Matthew 27:52-53 “and the tombs were opened; and many
bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and
coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy
city and appeared to many.” The OT men and women were just asleep until
Jesus was resurrected. Then they spent
40 days on earth – can you imaging seeing Grandpa Moses checking out his
grand kids?
2 Corinthians
5:8 “We are confident,
yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with
the Lord.”
After the resurrection of
Jesus, Paradise was relocated, into the 2nd heaven.
Jesus took the Old Testament people who were in Paradise
with him. Hades is still in the center
of the earth and will remain there until the second coming of Christ. It’s believed by many, every time we have an
earthquake, it’s because hades is being enlarged. True or not, I’m unsure – but possible.
I’m not sure why Paradise
was separated from Hades. It could be
because of overcrowding, which saddens me since it means too many were
lost. It could be because those who had
chosen eternal life were able to see the unsaved and it caused them
anguish. Whatever the reason, scripture
tells us that Christians join our Lord immediately upon the separation of the
spirit and soul from the body. Praise
the Lord!
Reincarnation,
fact or fiction?
Job 14:7-22 “So man lies down and does not rise. Until the Heavens be no more, He will not
awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.”
I’ve had several friends
and family who believe in reincarnation.
In the past, my spirit new this was incorrect, but I hadn’t found the
scripture to back it up. Low and behold,
guess what Job 14
contains! The very first Words in Job 14:1 tell us that “Man, who is born of a woman…” has a
short life, filed with turmoil. So the
first thing we realize is that any human can in the OT expected what’s in this chapter to
be referring to them. We in the NT have a better HOPE! PTL!
In Job 14:7-12 we’re told that there’s
hope for a tree to sprout again, but none for man to return. Also, man will not be awakened or be aroused
out of his sleep. Job 14:14-17 talks about the
resurrection of the saved and unsaved.
For those of you who hoped a loved one is watching over you, I’m sorry
to tell you this, but according to Job
14:18 -22 that’s not possible. What we do have though, are guardian angels
watching over us and the Holy Spirit to comfort us. That’s scriptural.
So reincarnation of the
dead does not exist. What does exist are
ungodly spirits, those who have never been born of a woman, but have possessed
a human’s form. What is fact is that
there are spirits on this earth. But not
all are God’s. Many are demons which
I’ve covered in Chapter 1. I can only
reiterate - test any spirit that comes to you (1 John 4:1-3). The angels from God will be glad you’re
obeying His Word, and the demons from satan will be mad you’ve learned the truth.
We still don’t
know the exact time frame we’re in, but it turns out, from what the Holy Spirit has helped
me see, that for us 62½ earthly years equates to approximately 45 minutes to
God. No wonder He says we’re here for a
short time!
A look at Hades
Luke 16:23-25 “And in Hades he lifted up his
eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in
his bosom. And he cried out
and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that
he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue; for
I am in agony in this flame. But
Abraham said, Child, remember that during your life you received
your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is
being comforted here, and you are in agony.”
This does not sound like
a place I want to visit! I wonder if
part of the torment comes from knowing you made the wrong choice. Or possibly, knowing what you had on earth is
forever gone. In either case, we’re
talking tormented souls for eternity.
Revelation 20:10 “And the devil who deceived them
was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and
the false prophets are also; and they will be tormented day and night
forever and ever.”
Revelation 20:14 “And death and Hades were thrown into the
lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire.”
Those who do not accept
Christ will have to die a second time.
Not just in the body, but also in the spirit, when they’re cast into the
lake of fire. I believe the reason that God
reveals such a small part about Hades versus Heaven in the Bible is that He
wants us to dwell on what is good, pure, and lovely rather than the people we
know, who aren't there. Since there are no tears in Heaven, we probably won't even remember them, as Revelation 21:3-4 states. PTL
Know this: it is never your
fault if a person decides not to accept Jesus as Savior. It was their own free will that denied them
access into Paradise and eternal life with the Christ.
Revelation 21:3-4 “And I heard a
loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among
men, and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His
people, and God Himself shall be among them, and He shall wipe away
every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any
death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying,
or pain; the first things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:10 “...he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem
Revelation 21:12 “It had a great and high wall, with twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve angels;...”
