The Filipino

and the

Roman Catholic Church

Is the Roman Catholic Church a Christian Church?  All the leaders and members of this particular Church must know the answer now because we have reached the beginning of the "time of the end" written in (Dan.12: 4and 9).

We are now at the start of the 21st century, or seventh millennium or the seventh day, according to the account of the Holy Scriptures. Therefore, we Gentiles and all the people of the world is about to enter the Sabbath of the Lord.  

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2Pet.3: 8)

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (Gen.1: 3-5)

All the six days of creation begins in the evening, which means all through the night [darkness] until morning.  The moon, the lesser light is the symbol of the devil, to rule the Night or darkness.

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. (Gen.1: 14-15)

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. (Gen.1: 16-19) KJV

The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. (Acts11: 26)  That was about 2,000 years ago. So that now instead of being called disciples, or followers of Jesus Christ, one must be called a Christian to distinguish ones faith and belief from others, like for example;  Muslims, the followers of Islam, and Zoroastrianism, the followers of Ahura Mazda, the 'Wise Lord' as the One True God. The same with other religions such as Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Taoism, Sikhism, etc.

A Christian therefore being a follower of Jesus Christ must know all His teachings and commandments and put them into practice daily. To disobey any of those teachings and commandments becomes a sinner that will bar him/her from the presence of God. In other words, a sinner is deemed separated from God and became one with the Deceiver called the devil and Satan, who has been sinning from the beginning. See (1Jn.3: 8)                     

Sinners cannot call the heavenly Father their Father, for this reason, sinners cannot pray the Lord's Prayer.  Why?  The devil is the father of sinners. (Jn.8: 44)

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do you not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (Jn.8: 42-44) KJV  

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. You cannot serve God and mammon. (Mt.6: 24)  No one can serve God and Satan at the same time.

Jesus Christ taught his apostles how to pray after they have known the mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven and of God's words and were no longer servants but became His brothers.

After being taught by Jesus Christ, they became the salt of the earth and the light of the world, the 12 hours of daylight. (Mt.5: 13-16) and (Jn.11: 9)    

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (Mt.5: 13) KJV

Ye are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it give light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father, which is in heaven. (Mt.5: 14-16)

   How can a sinner become a brother or sister of Jesus Christ?

There are guidelines written in the book entitled Mother and Son but for the meantime let us read (Mt.12: 46-50) below.

While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."

He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. (Mt.12: 46-50)

Let us read also (Lk.8: 19-21) below.

Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd.  Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you"

He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice." (Lk.8: 19-21) NIV

Jesus Christ said, "If you love me, you will obey my command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever---the Spirit of truth. (Jn.14: 15-16) NIV        The Spirit of Truth is the Holy Spirit.

The person who has my commands and keeps them is the one who really loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by my Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.] (Jn.14: 21) The Amplified Bible

Anyone who does not [really] love Me does not observe and obey My teaching. And the teaching which you hear and heed is not Mine, but [comes] from the Father Who sent Me. (Jn.14: 24) AMP   

Beware therefore of people that says, God loves you or God loves us all. Some people will say that you belong to God and that you will be saved by grace. And many people who do not even know you will say to you to have faith in God although you know nothing about Gods promises nor His teachings.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerades as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. ((2Cor.11: 13-14) NIV

Hereunder are some of the teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ that were disobeyed since the Roman Catholic Church was founded.

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and off the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.

But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. (Mt.6: 5-7)

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (Mt.6: 7-8) NIV

The Roman Catholics pray a litany of prayers and the so-called Holy Rosary, a long repetitive prayer, a teaching of men and not of God.

His Apostles after being taught by Jesus Christ became His brothers so they have the privileged to call the heavenly Father their Father.  Sinners cannot call the Heavenly Father their Father because their father is the devil called Satan who is also the god of this present world. See (2Cor.4: 3-4) and (Jn.8: 44)

And if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age [Satan] has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2Cor.3-4) NIV

If you are a sinner and prays the Lord's Prayer, or any kind of prayer, hoping that God will hear you! No, it will only be in vain because it is written:

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash ye make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isa.1: 15-17) KJV

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. (1Pet.3: 12) KJV

Many people today are not even aware that when they say, my god or [dios ko] they are also calling the god of this present world, the Deceiver, the devil called Satan. There is no distinction in pronunciation whether the word God is capitalized or not.

The proper way to call on Jesus Christ should be; Lord God or Panginoong Dios because although the devil is god, the devil is not Lord.

And do not call anyone on earth 'father'; for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. (Mt.23: 9) NIV

The Roman Catholics call or address the priests, Father, Reverend Father, Most Reverend Father, and the Pope, Holy Father and on some occasions called The Most Holy Father, even higher or superior to that of the Heavenly Father.

Before the existence of the first Pope and his successor, on the third to the fourth century, Apostle John, in his old age while in exile on the island of Patmos has already written the prophesy about them as the beasts in (Rev.13: 1-18)  Read just a portion of that Revelation  below.

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their foreheads: and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six. (Rev.13: 16: 18) KJV

St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles has also written about the same beasts in his epistles to the Thessalonians. Read a portion of that letter below.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, [apostasy]. And that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposed and exalted himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (2Thes.2: 3-4) KJV

And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth, and destroy with the splendor of his coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.  (2Thes.2: 6-12)     

The Wicked or lawless one described above is the papacy who changed the Sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day [Saturday] to the first day [Sunday]. Many Christians have observed Sunday in good conscience, in their belief that they were doing the will of God; but now the light is about to rise in the east.      

The [mark of the beast] is the belief of all those who observe Sunday, the first day of the week, as their holiday.

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God. (Jn.3: 19-21) NIV

The Roman Catholic Church therefore is an Apostate Church. Although all its members are called Christians today they do not know that the whole world has been deceived. So all are now the unbelievers who have believed in the "Lie" the words of the Deceiver called the devil and Satan.

For having violated or disobeyed the Commandment of God, Creator of heaven and earth, and the sea, all that in them is and His seal, by obeying the commandment of the man of sin, or have worshipped the beast and received his mark. Read (Rev.14: 9-11) below.

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worship the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink the wine of God's fury which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.  He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day and night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name. (Rev.14: 9-11) NIV 

However, there is still hope for those who will heed (Rev.18: 4-5) below

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. (Rev.18: 4-5)

Come out of her or separate yourself from the unbelievers and the ungodly is the prerequisite of repentance. This is the second key of the Kingdom of Heaven given by Jesus Christ to Apostle Peter 2,000 years ago.

