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    Passover or Easter – Which is the Correct Celebration?

    Solving the Confusion over The Days celebrating Easter and Passover

    Sometimes, the celebration dates of Passover and Easter coincide, but sometimes they can be weeks apart. Why is this? If Yeshua died at the time of the Jewish Passover, why does the institutionalized Christian church celebrate his death and resurrection on a different date of the year? How did they get separated?

    [Thanks to my Source for today’s episode: “Why Does Easter Come Before Passover?” posted on 12/12/2023 by Larry  https://messianiclight.com/why-is-easter-before-passover/ Also see: https://www.oneforisrael.org/holidays/why-are-passover-and-easter-celebrated-at-different-times/]

    For many Christians, Easter Sunday is the annual celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his death. The Gospel writers are very clear that His crucifixion took place at the Jewish observance of Passover. Christians understand the prophetic symbolism of the Passover sacrifice. In fact, Paul writes that “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). How is it then, that this year (2025) Easter, on April 20th, occurs on the last day of the Jewish 8-day Passover celebration, whereas last year it occurred three weeks before Passover?

    Establishing the Date for Passover

    Both Easter and Passover appear to be on dates that change every year according to our modern Gregorian calendars. However, Passover is actually a fixed date on the Hebrew calendar – according to the Bible it is always on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month (Leviticus 23:5 and others). The date never changes; it is always the same. We just need to know when it is the first Hebrew month.

    In the Jewish community, this is not an issue. In the fourth century AD, a calculated calendar system was developed, attributed to Rabbi Hillel II, establishing the months of the Hebrew calendar. The month for Passover must be in the spring of the year, but a year of twelve lunar months only consists of about 354 days while the cycle of the sun, determining the seasons, is about 365 days. To compensate for this discrepancy and to keep all of the Biblical festivals in their correct agricultural season, the Hillel calendar uses a system of adding a “leap month” about every three years.

    It may sound a little odd, but since the Jewish calendar begins with the seventh month and ends with the following sixth month, the thirteenth “leap month” actually occurs in the middle of the Jewish year, right before the first month and Passover. According to the Jewish calendar, last year – 5784 – was a leap year with a leap month. That meant that all the remaining months in the year after Passover seemed later when compared to the Gregorian calendar.

    According to the encyclopedia Britannica, the Gregorian calendar, solar dating system, that is now in general use, was proclaimed in 1582 by Roman Catholic Pope Gregory XIII as a reform of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar differs from the Julian only in that no century year is a leap year unless it is exactly divisible by 400 (e.g., 2000).  Nearly all Eastern Orthodox churches still use the Julian calendar to establish the dates of movable feasts such as Easter. The current discrepancy between the Julian and Gregorian calendars is 13 days. However, the difference will become 14 days in 2100.

    Does this seem Confusing? Maybe. Among those pursuing a Biblical faith there is considerable debate. The calendar is one of the two most passionately contested controversies in this movement. And since the Bible doesn’t specifically say “this is how you know it is the first day of the first month of the year,” various interpretations of Biblical and extra-Biblical texts have led to a number of proposed methods. It is not my intention here to defend one over the other. Just know that, according to the Torah, the date for Passover is fixed as the fourteenth day of the first month.  And that first moon-month began on the day of the new moon in the springtime of the year when the Exodus of God’s people called Israel happened in Egypt, about 3500 years ago.

    Establishing the Date for Easter

    The timing of Easter does, in fact, vary from year to year on our calendar. Easter is not mentioned in the Bible. (Acts 12:4 in the King James Version is a well-known mistranslation of the word Pascha, correctly rendered as Passover in nearly all other translations, as well as all the other 28 times that the word appears in the New Testament).

    After the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, the Jerusalem Council of apostles and bishops began to lose their authority as moderator of the expanding Christian faith and the guardian of church traditions. Church authority began to shift westward to Rome, the capital of the Empire. This transition was completed in the aftermath of the failed Second Jewish Revolt against Rome in AD 132-135. That ended the long line of Jewish-Christian leadership that began in Jerusalem, influencing the eastern churches of Asia Minor in the east. By the end of the second century, a controversy arose that pitted the western churches around Rome against those of the east. On which day was it most appropriate to commemorate the resurrection?

    Easter began to be instituted after the final collapse of Jewish influence in AD 135. In AD 155 Polycarp (AD 69-156) Bishop of Smyrna and disciple of the Apostle John, strongly holding to the Biblical pattern of celebrating the Levitical feasts, met in Rome with Anicetus, Bishop of Rome, to resolve this controversy. Neither would budge from his position and it is reported by Eusebius that Irenaeus (ca. AD 125-202), Bishop of Lyon and a student of Polycarp got them to peacefully agree to disagree.  Those who maintained the Passover evening celebration were mainly the original churches founded by the Apostles.  As the second century generation passed, the eastern churches refused to give in to Roman influence, insisting that they would keep the Passover tradition of the Apostles. Victor, the Bishop of Rome, attempted to excommunicate them. Around AD 190 Victor attempted to standardize the celebration of the resurrection around Easter. In 325AD, Roman Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea where the date for Easter was set as the Sunday following the full moon following the Spring equinox. (see: https://www.jewishawareness.org/passover-easter-and-the-early-church/)

    So, whatever their motivation, the Roman bishops influenced the western churches to celebrate Easter according to the day of the week rather than the date of the month. According to their reckoning, by prioritizing the days they could then have Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday every year.