Revelation 21:14 “And the wall of the city had twelve
foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.”
Revelation 21:16-21 “...fifteen hundred miles; its
length and width and height are equal.
And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human
measurements, which are also angelic measurements. And the material of the wall was jasper;
and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. The foundation stones of the city wall
were... jasper... sapphire;... chalcedony;... emerald;...
sardonyx;... sardius;... chrysolite;... beryl;... topaz;...
chrysoprase;... jacinth;... amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls;...
the street of the city was pure gold,... “
Revelation 21:23-25 “... no need of the sun or of the moon to
shine... And the nations shall walk by
its light,.. ... its gates shall never
be closed;...”
Revelation 21:27 “and nothing unclean and no one
who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it,
but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
This is definitely one
place I plan to go to! Streets paved
with pure gold - the next time you use a ruler or yard stick think of it made
of solid gold. Pearls so large, they’re
used for gates. Each wall, created with
a precious stone that is seventy-two yards in size. It boggles the mind!
I also found it
interesting that we’re doing something right.
In Revelation 21:17, it
says we’re presently using the “angelic measurements.” I can understand why so many men and women of
God teach about His prosperity. Because
our Creator has it in an unlimited quantity!
If you’re interested in learning more about Heaven, read Revelation 21-22. But there are over 230 references to Heaven in
the New Testament for you to see what Heaven is like too.
Also, one of the best
books I’ve ever read that added such color to the descriptions of Heaven Revelation gives us was “Close Encounters of the Godly Kind” by Rev. Jessie Duplantis. The last half of this book deals with what he
saw in Heaven. It brought such comfort
to me and my husband as his time drew near to join the Lord.
Now that we have a better
idea of what these keys concern, let’s discuss the need to use them.
Our authority
over death
John 11:40-43 “Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to
you, if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” And so they removed the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father,
I thank Thee that Thou heardest Me.
And I knew that Thou hearest Me always; but because of the
people standing around I said it, that they may believe that Thou
didst send Me.” And when He had
said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come
forth.””
Mark 5:35-36, 39-42 (35) “...Your daughter has died; why
trouble the Teacher anymore?”… “But Jesus, overhearing what was
being spoken, said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid any
longer, only believe.” And
entering in, He said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He
took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and entered
the room where the child was. And taking
the child by the hand, He said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated
means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!)
And immediately the girl rose and began to walk; for she
was twelve years old. And immediately
they were completely astounded.”
Authority
over death is shown to us when Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the grave. Remember, Jesus said He was doing what the
Father told Him to do and He wanted all to know it.
Again,
we see this authority when Jesus was asked to heal the little girl before she
died. It may be difficult for you to
accept, but we have the authority to raise the dead with this key. We only need to ask God if this is His Will
for that person. If the Holy Spirit
tells you to take authority and call back a persons’ spirit from the clutches
of death or death itself then you must believe and obey. The reason for the healing or raising the
dead doesn’t matter only your obedience does.
I
know, some have trouble praying for the sick - and raising the dead is
unthinkable. Yet God is not boxed in by
our thinking. Evidently it didn’t bother
Jesus to raise the dead, because when everyone else was crying over the little
girl’s death, Jesus said she was just asleep, not dead. In other words, He considered that she was
asleep and would awake. Isn’t Jesus
wonderful to give us another way to look at it, enabling us to believe, pray,
and expect a person to wake up!
Jesus
didn’t concern Himself with what the people said in either scripture, He
just got the unbelief out of the way and did His thing. Today, as we obey the Word, many people laugh
or tell us in their unbelief that it can’t be done. They say, “Jesus didn’t mean that!” Well, in truth you should just do what Jesus
did. Ignore them and get them out of the
way. It’s sad to say, but we must ignore
our brothers’ and sisters’ or non-believer’s dissent when we know that the Holy
Spirit is telling us to do something, and it is in the Word.
I’ve
never had the experience personally, but I believe with all my heart that if
God told me to, I would say to that sleeping person arise and be healed in
Jesus’ name, and they would arise. I
believe that in these last days we’ll be hearing more about such
occurrences. I recommend to you, instead
of being a doubting Thomas rejecting the works of God that you praise the Lord
and obey.
