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 The answer is a simple NO. The reason being is because Jesus Christ has given us the Holy Spirit.
John 14:15-18
15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
From a casual reading of Scripture, a person might get the idea that angelic appearances were somewhat commonplace, but that is not the case. Likewise, in our society there has been a radical increased interest in angels, and it would seem that angelic appearances are commonplace today. Angels appear in every religion, and generally seem to have the same role of messenger. In the Old Testament angels seldom visited people and when they did come it was under very special or dire circumstances. Below I have listed every visitation of an angel mentioned in scripture (except the book of Revelation). In just over 4000 years, angels have appeared approximately 16 times.
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Obama the Destroyer
Since Barack Obama first appeared on TV he has been referred to as the The One, Messiah, Christ and God. This is the latest installment from NEWSWEEK. In its November 22, 2010 issue, Obama has been shown on its cover page with multiple arms balancing several policy issues while raising his left leg mimicking the cosmic dance of the Hindu deity; considered a manifestation of Lord Shiva.
Wikipedia says: Nataraja or Nataraj, The Lord (or King) of Dance; Tamil: (Kooththan)) is a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the cosmic dancer who performs his divine dance to destroy a weary universe and make preparations for god Brahma to start the process of creation. Nataraja is most often depicted through a statue. The dance of Shiva in Tillai, the traditional name for Chidambaram, forms the motif for all the depictions of Shiva as Nataraja. He is also known as “Sabesan” which splits as “Sabayil aadum eesan” in Tamil which means “The Lord who dances on the dais”.The form is present in most Shiva temples in South India, and is the main deity in the famous temple at Chidambaram. –The Dance of Shiva By Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataraja#cite_note-The_Dance_of_.C5.9Aiva-0
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 I’ve spent many a day praying about the answer to this question and this my dear readers, this IS THE ANSWER to the question that evades everyone so much.
The answer is, absolutely, but in a very ‘counterfeit’ sort of way. You see, Satan can cause sickness, and mankind is born into a sinful evil world. What you see as being a miraculous healing by today’s false prophets is none other than Satan taking away the sickness / injury he had given the person in the first place. Satan can not do any good, he is the father of LIES.
In the bible there is a story of a woman who walked bent over for 18 years. It was a demonic spirit which caused this infirmity. Jesus healed her and she walked upright.
Luke 13:11-13 11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.” 13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
But what about creative healings you ask, an arm with crushed bones starts to slowly fix itself and heal?
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December 2010 news from around the world
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The Dispensations of God – Do You Have the Correct Perspective?
“There is a progressive revelation of God and His plan for the ages in human history on earth since Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden until the end of time when humanity will reach its final destination. Seven clear dispensations can be distinguished in the counsel of God, and they are characterised by increasing knowledge of good and evil. As the dispensations follow one another, greater clarity is obtained on the kingdom of Christ which will be revealed in all its glory and splendour at His second coming. At the same time, more detail is given on the opposing kingdom of darkness which will be revealed in all its evil depravity at the time of the coming of the Antichrist.” http://www.discerningtheworld.com/2010/12/13/the-dispensations-of-god-%e2%80%93-do-you-have-the-correct-perspective/
 What does the Bible say about Mary, Queen of Heaven?
Jeremiah 7:18 (Amplified Bible)
“18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger!
Queen of Heaven – A goddess of fertility, probably the Babylonian title for Ishtar. She is identified with the planet Venus. Offerings to this goddess included cakes made in the shape of a star (Jerermiah. 44:17-19).
Jeremiah 44:25 (Amplified Bible)
“25Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have both declared with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her. [Surely] then confirm your vows and [surely] perform your vows! [If you will defy all My warnings to you, then, by all means, go ahead!]”
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 Amillennialism is the idea that there will not be a future literal 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ upon the earth. (Revelation 20:1-6). The Latin prefix a means “no” while the term millennium is Latin for 1000 years – Amillennialism thus meaning “no 1000 years”.
The term Amillennialism denies the actual presence of a future literal 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ on earth after the second coming of Christ, where as Premillennialists believe this is still to happen. Having said that, Amillennialists do have their own version of what they believe the millennum to be; it’s what they reject though, and that is the idea of a future literal 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ on earth.
According to Amillennialists, their version of the millennium is our currently present age, before the return of Jesus Christ. So the millennium or Kingdom of Kingdom of God if you will is right now, as we speak, being fulfilled spiritually.
Amillennialists will tell you that their millennium began with the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ and will end when Jesus returns again to establish the Eternal Kingdom that is spoken of in Revelation 21-22.
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 The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation
(also translated as the Pyramid of Peace and Accord) is a 77 m high building in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The structure was built by Sembol Construction at a cost of 8.74 billion Kazakh tenge (about $58 million) and opened in late 2006.
The word Astana in Kazakh literally means Capital but the word itself originates from Persian (Astana, from the verb Istadan (آستان) to stand (in respect)), and literally means “threshold” (royal or sacred, where people stand in respect or awe), implying where the court is seated (the capital city) or the body of a sacred person in interred (a shrine town) –Wikipedia
Bayterek (Kazakh: Бәйтерек, “tall poplar [tree]“). The monument is meant to embody a folktale about a mythical tree of life and a magic bird of happiness: the bird, named Samruk, had laid its egg in the crevice between two branches of a poplar tree. --Wikipedia
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Matthew 24:5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ, ‘ and will deceive many.