Anyone cannot repent properly while still among the unbelievers or among the ungodly because of their evil influence can again pollute your body and your way of thinking.

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common?  Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?  What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?  For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."  (2Cor.6: 14-16) NIV

"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.

I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." (2Cor.17-18) NIV

Now read below the fourth Commandment of the Ten Commandments, written with the finger of God and given to the Israelites, the model Kingdom of God, through Moses in Mount Sinai about 4,000 years ago.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou, shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hollowed it. (Exo.20: 8-11)  Saturday is Sabbath of the Lord and it is Holy.

The 4th Commandment above is part of the [First] Ten Commandments that was broken by man even until now. However, the Second Ten Commandments, written in (Deut.5: 7-21) shall be fulfilled at the Second Coming of the Son of Man when the Kingdom of God that will be ruled by a rod of iron shall be established. Read (Dan.2: 36-45) and (Rev.19: 15-16)

The Roman Catholic Church perverted the Holy Scriptures and taught the people the "Lie" and are deceived making them now as the unbelievers because they have believed what is false making its members Apostate Christians because they followed the way of the devil, the Deceiver.

The same Church deleted the entire Second Commandment of the Ten Commandments and in order to complete the remaining nine Commandments into ten, they split the Tenth Commandment to make it appear complete.

Why did they do that? The 2nd Commandment is contrary or against to what that Church taught to the people. Graven images of many saints were inside in almost all Churches and Cathedrals.  Even until today, those graven images are being adored and worshipped. These unbelievers bow down their heads as a show of devotion not knowing that it is disobedience to the Second Commandment, wherein God said, He is a jealous God.

There is an indirect description of the Roman Catholic Church in (Rev.2: 9), the message to the angel of the church in Smyrna. Let us read that verse below.

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive.

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. (Rev.2: 8-9) KJV

Synagogue is a place of worship among the Jews, Mosque among the Muslims, and Chapel, Church and Cathedrals for Apostate Christians.

Is not (Rev.2: 8-9) a similar message today to those who say that they are Christians and are not?

And I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Christians, and are not, but are the church of Satan.

God in His infinite wisdom has a plan for this nation since the very beginning when these Islands were not yet Islands but connected to that continent called Asia. Now, it comes to mind what is written in the Holy Scriptures about the people, the descendants of the Sons of Noah after the flood. 

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japeth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. (Gen.10: 1)

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (Gen.10: 5)

We, Gentiles are the descendants of Japeth, the oldest  of the three sons of Noah, scattered all around Asia. Ham is the youngest, father of Canaan. Shem, the father of Abraham of the tenth generation.

Reading (Gen.11: 1-9) we will learn that it was the Lord God himself who compounded the language of all the earth and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Why did the Lord God did that to the people?

And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. (Gen.11: 6) KJV

The Lord God does not want people to do anything they can think of without His approval, such as making weapons that can kill millions of people in an instant with just a single blast.

To have a better understanding of God's plan for this nation, let us review the history starting say, 500 years or so ago.   

Before the Spaniards came to these Isles in the year 1521, honest and friendly people had already inhabited some Islands. Although there were no formal government to oversee them and no religion to teach them about God they lived in harmony in their belief of the spirits called Anitos whom they believe to exact retribution if ever these spirits were displeased.

The people though poor by other people's standard were carefree and living happily with contented and peaceful lives. They were used to easy living because the Islands have sufficient rain to water the plants and sunshine to make them grow. So man had to sow the seeds only on the ground and let nature do the rest. There were no planted orchards for native fruits were more than enough for man and the rest belong to the birds and animals. These creatures also abound everywhere.     

The streams and rivers were teaming with fishes and even the mud holes before harvesting the rice from the fields, were also filled with fresh water fishes. All a man needed to do if he wanted fish is to go to the nearest fresh water or seawater and there he could catch the fish he needed.  

The mountains too abound with all kinds of trees, wild animals and all kinds of minerals that had remained undisturbed since creation.

Still unknown to these people that the true God had blessed these Islands with fertile lands, bountiful forests, clean rives and seas and pleasing climate all year round, except when it rained with occasional typhoon that disrupted their tranquil living. Nevertheless, this was living in paradise.

Whenever traders such as the Chinese, Malays, Indonesians and some Arabs make contact with the people that will be the only time that they gathered more than enough from the fruits of the earth and the sea to barter the surplus for the things that attracted their fancy from the foreign traders.  

This was the picture before the Spaniards came in 1521.  Hereafter, the scenario changed. What was once a peaceful existence then had transformed into anxieties, uncertainties and forced labor; and introduced greed by and through commercialism!  At this time, God was also introduced by a religion that taught erroneous interpretation of the word of God in the Holy Scriptures. In other words these foreigners brought to these Islands fear, greed and the "lie", using the name of the true God.

What was once tranquil Islands became a troubled land. A free and peaceful people became enslaved people for almost 377 years and the scenario remained the same until the Americans came. The only benefits perhaps that the Filipinos gained from 377 years of Spanish rule is the name of God, a foreign language that enabled some of the Filipino slaves to communicate  with their masters, the Spaniards, and some minor items new to a virgin people.     

For more than three and a half centuries, the people were taught about God and his Christ but not the "True Worship of God" and together they erected imposing churches and cathedrals, built on the ingenuity of the master with the sweat and blood of the slave.  These churches and cathedrals remain visible until today, as incontrovertible evidences in spreading apostasy until now. Why? Let us read (Jn.4: 21-24) below.

Jesus declared, "Believe Me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is of the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is Spirit, and His worshippers must worship Him in spirit and in truth. (Jn.4: 21-24) NIV

At the beginning of the last century, the Americans began their rule but at a different angle which was more subtle and crafty than the former masters. Like their language that uses words that are confusing in sound and in spelling, so is their way in dealing with people.  What they are saying or uttering is not what exactly is in their mind. They say something and they do mean another, a very hard and difficult people to deal with.

Unlike the former masters whose words are clearly pronounced as it is written according to the letter of the [alphabet], now this new language needed deep learning to get the thought of the people that uses it. Sometimes, one way of analyzing the character of people is to examine their languages, their spoken and written words and how it is pronounced and you may deduce their character.