What intercessory
prayer really is
Hebrews 5:7 “In the days of His flesh, He
offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying
and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was
heard because of His piety.”
Webster’s
dictionary says “intercede” means to argue or plead on another’s behalf. That’s exactly what Jesus did for us. We cannot choose for others, but we can
intercede through prayer and supplication with thanksgiving that God’s will is
done in any life.
Intercessory
prayer is needed for those who play in the devil’s playground. That’s anyone who has not made a choice or
seen the light. Salvation must be
received while there is life in the body. After that, it’s too late. That’s why the devil wants men, women, and
children killed before they make that decision?
That’s why we need intercessory prayer.
We
need help to overcome our body and renew our mind. The battle starts with the odds two to one
against us. Body and mind versus our
spirit (Romans 12:3). But once the mind is renewed, the odds become
reversed and it is much easier to stand for Christ. Parents know, a child is defenseless and
easily attacked. But intercessory prayer
will protect them and help them make the right decisions while they’re being
trained. Remember Isaiah 54:17. The twerp will form weapons against us, but
when we intercede we remove the dynamite, and that missile becomes a dud.
There
is hope for the sinner, but not the sin.
I believe that’s why God tells us to hate the sin, but not the sinner,
so that we can intercede on their behalf.
It’s not possible to pray for someone you hate. Yet it’s easy to pray
for a misguided person to change.
Intercessory
prayer also protects those who God has called while they are ministering in
areas we wouldn’t want our mothers in.
Most of the missionaries are in places that the prince of the air has
held authority over for many years. So
for them to get a breakthrough, our intercessory prayers are needed.
If
you don’t know someone specifically to intercede for, let me suggest praying
for the Muslim world. Muslims come from
the seed of Abraham through Ishmael. Like
us, they have every right by faith to enter into the kingdom
of God
I’ve
known many who have become born-again after leading lives of adultery,
homosexuality, dishonesty, satanism, and other perverted, worldly ways. Yet, because of the interceding prayers and faith
of the righteous, they have a door open to receive salvation.
Intercessory
prayer is the key we can use to snatch them from Hades before death occurs.
Isaiah 59:15-17 (15) “Yes, truth is lacking; And he who
turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no
justice… (16) And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then
His own arm brought salvation to Him; And His righteousness
upheld Him. (17)
And He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of
salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for
clothing, And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.”
I’ll
bet you didn’t know, that Abba put on His Armor, like we’re told to wear
daily to protect ourselves in Ephesians 6:10-18?
It’s
hard to believe that God was astonished about anything. Yet He was, because He couldn’t find any man
to intercede on behalf of those who were being preyed upon by the devil. Intercessory prayer is shown to us in the
writings of the Old Testament by Moses for the Hebrews and Abraham for Lot , just to
name two. But as time went on and man
separated himself from God, it became almost impossible to find Godly men who
cared about someone else’s problems.
After
reading Isaiah 59,
I saw that God actually looked for someone to stand up for justice against the enemy. God literally put on His armor to uphold salvation and righteousness against the adversary, because no one else
would. That’s how important intercessory
prayer is!
An
intercessor is considered a warrior’s position, because they protect the front-lines
from the attacking force. Don’t be
surprised when “all the forces of hell” come against you, just keep your armor
in place. The twerp knows he only has a
short time left and he’s really getting nervous!
Ephesians 6:13-17 “Therefore, take up the full armor of God,
that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done
everything, to stand firm. Stand
firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having
put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in
addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will
be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one. And take the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God.”
That’s
right, your armor comes from the Word of God. You prepare by seeking, learning and
practicing His Word. Playing with the
devil can be dangerous, unless you go prepared.
• Jesus sent his
disciples out by two’s (Mark 6:7). Why?
Because when two or more are gathered together - He’s there (Matthew 18:20 ).
• Because when two or
more agree - it shall be done (Matthew
18:19 ).
There
are many books on this topic and I can recommend “Intercessory Prayer” by Dutch Sheets to get a more in-depth study
and understanding.
The way to turn this key is
through intercessory prayer.
