HELL EXPOSED!
Part 4:
BY: HADLEY G LAYMAN
www.fathersheartbeat.blogspot.com
Please read earlier installments before continuing with present one.
Let's start with another set of 'corner-stone' scriptures:
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Rom 2:29 K.J.V.
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Rom 7:6 K.J.V.
Does this mean that we should do away with the bible containing these letters? Off course not! For it is the letter which points us to the One who is the Author and finisher of our Faith. However, the 'great danger' is to have the letter replace that which God by His Son has accomplished - the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 2Co 3:6 K.J.V.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Rom 8:14 K.J.V.
It is the Spirit of the Living God who brings 'true' conviction. This is my 'sole' reason why I will not confer with any person about the TRUTH concerning 'hell' being a none existing place!
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Gal 1:16 K.J.V.
Nowhere in the entire volume of the Holy Scriptures is it documented that God has created 'hell' and damned anyone to it forever. This HERESY has its roots in religion, the occult and esp. in Greek mythology. Since the New Testament is written in Greek, one must never assume that our 'arch-enemy' wouldn't take advantage of it and slip in some of that occult! It would do you good to do a thorough research on this occult and I will guarantee you that you will discover facts like; A god called 'hades' who is said to be the ruler of a place called tartarus/tartaroo - words having translated to hell!
The whole concept of this occult is that there is a judging that takes place after people die and if they have not met the 'specific requirements,' they are then damned to a 'hell' with the hottest fire and ruled by this god called 'hades' forever! Are you seeing this? Both hades and Tartaroo is found in the Greek manuscripts! The first thing that comes to mind, is the tree with the fruit of both good and evil. You cannot mix TRUTH with falsehood! That's when one ends up with religion which God utterly HATES!
We are to:
Draw near (submit) to God, and He will draw near to you... Jam 4:8 M.K.J.V.
Likewise, younger ones, be subject to older ones, and all being subject to one another. Put on humility. For God resists proud ones, but He gives grace to the humble.
Therefore be humbled (submit) under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time, 1Pe 5:5-6 M.K.J.V.
It is only when we submit to God that TRUTH will be revealed to us. But how many has submitted to both man-made biblical theology and God; thereby given birth to religion! God is in this crucial hour going to expose and dispose ALL that's not of Him and the TRUE SONS OF GOD will stand and hold in their hand the pure and holy Word of Truth. They will open their mouths and in Power releasing the Flaming Two-edged Sword!
Do you remember in the bible where it speaks of 'a new song will be sung?' Can you imagine the POWERFUL praise and worship that will resound from the ones who have come out of the Lake of Fire (Jesus Christ) having been purified undeservedly? The new heaven and the new earth will be roaring with these 'new songs' glorifying God and the Lamb forever throughout the ages! These purified souls will be so filled with gratitude, that they will never cease to stop magnifying the Lord their Saviour in the most creative ways that we have yet to see and be in AWE of!
Let me remind you of the the woman who washed Jesus' feet with her tears and anointed it with precious oil:
And one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And going into the Pharisee's house, He reclined. And behold, a woman, a sinner in the city, knowing that He reclined in the Pharisee' house, brought an alabaster vial of ointment. And she stood behind Him, weeping at His feet, and she began to wash His feet with tears and wipe them with the hair of her head. And she ardently kissed His feet and anointed them with the ointment. But seeing this, the Pharisee who had invited Him, spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, for she is a sinner. And answering, Jesus said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Teacher, speak. There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And they having nothing to pay, he freely forgave both. Then which of them do you say will love him most? And answering, Simon said, I suppose that one to whom he forgave most. And He said to him, You have judged rightly. And He turned to the woman and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, yet you gave Me no water for My feet. But she has washed My feet with tears, and has wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet.
You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with ointment.
Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, he loves little. And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven. And those reclining with Him began to say within themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins? And He said to the woman, Your faith has saved you, go in peace. Luke 7:36-50 M.K.J.V.
I know it's a lengthy passage but oh, the hidden manna in it makes it beautifully worthwhile! This woman who was a sinner, represents the unsaved who are resurrected in contempt but purified and saved by Jesus, the Lake of Fire! She was 'drawn/moved' by the Spirit of God into repentance; a parallel to ALL those who were raised from the dead in the second resurrection. The gratitude that the woman shows toward Jesus is also a parallel to the blissful adoration that the billions will also inevitably pour out to Him, their Great Saviour! All of the believers of the first resurrection, won't possess 'their song' because they are the 'debtors' who have been 'forgiven' the most! Let us not be like the pharisees, the prodigal sons' brother, Jonah etc, who was offended at the repentance and saving of sinners! Let us rather embrace the truth that 'the goodness of God brings a man to repentance' and believe Jesus when He said that 'He must be lifted up to DRAW ALL unto Him'
Consider this:
Should the church NOT be able to affirm with 100% surety that God has indeed created 'HELL' to cast billions of souls in it, they will then have to ADMIT that there is a GREAT POSSIBILITY that it is NOT SO! They will therefore be GUILTY of PROFANING and BLASPHEMING God's name among the nations in the world! Not only does the church makes God out be someone who lies, but they also declare throughout the world that God is WORSE THAN A MURDERER! Inevitably, the HARSHEST PUNISHMENT will be executed on the church! An example of what they're in for should the church not repent, would be to take a good look at how Israel who REJECTED their Messiah, SUFFERED! From the violent besiege of Jerusalem in 70AD, to the Horrible holocaust and finally to the present UNREST in the Middle East which has been carrying on for the longest time!