    Yet, even that is not without controversy. The equinox used in this method is not based on astronomical observance. It was determined to always be March 21, while the full moon is 14 days after the new moon.  The disagreement between the Roman church and the Eastern church led to them observing different dates for Easter Sunday almost 75% of the time. In fact, in 2024 the Roman church observed Easter on March 31st while the Eastern church observed it on May 5th (which still did not seem to relate precisely to Passover).

    There’s no doubt that the word “Easter” comes from a pagan celebration. It is true that “Ostara,” one of the eight annual pagan holidays, occurs at the vernal (spring) equinox, and that this is associated with fertility, the practice of coloring eggs, and myths about rabbits and eggs. However, the date selected to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus by the Nicaean Council – the first Sunday after the full moon after the equinox – has no direct connection to any pagan history. Certainly, no Christian who gathers for a sunrise service on Easter is either knowingly or unknowingly paying homage to the invincible sun god or the goddess of fertility. It is a sincere celebration by Christians to honor their risen Savior.

    The Underlying Reason

    The reason behind the Council of Nicaea deciding on the date for celebrating the resurrection runs far deeper than simply adapting a Christian meaning to an already existing pagan festival.  The timing was already clear in the Gospel accounts: It was the first day of the week following Passover. But in the fourth century the Roman church under Emperor Constantine made a conscious decision to divorce itself from anything Jewish. This Council set a new foundational date for Easter, out of which would eventually come a liturgical calendar including Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, and a full Passion Week beginning with Palm Sunday. Yahweh’s appointed times of Passover, the Feasts of Unleavened Bread and First Fruits, were no longer deemed important.

    The ministry called “One For Israel” posted a very helpful, researched and footnoted article ( https://www.oneforisrael.org/holidays/why-are-passover-and-easter-celebrated-at-different-times/) pointing out …

    HOW THE SPLIT OCCURRED

    In the first centuries after Yeshua, the early disciples naturally remembered his death and resurrection every Passover, which was when it happened. And rightly so, since the Passover feast was designed from its outset to foretell the redemptive sacrifice of the Messiah. It is laden with symbolism all pointing to Yeshua, and how his death and blood would purchase our freedom, forcing death to “pass over” us as it did for the faithful Israelites who daubed the blood of the lamb on their door frames. But as the years went by, the Messianic community of Jews became increasingly dominated by Gentiles. Gentile leaders grew weary of depending upon the rabbinic authorities for the right date on which to commemorate this important event. Relations between the Rabbinic Jewish community and the Christians had deteriorated significantly by this point, and there was a lot of hostility in both directions. Finally, after over 200 years, the Western church leaders in Rome decided, at the Council of Nicaea in 325AD, to take matters into their own hands:

    Here is what they wrote at the time, according to the ancient historian, Eusebius, in his [2] Letter of the Emperor to all those not present at the Council: (Vita Const., Lib. iii., 18-20)  See if you can hear the bitterness in the fracture of those church leaders of the time.

    “It was declared to be particularly unworthy for this, the holiest of all festivals, to follow the custom [the calculation] of the Jews, who had soiled their hands with the most fearful of crimes, and whose minds were blinded. In rejecting their custom, we may transmit to our descendants the legitimate mode of celebrating Easter…

    We ought not, therefore, to have anything in common with the Jews, for the Savior has shown us another way…. We desire, dearest brethren, to separate ourselves from the detestable company of the Jews.”2

    Eusebius, in his [2] Letter of the Emperor to all those not present at the Council: (Vita Const., Lib. iii., 18-20)

    If these words are not shocking to you, they should be! The Nicaean Council decided that they would celebrate a separate festival on the first new moon after the Spring Equinox (the Spring Equinox is always March 21st in the Gregorian Calendar) to make a deliberate break with the people of Israel.

    It bears reiterating that Easter is not found in the Bible even once. Again, the King James Version erroneously translates the word Pascha (from the Aramaic for Passover) to Easter in Acts 12:4. The English word “Easter” comes from “Eostre”, and was co-opted for the name of the new festival to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus—which was categorically NOT Passover, as commanded by God to be celebrated “perpetually throughout your generations” (Lev 23:14).