When using the keys of death and Hades, you need to combine them with the keys of authority
and knowledge. Together, you will have such power that satan
won’t have a prayer! And remember that
the eyes of the Lord are moving over the earth so that He may strongly support
you.
The Bible tells
us to…
1) Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalms
122:6 & Isaiah 57:18-19).
2) Pray
for kings and rulers over you (1
Timothy 2:1-3).
3) Pray
for Christians (Hebrews 13:18 and
I Samuel 12:19 ).
4) Pray
for non-Christians (1 Kings 13:6).
5) Pray
for your enemies (Matthew 5:44 and Luke 6:28 ).
Make this a daily
habit. Loose the ministering
spirits to protect and guide your family from the evil every day. Pray that your neighbors would hear and
receive Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Bind the powers of evil from destroying our people and nation.
Consider this. God started me interceding for my hubby, then
my family, then various ministries and now He’s got me praying for the whole
world. In fact, my name was screamed in
my head to wake me up one night, because I fell asleep before I finished.
So now I know the
importance of intercessory prayers and God is paying attention He needs intercessory prayer warriors,
otherwise why would He have woken me up to finish them? Wasn’t anyone else praying as He told me to
do? Maybe He wanted the power and
strength of two. Whatever it was, it was
important to Him and that’s all that matters to me.
Summarizing your
four keys
You have great power…
- Available from God…
- If you’ll use it!
-- The second key gives you the knowledge
of God’s plan and how to overcome evil with good.
-- The third and fourth keys give you the
right to stand against death and Hades, while helping others through
intercessory prayer.
These keys are only
needed on earth, and provide the power from Heaven we need to overcome the
enemy. God’s already done His job by
providing them. Webster’s dictionary
says that the word “now” means at the present time, immediately. So right now, at
this very moment make the decision to learn, practice and teach these keys and
stand up for God. The choice is yours.
Two keys we’ll
never use!
Revelation 9:1-11 (1) “And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from Heaven
which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit [lake of fire] was given to him.” You can read the other versus yourself.
Luke 8:31 “They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into
the abyss.”
Revelation 20:-1-3 “(1) "Then I saw an angel coming down
from heaven, holding the key of the abyss ; [NT= deep and bottomless whole in the earth] and a great chain in his hand. (2) And
he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years” You
can read the rest of the versus yourself.
As you can see, these
last two keys we do not have access to.
Both will be used after we’re gone.
The Lord has not called
me to teach in this area, so I won’t go into detail concerning these keys. But I do know what the purposes of these keys
are for and I will share it with you.
In Revelation 9:1-11 we’re told that
the key of the bottomless pit will open the door for the locusts to have power
to torment man for five months. Although
this makes me feel bad, I can only Praise the Lord that I won’t be here for
their plight.
In Revelation 20:1-3 the angel from God
will lock up satan in the abyss for 1,000 years, so he can no longer deceive
the nations. If you continue reading,
you’ll see the judgments of God for mankind; the Israelite, Christian and non-Christian. What will happen when satan is released one last
time and the Second Armageddon is come?
In Revelation 21-22
you’ll read about that, and how we’ll live for eternity with our Lord. Oh happy days are coming!
The last wonderful item to mention, is that we're PROMISED A BLESSING for those who read the book of Revelation. It's not scary, IF you are born-again, because you'll only be here from Revelation 1:1 - 4:1-2.
Rejoice
in the Lord always,
And
again I say rejoice!
Next Sunday, I’ll cover OVERCOMING BY HIS BLOOD AND OUR
TESTAMONY from Chapter 11. Yes, these are long, but I believe at the
end, you’ll be empowered to [Ephesians 6:13 NASB] “Therefore,
take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil
day, and having done everything, to stand firm.” …STAND! The book has 12 Chapters, I’m giving you 6 of them, that
should help you face 2018 on a better footing against the enemy and with
ABBA. IF you’d like the other 6 email me
and let me know.
Blessings to all who read the blog and keep the Faith being
AMAZED of how much more He has for you, as you seek new goals for
2018. I promise you, there is so much more the Holy Spirit wants to
reveal to you thru His Word. I pray for ALL of you nightly.
Sandy F.
– The Lord’s Servant
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