A keen observer of these people and their government and the way they deal with all the nations of the world, one will notice that they are clever and cunning, because they are used to hiding what they are doing with what they are saying. If they promise to help you and you believed and accepted their offer, then you are cooked. It is they who will ultimately benefit by taking advantage of what has been offered in the guise of help. They will promise to fight for your freedom only to cause you to fall under their oppressive rules.

They claim that Democracy is the best form of government and the world goes wild with them not knowing that this ideology is Anti-God and Satanic as demonstrated when this system was used or applied in condemning Jesus Christ. The voice of the majority prevailed over the lone voice of Pontius Pilate, the governor. Read (Mt.27: 1-26)   This was the first triumph of Democracy; a just and sinless Son of Man condemned without mercy by the voice of the majority.    

How wise is an individual or even a group of individuals in deciding what is good for the people?  How wise are the leaders elected by the voice of the majority? Was it not the evident incapacity of the majority in deciding judiciously and justly shown by this first triumph of Democracy over justice in the trial of Jesus Christ?  How wise are the leaders of Democracy in leading the people to what is right and just for them?

After almost a century of American Democracy here, what substantial benefit can anyone honestly acknowledge that deserve the gratitude of a nation to the lavish adoration of its advocates?  Has it really educated and enlightened the people?  If education with Democratic principles means enlightenment, then can anyone call the endless political exercise and conflicts, which often lead to murder and vendettas enlightening?  Brothers, friends and neighbors are alienated even for a simple political issue. Is the scandalous but legalized opportunity for the rich and powerful to become richer, a thing which works to the disadvantage of the majority to always remain poor, an enlightenment?

Is indoctrinating the people to the virtue and glory of this ideology, then training them to kill their own brothers for the sake of this decadent system, enlightening education?

Is the freedom of worship glorious and admirable so that people can now worship the devil and Satan as some people are doing? Is this not against God and His Laws?  Read (Exo.20: 3 and also (Deut.13: 1-4; 6-9)   below 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. [The first commandment.]

If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, and if the sign or wonder of which  he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not known) "and let us worship them" you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commandment and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. (Deut.13: 1-4)

If your very own brother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife you love or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods" (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, gods of other peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of the people. (Deut.13: 6-9) NIV        

What legacy has this American Democracy left the nation?

That the nation became known as "domestic helper" supplier of the world although it has richer natural resources and more pleasing climate compared to some affluent nations today;

That it became a nation of people, most of whom are drugged by this ideology and are now in a deluded state so that they see the bad as good and the good as bad;

That the rich forests were denuded senselessly to enrich the favored few;

That the land, rivers, lakes and seas are too polluted because greed became the rule and money is now the god of the majority;

That the penitentiaries are filled with criminals, rapists, kidnappers, carnappers, illegal recruiters, thieves and robbers, etc;

That the nation has mortgaged the soul of every Filipino and of their succeeding generations due to enormous debts to local and foreign banks most of which are controlled by the U.S.A.!!!

Is there any hope for this nation to be peaceful and united as one people of God? The different religions, sects and denominations of different beliefs and doctrines now divided this nation also. It is divided by politics that Filipinos are killing their brother Filipinos. Gambling is rampant that man, woman and even children will beat his/her last money in the hope of wining or hitting the jackpot. The leaders are corrupted, and wicked and now this nation is being ruled by a woman. Truly this nation is accursed. Read page 3, Vol. III of Mother and Son.

It is a fact that Filipinos as of now are scattered all over the world and even in a worst situation than when God had scattered the descendants of Japeth, the eldest son of Noah.

Read (Gen.11: 1-9) in your Bible about the Tower of Babel wherein God compounded the language of the people trying to build the tower that they may not understand one another's speech and the Lord scattered them abroad.

The Filipino is even in a situation worst than during the time of Abraham's descendants 4,600 years ago. Why? It is not just our language and 78 dialects so compounded and the more than two million Filipinos scattered abroad. This nation is also divided by water into more than 7,000 Islands.

The fact is, Spain named this nation Philippines in honor of the king of Spain at that time when the Conquistadores invaded this group of Islands. This is why we are now called Filipinos. Since that time this nation seems to have been cursed because it was baptized and given a name in honor of a barbarian monarch who ordered the beheading of thousands of Moriscos or Moors, the Arab speaking Muslims in the province of Andalucia, Spain. The King's name: King Philip II, who died of venereal disease, and was known to have several mistresses.

However, in spite of all these, it is the destiny of this nation to have been enslaved by Spain for more than three and a half centuries, and by the U.S.A. for almost a century, more than the number of years the Israelites were in bondage in the land of Egypt.

If the Israelites were in bondage in the land of Egypt for 400 years and were freed by God and brought them to the Promised Land of milk and honey, then similarly God has driven out those masters also from our land.

Perhaps it is God's plan for this nation to be an example to other nations of  the world that even though divided now, it can unite as one people in love and peace, if we, the Filipinos will turn to the Lord for His divine guidance -----,

And heed the voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev.18: 4)

Then, accept the conditional invitation of Jesus Christ to come and follow Him.

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. (Lk.9: 23) KJV

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you will find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Mt.11: 28-30) KJV

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few finds it. (Mt.7: 13-14) NIV

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Mt.5: 48) 

                                                                                                    By: Ramon A. Reyes

Saksi or Jehovah's Witnesses

in the Philippines and around the World

There is a unique Congregation of people in the Philippines and around the world of over 27 million according to the latest survey worldwide. The place of worship and study is called Kingdom Hall and their Bible is the New World Translation [NWT].

Hereunder are some of their beliefs and doctrine below.

1. That the first man Adam when created by God was perfect.

2. God warned the first Adam that if he ate of the forbidden tree of knowledge of  good and evil, he will die a physical death.

3.  "He who has died is acquitted from his sin," states the Bible. (Rom.6: 7) NWT

4.  Thus, the fruitage of sin is not carried over to a life after death. (Rom.6: 23)

              Nos. 3 and 4; is written on page 7, of the Watchtower, announcing Jehovah's Kingdom, Date: 15 May 1997.

5.  Jehovah God also abounds in love. Hence, he can use his perfect memory, not to punish the dead for the bad they have done, but to bring them back to life on a paradise earth with the personality they had before they died. Page 8 of the same article above.

