Some Sayings and Their Interpretations cont'd

Saying#5. "The present day assembly has put itself in a hole and can't get out without outside help". They are "in a hole" because they have "futurized" certain scriptures which are actually present day continuous. Most of these scriptures are in the book of Revelation.

They have put themselves into a "doctrinal hole" by their literalistic creeds and teachings and can only be lifted out of it by hearing the truth from someone outside their system; someone who has the spirit and not a degree issued by man.

There are four "teachings" which can be categorized under four headings, which they have mistakenly interpreted literally according to human reason and systematizing processes; the four, I will label A, B, C, and D.

A. "Get ready for the judgment day". These are false teachings having to do with a "final judgment, great white throne judgment, sheep and goat judgment" and scripture passages relating to such in Revelation, Daniel, and the Gospels.

B. "Announcing the negative". This is primarily the false teachings surrounding the "great tribulation" and the various "woes" found in Revelation..

C. "Personification of evil". This is false teachings surrounding the idea of "Anti-Christ, Beast/BeastS (sometimes they refer to it as beast and false prophet), the Mother of Harlots, and Babylon.

D. "God is tabernacling". This is the false teachings surrounding the scripture passages from Rev. 21 on to the end of the book: New Heavens/New Earth, "the tabernacle of God is with men", and etc.

All the events recorded by John in Revelation are actually CONTINUOUSLY OCCURRING IN SPIRIT. In spirit, "things" do not occur in chronological order "until a final event is reached". In spirit there is no such idea of a "future" where certain things progress towards an "end". That which is on-going continuous in spirit, is seen in the time dimension as progressive-a process; chronological- one thing happening after another, etc.

Saying#6. "And others.......a man alone stands". The "man alone" is not part of the Assembly. He is one of the "firstfruit" of 1 Cor. 15:23: "a firstfruit Christ", who experience the "first resurrection"; and Rev. 14:4: "These were redeemed from mankind as a firstfruit unto God and unto the Lamb" (See Rev.14:1-4). The process of this one's (and there is not only one) "resurrection" is described in the following seven ways, which I will not elaborate upon here other then to list some scripture passages, as I have written more extensively on this subject previously in earlier posts.

1. "Shut the door"
2. "Withdraw the influence"
3. "Leave behind the loved ones" (Lk. 14:26)
4. "Becoming transparent as glass" (Matt.5:8; Titus1:15;
1John 3:3)
5. "A startling sex change to none at all" (Matt. 19:5)
6. "Not influenced by men or women, because he is neither"
(Matt.22:29-30)
7. "High in Christ Jesus" (Rev. 3:21)

The last "saying" harks back to a previous post having to do with "stars" being brought down to earth.

Saying#7. "And others, the government has no jurisdiction over, so He (God) uses other means to bring them down." This is referring to the "christian stars" that the assembly worships and places on pedestals. In some instances the government will be God's instrument in bringing some of the "stars" to earth, because those same "stars" are misusing the money that comes into their coffers, while maintaining their "tax exempt"status. Others have no such government connection and the sins that they are involved in are more on the fornication/adultery/perversion type. So these latter "stars" will be brought down by others.