Well, as you obviously gathered, I am DEFINITELY not numbered with the majority of the church simply because of my convictions inspired by God! If I were the of the majority, I would do what I have done which is to:
DILIGENTLY SEEK THE LORD CONCERNING THE EXISTENCE OF 'HELL' AND NOT REST UNTIL I HAVE COME TO KNOW THE TRUTH WITH
100% CONVICTION!!
THE 'SPIRIT OF FEAR' IN THE CHURCH:
It is quite obvious that the thought of 'hell' as an existing place induces fear! And one of the common misquoted scriptures is:
And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him (God) who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Mat 10:28 K.J.V.
The word 'fear' in this verse literally means to be afraid. However, the word 'hell' refers to Gehenna, the Hinnom valley near Jerusalem. 'Hell' here does not mean a place of damnation in which eternal fires burn!! I have already dealt with this in an earlier installment on 'Hell Exposed.' While we are to have a 'reverential fear' for God in that he is able to destroy are souls and cast it into the grave/Sheol, the false teaching of 'hell fire damnation' has sown the seed of satanic fear DEEP into the church! Over the centuries, this seed has not only taken root, but has brought forth a 'SICK HARVEST' within the church. This satanic fear has given satan ample ground to 'waltz' in and out of the church causing havoc and great deception! Tragically, the church is known for the very unbecoming character of being JUDGMENTAL and take a guess where this stems from!
There is a psychological element involved which I won't get into right now. However, I will say this: The church at large has been suffering for the longest time and it has not been God having 'tried' them. They have fallen into satan's trap of deception making them think that 'hell' is God's righteous judgment when in fact it's a twisted lie having forged a platform of 'fear' in the hearts of those who have yielded to it! And the church is totally unaware! It is for this reason that God is about to cause 'THE GREAT SHAKING' in the church. His purpose is to completely smash into pieces the 'foundation of fear' in their hearts which has given birth to 'down syndrome' teachings! Those who have remained standing throughout 'the shaking' will restore those who have been broken down, by the administration of the Word of Truth! It will indeed be a time of the spirit of Ezra (the laying down of the Rock of Ages, Christ the living Word), and the spirit of Nehemiah (the great builder of the 'wall' protecting Gods people).
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. Hag 2:6-7 K.J.V.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. Isa 58:12 K.J.V.
Here are exerts from a site which I found giving examples of how the church has succumbed to false doctrines and false so-called holy days. Be warned! It is very explicit but the truth however must be told!
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
Theologians and preachers think that they have this whole Greek hades thing all figured out. They know how many compartments are in this Greek hell, and who is going there and what happens there and all about it. They have studied what the Greeks have to say about their little hades/hell place of eternal torture, and it's all quite simple to them. Whatever the Greeks say this hades of theirs is and represents, then that's the way it is. After all, should not the Greeks know all about their very own hell? This, however, presents a problem that I doubt few have ever considered.
If theologians think that it is the Greeks who should be defining the meaning of the Greek Scriptures to us, then I submit that they have created their own two-edged sword. Here is just one major problem they will have to solve:
The word in Greek for "hell" is hades, and the word in Greek for "God" is theos.
Now then, since theos comes for deus and deus from Zeus (Zeus being the main god of the Greeks), did Jesus really teach that,
"You shall love the Lord your God [the Greek theos, deus, that is, ZEUS] with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and GREAT COMMANDMENT" (Matt. 22:37-38)?
According to the Greek Scriptures, did Jesus really teach that the great commandment is that we should LOVE the Greek god theos, that is Zeus? Are we really to "LOVE the Greek god ZEUS," with all our heart, soul and mind, in order to avoid being eternally tortured in the Greek hell of hades? The theologians have not thought this through very well. If the Greek Scriptures do indeed teach that the unjust go to the Greek hell, hades, then they also teach that the just are to love the Greek god, Zeus! Think about it.
