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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – December 16

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Eternal Torment?

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Part 31:

“Babylonian Hell”

To read Part 1, click here… “September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”

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The ancient Babylonians and pagans had some traditional beliefs and celebrations which have found their way into the Christian churches: Christmas, Easter, the Trinity, and many other traditions and false teachings which the world, and the worldly church still embrace.

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Alexander Hislop’s much-maligned book, “The Two Babylons”, gives an in-depth account of many of the various similarities between Babylon and the Christian Church.

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The Two Babylons – Alexander Hislop – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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WHAT IS THE TRUE NATURE OF HELL

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One similarity, which many, today, overlook, is that Hell is an endless underworld in which all rejecters of God’s grace will spend eternity suffering for their sins.

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And to this day, almost the entire Christian community embraces and teaches this ancient Babylonian version of Hell, to the extent that they believe it to be a place of conscious existence.

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Brooklyn Museum – The Rich Man In Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE!”

2nd Thessalonians 2:11

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And truth-be-told, God gave the Church “enough rope to hang themselves” , as the old saying goes.

Yes, God has written the Bible so that if anyone takes certain verses out of context, wrong interpretations will inevitably occur.

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In other words, the apostate churches over the centuries, took a number of verses out of context to prop up this Babylonian view of Hell (and other ancient pagan cultures) as being a place of everlasting torment and suffering.

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“IN THAT VERY DAY, HIS THOUGHTS PERISH!”

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Yes, God wrote the Bible in such a way that unsanctified minds could be used by their Master (Lucifer, the fallen rebel angel), to come up with many false doctrines.

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And Eternal Torment is just another example of taking certain verses out of the context of the Bible in its entirety, and making those certain verses the sum total of their church-doctrine.

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And then, they ignore those many other passages which reveal death to be an unconscious state of nothingness, such as this passage…

“His breath goeth forth,

he returneth to his earth;

in that very day his thoughts perish.”

Psalm 146:4.

Yes, this and other similar passages present a completely opposite version of Hell than ancient pagan cultures embraced! (see also Job, Chapter 3, click here)

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Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery – Wikipedia – Public Dom.

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STUDY, CHRISTIAN, STUDY!

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Now there are too many articles already devoted to the various verses which prove this to be just another false doctrine by the fallen churches and denominations.

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And the Reader is encouraged to read through these various articles on this website, to gain a greater understanding of why this doctrine is nothing more than heresy of the first degree.

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Hell – Jan van Eyck Diptych – _Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“FLEE OUT OF THE MIDST OF BABYLON, AND DELIVER EVERY MAN HIS SOUL!”

Jeremiah 51:6

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But the point of this article is to highlight that the current viewpoint of Hell is straight out of ancient Babylon, and is just one more reason that God’s people must realize that spiritual Babylon is the apostate churches and denominations.

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And sad to say, God’s Spirit has now at last vacated the apostate church-world, and He is calling His people to likewise “Come out of her (Babylon), My people, lest you partake of her sins, and receive of her plagues.” Revelation 18:4

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Yes, the end-time exodus is now.

And God has graciously provided an abundant provision of living waters and heavenly bread on the Mount Sion, the holy mountain of God in which we are to flee!

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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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TO READ PART 32, CLICK HERE…

January 9 (Eternal Torment? Part 32: “And Their Smoke Rose Up Forever?)

Brooklyn Museum – The Rich Man In Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Let me not be given to a close-minded spirit. But help me to love truth, no matter if it means I will be hated by my own brethren…

Prayer – Anna Blunden – For Only One Short Hour – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Planet of Rest: Doctrine of Eternal Torment,

or you can also read this shorter article…AUGUST 19 (Apocalypse Now! Part 6: Fire & Brimstone!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

 

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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN

 

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LOCATION of THE WAVE OF WATER CONSTELLATION…

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The Wave Constellation is primarily comprised of the Auriga Constellation plus one star from Taurus, plus one more star.

The Winter Constellations are depicted in this below sketch to the right, and shows this constellation group as they are seen in early winter, as they rise in the eastern skies.

The Woman is in the north.

The Dragon and Orion are farther south from the Woman.

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 FLOOD WATERS…

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No matter where this constellation is in the night sky, this wave of water is always going towards the path of the Woman of Revelation 12 (Flees to the Wilderness). This wave of water is made of the Auriga Constellation plus two fainter stars closer to the Dragon’s mouth. Let’s see what Scripture has to say about flood waters.  

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“And the serpent cast out of his mouth WATER AS A FLOOD after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood..” Revelation 12:12.

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So what do these flood waters represent?  Does the Bible have anything to say about Satan’s flood-waters?         

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LOCATING THE DRAGON

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The tip of the Dragon’s tail is composed of that star-cluster known as The Pleiades.

The Pleiades is actually in the shape of a lion’s furry tassel tip of his tail.

The sketch below shows this Pleiades as the tail tip.

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Now with aid of a dark starry night, you may begin to connect this mouth and the tail with a very long body in an oval shape.

The front and back legs are very well-defined with stars.

The front legs are made partially of Taurus.

The back legs and rear fin are made of the Cetus Constellation.

But the long oval-shaped body has relatively few stars, but can been seen, howbeit with a dark starry night.

The four stars of the front fins are made partially of Taurus.

This Dragon constellation appears in the eastern horizon about mid-summer in the pre-dawn hours, spewing his flood-waters northward toward the Woman of Revelation 12 (Woman in Travail).

The Wave of Water is primarily composed of the Constellation Auriga.

The are two more less bright stars which are closest to the Dragon’s mouth.

These two dimmer stars are also part of this Wave of Water.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Flood Waters of Satan-Introduction

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TOMORROW…

December 17 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 15: “Satan’s War Against Sincere Christians”)

Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS DEBATE REGARDING WHETHER THE CHURCH-AGE HAS ENDED.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…The Open Forum Harold Camping March 26, 2003

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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