What You Should Have Been Taught in Church, but Weren't by John M. Zikos - HTML preview

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[22] For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are

sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to

do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

[23] I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the

heavens, and they had no light.

[24] I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hil s

moved lightly.

[25] I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the

heavens were fled.

[26] I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the

cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by

his fierce anger.

[27] For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;

yet wil I not make a full end. In verse 25 Jeremiah uses the word

man. He refers to the Sons of Man; the souls which God created. We

can see the earth was originally a magnificent place made in God's

perfection where His children lived. We can also see from the word

"sottish" in verse 22 that God says His children were "foolish" in the First Earth Age. In the COMPANION BIBLE, Bullinger translates the

word "sottish" from the Hebrew as "stupid".

In this first earth age the heaven and earth existed and God made

many wonderful children which had a free will. God loved and

continues to love His children very much. God gave us FREE WILL

so He could receive real love from us. He did not make us as little

robots.

But, there was a child of God who decided to turn against God. He

started a rebellion and wanted to run things himself. He wanted to

take God's place as ruler (See Ezekiel 28:2).

Ezekiel 28:2

"Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Sovereign

LORD says: " 'In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas." But you are a man and

not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.

Satan was able to convince about one-third of God's children to

follow him instead of God. Chapter 12 of Revelation begins the

Apostle John's commentary of the first earth age. We see in verse 4

that towards the end of the first earth age the dragon (Satan) drew

one third of the stars of heaven (souls/children of God) away from

God the Father.

Rev.12:4

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast

them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was

ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

Let's call this THE FALLING AWAY. God is pure and holy. He could

not allow this rebellion and pride. He condemned this rebellious

leader, named SATAN, to eventually be destroyed because he had

become completely corrupt (See Ezekiel 28:18-19).

Ezekiel 28:18-19

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine

iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore wil I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I wil bring thee to

ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

19 Al they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at

thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

(This is prophecy. Satan hasn't been put to death yet.)

But, God continued to deeply love His rebellious children and didn't

want to destroy them too. So He thought of a way that these souls

could be saved from being put to death and return to Him.

God decided He would create a SECOND EARTH AGE as a

TESTING PERIOD, or testing place, for all souls to decide if they

wanted to accept Him or reject Him and accept Satan. We are now

living in this SECOND EARTH AGE. An age is simply a defined

period of time.

God decided a series of events would take place in a certain order so

everyone could get a fair chance to decide their own future. Then,

when all this was completed God would begin the THIRD EARTH

AGE which wil go on forever. This wil be a dimension and age where

only good exists and peace and joy wil continue throughout eternity.

The souls that will be there will live in harmony with God.

So, hopefully now you understand there are three different time

periods or Earth Ages:

1. The First Earth Age was the time before when we lived with God

in a spiritual body.

2. The Second Earth Age is the present time we are

living in now, where we live in a physical (flesh) body with our spirit

inside. And,

3. The Third Earth Age which is the age to come that wil begin

eternity. There we wil live in a spiritual body with God.

I know, I know. They didn't teach you this in church! Yet it is right

there in the Bible if you will do a little digging and correctly interpret a

few poor translations. Be patient. It wil unfold. You wil see how God

really did things.

Now back to our story. God decided he would start a new time period

or SECOND EARTH AGE and have His children (souls) born through

women. This way they would take on a flesh body for their period of

testing while deciding whether they would accept God or Satan. In

other words these souls would be put in flesh bodies for this testing

period, the decision making period, of Gods plan.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born

of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

We all existed in the first earth age. God made us there as spiritual

beings. Now we must be born of water (take on flesh bodies) to enter

the second earth age and receive an opportunity to redeem ourselves

through Jesus Christ. Think about born of water. What happens just

before a person is born. The mother's water breaks.

The people born on earth have no recollection of their living in the

FIRST EARTH AGE. God made all souls in the FIRST EARTH AGE

and gives them that fell away a chance to come back to Him in the

SECOND EARTH AGE. Also, please understand that ALL souls from

the first earth age, whether they chose God or Satan in the first earth

age, must be born of woman. God is fair. More about this later.

God has three forms or dimensions. He is one God but can be

revealed to us as

1. GOD OUR FATHER,

2. JESUS CHRIST, and

3. THE HOLY SPIRIT.

God said to Himself, "Let's make man in our image." Now, in the

beginning God created the heaven and the earth. This was the FIRST

EARTH AGE. Then, after the FALLING AWAY, God laid waste to the

earth and it become desolate. He then started the SECOND EARTH

AGE and began the six days of the earth's renewal. The Bible doesn't

say how long it took God to create the

heaven and the earth in its original form. It just says he did it.

