Nishkalank Mahadev temple; Source: Panoramio

Another view of the temple

The temple is located in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat state in India. From the beach along the Arabian Sea, you’d have to traverse 1.5 km into the interior. There are the five Shiva lingas that the five Pandava brothers worshipped, along with Shiva’s vehicle Nandi, or the Bull. Many people come here  to dissolve ashes of their departed kith and kin. The day after the New Moon day, the sea recedes to the maximum, and hundreds of people including children walk the distance and worship the idols. The New Moon day that comes in August and corresponds to the Hindu calendar month of Bhadra is of special importance, and people throng here in large numbers.

The scene before and during the low tide

The people have to wait sometimes for the sea to recede, a time they spend in singing devotional songs or relaxing in wooden ‘charpoys’ or bedsteads.

Once the sea starts receding, the trek begins.

Once they reach the large rampart square, they wash their feet in a small pond called Pandava pond, and proceed to the main shrine.

The Pandava pond

The worship

The return trek begins well before midnight when the sea begins to rise again.

We humans are all pretty much the same. We may say, “thank goodness, I am not as other people”. But we are almost exactly the same. Only deliberate breeding over hundreds of thousands of year could change that. Let’s take a close look at how we really are. Take a look at human kind from the depth of a deeper awareness. We humans have been filled with so much rubbish and silly ideas that it’s hard to see ourselves as we truly are. It’s hard to get past all the misinformation to see the truth. Religion is one aspect and few people will open their eyes and minds to look at that monstrosity. Science has revealed it as a sham, a business to make money, pagan in origin, and cheap psychology in practice. It seems to have a negative effect on people who practice it.

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Science hasn’t delved into the field of good or evil, courage and cowardice, or the relation to human consciousness. The few who have, have written a few amazing books which show that psychological honesty is a must for the advancement of human kind, and people who believe in religion cannot look past it for real truth. Jesus Christ unquestionably uttered some nonsense in his lifetime but he also conveyed a great deal of truth. The problems with religion is that real truths from ancient times were not sorted out by the clergy from the rubbish. Christianity as we know it has not helped our world progress toward truth and knowledge. Unfortunately people are still being blinded.

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You have to laugh at the different faiths who argue about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or whether a baptism should be done by sprinkling or immersing in a pool of water where the minister stands in rubber boots. I think Jesus would have a belly laugh about such silliness. After all, he wasn’t above throwing the money lenders out of the temple. If he were here today, I think he just might burn all the temples of our day down. Religious as practiced in our country is pure fol-DE-rol. Church leaders did not go over old legends and stories passed down from generation to generation searching for truth and integrity.

The dross was not tossed out for the gold. They have put themselves in the position of being silly and funny. Different religious faiths fail to agree on any basis. They disagree over pointless principles that mean little one way or the other. Bolder clergy who dare step up and challenge the old order may yet save the spirit of religion. But where they will come from is another harder question.

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According to Harold Koenig, MD a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, “Prayer not only relieves  and anxiety and helps people feel at peace, it can have a measurable impact on a person’s physical health.”  He also states that patients who pray acquire an indirect form of control over their illness.  Here are the main benefits of meditation and prayer to the body:

• It reduces diastolic blood pressure by as much as four points, lowering the risk of heart disease by 10 to 20 percent.
• Protect against chronic stress which in turn cuts a person’s risk of a stress-weakened immune system by half.
• Lower the risk of severe depression by 81 percent.
• Cut the risk of dying in the next three decades—from any cause—by one third.

How to Harness Your Inner Power

To reduce your stress, heal illness, and strengthen immunity, try these three simple actions that weave spirituality into your life.

Practice meditation.

Dr.  Benson, author of Timeless Healing: The Power of Biology and Belief suggests this method.  Once daily, find a quiet place and sit with your eyes closed.  Take a deep breath and as you exhale, focus your mind on a word or phrase that reflects your beliefs such as a favorite verse or promise from the Bible or, if you are not religious, try a word such as “love” or “peace.”  For approximately 15 minutes, repeat your phrase or word silently every time you exhale.

