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1    SAVED simply means having Eternal life.  From what are we being saved - from death.  Israel's (the creator) promise to us is LIFE, saved from death.  Life in Israel's (the creator) kingdom and life for eternity.  Israel (the creator) has made what seems like 2 promises or a single promise with 2 parts.  Life in the Kingdom, which is the 1000 year peace (when Israel's people (whom he has resurrected and plucked from the world) will be priests of Israel (the creator)) (Revelation 20:2-7) (en# 24.1) period heralded by the return of Yahshua, and Eternal life, which is the period after the 1000 years of peace or may also include the 1000 years of peace.  Either way, from our perspective, it is all in our future (possibly begore this author dies a natural death of old age) and is the sum and culmination of the promises of Israel (the creator).  Put another way, life in the Kingdom and for Eternity is the reason for living.  The Kingdom begins with the 1st resurrection, at the return of Yahshua, and begins the 1000 years of peace.  Eternity, technically begans with the first moment of existance, but the promise of life for Eternity seems to begin after the 1000 years of peace with the 2nd resurrection.  In both cases, we are are saved, saved from death.  If you do not exist, then you are dead.

2    Most everyone will agree that the righteous people will be “saved”.  They will enjoy the grace of Israel (the creator) and inherit the kingdom.  But they do not understand “righteous” or “righteousness”.  A look at the writings of David in Psalms 119:142 [en# 5] and Psalms 119:172 [en# 6], shows us that  1] Israel's (the creator) righteousness is everlasting,  2] Israel's (the creator) law is truth,  3] Israel's (the creator) commandments are righteousness.  Simple logic will reveal that Israel's (the creator) commandments [law] is truth and righteousness, and Israel's (the creator) righteousness is everlasting, therefore Israel's (the creator) law is everlasting.

3    Do not confuse this matter of righteousness and commandments [law].  Many will cite Galatians 2:21 [en# 9] as a proof that righteousness is not through the law.  They are correct.  Psalms 119:142 and 172 says that the law [commandments] are righteousness, they do not say that righteousness is through law.  Try to understand it this way – Is a mouse a little gray animal?  YES.  Then, is a little gray animal a mouse?  Not necessarily.  The reading of the mouse and gray animals, like the matter of righteousness and grace and law are not equations, but rather an expression of subsets.  One belongs in the other, but not the reverse is true.  While righteousness is not through the law, the law is righteousness Psalms 119:160 [en# 7].

4    A careful study of the whole of Psalms 119 is very important for understanding grace and law and many other aspects of what we are to be doing.

5    Now if you are going to say something about Psalms being old text and it does not apply, then will you take Yahshua’s word for it?  Look at Matthew 19:16 [en# 8.1].  Yahshua was asked what must be done [works??] to have eternal life.  Yahshua answered “keep the commandments”.  Duh !?!

6    There is so much boasting as to whether we are saved by “works” or by “faith”, and some even claim we are saved by “grace”.  After reading the many Scriptural references on the topic, it is easy to see how a person could get confused.  It sometimes seem that the reading takes you in circles, first saying one thing then reversing the clauses and saying the opposite.

7    Generally, the premise commonly held by “Christians” of the main stream religions, the Churchcraft, is that Yahshua died and simply by virtue of his death we are saved.  Simultaneously, these same “Christians” also hold that simply by virtue of Israel's (the creator) grace we are saved.  Sometimes the premise is explained that because Israel (the creator) has grace he sent his son to save us by dying on a stake.  Common phrases are “we are saved by the grace of God”, “we are saved by Christ’s death on the cross”.  Actually, there is truth in these statements, but not as they stand alone.  In other words, it is not axiomatic that just BECAUSE Yahshua died we are saved, and it is not axiomatic that we are not saved just BECAUSE Israel (the creator) has grace.  Put yet another way, Israel's (the creator) grace does not equate to your salvation and Yahshua’s death does not equate to your salvation.  Think about it.  If all it took was for Israel (the creator) to have grace and you would be saved, or for Yahshua to die and you would be saved, then there is nothing for us to think, do or say.  We can even kill, steal, rape and other things, we could even worship other gods, and we know we are saved anyway.;  Does this make sense to even your churchcraft trained mind?  Of course not.  So it is obvious that something is incumbent upon us, whether it is thought, deed, or something else, or all of it.  We are required to do [loosely used to encompass thought, deed, or whatever] something to accept the salvation.