6.  Jehovah’s Witnesses do not even believe in the lake of fire or in the second death because they said it is contrary to the principle of "God is Love".      

7.   That the soul is mortal so that when the man dies, the soul dies with the body.

8.   That the immortality of the soul and the eternal torment in hell are religious lies. 

9.   That the dead is no longer conscious of anything.

10. That the invisible presence of Jesus Christ has begun in 1874.

11. That there is no such thing as re-incarnation.

12. In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. (Jn.1: 1) NWT

By not capitalizing the word God, for whatever reasons, the translators of the NWT Bible did not give honor to the Son, and placed Him in the level of the god of this present world, the devil called Satan, the Deceiver.  Read again (2Cor.4: 3- 4) and (Jn.5: 22-23). Now read also (Isa.9: 6) in the NWT or in any version and notice that the Son is called: Mighty God.  

How can Jesus Christ reveal the truth to those who did not give honor to the only begotten of the Father!?   Read (Ps.2: 7); (Acts 13: 33-40); (Heb.1-14; 5: 5)

God has delegated every thing to His Son. Every word that comes out from his mouth comes from the Father. Read (Jn.12: 49) While still in the Spirit before coming in the flesh, he was the one talking to all the prophets. He was the one talking to Job and Satan. Read (Job 1: 6-8)

He was the one who created and made the first Adam and Eve.

He was the one who is to come. Read again (Rev.1: 3-8)

Unless Jesus Christ will reveal the entire plan of God for man, nobody, not any Church or Congregation nor any religion will understand fully the Holy Scriptures because it was closed up and sealed until the time of the end. See (Dan.12: 4, 9) and (Isa.6: 9) and read below in your own Bible (Lk.10: 21-22) or (Mt.11: 25-27) and (Mt.13: 10-17)

In that very hour he became overjoyed in the Holy Spirit and said: "I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have carefully hidden these things from wise and intellectual ones, and have revealed them to babes. Yes, O Father, because to do thus came to be the way approved by you.  All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and who the Son is no one knows but the Father, and who the Father is, no one [knows] but the Son, and he to whom the Son is willing to reveal him." (Mt.11: 25-27) NWT

 Therefore, Jesus said again: "Most truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All those that have come in place of me are thieves and plunderers; but the sheep have not listened to them. (Jn.10: 7-8) NWT

(Jn.10: 8) means: that all those who came teaching, preaching, and writing from the closed books (Old Testament) and the Gospel or good news, before the Second Coming of the Son of Man are all false.   Why?

Jesus Christ could not have declared "all" if there were any exceptions. His Second Coming is to fulfill one of His promises written in (Jn.16: 25) Let us read those verses below:

"I have spoken these things to you in comparisons. The hour is coming when I will speak to you no more in comparisons, but I will report to you in plainness concerning the Father. (Jn.16: 25) NWT   Note; the word comparisons in other versions means parables or proverbs. And the hour that is coming will be on His Second Coming to open the books that have been closed up and sealed, only to those who loved Him. See (Rev.3: 7) and (Jn.14: 21)

He that has my commandments and observes them, that one is he who loves me. In turn he that loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will plainly show myself to him" (Jn.14: 21) NWT.  [plainly show myself to him means reveal the "truth" to him.]      

[No.11]. That there is no such thing as re-incarnation. Wrong! There is re-incarnation written plainly in the Holy Scriptures. Read again what Jesus Christ said about John the Baptist in (Mt.11: 13-15) and in (Lk.1: 17) below;

For all, the Prophets and the Law, prophesied until John; and if you want to accept it , He himself is Elijah who is destined to come. Let him that has ears listen. (Mt.11: 13-11) NWT

Also, he will go before him with Elijah's spirit and power, to turn back the hearts of fathers to children and the disobedient ones to the practical wisdom of righteous ones, to get ready for Jehovah a prepared people. (Lk.1: 17) NWT  

There have been children born with exceptional abilities as proof in re-incarnation. A young boy, as an example, can play with the piano, without any previous piano lessons. And, another young man who can solve mathematics as fast as a computer.  How about a man and a woman who have not even met recognize each other and even remember the place where they had been before!  There are a lot of proofs and evidences about this phenomenon.   

[No.10] That the invisible presence of Jesus Christ begun in 1874.

There is no such thing as invisible presence of Jesus Christ at any time except what has been written as the Coming of the Son of Man in (Mt.24: 29-31); (Mk.13: 24-27) and in (Lk.21: 25-27) Let us read each of any of those verses below;

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.  And he will send forth his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds, from one extremity of the heavens to their other extremity. (Mt.24: 29-31) NWT

Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief because of him. Yes,  Amen.

"I am the Alpha  and the Omega" says Jehovah God, "the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty. (Rev.1: 7-8) NWT 

Then if anyone says to you, Look! Here is Christ, or There! do not believe it. For false Christ and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones.  Look! I have forewarned you. Therefore if people say to you, Look! He is in the wilderness; do not go out; Look! he is in the inner chambers, do not believe it. For just as the lightning comes out of eastern parts and shines over to the western part, so the presence of the Son of Man will be. (Mt.24: 23-27) NWT      

The coming of the Son of Man are all in comparisons or parables and proverbs. The language is veiled or allegorical but let us study first about the sun being darkened and the moon will not give its light. In (Gen.1: 16) these two heavenly bodies were described as the lesser light [moon] to rule (dominate) the Night or darkness and the greater light [sun] to rule (dominate) the Day.

The moon is the symbol for Satan, the deceiver, the devil, the god of this present world depicted as the sea. See (2Cor.3-4) and (Rev.21: 1)

The sun is the symbol of Jesus Christ. See (Ps.84: 11): The light of the world. (Jn.8: 12):  The way, the Truth and the Life. (Jn.14: 6):   The image of the invisible God. (Col.1: 15):  The Lord of lords and the King of kings.  (Rev.19: 16)

The stars symbolize the Apostles and Prophets, including the saints.

The clouds of heaven was mentioned in (Acts 1: 9) as a cloud that  received him out of their sight, which means the Apostles who witnessed Jesus taken up to heaven could no longer see the "truth" which is the only way to eternal life.   Read also (Jn.9: 5) below;

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.  Therefore, before the Second Coming of the Son of Man, there is no light in the world but darkness. He came in the flesh while the whole world was still in darkness or four thousand years after the first Adam or two thousand years after Abraham. A very beautiful illustration about this episode and drama is the parable about the Death of Lazarus written in (Jn.11: 1- 44)

Parable is a short allegorical story, designed to convey some truth or moral lesson, (whether it actually happened or not).           

