TRICK OR TREAT - THE GREAT BATTLE OF DECEPTION VS ETERNAL REALITY!

Beloved, as millions celebrate Halloween, children go door to door asking, “TRICK OR TREAT?” Yet behind the costumes, candy, and playful images of death lies a far greater ETERNAL reality! Since Adam's fall, humanity has been under the curse of sin and death. The greatest trick ever played upon mankind was Satan's deception in the Garden of Eden: “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). But Almighty God had declared the truth! Sin brought spiritual death, separation from God, and ultimately physical death into His creation (Romans 5:12). Ephesians 2:1–3 reveals that apart from Christ, humanity is spiritually dead in trespasses and sins, walking according to this fallen world and under the influence of the prince of the power of the air. Satan's great deception is that mankind can live independently of Almighty God, enjoy the pleasures of sin, and somehow escape its ETERNAL consequences! Yet Scripture declares, “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). No costume can hide our sin, no human righteousness can remove our guilt, and no earthly pleasure can overcome the grave!

The greatest trick ever played upon mankind was Satan's deception in the Garden of Eden: “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). But Almighty God had declared the truth! Sin brought spiritual death, separation from God, and ultimately physical death into His creation (Romans 5:12).

BUT GOD! (Ephesians 2:4). In His great mercy and ETERNAL LOVE, Almighty God has provided the greatest gift mankind could ever receive—not a temporary treat, but ETERNAL LIFE through JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD! The ETERNALLY RIGHTEOUS Son of God entered our fallen world, bore our sins upon the cross, died in our place, and triumphantly rose from the grave, never to die again! Through His finished work, Almighty God offers complete forgiveness of sins, reconciliation with Himself, and ETERNAL LIFE to all who receive His Son by faith (John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; John 5:24). What a glorious contrast: Satan offers the deceptive pleasures of sin that end in death, but JESUS CHRIST offers the FREE GIFT of ETERNAL LIFE that can NEVER end! Romans 6:23 concludes, “but the free gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE in Christ Jesus our Lord.” This Halloween, remember that the greatest question is not “Trick or Treat?” but “DEATH OR LIFE?” And the greatest news ever proclaimed is that JESUS CHRIST HAS CONQUERED SIN AND DEATH, AND ALL WHO BELIEVE IN HIM HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE! (John 5:24; 1 John 5:11–13).

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Maranatha!

David

Sorry Death and Halloween - There is ONLY One Who ETERNALLY Rose From the Dead

Beloved, as the world celebrates Halloween, filling the night with images of death, darkness, ghosts, and the dead coming back to life, there is only ONE who truly conquered death and rose again in ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS: JESUS CHRIST, the Son of the living God! Throughout human history, death has been the unavoidable consequence of sin (Romans 6:23). Yet, Jesus Christ, the eternally righteous One who knew no sin, willingly entered our fallen world to bear our sins upon the cross. He died, was buried, and rose again on the third day, just as the Scriptures foretold (1 Corinthians 15:3–4). Unlike Lazarus and others who were raised only to die again, Jesus Christ rose never to die again! Death has no more dominion over Him (Romans 6:9). He declares in Revelation 1:18, “I died, and behold I am alive FOREVERMORE, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.” He is not merely someone who returned from the dead; He is the ETERNAL LORD OF LIFE, who FOREVER conquered sin, death, and the grave!

As the world celebrates Halloween, filling the night with images of death, darkness, ghosts, and the dead coming back to life, there is only ONE who truly conquered death and rose again in ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS: JESUS CHRIST, the Son of the living God! 