8    Salvation is merely OFFERED us by the death of Yahshua and by the Grace of Israel (the creator).  If Israel (the creator) did not have Grace, he might not allow us anything.  It is because Israel (the creator) has Grace that we have life, choice, and his promises.

9    Let us consider a parable of Grace.

10    When we have accepted Israel's (the creator) Grace, we are saved.  Yashua may have died for our sins, for our salvation, but that was only an offering.  We must accept it.  You find yourself cast about in the middle of the ocean surrounded by creatures that want to consume you and play with you, and you realize that you are in a bad place – a wrong place (this is what we commonly know as carnal life - in the flesh).  Along comes a Coast Guard ship.  Have you been save?  Not yet.  They notice you and your dilemma.  To save you they throw a life preserver over the side of the ship.  Have you been saved?  Not yet.  They yell to you and indicate they are there to save you.  Have you been saved?  Not yet.  When are you saved?  You grab a hold of the ring.  Have you been saved?  Not yet.  The ship crew starts pulling the ring towards their ship.  Have you been saved?  Not yet.  Along comes a Dolphin tempting you to take hold and go for a ride.  When you choose to take the Dolphin ride, have you been saved?  Not yet.  In fact, you have essentially lost what ever progress you had gained.  After a while you realize that the Dolphin is friendly with the sharks and other creatures who want to consume you and play with you.  Now you again realize that you are in a bad place – in the wrong place.  All this time the Coast Guard ship is still holding the life preserver out in the water for you to grasp.  Again you take hold of the ring.  Have you been saved?  Not yet.  When are you saved?  You may repeatedly find other temptations which cause you to let loose of the life preserver and stray back into the dangerous waters.  Have you been saved?  Not yet.  Finally, the ship crew pulls the ring with you keeping the ring around you till you are pulled all the way onto the deck of the ship.  Have you been saved?  Almost.  All these attempts to save you were marked with forgiveness at each of your moments of weakness and letting loose of the ring.

11    But wait.  Even though you are on the deck, are you saved?  No quite.  Now that you are on the deck of the ship you learn that it is a ship of a foreign kingdom from where you used to live and it is explained to you that there are rules to follow for you to stay on board the ship.  One of the rules is that you must forsake, swear-off all bonds to the previous floundering in the water (this is dying in the flesh, no longer having care for things of the carnal).  Preferring the safety of the ship and its kingdom (this is the promised Kingdom of Israel (the creator)) and wanting to stay out of the dangerous waters, you agree to the rules.  NOW YOU ARE SAVED.  Can you still sin?  Yes.  What happens once you are saved and you break the rules of the new kingdom [on the ship]?  You are no longer allowed to be on the ship and the Captain will expel you from the ship and act as though he never knew you, without hope of a second life preserver.  You can actually fall from Grace after entering the Kingdom

12    In this preceding parable, the water is like the world, the creatures in the water are like the other people of the world and Satan, the ship and its crew are like Yahshua putting himself in peril to offer us safety, the captain of the ship is like Israel (the creator) or at least an angel of Israel (the creator).

13    Israel (the creator) indeed has grace.  Because Israel (the creator) has grace, he makes it POSSIBLE for us to be saved.  Yahshua indeed died that we MIGHT be saved.  Because Yahshua died we have the chance [opportunity] to be saved.  The short of it is that Yahshua’s death ONLY paid the price for our sins.  He paid … for you.  Now you do not have to pay, like the times before his coming.

14    Having said all that, in common parlance, saved means going to heaven.  Being that we have never been promised or offered going to heaven, then by definition, being saved has a definition problem.  All Israel (the creator) has ever promised [old testament and new testament] is the opportunity to inherit the Kingdom OF Heaven.  Yahshua came proclaiming that the Kingdom was now at hand and instructed us to seek it – now – on Earth.  Being saved is merely inheriting the Kingdom, whereby being with Israel (the creator) for eternity.