Now there was a certain man sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and of Martha her sister.  It was in fact,  the Mary that greased the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.  Therefore, his sisters dispatched word to him, saying: "Lord, see! the one for who you have affection is sick."  But when Jesus heard it he said: "This sickness is not with death as its object, but is for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. However, when he heard that he was sick, then he actually remained two days in the place where he was.  Then after this he said to his disciples (Apostles): "Let us go to Judea again."  The disciples said to him: "Rabbi, just lately the Judeans were seeking to stone you, and you are going there again?"  Jesus Answered: "There are twelve hours of daylight, are there not?  If anyone walks in daylight, he does not bump against anything, because he sees the light of the world. But if anyone walks in the night, he bumps against something because the light is not in him.    

He said these things, and after this, he said to them; "Lazarus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep." Therefore, the disciples said to him: "Lord, if he has gone to rest, he will get well."  Jesus had spoken, however about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep.  At that time therefore, Jesus said to them outspokenly; "Lazarus has died, and I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order for you to believe. But let us go to him"

Therefore Thomas, who was called The Twin, said to his fellow disciples: "Let us go, that we may die with Him." (Jn.11:  5-16) NWT

This episode and drama about the death of Lazarus happened about 2,000 years ago, but it is a prophecy within a parable.

The dead Lazarus symbolized the Israelites, the chosen people of God, the model kingdom of the world, as dead for 2,000 years already when Jesus Christ came in the flesh.

What does it mean the Israelites were dead for 2,000 years?

Before the Ten Commandments were given to the Israelites, they were ignorant about any Law, and they were alive, but when the commandments were given to them, then they died spiritually. Why?  Hereunder is a simple explanation below.

For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. (Rom.7: 8-9) KJV    Now read (Ezek.18: 4) below.   

 Look! All the souls --to me they belong. As the soul of the father so likewise the soul of the son--to me they belong. The soul that is sinning --it itself will die. (Ezek.18: 4) NWT

Behold! all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. (Ezek.18: 4) KJV

What is soul? 1. the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in man, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body;  the spiritual part of man as distinct from the physical. 2. the spiritual part of man regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come. From the American College Dictionary  

What is spirit?  Spirit alone is not the same with spirit being that does not have a physical body.  Examples are; ghosts, fairies, angels and demons. These spirit beings are normally invisible because of their very fast vibration or very high frequency. But by the power of God their frequency can be slowed down to a certain point so it can be seen by the naked eye,  or it can even be touch like when Apostle Thomas touched the marks of the wounds of Jesus.  Spirit beings are not affected by gravity or magnetic forces. Their speed is infinite and even faster than the speed of light. It does not have weight as opposed to matter that occupies a space and has weight.

Visible light has a frequency spectrum from the lowest to the highest so we can see the different colors such as black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, gray and white, the highest frequency. The rainbow is a good example but you cannot see the lowest and the highest frequency.  Light with a frequency higher than the visible light such as ultra violet rays, X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays do exist but invisible like God who is Spirit.

Spirit or mind of man resides in the brain. The brain is part of the flesh.  The spirit is the seat of thought and memory: the center of consciousness that generate thoughts and feelings, ideas, and perceptions and stores knowledge and memories. This mind or spirit of man gives him the ability to analyze and differentiate things.

When the first man Adam was made, God placed the brain higher than the heart, which means the spirit must dominate the heart, which is flesh or matter. Unfortunately, man’s heart, still dominate the spirit, with all the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life. See (1Jn.2: 16)

So then they that are of the flesh cannot please God.  Read (Rom.8: 1-17)   

Let us have an example from the Holy Scriptures about spirit beings, such as the angels of God, namely: Cherubim, Seraphim and Archangel.  When God sent the angel Gabriel to Virgin Mary, to announce the message from the Lord God, it appeared to her as an ordinary human being. The angel Gabriel even speaks the language of Virgin Mary. See (Lk.1: 1-38)  

 Another example is from the book of Tobit below with the dialogue.

Tobit, when you and Sarah prayed to the Lord, I was the one who brought your prayers into his glorious presence. I did the same thing each time you buried the dead. On the day you got up from the table without eating your meal in order to bury that corpse, God sent me to test you. But he also sent me to cure you and to rescue your daughter-in-law, Sarah, from her troubles.

I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand in the glorious presence of the Lord ready to serve him.

Tobit and Tobias were terrified and fell to the ground, trembling with fear. But Raphael said to them, “Don’t be afraid; everything is alright. Always remember to praise God. He wanted me to come and help you; I did not come on my own. So sing God’s praises as long as you live. When you thought you saw me eating, I did not really eat anything; it only seemed so. While you are on this earth, you must praise God and give him thanks. Now I must go back to him who sent me. Write down everything that has happened to you.

Then Raphael disappeared into the sky. Tobit and Tobias stood up but they could no longer see him. They began to sing hymns of praise, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. (Tobit 12: 12-22) Good News Bible

There was only one commandment for the first Adam with a warning.

And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man:  "For every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die." (Gen.2: 16-17) NWT 

 The warning given by God is spiritual death and not physical death!  Why?  

God had decreed physical death and it is written: in the sweat of your face, you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.  For dust, you are and to dust you will return. (Gen.3: 19) NWT

How can we, who are dead spiritually be alive or live again?  There is only one way; to hear the voice of the Son of God, the voice of "truth" and believe.

Most truly, I say to you, He that hears my word and believes him that sent me has everlasting life, and he does not come into judgment but has passed over from death to life. (Jn.5: 24) NWT        

Most truly I say to you, The hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who have given heed will live. (Jn.5: 25) NWT

The word [now] above is after His Second Coming and not before.

That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned----. For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged against anyone when there is no law. Nevertheless, death ruled as king from Adam down to Moses, even over those who have not sinned after the likeness of the transgression by Adam, who bears a resemblance to him that was to come. (Rom.5: 12-14) NWT.

The flood destroyed the descendants of Adam and Eve except Noah and his family. Why?