    THE IMPLICATIONS, AND THE SITUATION TODAY

    It’s truly heartbreaking that such animosity developed between the Jewish and Christian communities under the domination of the Roman Empire in the 4th Century.  It led to a ripping away of Yeshua’s followers from the roots of the tree that they had been grafted into. The institutional Christian religion decided to separate themselves – and all Christian people under their system – not just from the people of Israel, but also from God’s Biblical festivals.  Those HOLY days (holidays) of celebration were deliberately created by God to help us appreciate more about His plan of redemption. Passover was God’s initiative. He devised each detail of it on purpose.  Just because the Bible doesn’t specifically say that we are judged for not celebrating the Passover, doesn’t mean that we don’t miss out on many treasures that God placed in his word for us to learn from.  It’s really more than disgraceful that the Nicaean Council decided on behalf of all Christians from that time onward that Passover had no relevance for them.

    Not only were Christians cut off from the roots of their faith—their heritage, God’s own feasts, laid out in their own Bible—but also the message of Yeshua became more and more obscured and alien to the Jewish people. The church became a foreign, gentile “no-go-zone” for Jews. The two were severed apart, and the evil root of antisemitism crept into Christianity.  To the discredit of the global “church” – called to be Ambassadors for Yeshua our Messiah – for much of church history, the ethnic Jewish people were persecuted, tortured and murdered at the hands of Christians for simply being Jewish. This happened especially at Easter times, when angry mobs would rage against those they considered to be “Christ killers”.3 Most Christians have no idea about the scale to which this sad statement is true—it’s not something that is taught in Sunday School or even church history classes. There is a real gap of information between the people of Israel and the church, and we’ve been separated so long that we have a lot of catching up to do!

    The footnote in the article about this from “One For Israel” gives us some sad details that most of us have never heard (https://www.oneforisrael.org/holidays/why-are-passover-and-easter-celebrated-at-different-times/):

    [3] “A “Yerushalmi”, i.e. someone who lived in the Old City of Jerusalem before the State of Israel was declared, once told me that in this part of the world they would barricade their doors on Easter Sunday, knowing that the traditional Christian procession would often end in rioting against the local Jews. Communal Jewish history is made up of commandments, holidays and customs, but also of this type of memory.” Rochel Sylvetsky, israelnationalnews.com, 31/12/17.
    For a very brief taste of some of the horrors that have happened throughout history, see this concise chart: http://www.hearnow.org/caljp.html . For a more thorough understanding of the attitude of the church fathers towards the Jews, see this article: https://oneforisrael.org/bible-based-teaching-from-israel/has-the-church-replaced-israel/ 

    Near the top of that list in 135AD, we learn that the Roman Emperor Hadrian proclaimed his edict against all Jews, including Messianic believers. They were forbidden to practice circumcision, the reading of the Law, eating of unleavened bread at Passover or any Jewish festival. Violating this edict meant the death penalty.

    The actions of the Council of Nicaea are a continuation of the division of Israel following the idolatry of King Solomon.  They divorced the church from anything Jewish.

    [If you are not familiar with the separation of the two houses of Israel, you can read Larry’s series of articles here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. In the previous paragraph, he intentionally used the phrase “divorced itself from anything Jewish.”]

    Those of us growing up in the Christian churches have suffered the effects of that divorce for more than 1600 years – longer than the time between the exodus from Egypt and the first advent of the Messiah.

    The author of our source for today’s Reclaiming Your Legacy show (Larry) quoted a profoundly pertinent observation from the book The Bridge: Crossing Over Into the Fullness of Covenant Life by Tyler Dawn Rosenquist. Listen to what she describes, that I too had never heard before.

    To me, knowing the history of the fourth century CE – that Rome forcibly legislated the removal of Christians out of the synagogues and Torah keepers out of the assemblies of Messiah – Christians celebrating Christmas and Easter seem very much like children celebrating the consequences of having a broken home. Without the Christians, the Jews lost their Messiah and without the Jews, the Christians lost their inheritance. It’s like a child celebrating the absence of a parent who wasn’t even a bad parent. Christmas and Easter happened because of a broken home, and that grieves me – it doesn’t make me want to celebrate. At one point all believers in Yeshua were called Nazarene Jews, for hundreds of years – Rome robbed us of a stable home life.

    The Bridge: Crossing Over Into the Fullness of Covenant Life by Tyler Dawn Rosenquist

    The Apostle Peter, after healing the lame man in Jerusalem soon after the first New Testament “Day of Pentecost,” charged his listeners to repent. Then he said that “Jesus, the Christ” is “appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of “restoration of all things” (Acts 3:21). 

    It seems that a measure of that restoration is taking place in our day.  The followers of Yeshua (Jesus) are returning to “the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints” (Jude 3). There was no Easter when those words were penned. The disciples observed the appointed times of God, established in His Torah (as the Moedim), that you can read about in Leviticus chapter 23.