15    We are offered salvation [saved] by the grace of Israel (the creator), but we are in fact saved when we have done our part toward accepting salvation.

16    Hebrews 10 is full of explaining that Grace is only OFFERED us, and that something else is needed for us to be saved.

17    A more proper and complete understanding is that we were OFFERED salvation by Yahshua dying and taking our burdens upon his cross, whereby wiping clean our slate [Colossians 2:13-14] [en# 1].  Starting with a clean slate does require something of us to keep the slate clean.  For the sake of our salvation, we must have faith in all that Israel (the creator) instructed [Ephesians 2:4-9] [en# 2.1].  Because of our faith we will choose to follow the law, for without law there would be no sin and we know there surely is sin.  If we seek to enter the Kingdom, we strive to not be sinners.  Following the law is works, but it is not works alone that saves us.  We can do everything prescribed by Israel (the creator) and still not inherit the Kingdom.  But, having followed the law and come to the knowledge of the truth and in turn sought the Kingdom by our studies [Hebrews 18-26] [2 Timothy 2:15] [en# 3.1 & en# 4.1], we find faith.  Through faith we may be given passage to enter the Kingdom and thereafter have the grandest gift Israel (the creator) has to offer us – Grace [Ephesians 2:4-9] [en# 2.2].    Doing something – works – is rather easy, but faith is more difficult.  You may find it easy to climb a ladder [works], but you must have faith that you will not fall from the ladder when you get to 20, 30, or 40 feet up the ladder.

18    There are many scriptural reference that when read in context and harmony with the whole of scripture tells us this, we are focusing on Hebrews and a few others.

19    If we are not yet saved then the law must still apply.  One easy way to prove this is to ask yourself “Can I sin?”.  If the answer is anything but NO, then the law must still apply, because John reports that Yahshua said “sin is the transgression of law” (1 John 3:4) [en# 10].

20    Having established that we can still sin, we must not yet be saved, we must not yet be under Grace.  Common parlance again holds that we are under Grace and not under law.  This suggests that it is an either/or proposition.  Either we are under law and not Grace or we are under Grace and not law.  Since modern churchcraft [Christianity] promote that latter, that we are under Grace and not law, then if we are not under law we are not bound be law and can do whatever we want even if it runs contrary to law, which does not apply to us.  Of course, when this is presented to a Christian they quickly profess that it is wrong to murder and steal and other things.  But, that is part of the law.  So from their own mouths they admit they/we are under law.  Therefore, using common parlance that we are under either law or Grace but not both, we must be under law.  So how does modern churchcraft [Christianity] rectify this seeming paradox?  They do not.  Excuses are made and mysteries professed.

21    In Romans 6:14-15 [en# 11] Paul first tells his audience what they seem to already understand, that they are under Grace and not under Law and as such sin will not have dominion over you [do you recognize the common parlance here?].  Then Paul tests this understanding by asking them if they, being under Grace and not law are allowed to sin.  Paul answers his own question by saying “God forbid”.  In the flesh we are under Grace insofar as we have OPPORTUNITY  and can look forward to enjoying the FULLNESS of Israel's (the creator) Grace.  IF we are under Grace are we allowed to sin?  God forbid.  This surely means that the law still applies.  Remember what Yahshua himself said when asked what must be done to have eternal life, which is what Israel (the creator) has promised.  He answered obey the commandments [Matthew 19:16-17] [en# 8.2].  We are still under the law and have the Grace of Israel (the creator) to seek and obtain our salvation.  We are not yet under Grace, nor are we yet saved, not till we enter the Kingdom.

22    Still not sure?  Of all Kingdoms for all time, is any unmovable?  There is only one Kingdom which can not be moved, and it is the Kingdom of Israel (the creator).  Hebrews 12:28 [en# 12] tells us that when we have received [inherit] a Kingdom which cannot be moved, we will have Grace, and serve Israel (the creator).  We will not enjoy the Grace of Israel (the creator) till we have inherited the Kingdom, till we are saved.