Although this method seems almost too simple to work, studies reveal that meditative prayer is two to four times more effective for physical healing than praying for a specific outcome. 

Inspire yourself .

Read something inspirational daily for 15 minutes.  Choose whatever motivates, encourages or comforts you.  There are many inspiring bestsellers around.  If you have no idea where to start, you may peruse the writings of Martin Luther King, C.S. Lewis, Maya Angelou, Mother Theresa, or if you want something more modern, try Rick Warren’s  Purpose Driven Life, or the Daily Bread.  Personally the Bible is still my favorite.  It is filled with God’s promises.

Surround yourself with encouraging people.

Regularly attend support groups, such as prayer meetings, meditation, scripture study group or weekly worship.  Candace Pert, Ph.D., author of Molecules and Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel says, “Being surrounded by people who are mediating or praying actually intensifies biochemical brain changes that occur during prayer….It’s like one violin resonating when another violin plays a note—it’s physics.”

‘How nauseating,’ thought Angie, and not in the slightest bit funny. The creaking floorboards upstairs warned her that Isaac was awake and would join her shortly. Angie read the card. From Derek and Sheila. Angie was surprised Sheila had anything to do with this, Angie would check with her later. She tore up the card and its envelope, put on her shoes and quickly darted outside and threw the offending article into next-door’s bin (they wouldn’t mind).

Her hair was a little wet, but she doubted Isaac would notice now his sight was deteriorating. How apt for it to rain today. It rained on our wedding day too. She should have listened to God. The rain had been a sign. Angie’s mother had tried to comfort her daughter about the slate coloured clouds approaching the church. During the ceremony, thunder shuddered through the foundations of the church. Angie should have run screaming out of there, cleansing herself in the rain. The rain tried to save her. Now it reminded her of the folly, as if in response a distant rumble acknowledged this thought.

Angie put her slippers back on, as she turned towards the lounge, she saw her face in the hall mirror. It was only a small thing, but elaborately framed in wood engraving and sprayed gold. A present from her parents, and only tolerated by Isaac because of that. Angie looked closely at her face. A face she didn’t recognise. Since her marriage, her face had not matched that of the person now existing inside her. Lines etched into her skin. Oh, who was she kidding, lines, they were more like furrows. Her face a creased cotton piece, embroidered with pain and stitched with violence. She couldn’t just iron out the lines. Seeing her reflection Angie felt a distance between her real self and what she saw in the mirror. It was like in that film Charlotte had made her watch, where people were living virtual lives because of aliens who had taken over the planet, only Angie wished someone would offer her the choice of two pills. One to stay in this vile monotonous world, the other would take her into the world of the Mirror. A world she controlled; a woman in charge of her own destiny, a traveller searching for a cure for cancer. A special plant in the Amazon basin, a place she had studied for years, and only she knew where this plant grew. Angie would be the heroine, she would save the world; people would thank her in the street for saving one of their relatives.

‘Tomorrow that mirror goes. Angela, you know I don’t like vanity.’

Angie started, looking at Isaac, she her hung head. Her hands fidgeting behind her back.

‘Yes Isaac,’ she replied louder than she intended.

Isaac looked at her sternly.

‘You were up early this morning. Did you not sleep well?’

‘I wanted to make sure I had enough time to prepare a proper breakfast this morning. That’s all.’

‘Thank you Angela, that is very considerate of you. Now, would you mind serving, we are both ready.’