    As we get back to honoring this today, the man-made/church-made holidays that replaced God’s “appointed times” (Moedim or ‘seasons’) become less and less significant, sometimes even repulsive. For some, the transition is quick and easy. For others, it may be more difficult and take a little longer. The Holy Spirit will deal with those who are seeking truth, and it is not necessary for us to “help” in ways that too often come across as harsh or condemning.

    This year, 2025, the first day of Passover on the Jewish calendar happens one week before the Christian Easter. So, the dates are closer than some other years, but there will always be inconsistencies. Why? Because historically the Christian church has rejected the Hebraic roots of the faith. We do not advocate for the correctness of either date; I’m only pointing out that the gospel story reflected in these celebrations is often out of order. … Every year, questions will be raised, and we need to have answers – answers that draw us and those we talk with into a deeper walk, a deeper obedience, and a deeper relationship with Messiah. It’s time to end the division and seek restoration and reconciliation.

    Another big confusion that resulted from the dictates of Roman church bishops in the fourth century is about the introduction of “Good Friday.”

    It’s natural to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, but the idea of a Friday crucifixion is a major incorrect tradition that was established by the Roman institutional church.

    The following graphic is from 119 Ministries. They have an essay about this at: https://www.119ministries.com/119-blog/good-friday-is-a-myth/

    Also see video: https://www.119ministries.com/teachings/video-teachings/detail/moedim-passover-and-unleavened-bread/

    Most of us in modern church traditions have been unknowingly influenced by much lack of knowledge of historical and cultural backgrounds. It’s unfortunate that many well-meaning evangelicals take such hard positions without being Bereans to “test all things” and realize we all suffer from a “lack of knowledge” in many areas. Our opinions must not be presented as ‘dogmas’ when careful diligence in research exposes glaring inconsistencies that can make our positions embarrassing. Jesus meant exactly what He said in Matthew 12:40. “Three days and three nights” can never mean only one full day and two nights.

    JEWS AND GENTILES DRAW TOGETHER IN YESHUA

    We live in exciting days. The last century has seen some colossal steps forward in healing the terrible rift between Jews and Gentiles. Christian ministries to Jews report that more Jewish people have come to believe in Yeshua as Messiah in the last 19 years than in the previous 19 centuries combined!  Remarkably, many Gentile believers are now taking more interest in the Jewish foundations of their faith. Many churches now hold Passover seders, explaining more about the Biblical Feast of Unleavened Bread, beginning with Passover, and ending with the feast of First Fruits.  There has been much more appreciation of the people of ethnic and religious Israel since the Bible became widely translated and published in the last few centuries.

    We are destined to become “One New Man” in Messiah, and this is a destiny at which God will make absolutely sure that we arrive. His Son, Yeshua, will have only one bride, not two! It’s important to remember what Yeshua’s death and resurrection actually accomplished and meant. As Paul urges us in his letter to the gentile church in Colossae… (Colossians 2:14-17)…

    “When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive, together with Him, when He pardoned us all our transgressions. He wiped out the handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us, which was hostile to us. He took it away by nailing it to the cross. After disarming the principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.

    Therefore, do not let anyone pass judgment on you in matters of food or drink, or in respect to a festival or new moon or Shabbat. These are a foreshadowing of things to come, but the reality is Messiah.”

    Colossians 2:14-17

    See the Reclaiming Your Legacy episode, “Since Christ is Our Passover why do Christians celebrate Easter?” at https://reclaimyourlegacy.com/2024/03/30/since-christ-is-our-passover-why-do-christians-celebrate-easter/.   There are some long held secrets, waiting to be discovered in what is shared in that broadcast. Listen closely because we’re exploring several “caverns” of Bible History that most of our Christian peers have never heard before in their lives.

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    The Feasts in the Gospels

    Some thoughts on “Why Does Easter Come Before Passover?”

    The Rabbinic Jewish calendar has a slight solar drift that causes it, in 3 years out of every 19, to set Unleavened Bread at the second full moon after the equinox. This year, 2024, is one of those years. Meanwhile the Gregorian lunar calendar sets Eastertide to the first full moon after the equinox where, according to Josephus, Passover was celebrated in the 1st century.

    Eastern Orthodox Christian’s Pascha is always after Passover. It is part of the formula and the use of the Julian Calendar.

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    Nissan – The ‘Month of Miracles’ – Especially the Miracle of Passover #354

    In our modern society everyone knows that January First is the beginning of the New Year, Right? But what is really the beginning of the year, biblically speaking?

    If you were to talk to a member of the Jewish community about their Rosh Hashanah, you would discover that holiday is the Hebrew name for the first day that begins every Jewish New Year in our Gregorian calendar month of September or October. It’s celebrated at the beginning of their month called Tishri, which is the seventh month according to the ancient Jewish religious calendar. So, that means that the month called Nisan (or Nissan.. ‘NEE-SAHN’) is the first month of the Biblical year. The month of Nisan is the very special time when the historic Feast of Passover is celebrated (it’s called Pesach in Jewish communities). Passover commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt, about 3,500 years ago.