23    The short answer is YES.

24    We are warned "if we sin [break Israel's (the creator) law] willfully AFTER we have received the knowledge of the truth there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins." [Hebrews 10:26] [en# 3.2].   If a person is saved they have received the knowledge of the truth [1 Timothy 2:4] [en# 2.1], hence if a person has received the knowledge of the truth they have been saved.  Yes, you can loose your salvation.  Yes, you can go all the way and still die.

25    Hebrews 10:18-26 [en# 3.3] clearly warns us that once we have come to the knowledge of the message of Yahshua and claim to have taken him into our mind and heart, we must be certain to follow the law.  Why?  Simple, because once we have embraced the Lord, we have been washed in the remission offered by Yahshua’s sacrifice.  And, since there is no other [or second] remission offered, we do not want to waste it by sinning [violating the law].  It is, after all, sinning that necessitated Yahshua’s sacrifice.  Therefore, if we are not to keep and obey the law, then there would not be a need for the warning in Hebrew 18 & 26 about only being offered one sacrifice and one remission.

26    We are told that Israel (the creator) will put his laws in the minds and hearts of his people.  We are further told that when we have this knowledge we will no longer have need to debate the Scripture with each other, since all those chosen will have this knowledge [Hebrews 8:10-11 en# 27].  We are told that once receiving the knowledge of the truth you have no more oppotunity for forgiveness Hebrews 10:18-26 [en# 3.7] .  We are told Israel's (the creator) people will have the knowledge of the truth when they have been saved [1 Timothy 2:4] [en# 21.2].  Therefore, once saved, we will have the knowledge of the truth (the law) written in our hearts and minds and thereafter, we better now sin, for if we do, there is no forgiveness.

27    Try understanding it this way, we are not saved till we come to the knowledge of the truth, at which time we will have found and entered the Kingdom.  While we are in the flesh and not yet in the Kingdom, we can exercise forgiveness and repentance.  This is while we are on the path to the Kingdom, we were riding the train to salvation, for which Yahshua paid our fare.  Once we are saved [and entered the Kingdom] we are not supposed to any further need Yahshua’s sacrifice, for we have reached the destination – we have graduated.  After we have entered the Kingdom and IF we then sin, we will have no more chances, we will have made all our efforts and faith for naught.

28    A reading of Hebrews 10 shows a general explanation of the path and process of forgiveness and grace.  Hebrews 10 [en# 3.4] uses such words as “sanctified” and “remission”.

10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Sanctified  37 a`gia,zw hagiazo {hag-ee-ad'-zo}  •  from 40; TDNT - 1:111,14; v •  AV - sanctify 26, hallow 2, be holy 1; 29 •  3b] to  purify by expiation: free from the guilt of sin 3c] to purify internally by renewing of the soul

Remission  859 a;fesij aphesis {af'-es-is}  •  from 863; TDNT - 1:509,88; n f •  AV - remission 9, forgiveness 6, deliverance 1, liberty 1; 17 •  2] forgiveness or pardon, of sins [letting them go as if they had  never been committed],

30    To help understand this matter of the Garden of Eden, let us look at the grammar.  Adam [and Eve, who Adam named] were placed and taken from a garden.  This garden was a part OF something, hence the name “Garden OF Eden”.  Remember Adam was on a personal level with Israel (the creator), walking, talking and communing with Israel (the creator).  Presumably, this could only occur in Israel's (the creator) Kingdom.  Therefore, Adam must have been in the Kingdom of God/Heaven, a place known as the garden.  If the garden is OF the Kingdom and referred to as “garden of Eden”, then maybe Eden is the Kingdom.  This is not so hard to believe.  Yahshua told the thief that he would be in PARADISE with Yahshua [Luke 23:43] [en# 15].  Eden is described as paradise, or “A” paradise.

31    Eden is the garden of Israel (the creator) [Ezekiel 28:13 & Ezekiel 31:9] [en# 16 & en# 17], and Adam was in the garden of Eden, therefore, Adam was in the garden of the garden of Israel (the creator) [you read that correctly, there are 2 gardens].  Try putting that in perspective.  You have a garden on Sunflowers about acre square in size.  The garden is only part of your whole farm [another word for garden] which is 50 miles square is size.  The farm [another word for garden] is only part of your country [another word for kingdom].  Therefore, you have a garden of a garden [farm] of a kingdom.