Angie brought in the breakfast, two bowls of porridge. She was sick of porridge. Thirty years of porridge without any change or possibility of livening it up with fruit, honey, or jam! Boring white, dull porridge. Angie stared at her porridge while Isaac said grace. The white boiled oats seemed to move about, folding over themselves like an alien beast trying to escape from the bowl. Angie’s life was like porridge; dull, drained, pasty and lifeless. Isaac had consumed her life in the same fervent way he consumed his porridge. He had turned her into porridge. Another rumble of thunder answered in agreement. Angie thought, God, if this is your idea of a joke – it’s not funny!

‘Amen,’ Isaac picked up his spoon and looked at Angie. She smiled. Isaac smiled back.

After breakfast, Isaac stuck to Angie for the rest of the day. He’d taken a days holiday from work to be with Angie on this, ‘their special day’. Angie thought of herself as a captured slave, taken against her will in a strange carriage to a monastery for punishment. She hoped to escape from her evil Lord’s clutches with the help of a sympathetic monk. But on arrival, the sign at the car park disappointed her, only the senior monk would be available to visitors today. There would be no helpful monks to help her escape.

The rain had stopped as they climbed out of the car. Isaac excited by the monastic life, but always reverential. It would never do to show such emotions. One always had to be in control of oneself.

‘Come Angela, let us see how our lives should be lived,’ taking Angie’s hand, Isaac led her into the monastery.

Returning from the monastery, Isaac was raving about the monk, how standards had slipped since he had last been to a monastery.

‘Satan has entered God’s house. That man was no monk. Abominable!’

‘Yes Isaac.’

‘What do you mean yes Isaac. Are you mocking me? You liked that heathen didn’t you? Well I shall teach you what it means to be holy. I shall beat that nonsense out of you!’

‘Isaac, calm down, you’re driving in the wrong lane!’

‘Shut up.’

The car sped out of control, crashing into the middle barrier.  Angie lost consciousness. When she came round, she was in a hospital bed, alone. She felt pain throughout her body, moving her stiff arms and legs she saw the buzzer for the nurse on the wall and pressed it. What had happened? After a few minutes, a nurse appeared scolding Angie for getting out of bed.

            ‘What happened?’

            ‘You were in a motoring accident. Now you must rest. All the tests show you’re okay, but we were concerned when you continued to sleep. Would you like a drink or some food?’

            ‘What happened to my husband?’

            ‘I’m sorry, but he died in the accident. I don’t know the particulars. Is there anybody I can contact, family, friends?’

            ‘No, no that’s fine thank you.’

The nurse smiled weakly, patting Angie’s hand, then left the room. Angie plumped up her pillows so she could sit up. ‘Finally’, she thought, ‘I’m rid of the bastard’. Looking up at the ceiling she smiled.

            ‘Thank you God.’

When leaving the hospital three days later, Angie put on a solemn face for the nurses and doctors who had gathered. She climbed into the taxi, excited about all the things she could do now. There was all the paperwork to sort out, and sell that awful prison of a house. She could take up classes, eat whatever she wanted. Her stomach grumbled, the hospital breakfast hadn’t been up to much. She asked the taxi driver to drop her off by the high road. She still had some housekeeping money in the secret compartment of her handbag. Angie checked the amount and walked up to the window of ‘Café Joes’, looking at their menu; large fry-up breakfasts, vegetarian breakfasts, omelettes, black pudding, now there was something she hadn’t eaten in decades. She walked into the small café, the aroma of cheap coffee and tea mingled with the redolence of frying oil. Angie breathed it in. She sat down at a table by the window. A young waitress, in her twenties came over to take Angie’s order. Angie’s mouth salivated for the first time in years as she perused the menu. Finally, she settled for a ‘Full Breakfast’. The waitress looked at her and smiled. ‘Café Joes’ was cosy, with only ten tables and four chairs at each table. The chairs and tables were of moulded beige plastic, and brought down the whole place. Dirty lime green paint held onto the walls, some of the paint cracking and flaking off. The kitchen area built up of stainless steel, looked the smartest amongst the old décor of the place, but Angie relished it. The waitress brought over her order.

‘Thank you.’