    The Feast of Passover is the Biblical holy day for God’s people to celebrate the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery in the momentous event that portrays God’s redemptive power in the book of Exodus.

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    Resurrection of Jesus Christ – Fact or Fiction?

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    There’s no question that the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, with a body that can never die again (Ro 6:9) and has now been ‘transported’ to another non-earthly realm in heavenly places (Heb 1:3, 8:1), is the most fantastical part of true history that the world has ever known. It should be no small wonder to anyone that that fact became the reasonable justification for all humanity to reset our calendars so that we are now all living in the year of our Lord.. number 2025.  Think about that!  Shouldn’t the fact that most of the human family haven’t heard and don’t believe it yet .. compel all of us who claim to be Christ’s redeemed children .. to reconsider the reasons why we all have a mission to share with others the awesome hope for our own future resurrected and eternal life with our Savior (John 11:25-26)?

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    End of Humanity? Will you equip your loved ones to stand up against Wicked Evildoers?

    Did you know there is an official agenda to replace the human race with robots, cyborgs and AI? That’s ‘artificial intelligence.’

    As bizarre as that sounded just a few years ago, this agenda has been heavily promoted for decades by a coalition of many of the big-name national and corporate leaders in what is called the World Economic Forum. Their plan is to end the era of humanity and usher in a new era of neo-humanity.  They intend to make people into a blend of man and machine.  As unbelievable as it sounds, they confidently state that our thoughts and emotions will be monitored by AI – artificial intelligence – in order to combat … are you ready for it?… climate change! Is that the world you want for yourself and your children?

    The more that the general public learns about this reprehensible plan, the more people are inclined to think that we might be living in the “last days” of this age or era of human history. We’re sure seeing a level of widespread evil in America like nothing since the mass exterminations of the 20th century.  

    The Bible tells us to be strong in the Lord… able to resist (stand against) in the evil day… doing everything to stand firm (Eph 6:10-14ff).  Do you get the feeling that this is like divine marching orders for soldiers of Messiah?  This is where we read in Scripture about God’s spiritual weapons of warfare – the full armor of God (Eph 6:14-18). Is God’s Spirit here speaking to cowards who are bowing to worldly lusts and discouraging cares?  Remember, this is written to God’s true church – His Ekklesia – His divinely organic family – not to outsiders of His kingdom.

    The problem with a lot of people, both Christians and pagans alike, is that they are inclined to be ruled by fear. Of all people, believers in the risen Messiah, must constantly keep in mind that fear is a spiritual ‘thing.’ It’s a ‘spirit.’ Scripture says that God has not given us a spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1:7). Rather than take the time and trouble to be informed, to overcome the ignorance that is leading lots of God’s people to destruction in various ways, their human tendency to fear what they can’t control naturally leads them to various forms of denial or cognitive dissonance.  They either look away from the negative realities of the world that they don’t like, or they allow their minds to disconnect. It’s almost like they go into a kind of mental trance. Claiming they can’t do anything about their future, they rationalize to themselves that they should go along with the governing authorities in their lives, rather than rock the boat. I’m talking about their jobs, their clubs, their governments, … even their religious organizations.  All of those seemingly well-meaning entities can… and will… let us down.  That’s why Scripture proclaims “my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6).” “My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge (Isaiah 5:3). With all the doctrines and dogmas that God’s people receive from their popular media prophets, religious priests and political ‘kings’, how many are diligently following the model of the believers of the town of Berea (Acts 17:10-11).  They were commended because they “searched the Scriptures to see if these things be true.” Was what they were hearing from the Apostle Paul truly based on God’s Word?  They dared to actually “test all things (1 Thessalonians 5:21).”

    Many in the Western world have been conditioned by a lifetime of popular, repetitious, religious doctrines that they’ve never taken the time to investigate critically for themselves. Jesus prayed in John 17 for His disciples specifically (John 17:9). That passage is often called our Lord’s high priestly prayer of intercession for His flock of followers. He didn’t pray for the world, but for those whom His Father had given Him. Facing persecution, that’s promised to all who live godly in this world (2 Timothy 3:12), Jesus knew that there were severe trials ahead. That’s why He led the way it’s always been for God’s righteous people living in a hostile, fallen world.  Think of Noah before the Flood.  Think of Moses and the Israelites at the Exodus from Egypt.  Think of Esther, facing all out extermination of God’s people. Jesus actually prayed, “Father, I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the (power of the) evil one (John 17:15).