32    Before getting too far astray, the whole point here is that Adam, like Satan, was in the Kingdom and fell from Grace.  So we have evidence that it is possible to lose salvation and Grace.  This seems to fly straight at and against popular doctrines.  The problem is that popular churchcraft doctrines promote a timing error.   They typically say that we are NOW under grace and are NOW saved.  If that were true, then there must be more twisted mysteries to cover apparent discrepancies in what Scripture says. The fact is Israel (the creator) NOW has Grace and the offer of salvation is NOW at hand.

33    The aphorisim “once saved always saved” is not Scripturally supported.  But there are still many who do not agree with that aphorism but still make a fatal error by using the same verse references to claim the soul is saved now, rather than when Yahshua takes us into the Kingdom for the 7th millennium.  The 7th millennium is the 7th day of Israel (the creator) and Scripture tells us is a 1000 years of peace when Israel's  people (whom he has resurrected and plucked from the world) will be priests of Israel (the creator). (Revelation 20:2-7) (en# 24.2)  It is interesting to note that those things John mentions in verse 9 and forward are AFTER the 1000 years of peace - the 7th millennium. Yet many will preach them as coming soon.

34    The misused verses regarding people being “saved” is 1 Corinthians 5:1 – 8 (en# 22).  There is a nature of Scripture called parallelism which can help explain a great many Scriptural concepts.  Parallelism is where a sentence or verse or set of them is followed or preceded by a different sentence or verse or set of them in which the very same topic is mentioned, but in a slightly different way.  The two sentences or verses or sets can be used to explain each other.  In this case parallelism is helpful.  Parallelism is also how parables work.  In the instant case, 1 Corinthians 5:1–5 is the 1st set and verses 6 – 8 are the 2nd set.

35    Verses 1 – 5 is simply Paul chastising the church (the people of belief) for tolerating a person committing sin, fornication in this case.  Then Paul tells the church of Corinth that they should put to death the man committing the sin, rather than let him stay in their company and risk causing them to also commit sin.  Paul says that if they put the man to death (or at least expel him to someplace where he can never again influence them), then their souls might be saved when Yahshua comes to gather his people.  The proof of this is in the parallelism Paul used in the next few verses to explain what he meant.  In verses 6 – 8 Paul uses leavening in dough to explain the effect of evil or sin (Scriptural references to leavening is a allegory to sin).  Paul reminds the Corinthians that a little leavening will spread through the whole batch of dough.  Paul says that by removing the part of the dough that is contaminated with leavening, that the remainder will be as good and new dough.

36    There is nothing in this set of verses that indicates the the sinning man's soul will be saved.  There is nothing in this set of verses to support that our spirit is “saved” irrespective of the flesh.  The belief of “once saved, always saved” or that we are saved now (at least our spirit is, while Yahshua is yet to come), opens very wide a door for allowing us to live a cavalier life in full assurance that our spirit will still survive for all eternity.  This is arrogant.

37    Then there is the so-called “prodigal son” doctrine.  The source for this doctrine is part of chapter 15 of Luke (Luke 15) (en# 23).  Using only a portion of the message in chapter 15 is where the problem is in this doctrine.  This doctrine uses verses 11 - 32 of chapter 15, when in fact all of chapter 15 is the intended lesson.  There are 3 lesson in chapter 15.  The first is of a a shephard missing a single sheep and how he might leave the whole herd to find the one "lost" sheep.  Once found, the shephard will rejoice and tell everyone the story of the sheep lost and found (verses 4 - 6).  The second is of a woman dropping a coin from her hand of 10 coins.  She will look for the coin till she finds it and then brag to all who will hear of the sorrow, effort and joy in loosing, seeking and finding the coin (8 - 9).  Finally, the longer of the parables commonly known as the prodigal son.