‘Looks like we’re in for a bit of rain today,’ said the waitress looking out of the window.

‘Just what we need to clear the air,’ replied Angie tucking into her breakfast.

Part I

The Bible is not complete when a person believes the Old Testament as History, passed off because of the New Testament and does not dig on the pure secrets it has for true believers. Some catholic’s ideas -regarding salvation- have made us to believe the Old Testament is out and this is read to know about certain stories from men we call “fathers” but most of us are not Jews, so we have very little in common to be considered “their” family, setting apart the issues of spiritual brotherhood, which in fact is due to God´s and Jesus´ acceptance, because of a fruitful believe and obedience leading us in His Kingdom.

The Old Testament has 613 mitzvoth (commandments) for Jewish people. If we were a family we would be bound to follow their rules like them, but –according to our Christian traditions- we are set free to walk in the Spirit of such laws. Good! We are leaving behind some things we can´t do because our culture, are religious background and convenience. It´s all right! (But Jesus Christ and those such “Fathers” were bound to certain spiritual principles of those mitzvoths and fulfilled them up to certain degree). Jesus DID them well!

Christianity thinks and believes we all are saved by grace. That is true, but we forget the key verse God wants us to remember:  “But the righteous man shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17 and Hab. 2:4).  I´m not Habakkuk to explain YOU what God asked Him to write or tell the people, but I´m sure that verse is twofold and we have the custom of taking the convenient part of this.

By the time of Jesus, the Scripture was considered one as God is One.  The “universal” belief of Christianity has corrupted the Holy law to make it simple, understandable and desirable inclusive. The Jewish religion was not like that. They were to supposed to be different from pagan nations. While you read Habakkuk (Hab. 2:19-20) you notice one of the catholic mistake: Idolatry. So, the question is: What´s the faith of a righteous man? Why do Christianity split that verse to show only one part of the truth?

Grace comes when one expects God´s hand to be moved on his/her prayers. Those who believe in God act and live according such faith (obeying God´s commands). We are supposed to wait and be strong to see God´s actions and miracles (Hab. 2:3-4). If we lack faith in God we will behave unjustly and we´ll reveal the inner nature of what we are made of. If we are righteous we will behave and be fruitful according to this faith and that is what God approves with His seal. A saving grace comes with the fruitfulness of a righteous man (woman). We are wronged if believing we are saved without fruitful deeds. Faith is dead without holy deeds.

Jesus Christ did not come to make more religion. He came to sort many things out and to let us see we are wronged with Jewish and Christian denominations. The Scripture is one. It sure we cannot fulfill it well but the intention is honoring God as the lawgiver. How many rules does a nation have? It´s sure more than 600 articles, but we are bound to a new kingdom with less trouble than this world of nothingness. We are living creatures, we can walk and fall, but His grace helps us and lifts us up to walk accordingly to our parents best wishes. If sometimes they gave the best for us, how come God will leave us apart? But He expects us to live according to His Son Jesus, a righteous man who lived by faith. Did Jesus read the Bible as we know it now? Did he take certain portions and left others out for His sake or convenience? I don´t think so! 

Women Priests more Evil than Paedophile Priests according to Catholic Law

While announcing the new measures against Catholic paedophile priests the Vatican spokesperson also announced that bishops who attempted to ordain women priests and the prospective women priests would be excommunicated immediately. This measure has never been adopted against the Church’s paedophile who often die while under the Church’s protection (of old age) and are buried with full religious rites.   

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There are always some heated debates amongst Christians and non-Christians about the importance of the Ten Commandments or God’s Law, whichever term that you prefer to use. On one-side of this debate are the people (both Christian and non-Christian) that believe that the Ten Commandments are of no importance, because Jesus Christ paid for our sins and on the other side of the debate are the Christians who believe that the Ten Commandments are of great importance in the modern day that we all live now.