    Every generation of believers for 20 centuries has prayed “Thy kingdom come…” hoping for Messiah’s return. And they’ve suffered grievous tribulations at the hands of many “anti-Christs.” Has the mission assignment from our Master changed? Are we discipling the nations (the ethnos… the people group) that we’ve been delegated to serve with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18)?  That’s a serious job… reconciling lost people to their Creator, Who sacrificed His only Son to be our Savior.  It’s true that we share the same blessed hope of “His appearing” (Titus 2:13).  But, to put all our hope in a miraculous escape, before the looming disaster ahead destroys the poor souls who are left behind… that could set us up for a terrible disappointment. Nevertheless, He says, “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming (Mat 24:42).”

    Many people today are awakening to the realities of how the societies of the whole world are being controlled and conditioned how to think. It’s happening all over the world, at the directions of extremely powerful people.  The “plandemic” of 2020 truly began to expose the depth of nefarious evil, pulling the strings behind the scenes of modern civilization. But their agendas are becoming increasingly exposed as being led by evil entities that most Bible believers would label as demons or the Devil himself. For good reason… Scripture tells us…

    “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons (1 Timothy 4:1).”

    The Apostle John wrote to believers in the first century that, “The whole world lies in the power of the evil one (1 John 5:19).”

    “We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” 1 John 5:19 NKJV

    This can be scarry to those who don’t have a knowledgeable view of the world from God’s perspective. Fear is just as crippling to people today as it was to Saul’s army being challenged by Goliath. Yet God providentially prepared, in young David, a confident warrior to give us all an example of how to overcome God’s fear-mongering enemies with what the apostle Paul describes as “the weapons of our warfare” (2 Co 10:4).

    We must be clearly aware which god we serve and if our actions synch with our choice.

    “To whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are.”

    Rom 6:16 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?

    I urge you to watch the video online for free at the following link … and share it with all your friends if you care about them and their loved ones.  Some of them are already hearing about this, and eventually, everyone will see parts of it playing out in front of them, but by then, it might be too late for them to change their direction toward their own destruction. That’s why they need the resources from reliable researchers who are committed believers in Jesus, willing to share the truth. 

    THE END OF HUMANITY – As Planned By The Global Leaders  https://rumble.com/v4q7hcq-the-end-of-humanity-as-planned-by-the-global-leaders.html

    Stopworldcontrol

    Or https://stopworldcontrol.com/endhumanity/

    When you watch this very well-produced video report, you’ll see that it’s disturbing… even unsettling. There’s a biblical reason for that. Lost people don’t know they’re lost until they stare into the face of hopelessness or despair.  Could it be that this discussion could open their heart and mind to their absolute need for “the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord? (Jude 1:25)”

    Did you know there is an official agenda to replace the human race with robots, cyborgs and AI? This agenda is being heavily promoted by the World Economic Forum. Their plan is to end the era of humanity and usher in a new era of neo-humanity, in which people are a mix of man and machine. They also state that our thoughts and emotions will be monitored by AI in order to combat climate change. Is that the world you want for yourself and your children?

    Ending humanity to ‘save the planet’

    Many of us – or our children – have been seeing things in the popular science fiction movies about robots taking over the world and eradicating humanity. But little do we know that this is exactly what is being prepared by today’s global leaders. It’s what they are promoting, developing, financing and calling for, all around the world. They are called globalists, because they essentially idealize the dissolving of independent sovereign nations, and putting ultimate authority over all humans on earth in a single corporate government.

    The online collaboration of ideas called “Quora” has many definitions for globalism. They posted the simplest definition of globalization/globalism this way:

    The Oligarch plan administrated by the British aristocrats calls for a Great Green Reset with simply only around 1 billion citizen slaves answering to a tiny dictatorship who would be controlling all of what they consider wealth on our planet – gold, $ and papers of ownership.

     A man named Greg Oscar posted about globalism this way:

    A group of gangsters in suits who are extremely powerful people that influence governments and corporations to implement a global agenda and control every facet of people’s daily lives. They don’t want unity between people; they thrive on chaos and disorder.

    On September 24, 2019, President Trump started his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, telling the global body of world leaders that “the future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.” Listen to a minute of what he told the world’s leaders at this epic gathering. https://youtu.be/7wJ8tdxDVgI?si=tHaVicMY_8LOh6rK

    Didn’t president Trump lay out a clear contrast between globalism and national sovereignty?

    The globalists even claim that this is the only way to save the Earth from total collapse. Without exiting the era of mankind and entering into the era of NEO-HUMANITY, the world is doomed, they say. One of their arguments is that humans are the cause of climate change, and must therefore be replaced with artificial alternatives to “save the planet”.

    This worldwide reformation is called “The Fourth Industrial Revolution” and is intended to completely digitize every aspect of life on Earth.