And God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (Gen.6: 5-6) KJV

For it is better because you are doing good, if the will of God wishes it, than because you are doing evil. Why, even Christ died once for all time concerning sins, a righteous [person] for unrighteous ones, that he might lead you to God, he being put to death in the flesh, but being made alive in the spirit.  In this [state] also he went his way and preached to the spirits in prison, who had once been disobedient when the patience of God was waiting in Noah's days, while the ark was being constructed, in which a few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water.

That which corresponds to this is also now saving you, namely baptism, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request made to God for a good conscience,) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  He is at God's right hand, for he went his way to heaven; angels and authorities and powers were made subject to him. (1Pet.3: 17-22)

All who died in the flood were ignorant about any law so God did not charged or imputed to them their sins. However, God does not want evil continually.

Then another of the disciples said to him: "Lord permit me first to leave and bury my father” Jesus said to him: "Keep following me, and let the dead bury their dead." (Mt.8: 21-22)

Let the [dead bury their dead] confirms that those who were not able to hear the truth or does not believe in the words of the only begotten Son of God are spiritually dead.    Now, read the continuation about the Death of Lazarus below.

When Jesus heard that his friend Lazarus was sick, he stayed in the place where he was two more days. Why? It was still darkness or night. The time or period for the deceiver given and allowed by God to deceive and to reign is not yet over.

When a man walks in the night, he stumbles because the light is not in him. See (Jn.11: 9-10)

"Let us go back to Judea," means; His Second Coming, together with his Apostles who said, "A while ago the Jews tried to stone you, [means; when he came in the flesh] and yet you are going back there?"   

   On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.  When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.

"Lord", Martha said to Jesus, "If you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."  Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even do he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

"Yes Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world." (Jn.11: 17-27) NIV

Jesus once more deeply moved came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.  "Take away the stone," he said..

"But Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days."

Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?"

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew you have always heard me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."

When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus come out!"  The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.  Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go."  (Jn.11: 38-34)

During the time of Moses up to the time when Jesus Christ came in the flesh is more or less 2,000 years or two days.  From the time Jesus was taken up to heaven at the right hand of the Father, up to the present is about two thousand years, making a total of four days.

Therefore, we Gentiles being the children of the promise; [See (Rom.9: 24-26)] and have heard and known God's Law are also spiritually dead, so that at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the first command will be, "Take away the stone" because this is the barrier between God's voice and the dead Lazarus.  It is the barrier of unbelief and lack of faith.  

 The second command will be, "Lazarus come out" so that all who are in darkness and [spiritually dead and are in bondage with sin, will hear the "Truth" or the voice of the Son of God, and believe, will live.

The third command will be, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go"  because this is the bondage that symbolizes sin, and Lazarus is free indeed after hearing the truth, the voice of the Son of God, and subsequently sin also be removed after repentance.

Coming out of the cave means = coming out of darkness for four days or four thousand years.

Jesus' going back to Judea portrays His Second Coming together with his apostles who has a part of the first resurrection and shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him for a thousand years. See (Rev.20: 5-6)

Then said Jesus to the Jews, which believed, on him. "If ye continue in my word, then ye are my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."  They answered him, We be Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou.  Ye shall be made free?

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commit sin is a servant of sin. And the servant abide not in the house forever: but the Son abide ever.  If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. (Jn.8: 31-36) KJV  

The fourth command on His Second Coming will be, for the "fishers of men" to cast the net on the right side of the ship, and they shall find".  Read   (Jn.21: 6) and (Mt.13: 47-50)   because this is the right way of evangelization; to preach the truth, because the sun, the light of the world is about to rise in the east, and the night will soon be of the past. And it will be the beginning of the (end of the reign of the deceiver) who deceived the whole world.

That is the reason why for the whole night (darkness) the seven fishers of men caught nothing. See (Jn.21: 3) and (Lk.5: 5-7) Why?

When Jesus Christ was taken up to heaven and a cloud received him out of their sight. (Acts 1: 9) darkness again prevailed so also with the words of the Deceiver; Why?

Jesus said, As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world. (Jn.9: 5)

We must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no man can work. (Jn.9: 4) NWT

Therefore, the command of Jesus Christ that the gospel of the kingdom be preach in all the world for witness  unto all nations (Mt.24: 14) will only be after the sun rises in the east or after the Second Coming of the Son of Man. Read also (Jn.21: 4, 6) Why? Is there any truth to be preached while it is still darkness or night?  

During the entire ministry of Jesus Christ for about 3 and 1/2 years, he taught the people all in parables but explained the meaning of all the parables to his Apostles. Read (Mt.13: 10-17)

 After his Apostles have known the mystery of the Kingdom and of salvation, he said to them;

 You are the salt of the earth; But if the salt loses its strength, how will its saltiness be restored? It is no longer usable for anything but to be thrown outside to be trample on by men. (Mt 5: 13) NWT

You are the light of the world.  A city cannot be hid when situated upon a mountain.  People light a lamp and set it, not under the measuring basket, but upon the lamp stand, and it shines upon all those in the house. (Mt.5: 14) NWT

The 12 Apostles symbolizes the 12 hours of daylight. The death of Lazarus is a symbol of 4,000 years of spiritual death.

There are three kinds of death in the Holy Scriptures. 1. Physical death; that is when man made from the dust returns to dust. And 2. Spiritual death; that is when a man commit sin against the law whether deliberately or not and did not hear the truth or the voice of the Son of God, or he/she have heard but does not believe, then he/she will come to judgment. See (Jn.3: 17-18)  And 3. Hell fire or the 2^nd death. Read (Rev.21: 8;   20: 6;   2: 11;   1: 18)

Judgment will be after the death of the physical body: [flesh and blood and bones.]

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Eccl.12: 7) KJV   For Judgment, if his/her [soul and spirit] pass the judgment that means eternal life with God in heaven, if he/she failed, then his/her [soul and spirit] will be condemned to eternal punishment, which means the second death.  

So then, every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (Rom.14: 12) KJV

And it is reserved for men to die once for all time, but after this a judgment, (Heb.9: 27) NWT

The Bible therefore of Jehovah’s Witnesses is in error and in their belief written in (Rom.6: 7)    For he who has died has been acquitted from [his] sin.

In all other translations, the correct word is supposed to be [freed] or absolved instead of acquitted. Read again (Rom.6: 1-7) in order to understand what St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles is trying to explain.  

