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Newsletter #230 @ 1997 SCN

December 1997

**The Passover '98 Infonnation Packets are now available. Please write or call to request an Infonnation Packet, if you plan to attend Passover '98. These packets contain reservation and hotel infonnation only. Please do not request a packet, unless you plan to attend. ** It is important for watchmen to be observant. (':!!!!.~~~~~~~:\ LUKE 12:54-55 And He said also to the Observation of current events and phenomenon allow I people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the watchmen to know the season. Beginning at Pass- 1';;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~iiii"'iiiiii;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;}J· west, straightway ye say, 'There cometh a .. shower;' and so it is. ~ And when ye see over 1996 and ending on September 16, 1997, at Jerusalem, the south wind blow, ye say, 'There will be heat;' and we have had such a phenomenon. Four eclipses have oc­ it cometh to pass. curred, and they have been evenly spaced at ,ix month rvIany are able to discern the weather, but they don't intervals. That is three six month intervals. realize that God utilizes the heavens and weather phe­ Six plus six plus six equals eighteen. The number eighteen nomenon as signs to those watchmen that realize three is ,;ymbohcof"borrdage in biblicaf·numerics. I believe the times six equals three consecutive six month intervals was a sign for the elect to truly come out of bondage. Focus on God's Word and LUKE 12:56-57 Ye hypocrites, ye .can discern the face remember that sigm are not worth a dime, unless you can of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? !il Yea, and why even of your­ affix them to the Word. How docs eighteen tie into the selves judge ye not what is right? Word? Let's open our Bibles to Luke. We will pick it up with Christ's teaching. There is a division taking place. Arc you able to discern right from wrong? I hope you arc able. If not LUKE 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and you may end up on the wrong side. what will I, if it be already kindled?

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God is a consuming fire. ThiS earth age is about di· vision. It is about separating the wheat from the chaff. It is about separating the good from the evil The evil also have the opportunity to change their lot. Why') Because they too arc God's children. Each of His children have the opportunity to follow Him or Satan. LUKE 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

Christ was anxious to pay the on the cross. He was anxious to suffer for each and everyone of us to cover our sim with His blood. That is love. LUKE 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Agai n, we see the. purpo~ of thi" carthag.e..The wheat must be divided from the chaff. For from henceforth there shall be five in divided, three against two, and two against

In a religious sense, this ha~ happened to many of you. Families are wonderful. Plant seeds within your family; however, if they dont take root, love them all the same.

LUKE 12:58-59 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 22 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite."

Be wiser than the serpent. Your part of God\ plan to be delivered up before spurious messiah. The Holy Spirit will speak God's truth through you. If you don't usc your head and you arc in prison at that time, you will be of no service to God.

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LUKE 13: 1 There were present at that season some that told Him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

CfU'l.Centra.tc on the season... God's Word state.~ "at that season". We arc still talking about the generation that will be delivered before antichrist. The Galilaeans spoken of here were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They got butchered. It was a calamity. LUKE 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, "Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above a/l the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?

People have a tendency to equate calamlty with

Sin.

The father shall be divided against the son, Be smarter than that. We live in a dangerous world. son against the father; the mother against the • Accidents happen, but they have nothing to do with sin. daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in LUKE 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye law against her mother in law." shall all likewise perish.

The division must occur, even among relatives. Love them and pray for them, but don't preach at them. I want you to think about the season Christ i~ referring to in this verse. Mark 13 should come to mind. Christ is talking about you and the generation of the fig tree.

The Galilaeans that perished were not more sinful than the others. Christ said, "repent". Repentance places you with the good and separates you from the evil. Remember, this earth age is all about this division.

bUKE 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

Here we have the number of bondage, and this incident happened at Jerusalem. The eighteen that perished must have been real sinners. God must have really wanted to get them. What did Christ have to say about them? LUKE 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."

Christ told them the eighteen that perished were no bigger sinners than the others. God is a consuming fire. Those that don't repent and become part of the wheat will perish with the chaff. The choice is yours. LUKE 13:6 He spake also this parable; "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

can't heal on the sabbath? Jesus became our sabbath. LUKE 13:15-16 The Lord then answered him, and said, "Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 1Q And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, /0, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?"

Who bound her? Satan bound her, and he can bind you, if you allow him to. Who freed the woman from bondage? Christ did, and He can free you as well. I believe the three six month intervals separating the four eclipses arc a sign to the watchmen. A sign that there is no need for them to be in bondage to Satan. He gave us power over all of our enemies (Luke 10: 18-19); use it! Let's go to verse 25.

I hope your ears perk up, when you hear fig tree. tree". Christ said, "Now learn a parable of the

LUKE 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 'I. ord, Lord, open unto us;' and He shall answer and say unto you, '/ know you not whence ye are:'

LUKE 13:7-8 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, 'Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? fi And he answering said unto him, 'Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

Stay focused. Don't allow Satan to put you in bondage with false teachings. or you may find yourself standing outside the Master's house.

In other words, let's give everyone with free wiJI every opportunity to produce fruit. LUKE 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.' "

This is as the harvesting of the tares in Matthew 13. This earth age is about separation. LUKE 13: 10-11 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

The word "spirit" would be better translated "evil demon". This woman, symbolic of Christ's church, had been in bondage to this evil spirit for eighteen years. Many today arc in bondage to the ways of this world, such as usury, drugs and alcohol to name just a few. Satan will bind you, if you let him. Set yourself free from bondage. What will set you free? The truth of God's Word will set you free. LUKE 13:12-13 And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said unto her, "Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity." 112 And He laid His hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

Christ freed the woman from bondage. Doing so on the sabbath "would light the priest's wick." LUKE 13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people. "There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day."

The priest probably wished he could have healed the woman. Man doesn't have the power to heal. God does! Can you imagine this priest telling Jesus Christ that He

LUKE 13:26-27 Then shall ye begin to say, 'We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught in our streets.' 2Z But He shall say, 'I tell you I know you not whence ye are; depart from Me, all ye workers of iniquity.'

Christ taught in their streets, but they weren't listen­ ing. You can hear it unto this day from the very pulpits that should be teachtng truth. They have twisted the truth into teaching the rapture, the EaSier bunny and the apple Eve ale in the garden of Eden. These false teachings make those that accept this doctrine easy marks for Satan's bondage. LUKE 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when re shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and al the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

The key of David is the only key that will open the door to the kingdom of God in the season being discussed. LUKE 13:29-30 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. JQ And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."

The elect were chosen before the foundations of this earth age. They were the first, and they are a major factor in this, the last, generation. That is to say they will be a major factor, if they are not in bondage to Satan. Watchmen, observe God's signs. Pay attention. Most importantly, focus on the truth of the Living Word that sets you free from Satan's bondage.

Arnold Murray