    The film production of David Sorensen’s excellent online channel, Stop World Control.com is: “THE END OF HUMANITY.” It exposes this global agenda vividly, so there can be no doubt about what the globalists are actively working to achieve. The general public is being too distracted by the challenges of today’s economic and social/political turmoil to even know that this global agenda is being forcefully promoted with massive support from the most powerful organizations worldwide.

    This documentary is not just a film that everyone ought to see. This is a sobering reality that will wake up many of our friends who’ve been stuck, listening to main stream media.

    Klaus Schwab, founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum, stated during the recent World Government Summit in Dubai:

    “The future is already here. It’s coming like a tsunami! This Fourth Industrial Revolution will not only change everything we do, but it will have an impact on who we are.”

    It’s unbelievable when you first hear it, but major technological developments are underway to transplant the human personality into robotic carriers, to give man artificial immortality. This is the ultimate dream of the elites: to become immortal.

    Robots are already replacing nurses, social workers, psychological assistants, doctors, cashiers, cooks, and even law enforcement officers, in several areas of the world. The first computer chips are already being implanted into humans. The blending of man with machine is a reality. AI is taking the world by storm, replacing millions of human jobs and making human employees seemingly unnecessary.

    The horrifying thing is that specifically those sensitive jobs where people need a human touch, true understanding and emotional support are being replaced with robots. Can you imagine being taken care of by a robot in the hospital or nursing home? That’s exactly what is happening. Removing the human experience, which is so precious, beautiful and deep, and replacing it with unfeeling robotic alternatives. We’ve already been set up for it with all the automated self-check-out lines at grocery stores

    Inserting thoughts and emotions into everyone

    At the same time, technologies are being installed in every nation of the world that will continually record all the thoughts, emotions and dreams of everyone. These technologies even have the ability to insert thoughts and emotions into the population. That is not a conspiracy theory, as it is publicly stated by the former president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, and by the Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Ida Auken, former minister of the environment of Denmark.

    In Europe, the public ‘School TV’ tells kids how ‘cool’ it is to have a chip in your brain.

    Google is organizing symposia declaring how humans will become one with computers, while the CEO of Nokia says that, in a few years, everyone will have their smartphones inside their body. This means that every detail of our lives can be constantly monitored. Meanwhile, the World Economic Forum hosts conferences about ‘brain transparency’, discussing how all our most intimate, personal data will be stored in the cloud and controlled by Big Tech.

    All this falls in line with the announcement of the WEF that by 2030, no one will have any privacy. Klaus Schwab says we will have to get used to a society of “full transparency”, where everything we think, feel and dream is monitored.

    The film “THE END OF HUMANITY” is a warning to mankind, intended to prevent this nefarious plan and to save the human race, from both eradication and from this extreme form of slavery.

    Shortly after the release of this video on StopWorldControl.com, a great grandmother viewer wrote a pathetic comment, attempting to get others to take its message seriously.  She wrote:

    “For those of you who say, “we don’t need to “OBEY” these psychopathic narcissists, let me remind you that there are any number of ways that “THEY” Klaus Schwab, Harari, Gates, Fauci, Soros et al have of getting “their TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR BODIES”. You don’t necessarily have to “line up for the next injection (she called it ‘CONVID QUACCACINE’) to get implants, RFID’S etc.  When it’s nanotechnology being used, it can be put into anything you eat or drink. When these narcissistic psychopaths are already referring to themselves as “BETTER THAN GOD” you should already know that they already have the necessary “technology/medical technology” in place to put whatever they want into our bodies. When these cretins who refer to themselves as “the elites” are already telling us that we are nothing more than “HACKABLE ANIMALS” and the “USELESS CLASS” you can be sure that it’s already too late for humanity.  

    In light of all this, do you think Romans chapter one is worth sharing with others now?

    Urging your fellow human beings – made in the image of God – to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matt 6:33) – is the first step for any of us to experience “the peace of God that surpasses all comprehension (Phil 4:7).”

    Pray about whom God’s Spirit is guiding you right now to invite into this discussion. Then ask them if they would listen to what you share and offer to pray with them for God’s next step in their walk with Him. Then you can be used by God to show them the way in His Word, where they will discover His amazing grace and the only hope for their future – a future where they will participate in the exposure of more darkness and the expansion of Messiah’s kingdom.

    The Just Live by Faith

    16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (gentile). 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

    God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

    18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

    24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

    28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

    Hearing those words evokes conviction and exposure of those who are lost on a path of destruction, but Psalm 34 reminds us that …

    “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed (contrite) in spirit” Ps 34:18.

    Psalm 34 strengthens our resolve to keep our eyes on Jesus, no matter what fearful storms assail our journey…

    ‘I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; the humble shall hear it and rejoice. O magnify the lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.’ (Ps 34:1-3).

    And while you’re in the neighborhood, swing by Psalm 57 where we join David when he fled from Saul in the cave saying…

    ‘Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge in Thee; and in the shadow of Thy wings, I will take refuge, until destruction passes by.  I will cry to God Most High, to God who accomplishes all things for me. He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. [Selah] God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth (faithfulness). Psalm 57:1-3.