For whoever observes all the Law but makes a false step in one point, he has become an offender against them all. For he who said: "You must not commit adultery," said also: "You must not murder."  If, now, you do not commit adultery but you do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the Law. (Jas.2: 10-11) NWT

It is the same therefore if one believes the Holy Scriptures but does not believe in just one subject such as Hell fire, the 2^nd death, then that man is an unbeliever.

For what is man to question the words of God and His judgment that is perfect?

I tell you that in every unprofitable saying that men speak, they will render an account concerning it on Judgment Day; for by your words you will be declared righteous, and by your words, you will be condemned. (Mt.12: 36-37) NWT

And the sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Hades gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds. And death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire. Furthermore, whoever was not found written in the book of life was hurled into the lake of fire. (Rev.20: 13-15) NWT   Note: Hades is written as Hell in the KJV.

In Hell or Hades, it is not the flesh and bones that will suffer everlasting punishment after judgment but the soul. Many people misunderstood this word "soul" and were deceived.  The soul and the spirit of man are inseparable. What is spirit without the soul? What is soul without the spirit?  God is Spirit and has a soul.  If God is purely Spirit then He can not hear your prayers. He cannot smell the savor of the burnt offerings.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Ps.15: 3)

All spirit beings have a soul so that they can see, hear, smell, and can even be angry.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Eccl.11: 7) KJV

 There is no direct mention in the Holy Scriptures about the spirit and the soul as being inseparable because the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end or at the Second Coming of the Son of Man.  See (Dan.12: 4, 9)

The Coming of the Son of Man is described in (1Jn.3: 8) as past tense such as [was made manifest] or manifested in order to hide the true meaning from sinners.

He that comitteth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (1Jn.3: 8) KJV

For the word of God is alive and exerts power and is sharper than any two-edge sword and pierces even to the dividing of soul and the spirit and of joints and marrow, and [is] able to discern thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is not a creation that is not manifest to his sight, but all things are naked and openly exposed to the eyes of him with whom we have an accounting. (Heb.4: 12-13) NWT

Some people even mention that the Bible prophecy indicates that in 1914 this world entered into its "last days" in what many call 'the end of the world'.  Those who believed in this kind of talk are deceived and are now the unbelievers because there is no exact date or year for the last days or the end of the world.

End of the world is the same as ‘time of the end” which means the end of Satan’s reign of this present world (Sea) which has been deceived as per covenant written in (Gen.1:26) Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: ----

The word [likeness] is for the devil while the word [image] is for the Son of God when man will be conformed to the image of his Son, the first born of many brethren. See (Rom.8: 28-30)    Read also (Gen.3: 22-24) and study it diligently and carefully.

Therefore, (Gen.1: 26) and (Gen.1: 27-28) are six days apart or 6,000 years apart according to the account of the Holy Scriptures and according to the plan of God..

However, let this one fact not be escaping your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. (2Pet.3: 8) NWT

Any diligent Bible reader will also notice that all the six days of creation begins in the evening all through the night till morning. What does it mean? That since the first woman Eve was deceived by that old serpent called the devil and Satan, the whole world has been in darkness until now.  But the sun is about to rise in the east which means the light of the world will begin to prevail and the night or darkness will be of the past.

We are now in the 21^st century or the beginning of the 7^th millennium or the seventh day according to the account of the Holy Scriptures. Therefore, the whole world is about to enter the Sabbath of the Lord, and although the first 12 hours is night the Lord God has sanctified it, so the seventh Day is Holy. Read the 4^th commandment of the Ten Commandments in (Exo.20: 8)          

And (Rom.6: 23) has been misunderstood about the payment of sin as physical death. No!  That is spiritual death. Physical death is for all people, sinner or saints, prophets and Apostles; for dust we are and to dust shall we return. See (Gen.3: 19)

My brothers, if anyone among you is mislead from the truth and another turns him back, know that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. (Jas.5: 19) NWT

Take note: save his soul from death which means from spiritual death. After the death of the body, the soul together with the spirit will be the one that will be resurrected to immortality and not the flesh and blood and bones.  Read again (1Cor.15: 51-57)

Jesus said to them: The children of this system of things marry and are given in marriage, but those who have been counted worthy of gaining that system of things and the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. In fact, neither can they die anymore, for they are like angels, and they are God’s children by being children of the resurrection. (Lk.20: 34-36) NWT

So the belief of Jehovah’s Witnesses not to punish the dead for the bad they have done, but bring them back to life on a paradise earth with the personality they had before they died is very wrong! This is a teaching of the deceiver and it is false. 

And just as we have borne the [image] likeness of the one made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly one.

However, this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s kingdom, and neither does corruption inherit incorruption. (1Cor.15: 49-50) NWT

There are two stages of resurrection;  And I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years. (Rev.20: 4-6) NIV 

For this is what we tell you by Jehovah’s word, that we the living who survive to the presence of the Lord shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep [in death]; because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first.  (1Thes.4: 15-16)

There will be only one church of God in the future;  He came and preached peace to you [Gentiles] who were far away and peace to those who were near [Israelites]. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. (Eph.2: 17-22) NIV

The above verses like most of St. Paul’s epistles were written in [past tenses] to conform with the Gospel as parables in order to hide from sinners the “truth” until the Coming of the Son of Man.  Most of St. Paul’s letters or the 13 books written as past tenses but the truth is, they are intended for teaching the future Christians.  

Like for example above, when the Holy Spirit dwells in man he/she cannot sin anymore, but this will happen only after being born of God. See (1Jn.5: 18)

And there are three stages of being born again. The second is to be born of water and of the Spirit, and the third, to be born of God. (Remember the words of John the Baptist!) I, for my part, baptize you with water because of your repentance; but the one coming after me is stronger than I am, whose sandals I am not fit to take off. That one will baptize you people with Holy Spirit and with fire. Read (Mt.3: 10-12) NWT

When husband and wife are both born again (taught about God’s word, the truth) then their children are and will be [born of water and of the spirit] for purification, for the final stage to be born of God. In this example, the parents are the trees and the children are the fruits.

The DNA of man must be directed, improved and changed for the better.

 Either you people make the tree fine and its fruit fine or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for by its fruit the tree is known. (Mt.12: 33) NWT

Likewise every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruits; a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a rotten tree produce fine fruit. Every tree not producing fine fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire. Really, then, by their fruits you will recognize those [men]. (Mt.7: 17-20)   

It is not only the [parents] that are described or represented as the trees but also those past and present ministers, the Evangelists, Bible teachers, Preachers, writers, etc., who are unaware that their teachings are adulterated with falsehood; compared to  a glass of milk with a drop of deadly poison. 