But, when He starts the SECOND EARTH AGE we know God took

six days to RENEW the Earth. In Genesis Chapter one we are told

the order in which God did these things. The Bible clearly says that a

thousand years is to man as one day is to God.

2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with

the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

So, it probably took God what we would call 1000 of our years to do

the things God did in one of His days (II Peter 3:8). This is just for a

frame of reference. Now on the SIXTH DAY of renewal God created

man. If you go back and carefully study the original Hebrew

manuscripts you will find God created the "Adam" (Hebrew...No

article, therefore Mankind) or races. So He didn't just create one

or two people and stop. He created all the races of the world on the

sixth day.

Gen.1:26-28

26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl

of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every

creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God

created he him; male and female created he them.

28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and

multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion

over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every

living thing that moveth upon the earth. ...

31. And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was

very good. ... God was happy with all the things and people He had

made.

Strong's Concordance Hebrew word 120: man:

'adam aw-dawm' from 119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or

the species, mankind, etc.):--X another, + hypocrite, + common sort,

X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

God then rested on the SEVENTH DAY.

Gen.2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and

he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Remember why God is doing al this. He is doing this because He

loves all His children and wants them to be pure and come back to

Him through Jesus Christ. He wants their love and doesn't want to

have to destroy them. God is being completely fair with His children

because He loves them. He wil give them all a chance to be born of

woman and come into this age to choose Christ or Satan.

Then, on the EIGHT DAY, God created "The" man Adam, and Eve.

In the manuscripts the word is et

h Ha'adam ; The ruddy complected

one.

Genesis 2:7-8

7. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living

soul.

8. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there

he put the man whom he had formed.

Here I suggest you take a long look at the accompanying notes on

these verses in your Companion Bible. Also study Appendix 14 in the

back of the Companion Bible. It goes into great detail to differentiate

between the common man -Adam, and The Man Adam. The Man

Adam is the beginning of the family line that Christ will come through.

That will be a study you can make when you get your Bible and

Concordance.

The man Adam [Hebrew.='eth-Ha adham] Note the article 'eth.

(Authors Note: Pastor Arnold Murray has a great DVD set on The

Book of Genesis. This subject is covered in detail and he gives a very

good explanation of what I can only begin to explain here. Also, I'l

give information at the end of this book on where you can acquire

quality resources for further study.)

Genesis 2:21-25

21. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and

he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead

thereof;

22. And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he

a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my

flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of

Man.

24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall

cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not

ashamed.

S

o, this was the beginning of " The Family Of People" through which Christ would enter the world by being born from a woman.

He would be the Messiah or Savior which God would ask us to

accept to be in His good graces. SO CHRIST WOULD BE THE

SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.

It's important to note here that God loves all His children the same.

So while it was important this one family line of ancestors be brought

about so the Messiah could come to earth and save us, it is also very

important to note that because a human being is not directly from this

family line, he is not any less important than any other man or

woman. Remember, God did this to bring us all together again in

love, not to divide us. Remember in Genesis Chapter One,

ALL the races (red, yel ow, brown, black and white) were made

BEFORE God created this family for the Messiah to come through.

Galatians 3:8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen

through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In

thee shall all nations be blessed.

So don't let anyone read anything negative or divisive into the

interpretation of God creating different races. He did it and then said,

"It was very good."

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very

good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Remember what Peter said.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that

God is no respecter of persons:

Here's an important point that most people miss. The Bible is

basically the story of the family that Christ comes through, beginning

with Adam and ending with Christ. It contains all the significant people

and events this family line came in contact with during this story. Also

remember, the story isn't quite over yet. Christ wil return again and

set Himself up as King of Kings and Lord of Lords,

after the Anti-Christ appears.

Christ would be the Savior of the world. God purposely inspired the

Holy Scriptures and foretold man of this opportunity. In other words,

God loves us so much He took the time to do all this and also took

the time to write us a letter explaining to us exactly what was

happening.

Christ tells us in the Bible, "But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold

you all things" (Mark 13:23).

God has told us "everything" we need to know for our Christian lives in the Bible. I suggest you take the time to study God's word on a

regular basis. Take a few minutes every day and read the word and

ask God for His understanding.

God wants us to Study His letter to us:

2 Timothy 2:15

15. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that

needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

And God wants us to Do His wil :

James 1:22

22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your

own selves. If you realize that you have heard God's word, but you're

not doing (living) God's word, it's time to get your act together.

Anyone born of flesh can accept Jesus Christ as their savior! Simply

believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Ask Him to forgive your

sins in Jesus name, and accept Him as your Savior. You will be

forgiven your sins and become a child of God. Your soul wil have

eternal life. It's really that simple to be accepted into the kingdom of

God.

Carefully consider the following New Testament verses:

1 John 1:9 is your spiritual bar of soap. It says, " If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us

from all unrighteousness."