    And don’t miss one of the greatest promises for God’s people during times of divine judgment on the wicked of a generation… Isaiah 26

    “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee because he trusts in Thee” … (Isa 26:6) … and finally … “Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while, until indignation runs its course…” (Isa 26:20).

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    Spectacular Conspiracy being Exposed

    Could you imagine how the enemy of humanity might possibly scheme to deceive the masses by employing professional institutions that were once trusted to be a friend?

    If there exists one clearly understood fact about the devil, of which practically every true follower of Jesus is very aware, it’s his number one characteristic – he’s the master deceiver.  Revelation 12:7 identifies that serpent of old as “Satan, who deceives the whole world.” 

    Can you imagine… tricking the whole world of humanity to almost universally believe in a lie?

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    Preparing for the Challenging Journey of a Lifetime

    by Dennis Petersen

    When facing monumental Change and trials ahead how are we to go?

    When I was a young teen growing up, I found a book in my grandmother’s collection (she was an avid reader of good books and the Readers Digest). It was “Men to Match My Mountains,” by Irving Stone.

    The cover of the book was a picture of the snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountain range. In the foreground on the golden prairies below, was a small train of covered wagons… Those pioneers were facing the biggest obstacle of their months-long journey across America’s vast plains.

    Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece. It’s an unforgettable pageant of giants—men like John Sutter. His dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush. Brigham Young and the Mormons were extraordinary men too. They tamed the desert with Bible texts. Frontier America called for greatness …and got it. Nothing in history can match the stories of the pioneers who braved the challenges of the wilderness to bring our young nation to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

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    Will You Leave a Legacy of Confidence in God and in His Word?

    By Dennis Petersen

    As I’ve studied Scripture for many years, I keep discovering truths that become very apparent the Devil hopes you don’t discover… and this especially applies to the book of Genesis.

    Psalm 78 gives us a divine prescription for a lasting legacy of Godly descendants. It says: “We will not conceal from our children… (God’s instructions that our fathers have told us) …but tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.” Ps 78:4.

    And what’s the result? It goes on…

    “That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, that they may arise and tell them to their children, that they should put their confidence in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments…” Ps 78:6, 7.

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    Josiah – Boy King – a model of bold humility

    By Dennis Petersen

    Did you ever discover something you didn’t know that made a big change in your life?

    Have you ever heard of a boy named Josiah?

    He lived over 2600 years ago.  He was only 8 years old when his extremely evil father (King Amon of Judah) was assassinated in his own house by his royal servants after only 2 years of being king of Judah.  Amon had followed in the grossly sinful footsteps of Josiah’s grandfather, King Manasseh. During his 55-year reign, Manasseh seduced a whole generation of God’s people to do more evil than the idol-worshipping Canaanites that the LORD destroyed by Israel’s armies in prior generations. Despite the 29-year flourishing of their people under Manasseh’s father, King Hezekiah, the people of Judah under Manasseh, followed his evil abominations to do more wickedly than God’s wicked enemies, the Amorites. They followed after immorality and idolatry that secularized the people of Israel under false gods. (2 Kings 21:2, 9, 11).

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    The Creator of Mankind is regaining Center Stage of Human attention

    By Dennis Petersen

    The historic, providentially prepared founders of America, against all politically correct conventional wisdom of that day, defiantly and bravely declared that there are certain truths that are self-evident.

    Have you noticed the very first truth they listed in the Declaration of Independence?  There’s not a hint that there was any dispute at all about the Biblical truth of the eternal existence of the Creator God.  In the 18th century, the reality of Jehovah God was undeniably embossed on the minds of virtually all thinking people.  In fact, even carelessly immoral and dishonest people, back then, would generally have agreed with the biblical truth that, yes, all humans must ultimately give an account to their Creator for the actions of their lifetime.

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    Perilous Times in exile for a lack of knowledge?

    How do you restore a fallen country, culture, society?

    Prayerful Education of Christians must begin with parents and pastors to restore a fallen country

    Is there any doubt that we’re living in “perilous times?”

    Proverbs 29:2 says:

    “When the righteous are increased (or flourish in number and authority), the people rejoice; But when the wicked (man) rules, the people groan.”

    Is it any wonder we’re hearing a lot of groaning these days?  And it’s not so much because of the ordinary stresses of life really, is it?  A lot of our complaining is the direct result of governing over-reach into the private affairs of citizens.  From where does corruption in political government come? Isn’t it from the infection of every nation or organization that is ruled by self-serving leaders?  But the policing part of the public government equation is increasingly necessary only because of the epidemic lack of Godly morality and self-control among the public at large. George Washington, John Adams and others insisted that those two things were absolutely essential for the preservation of our constitutional republic.

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