The Ten Commandments (King James Version)

Exodus 20:1-17

 1And God spake all these words, saying,  

2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

 6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:  10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

 13Thou shalt not kill.

 14Thou shalt not commit adultery.

 15Thou shalt not steal.

16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

The Bible teaches that God’s Law has not passed away after Jesus Christ died and rose again to pay the price for our sins. The sacrifice that Jesus Christ paid for our sins, just goes to show how much God loves us all, but did not lessen the importance God’s Law or the Ten Commandments.

The Ten Commandments have 2 completely different purposes depending on if a person has willingly accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts and accepted Jesus’ gift of Salvation or if a person has willingly rejected Jesus Christ and have not accepted Jesus’ gift of Salvation. These 2 differences make all of the difference in the world.

For the unbeliever, the Ten Commandments is used as a measuring stick that God will use to judge the sinner by and since they have rejected Jesus Christ whom can forgive them for their sins and give them Salvation, then these people by their own choosing will pay for their sins in Hell. The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the only way to receive Salvation (a pardon) for their sin (past, present and future) more than 300 times and teaches us about the blood of Jesus Christ about 700 times throughout the scriptures. The Bible teaches no other way to Salvation.

For the Christian, the Ten Commandments are much like a user’s guidebook to live a full and fruitful life and pleasing God. Since born-again Christians have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and have entered into a personal relationship with God and have been freed from the penalty of their sin (the second death “eternity in Hell paying for their sins”), the Ten Commandments will help them live a life pleasing to God and gain a fuller and richer life because of their faith obedience in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible teaches that we all are sinners and fall short of the Glory of God. It also teaches that the Law of God wasn’t sent to save us from our sin. The Bible teaches us that Jesus Christ (God’s Only begotten Son) was sent into the world to save it.

If anyone chooses to reject Jesus Christ and the Salvation that He offers to them and chooses to go it alone, then in the end and on Judgment Day you will be standing before God alone and having to take account for every sin that was committed in the present of God. When God measures a person who hasn’t accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior according to His Law (the Ten Commandments), then these people will have to pay the price for breaking the Law and according to God’s Word (the Bible) that person will serve eternity in the Lake of Fire (Hell) paying for their sin.

The Ten Commandments serve as both a blessing and a condemner in the world. It is a blessing to Christians and a condemner to unbelievers. No person in the world can or has kept all of God’s Law (except for Jesus Christ (who is God), so being perfect is out the window. God teaches us that the penalty of sin is death (a spiritual death “Hell” and an eternal separation from God), but all isn’t lost, because God loves us so much that He sent is only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ to pay the price for our sins (past, present and future sin) and if anyone believes in Him (Jesus Christ “God’s Son”) shall have everlasting life

If a Christian should get caught stealing something, then the price that will have to be paid in jail is the penalty that just will have to be paid. If a Christian had gotten caught committing adultery and the husband or wife caught them in the act and files for a divorce or even worse, shoot them dead where they stand, then that is the price that they pay for what they had chose to do.

However, in my experience as a born-again Christian, I do not have the desire to do any of those things mentioned. Yes, I am a sinner, just like the rest of you, but I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and have received a pardon from the second-death at the time of God’s Judgment (Judgment Day). When I stand before God, I will not be standing alone as Jesus Christ will go before the Father (God) and represent my case before God on my behave, just as He will do for all whom accepts Him and the Salvation that only He can give.

The only time that a born-again Christian should and can refuse to abide by the laws of their government; is when the government mandates them to follow a law that would cause them to reject Jesus Christ (God). There are things that the Bible teaches us about regarding “The Last Days”, such as receiving a mark (tattoo) and a number (possibly a implantable microchip) in the right hand or on the forehead, which if any man refuses it, then they will not be able to buy or sell or hold a job without having it, then clearly Christians should refuse it and choose to obey God’s Word – even if it means that they will be put into prison or even put to death.