38    Prodigal means reckless, extravagant or wasteful.  The KJV uses the word riotous.  Riotous means violent public disorder, and random or disorderly profusion.  The sentence in which these are used says "... and there wasted his substance with riotous living...".  Strong's defines the Greek word in the place as

811 asotos {as-o'-toce}adv •  AV - riotous 1; 1 •  1) dissolutely, profligately

39    The prodigal son excuse is used to justify a continuing sinful life is acceptable so long as you keep turning it towards Israel (the creator).

40    These 3 parables, in chapter 15, are offered by Yahshua are in response to a comment from the Pharisses and Scribes.  In verse 1 the Pharisees and Scribes were upset with Yahshua keeping company with publicans and sinners.  Yahshua was ministering to these publicans and sinners because they came to Yahshua.  This is important, because Yahshua does not minister to those without a willingness or conversion.  Do not confuse ministering and admonishing.  Yahshua surely admonished many a people who did not seek it.  So these people who had been known to be publicans and sinners had come to hear from this man of whom they had heard rumors.  That is why Yahshua gave them audience, for they either had changed their lives, or were wanting to change their lives and were taking needed steps to do this.

41    That is exactly the point with the riotous son in the parable.  He had spent his life living cavalierly, with no care for the future or the consequences.  He was spending his fathers wealth, and never had to work for what he had.  Then one day when strife (famine) came upon the land (not just him) and the man had to actually work for what he got.  The man actually found himself yearning for the food of the pigs, and finally saw the light.  This man went home to his father and expressed his repentance and the father gladly welcomed the son.  The other son of the father came upon the scene and was upset that such a big deal was being made of the wayward son.  After all, this 2nd son was always good and righteous and never had such a party been thrown for him.  The father came to the 2nd son and tried explaining that the party was more for acknowledging the sins of the 1st son and the 2nd son had no need for announcing any sins.  Besides, the father explains that everything the father has belongs to him (his inheritance), the 2nd son.  We can infer from this that when the son has everything, what more does he need?

42    There is nothing in this that says a person can repeatedly go astray and return to the path of Israel (the creator).  There is nothing here to justify what we do in the flesh because we are already saved.  IF ANYTHING, this parable might say that the son who was always good inherited everything and the former wayward son only gets to live in the home of the good son without ownership.  IF ANYTHING, this parable only shows a single repentance for waywardness.

43    Nothing in Luke 15 provides for justifying our sinning or our salvation.  It only shows that Israel (the creator) is happy for those who finally come to him.

44    To begin, we must obtain the knowledge of the truth.  Once we have obtained the “knowledge of the truth” and graduated to a new realm whereby claim to be in Christ and then willfully sin [violate law], we can not get another lamb to sacrifice, whereby having another chance.

45    How do you get the “knowledge of the truth”? [Hebrews 10:18 & 26] [en# 3.5]   Studying is how you get the knowledge of the truth [2 Timothy 2:15] [en# 4.2].  Once you have the knowledge of the truth and accept the responsibility thereof, you are saved.

46    Yahshua’s death did not save anyone, it merely forgave sins and cleared a path for salvation, whereby providing an opportunity.

47    Put another way, we are not saved by faith nor are we saved by works.  We are saved by study, that we might learn the messages of Israel (the creator) and learn the key to open the gates for our salvation.  BUT, we most likely would study only if we had faith, or wanted faith.  OR, we might gain faith through our studies.  Study is a works.  So you can say that it takes both faith and works, but if you do not understand the “study” aspect and do it, then most all else is for naught.

48    Here is yet another “New Testament” proof from the mouth of the founder of Christianity – Yahshua.  Yahshua was asked which was the great commandment [which was higher than all others] and in Matthew 22:37-38 [en# 18] Yahshua answered succinctly “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment.”.  If you LOVE Israel (the creator) surely you would STUDY his word and messages to better understand what he wants and to please him.

49    Do not forsake yourselves the assembling of yourselves together especially as you see the time [end?] approaching [Hebrews 10:25] [en# 3.6] [this dos not mean PEWING].  What does the “assembling of yourselves together” mean?  Simply, it means study - together.  The first church style as a model would have you together in manageable groups with each participating in interpreting what Israel (the creator) says.  This could even have envoys of your groups circulating among other groups to gain insight from them and bringing it home to your group.  For if you study you prayerfully will gain wisdom and understanding for how and what to do in the end times, and even enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

50    If you go to “church” and PEW [pewing = a “good” person who religiously sits in the pew and listens to a man [or woman] tell of his imaginations and false doctrines, without challenging even the obvious and easy to prove falsehoods], you are not studying.  Studying is not easy, even for those who have a good grasp of the matter.  Many are the times when challenges, both good and bad come and test your patience and easy life.