May God grant you the faith and courage to trust Him that He might give you "the love of the truth that you might be saved" (II Thes. 2:10),
HOW ISRAEL LEARNED ABOUT THE HELLS OF THE PAGANS:
[1] Clearly Israel knew of the teachings, doctrines, and practices of the pagan Egyptians after living there for four centuries, otherwise, there would have been no reason at all for God to instruct them to not be doing those things which they saw and heard in Egypt. (Where do you suppose they came up with the idea of making a golden calf to worship at Mt. Sinai?) [2] They learned the teachings regarding hell from the pagans (Canaanites) when they possessed the land. They not only learned pagan religion, but actually practiced the rituals of the pagans in such places as Tophet in the Valley of Hinnom. [3] They learned these pagan doctrines pertaining to an eternal hell from their Assyrian and the Babylonian captors during their long years of captivity. But they didn't learn anything about an eternal hell of suffering from either the Old or New Testament Scriptures. And not from Moses, or the Prophets, or from Jesus, or from the Apostles.
CHRISTMAS TREES, EASTER EGGS, AND SHEILA-NA-GIGS
CHRISTMAS:
Most religious festivals of the world have something to do with sex or fertility. The Christian Holy Days are no different. They ARE in fact, little more than these same pagan festivals with Christian orientations. Christmas, for example IS the pagan Roman Saturnalia or sometimes called "The Festival of Lights." But even the Saturnalia predates the founding of Rome by centuries. This same festival can be traced to Babylon, and yes, you guessed it, to Egypt and their winter celebration of lights.
December 25 is near the winter solstice. It is the time when the sun after having been at the lowest point in the heavens, beings to rise over the world with renewed vigor and power. It was the time of heathen festivities in worship of the sun. The vernal equinox is the point where the sun crosses the celestial equator, about March 20, making day and night of equal length everywhere. This was the time of pagan spring festivals.
The day of December 25 acquired a new significance under the rule of Emperor Aurelian. He proclaimed this day as "Dies Natalis Invicti Solis," or the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. This was because of a strange Eastern religion, Mithraism, whose god Mithras was identified with the Unconquered Sun. During the Saturnalia work of every kind ceased. Schools were closed.
The Roman Saturnalia was boisterous. But whatever the behavior of some Romans, others were simply merry. They ate big dinners, visited their friends, etc. The halls of the Romans were decked with boughs of laurel and of green trees, with lighted candles and with lamps--for the hovering spirits of darkness were afraid of light. Bonfires were lit in high places to strengthen the reviving sun in his course. Candles and green wreaths were given as presents, the streets were crowded with noisy processions of men and women carrying lighted tapers, and public places were decked with flowers and shrubs. The practice of giving and receiving presents was almost as common then as it is now at Christmas. Our present day "Christmas spirit" is actually the spirit of this old Roman festival.
EASTER:
Semiramis was the wife/mother of Nimrod the mighty hunter whose kingdom was Babel (Gen. 10:9-10). From there I will just quote from lasttrumpetministries.org, as their site has a concise history of Easter:
"She [Semiramis] taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day cycle and ovulated when full. She further claimed that she came down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River. This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox. Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter", and her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg." Ishtar soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun-god Baal that caused her to conceive. The son that she brought forth was named Tammuz.
Tammuz was noted to be especially fond of rabbits, and they became sacred in the ancient religion, because Tammuz was believed to be the son of the sun-god, Baal. Tammuz, like his supposed father, became a hunter. The day came when Tammuz was killed by a wild pig. Queen Ishtar told the people that Tammuz was now ascended to his father, Baal, and that the two of them would be with the worshippers in the sacred candle or lamp flame as Father, Son and Spirit. Ishtar, who was now worshipped as the "Mother of God and Queen of Heaven", continued to build her mystery religion.
The queen told the worshippers that when Tammuz was killed by the wild pig, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree, and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight. This made the evergreen tree sacred by the blood of Tammuz. She also proclaimed a forty day period of time of sorrow each year prior to the anniversary of the death of Tammuz. During this time, no meat was to be eaten. Worshippers were to meditate upon the sacred mysteries of Baal and Tammuz, and to make the sign of the "T" in front of their hearts as they worshipped. They also ate sacred cakes with the marking of a "T" or cross on the top.
Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, a celebration was made. It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs. Ishtar also proclaimed that because Tammuz was killed by a pig, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday. By now, the readers of this tract should have made the connection that paganism has infiltrated the contemporary "Christian" churches, and further study indicates that this paganism came in by way of the Roman Catholic System. The truth is that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Similar legends abound in Northern Europe: Scholars, accepting the derivation proposed by the 8th-century English scholar, St. Bede, believe the name Easter is thought to come from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre," both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox. Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored Easter eggs, originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts.
Regardless how accurate all of these histories are in every detail, one thing is for sure. Rabbits and eggs are symbols of fertility, and all pagan and heathen cultures worshipped sex and fertility. Therefore, Easter is pagan, and the Church has absolutely no authority for using this pagan sex and fertility festival together with the Name of Jesus.