Matthew 7:15 [ A Tree and Its Fruit ] “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect—if that were possible.
2 Corinthians 11:13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ…
2 Peter 2:1 [ False Teachers and Their Destruction ] But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
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List of Authors and Books Not Recommended by Christian Research Service:
Contemplative Spirituality, Cultic, Emerging Church, Heretical, Homosexual, Lesbian, New Age, New Apostolic Reformation, Pro-Gay, Purpose Driven, Transgendered, and Word-Faith Authors and Books Advertised and Promoted within Online and Walk-in Christian Bookstores Worldwide
Revised & Updated: April 27, 2010
To the Reader: The following MASTER LIST consists of authors and books found advertised and promoted within online Christian bookstores worldwide. Certain books may be ordered online from walk-in Christian bookstore databases. Although special care has been taken to provide current and accurate information, the reader is encouraged to check and verify the names prior to their removal.
While the Homosexual, Lesbian, Pro-Gay, Transgendered category contains authors who are either homosexual, lesbian, transgendered, or pro-gay, not all of the authors are homosexual or lesbian or transgendered.
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As Christians we believe by faith in Jesus Christ. We do not need candle sticks to remind us who Jesus Christ is because we have the Holy Spirit abiding IN US. The Menorah is part of the Jewish faith – a Christian should NOT be entertaining symbols from other faiths.
What’s the difference between the 7-candle Menorah and the 9-candle Menorah?
7-branch Menorah:
 God said to Moses in Exodus 25:31-38: 31 “Make a lampstand of pure gold and hammer it out, base and shaft; its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms shall be of one piece with it. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. 35 One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all. 36 The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. 37 “Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. 38 Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
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The Role of Signs and Wonders
Prof. Johan Malan, Middelburg, South Africa (July 2009)
Signs and wonders are supernatural acts by which God demonstrates His omnipotence to miraculously save believers, to subdue His enemies, and to reveal aspects of His counsel. As in the time of Noah and Lot, divine judgements were at times poured out upon rebellious societies. Although the Lord can reveal Himself at any time through signs and wonders, there were periods in history when such phenomena more frequently occurred. That was particularly the case during and after Israel’s exodus from Egypt; during the wars of conquest under leaders such as Joshua, Gideon, Samson, and David; and also in the actions of prophets such as Elijah and Elisha. In the time of Joshua the Lord even caused the sun and moon to stand still in order for Israel to catch up with their enemies and destroy them before nightfall (Josh. 10:12-13).
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 Revelation 13:15-18; “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”
One day, you will receive an option; ’Do you want to continue buying and selling? If so, a microchip is available to be implanted in your right hand.
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Antichristian Globalism Approaches the Final Stage
Prof. Johan Malan, Middelburg, South Africa (February 2009)
Read Revelation 13:1-18.
Revelation 13 describes three power bases which will be used by the Antichrist in his world government during the coming tribulation period of seven years. These refer to political, religious and economic power.
First, political power. In Revelation 13:2 we read that Satan will give the Antichrist his power, his throne, and great authority. The throne refers to a world government through which great authority will be exercised over all nations. Throughout the entire New Testament dispensation the devil and his demons have from the spiritual realm constituted a reigning power in the world. Ephesians 6:12 says: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” John says that the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one (1 John 5:19). The Lord Jesus also refers to the devil as “the ruler of this world” (John 14:30), and Paul says he is “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph. 2:2). That is why Christ has come to “deliver us from the present evil age” (Gal. 4:1).
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One World Youth Project …was founded in 2004 by then 18 year-old Jessica Rimington from Massachusetts, United States. She now attends Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Washington D.C. Her involvement in youth activism began when she was twelve and joined the Jane Goodall Institute’s global environmental and humanitarian program for youth, Roots & Shoots. In 2002 she was one of two U.S. students chosen to travel to South Africa to represent the Jane Goodall Institute and the U.S. at the Children’s Earth Summit (held in conjunction with the World Summit on Sustainable Development). As the Youth Correspondent for the Jane Goodall Institute she has also attended World Refugee Day where she interviewed UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, the Bioneers Conference in California, and the United Nation’s Peace Youth Summit. Jessica is a founding member of the Roots & Shoots Youth Leadership Council. And, in 2002, she founded a community organization called the Cape Youth Council on Sustainability, which now includes students from 11 different schools. Jessica was the recipient of the 2004 BRICK Award from Do Something as well as the Massachusetts Governor’s Points of Light Award. She is also a winner of the 2005 Brower Youth Awards and has spoken at various UN and activism events across the country.
August 9th, 2010 | Author: Lighthouse Trails author
Comment from Understand The Times:
The following article which describes an “apparition of Jesus” that supposedly took place in a Catholic church in Nigeria recently, is exactly what authors Jim Tetlow and Roger Oakland predicted would be taking place in the future in their book Another Jesus: The Eucharistic and the New Evangelization. Jesus warned that “false appearances” would be taking place as one of the signs of the last days.
(Matthew 24:23-26).KJV - Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
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