However, there are [keys] of the kingdom of heaven given by Jesus Christ to Apostle Peter as guidelines for salvation. Read that verse below.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you may bind on earth will be the thing bound in the heavens, and whatever you may loose on earth will be the thing loosed in the heavens. (Mt.16: 19) NWT   

There are eight keys in all arranged accordingly, and the first or the master key is humility. Without humility anyone will not even admit that he/she is wrong. All these keys can be found in the dialogue between Jesus Christ and Apostle Peter. I have enumerated all of these keys in the books I have written earlier namely; “The Hidden Truth” and lately “Mother and Son” of three volumes of 40 pages each volume.

 In this space I will just write down the second and the third keys and from where it was taken. Read (Mt.26: 74-75) or (Lk.22: 60-62)

Then he started to curse and swear: “I do not know the man!” And immediately a cock crowed. And Peter called to mind the saying Jesus spoke, namely: “Before a cock crows, you will disown me three times” And he went outside and wept bitterly. (Mt.26: 74-75) NWT   Where are the two keys?   [And he went outside and wept bitterly]  2 keys.

Wept bitterly is repentance with godly sorrow, the 3rd key. Read (2Cor.7: 10) He went outside, is to separate from the unbelievers or the ungodly, a prerequisite of repentance:   The 2^nd key.   Read also (Rev.18: 4-5)

Any sinner cannot repent properly while still among the unbelievers or the ungodly because their influence can pollute again the body and soul and the spirit.

Do not unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness  and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness? Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Belial?  Or what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever? And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols? For we are a temple of the living God; just as God said: “I shall reside among them and walk among [them], and I shall be their God, and they will be my people.” “’Therefore get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing and I will take you in.’” “’I shall be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters to me,’ says Jehovah the Almighty.” (2Cor.6: 14-18) NWT   

Those who can comply with the [eight keys of the kingdom of heaven], and be born of God will be gathered in one household or in one Church, mentioned earlier.

I saw also the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples.  And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will be mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away. (Rev.21: 2-4) NWT

Before all of those mentioned above be accomplished or [fulfilled], first, the Kingdom of God that will be ruled by a rod of iron be established. Read the prophecy in (Dan.2: 41-45) and also (Rev.2: 27-29); (Rev.19: 15-16) and (Rev.12: 5-6)

And whereas you beheld the feet and the toes to be partly of molded clay of a potter and partly of iron, the kingdom itself will prove to be divided, but somewhat of the hardness of iron will prove to be in it, for as much as you beheld the iron mixed with moist clay.  And as for the toes of the feet being partly of iron and partly of molded clay, the kingdom will partly prove to be strong and will partly prove to be fragile.  Whereas you beheld iron mixed with moist clay, they will come to be mixed with the offspring of mankind; but they will not prove to be sticking together, this one to that one, just as iron is not mixing with molded clay.

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin.  And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people.  It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite; for as much as you beheld that out of the mountain a stone was cut not by hands, and [that] it crushed the iron, the copper, the molded clay, the silver and the gold. The grand God himself has made known to the king what is to occur after this. And the dream is reliable, and the interpretation is trustworthy. (Dan.2: 41-45) NWT  

The kingdom of God that will come is an authoritarian government. There will be no more freedom of religion and of worship, which could also mean to worship Satan like others are doing and also freedom not to believe. There will be no more freedom of   speech and of the press. The rulers will be like Joshua, the man who took over Moses that leads the Israelites to the Promised Land. The Leaders will be absolute dictators because what they say goes. There will be no need for lawyers or attorneys because the judges will have even more wisdom than that of King Solomon so they will know who is lying and who is telling the truth. They will judge in righteousness and in behalf of the Son of God, and they will be called gods. See (Ps.82: 1-8) and (Jn.10: 34-35) There will be no more prisoners because there will be no more prison cells or penitentiaries. The guilty has to be eliminated  to cleanse the land of the ungodly. This is to rule the nations with a rod of iron. See (Rev.12: 5), (Ps.2: 9)

Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill; for truly I say to you that sooner would heaven and earth pass away than for one smallest letter or one particle of a letter to pass away from the Law by any means and not all things takes place. (Mt.5: 17-18) NWT

The sun is about to rise in the east, therefore, we must know now that the entire first Ten Commandments was broken by man, including the 4^th which is the Sabbath of the Lord.  Not so with the second Ten Commandments including all the decrees, statutes, ordinances, precepts and teachings and judgments. All these must be fulfilled or be accomplished at the coming Kingdom of God.   See (Deut.10: 1-5)

As to the belief of (Jehovah’s Witnesses), that the first Adam was created by God perfect, this is entirely against or contrary to the plan of God for man. Why?

“The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. For the one whom God has sent speaks the word of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.” (Jn.3: 31-36) NIV

In (Gen.1: 26) God made a covenant with the Deceiver to make man in their image and in their likeness ---but first in the likeness of the devil who have sinned since the beginning. (1Jn.3: 8) Then this sinful man be redeemed. Man having learned the  consequences of sin and have attained wisdom, God will make him like His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who is the image of the invisible God.  Read (Rom.8: 29); (1Cor.15: 49); (Col.1: 15)

Man has to attain wisdom by eating from the tree of life that is still in the midst of the Garden of Eden by going back where Adam and Eve were driven out eastward. Without wisdom there will be no salvation. Read (Book of Wisdom. 7: 23-30) TEV   

And life springs forth from death; the carnal form is changed to form divine.

The will of man makes possible the action of the Holy Breath. When will of man and will of God are one, the resurrection is a fact.

In this, we have the chemistry of mortal life, the ministry of death, the mystery of deific life.

My human life was wholly given to bring my will to the tune of deific will, when this was done; my earth-tasks were all done.

And you, my brothers, know fully well the foes I had to meet, you know about my victories in Gethsemane; my trials in the courts of men, my death upon the cross.

You know all my life was one great drama for the sons of men, a pattern for the sons of men. I live to show the possibilities of man.

What I have done all men can do, and what I am all men shall be.

The masters looked, the form upon the sacred pedestal had gone, but every temple priest, every living creature said, praise God.

                                              (The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ: Chapter 178: 40-47)

By: Ramon A. Reyes