51    In Revelation 20:11-15 (en# 25), we are told of the White Throne judgment and how certain books are opened and by what is found in those books.  While this prophesy tells primarily of the judgment of the dead, it surely also applies to those who may be alive at the end.  Some people will be saved while others will be cast to death.  Looking at verse 12, we learn that people will judged by their works.  In verse 13, we learn that every man is judged accornding to their works.

52    Does it make much sense to think that all you have to do is exist and do nothing?  Surely, you must have to do something or some things.  Maybe one of those things could be minister to others, maybe it could be to study, maybe it could be to feed people.  Whatever your works are, you surely must DO something to be found in the books of life.

53    It is further interesting that Revelation 2:19 (en# 26.1) uses the word "works" twice in the same verse.  The latter half of Revelation 2 is in the nature of a parable, a metaphor.  The evil Jezebel is the metphorical example and those who follow the ways of Jezebel are will be put to death (Revelation 2:23) (en# 26.2) , while the others of us will receive according our works.  We who remain after the deaths, of the followers of Jezebel, and do Israel's (the creator) works will receive power over the nations (Revelation 2:26).

54    Noah found grace with Israel (the creator).  Israel (the creator) was saddened by what he saw and wished he had not made man.  So he decided to wipe out everything from the Earth.  BUT, Noah found grace in the eyes of Israel (the creator). [Genesis 6:5-8] [en# 20]  Now we have one example of someone finding the grace of Israel (the creator).  There are other examples, but let us consider Noah.  Israel (the creator) had not yet brought the flood and already he is expressing grace for Noah.  So Israel (the creator) decided to save Noah [and his family] from the flood, from the destruction Israel (the creator) would exact his wrath on every living thing and destroy all – but not Noah.  Do you realize that just because Israel (the creator) had grace for Noah did not guarantee Noah’s salvation?  Noah had to DO SOMETHING.  Noah had to build an ark.  Honestly ask yourself, if Noah had not built the ark, would he have died with all the others who were taken?  Most surely.  Do you honestly think that JUST BECAUSE Israel (the creator) has grace for you that you are saved?  Hardly.  You still have to DO SOMETHING.

55    Noah was saved by his obedience to Israel (the creator), NOT by virtue of Israel's (the creator) grace.  Israel's (the creator) grace provided the opportunity, but Noah choose to have faith and be obedient, and work to build the ark.

56    Some will argue that this saving of Noah was not the spiritual saving so often meant when speaking of being saved by grace.  Oh contraire!  It is exactly the same.  First, whether it is a physical saving or a spiritual saving, one is only a shadow of the other.  Second, I dare say that if Noah had not the faith and been obedient, Israel (the creator) would have deemed Noah no more worthy than the others who were taken.  In such case Noah would have been found lacking, and would NOT be found in the Kingdom.

57    Study is an act of faith AND work

58    If we are saved by simply the virtue of Yahshua dying, or by simply the virtue of Grace, or only by works, or only by faith, then Israel (the creator) is a liar.

I say Israel (the creator) FORBID.
 
 

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Colossians 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

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Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, [by grace ye are saved;]
 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
 21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; [for he is faithful that promised;]
 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

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2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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Psalms 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

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Psalms 119:160 The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.

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Psalms 119:172 Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.

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Matthew 19:16 And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
 17 And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

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Galatians 2:21 I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

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1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

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Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

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Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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Luke 23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

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Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

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Ezekiel 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

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Matthew 22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
 38 This is the first and great commandment.
 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

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Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

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Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD

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1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Luke 15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
 8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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Revelation 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

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Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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Revelation 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
 25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
 28 And I will give him the morning star.
 29 He that hath an ear, let him

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Hebrews 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
 
 
 

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