John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only

begotten son, and whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but

have everlasting life".

By the way, no human being is without sin, and each of us makes

continued mistakes along life's journey. Simply ask Christ to forgive

you and go on. It wil be done. Don't make it more complicated than it

is. Do your best to live a good Christian life, seek His guidance and

truth through His word, and God wil give you the strength. God made

it simple on purpose. You are saved by faith. That way anyone and

everyone can come back to God and live in harmony with Him. So,

accept Him and do His will and everything wil work out. In time

you wil mature as a Christian.

Now, back to Adam and Eve. They were the beginning of the seed

line through which the Messiah, our Savior, Jesus Christ would come.

God put them in a place called Eden to live. But, Satan wasn't too

happy with all this and wanted to disrupt God's plan to help us.

(Satan stil wants to take things over and be the boss.) So he decided

he would mess up God's plan and try to take Christ's place.

We often hear about Eve eating an apple and then giving one to

Adam. This is a false doctrine many pass on. This is a fairy tale of

man! I'm only guessing here, but I imagine many people didn't have

the sense to tell their children the truth because they thought they

were too young to be exposed to it. This truth has to do with sex and

therefore is embarrassing to the uninformed. There is nothing to be

embarrassed about. This is God's truth. The Hebrew Manuscripts

clearly show that Eve was "wholly seduced" (Nasha) by Satan. In

other words, SATAN IS THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF

GOOD AND EVIL. Eve was wholly seduced by him. She had sex with

him. Remember Satan was a "beautiful being". He was made the

finished pattern. That's what the scriptures tell us in Ezekiel :

(Remember, "King of Tyrus" is one of Satan's many names.)

Ezekiel 28:10-19

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of

strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say

unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of

wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

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.

14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee

so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up

and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,

til iniquity was found in thee.

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have fil ed the midst of

thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as

profane out of the mountain of God: and I wil destroy thee, O

covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast

corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I wil cast thee to

the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine

iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore wil I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I wil bring thee to

ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

19 Al they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at

thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

And, then Eve led Adam to be seduced by Satan. Yes, Adam and Eve

both had sex with Satan. God knew of this and made Adam and Eve

leave Eden before they partook of the TREE OF LIFE. Now the TREE

OF LIFE IS JESUS CHRIST. If they had done that, they would live

eternally in this defiled form. So that's why God cast them out of the

garden.

Genesis 3:22-24.

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 til 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.

Oh, and it wasn't an apple orchard. Remember, they covered their

private parts with FIG LEAVES, not their mouths with apple leaves.

Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they

were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made

themselves aprons.

They didn't eat an apple and gain the knowledge of good and evil,

they disobeyed God by having sex with Satan and then they

understood that disobeying God was wrong. They were ashamed for

the first time in the flesh because their deeds were evil and forbidden,

and they had become aware of what evil was for the first time.

Okay, so time passes and Eve has two sons. Now this is important,

so read the following three sentences as many times as necessary to

get it in your head. If you miss this, you miss The Key of David.

ADAM WAS THE FATHER OF ABLE.

SATAN WAS THE FATHER OF CAIN.

EVE WAS THE MOTHER OF "BOTH" ABLE AND CAIN!

When you study the original Hebrew Manuscripts you discover that

Eve "CONTINUED IN LABOR" [Heb.=Yacaph] and had two sons.

They were both born at the same time. In other words, Cain and

Able were FRATERNAL TWINS. There were two separate eggs and

two separate water sacks in Eve.

Medically it is quite possible for a woman to have fraternal twins, with

each twin from a different father, just like Cain and Able were from

different fathers. Adam fertilized one egg and Satan fertilized the

other! This is no big deal medically, it's just difficult to figure out from

the English translations. You need to go back to the Hebrew

manuscripts to get a clear understanding of it.

Genesis 4:2

2. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of

sheep, but Cain was a til er of the ground.

Strong's Concordance Hebrew word 3254: again.

3254 yacaph yaw-saf' a primitive root; to add or augment (often

adverbial, to continue to do a thing):--add, X again, X any more, X

cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further,

X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase

(more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the,

much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be

(strong-) er, X yet, yield.

So we can see that Satan is Cains father.

CAIN IS THE SON OF SATAN!

CHRIST HIMSELF DOCUMENTED THAT

SATAN WAS CAIN'S FATHER AS CHRIST

WAS SPEAKING TO THE KENITES IN THE

GOSPEL OF JOHN.

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye wil do.

He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,

because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he

speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Who was the first murderer? Cain was! So Christ was saying those

that accused him were Kenites, or sons of Cain. They were the

offspring of Cain, and Cain was the offspring of the Devil.

Also look at these verses for verification that Cain is Satan's son:

1 John 3:12

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And