While the world makes entertainment out of death and darkness, Almighty God offers ETERNAL LIFE through His risen Son! Jesus declared, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live” (John 11:25). His resurrection is God's glorious declaration that Christ's righteous sacrifice for our sins is finished and sufficient forever! He is the only Savior, the only Way, the only Truth, and the only Life (John 14:6). To all who receive Him by faith, He gives the ETERNAL gift of becoming children of God (John 1:12), passing from death into life (John 5:24). What a glorious contrast! The world celebrates the imagery of death for a night, but Jesus Christ offers victory over death for ETERNITY! The greatest truth is not that the dead might return, but that THE ETERNALLY RIGHTEOUS ONE HAS RISEN, IS ALIVE FOREVERMORE, AND OFFERS HIS ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL WHO WILL BELIEVE IN HIM! (John 3:16; 1 John 5:11–13). 

Dear friend, do you personally know the Lord of ETERNAL Life as your sin-bearer and Savior? That is the question we ask on this Halloween night! May it be so! Our ETERNAL future is to be like Him in RIGHTEOUSNESS FOREVER! Beloved, it goes ETERNALLY way beyond ghosts, goblins, and zombies!

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 1 Cor. 15:53-57

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!! Maranatha!

David

WHAT IS GOING ON IN EUROPE!? It’s Coming to America! Wake Up Church! Jesus is Coming!

Beloved, what’s going on in Europe at present? Michelle Bachmann gives full insight! What about America? We are not too far behind! So many Americans are absolutely clueless! Without the Word of God and the Holy Spirit’s teaching we will be in the dark! Awake children of Light! Awake! Eph. 5:15-20!

The Day of the Lord is at hand! Maranatha 🙌☝️

David

JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND HIS LIGHTS AFTER THE CROSS IN AN IMAGES

 

1 John 2:1-2 in an Image! Jesus Our ETERNAL Propitiation and Helper!

Beloved, how absolutely amazing is this! That the very One who is our ETERNAL propitiation has risen from the grave and is now seated at the Right Hand of Almighty God to be our Advocate, Helper, and Comforter! In today's EXPONENTIAL hour, a picture is worth a million words!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Maranatha!

David

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:1-2

OUR ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS ADVOCATE!

OUR ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS PROPITIATION AND RISEN ADVOCATE EZER HELPER!

THE PERSON AND FINISHED WORK OF OUR LORD AND PROPITIATION!

JESUS' ETERNALLY RIGHTEOUS PERSON AND FINISHED WORK IS OUR ETERNALLY SOUND FOUNDATION TO BUILD OUR LIVES UPON!

SIN NOT; STAY IN BOUNDS OF WHO ALMIGHTY GOD IS TO DOMINATE AND CONQUER FOR GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY!

THE GREATEST IMAGE OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL - DANIEL 9:24-27

 

THE CONFIRMATION OF THE COVENANT

THE GREATEST IMAGES OF THE ANTI CHRIST, HIS REIGN AND ETERNAL DEMISE!

THE PRINCE OF DANIEL 9:27 TO THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION

THE CONFIRMATION OF THE COVENANT

THE PRINCE'S 7-YEAR DEMONIC CAREER

THE RISE OF THE BEAST AND FALSE PROPHET!

THE THREE WOES OF REVELATION - DEMONIC PRISON HOLD EARTH

THE DIVINE SEAL JUDGEMENTS ON THE BEAST'S DEMONIC GLOBAL STATE

THE TRIBULATION SAINTS AND THEIR MAYORDOM

THE 144,000 MINISTRY AND HARVEST

THE PRINCE OF DANIEL 9:27 FROM THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION TO HIS ETERNAL DEMISE

THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION TILL JESUS' GLORIOUS RETURN!

THE WHORE OF REVELATION 17

GLOBAL BABYLON TO THE BEAST'S BABYLON

THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON, THE BATTLE AND JESUS' GLORIOUS RETURN!

THE SHEEP AND GOAT JUDGMENTS

THE ETERNAL VANITY OF THE BEAST 

THE ETERNAL VANITY OF THE FALSE PROPHET

(just a brief fyi- I need to tweak a few of these but the fundamental basics of these images is pre trib Dispensational doctrinal and sound; )

THE FINAL ETERNAL ESTATE OF THE LOST AND DAMNED