SHEILA-NA-GIGS:
What is a "Sheila-na-gig," you ask? Look it up in your dictionary. It's not there, you say? Hmmmm? I wonder why--it was a well-known word in Europe and Britain for centuries. Why do you suppose this word just dropped out of all our English dictionaries?
If you still have any doubts; ANY, that the Christian Church is steeped in sex and fertility worship, and rank paganism, then check into the "Sheila-na-gigs" of Christianity during the middle ages.
Sheila-na-gigs are so lewd, so pornographic, and utterly disgusting, that you can no longer even find the word Sheila-na-gig in most English Dictionaries. They are a part of Christianity's recent past, that church historians and theologians would rather you never, ever find out about.
These statues, carvings, idols and images of Sheila-na-gigs are no mere "golden calves" worshipped by Egypt and Israel. Nor are they mere pictures and statutes of the pagan Greek god Zues, fraudulently said to be pictures of a long-haired Christ. If you think that "the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION spoken of by Daniel standing in the holy place" (Matt. 24:15), was something horrible, wait till you learn what these Sheila-na-gigs standing in the holy places of the Christian Churches of Northwestern Europe and Britain were all about.
Sheela-na-gigs defined:
"Sheela-na-Gigs are carvings of naked females posed in a manner which displays and emphasises the genitalia. They were first brought to scientific attention in the 1840s by antiquarians. The name "sheela-na-gig" was first published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 1840-44 as a local name for an exhibitionist carving which was once attached to the gable wall of a church. The name sheela-na-gig comes from the Irish language - the most likely interpretations are Sighle na gCioch meaning "the old hag of the breasts," or Sile-ina-Giob meaning "sheela (a name for an old woman) on her hunkers."
Other recorded names include the Devil Stone, the Idol, the Evil Eye Stone, Julia the Giddy, Shiela O'Dwyer, Cathleen Owen, St. Shanahan, Whore, the Witch, and the Hag of the Castle."
"Sheela-na-Gigs are religious carvings of women, special women, the symbolical representation of femininity and/or actual female deities or Goddesses. They were placed on churches, castles and other important buildings of the medieval period and, until quite recently in some instances, they acted as dedicatory or protective symbols promoting good luck and fertility.
But their meaning goes much deeper and the fact that they were erected over the doorways of churches and castles and otherwise placed in every prominent positions suggests that they were a very potent and powerful image, obviously the primary religious belief of the people of that era of christianity." From Sheela-na-gigs by Jack Roberts
Sheila-na-Gig = sheela na gig, from the Irish Sile n� gCioch" = sheela na gee-och, which means Sheila of the breasts. An ancient fertility icon, Sheila-na-Gigs are stone figurines of women, usually many breasted, and holding open their vaginas. Found in isolation and in medieval church walls. From Susan McKeown
"Aside from the transformative religious mysteries of sacrifice and initiation, the obvious life-giving and growth-promoting powers of the vulva and its secretions have given rise to a widespread use of representations of the female genitalia as apotropaic [to ward off evil] devices. A similar apotropaic function seems to have prompted the placing of squatting female figures prominently exposing their open vulvas on the key of arches at church entrances in Ireland, Great Britain, and German Switzerland. In Ireland these figures are called Sheelagh-na-gigs. Some of these figures represent emaciated old women. These images are illustrations of myths concerning the territorial Celtic goddess who was the granter of royalty. When the goddess wished to test the king-elect, she came to him in the form of an old hag, soliciting sexual intercourse. If the king-elect accepted, she transformed herself into a radiantly beautiful young woman and conferred on him royalty and blessed his reign. Most such figures were removed from churches in the nineteenth century. (Encyclopedia of Religion, article YONI, Vol. 15, p.534).
Who would ever sanction such a display of pagan filth, one might ask? Dr. Ernest L. Martin, Ph.D. answers:
"It should be recalled that the depiction of these women blatantly showing their genitalia in the most prominent places of a Cathedral or church were sanctioned and ordained by the Christian ecclesiastical authorities with the approval and approbation of the papacy in Rome (after all, some of them were found on churches as late as the nineteenth century)."
Even the large Catholic Cathedrals where adorned by these lewd idols, which Cathedrals were the home of the high-ranking Bishops.
All of this pagan nonsense found in the Christian Church came out of Rome and Greece and Egypt. The worship of sex and fertility pictured by symbols of sex and reproduction and fertility was a major part of pagan religion, and Egypt was the origin of many of these pagan practices. Did God reveal His truth to the Egyptians and expect Moses to learn the truths of God from the Egyptians? Moses learned all the pagan customs of Egypt, but he did not pass so much as one of them to Israel. All that Moses taught Israel CAME FROM GOD!
HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR!
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