The price that a person will have to pay for accepting “the tattoo and the number or The Mark of the Beast” it will be much worse than being put to death for refusing to accept it. The Bible teaches that if any man or woman who accepts the mark and the number will be condemned and spend an eternity in Hell. There will be no do-overs or second chances if a person choose to accept it, when they go before God to answer for what sins that they committed.

There also will not be any second-chance opportunities to accept the Lord Jesus Christ and the Salvation, which only He can give, once a person dies. So, if anyone is sitting on the fence still trying to make up their mind about Jesus Christ and whether or not they want to have a personal relationship with Him (receive Salvation) and they should fall off the fence and get killed before deciding, then it will be too late to decide.

So, the real question is, do you want to stand before the Lord God accounting for your sins alone or do you want to have Jesus Christ standing before you and representing your case before God Almighty on Judgment Day? Either way, the sins that you commit during your life will be paid for by you spending eternity in Hell or by Jesus Christ who has already paid the price for your sins, so you won’t have to serve eternity in Hell paying for your sins yourself.

All anyone needs to do to receive Salvation, is confess their sins to the Lord Jesus Christ and ask Him to forgive you for your sins, and then ask Him to come into your heart, but you must really believe (have Faith) in Him and the price He paid for your sins. That is all that is required.

The rest of your walk with the Lord is between you and God, but reading the Word of God “The Holy Bible” everyday to cleanse your mind will assist in your growth as a born-again Christian. Salvation is not something that can be earned by performing good works or by having a lot of money or by being a good person; it only can be received once you have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into your life.

Other studies by this author:

Old Testament Reveals (Part 1): From Noah’s Ark to God’s Ark From Wrath

Why All True Born Again Christians Should Want To Read The Old Testament

The Names of God by George W. Knight: A Book Review

The Greatest Book Ever Written

There is absolutely no doubt that we who are living today are in fact living in the Last Days that the Word of God teaches us in Bible Prophecy. The Last Days prophecies clearly outlines the coming world events in striking and horrific detail; and serve as both a warning to a world filled with unrepentant sinners whom have rejected the saving grace of Jesus Christ; and serves as a time of preparedness to the repentant sinners whom have accepted the saving Grace of the Lord God Jesus Christ.

The Lord God does not change his ways as we who are in the world change our ways. God’s Word does not change over time, but actually reveals the truth of his nature and plans with one-hundred percent accuracy: one-hundred percent of the time. The Noah’s Ark teaching in the Old Testament gives all born-again Christians insight to God’s evacuation plan as taught in the New Testament; to keep his children from His Wrath to come in the Last Days.

As it has already been stated “God does not change over time” and “the Old Testament and the New Testament are married to one another”, and then from here we can learn how God has planned his evacuation plan for us before the world experiences the Wrath of God on the Earth.

In the days of Noah the earth was filled with wickedness and violence, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” Genesis 6:8. The Lord God warned Noah that He (God) was going to send a flood to destroy all living things that had the breath of life in their nostrils from the face of the Earth. Since Noah had found grace in God’s sight; God instructed Noah to build an Ark out of gopher wood and enter into the ark; he and his family and two of every kind of animal that has the breath of life in their nostrils to enter into the ark. The ark that God commanded Noah to build was the first evacuation plan that God used to save his people from his wrath.

The Old Testament in the Book of Genesis tells the complete story of Noah and the Ark, however the focus of this teaching is focused on only a few specific details, so to illustrate the future evacuation plan that God has clearly taught us in the New Testament before his coming wrath of the Last Days.

To learn the complete teaching of Noah’s Ark, then turn in your Bible to Genesis 6 and continue reading through Genesis 8.

From this point on-ward, let’s take a look at what the Word of God teaches about God’s salvation evacuation plan in Noah’s days and forward to God’s salvation evacuation plan before He sends his wrath upon the world in the Last Days.

How did God describe the days of Noah before He sent a flood to destroy all living things from off the face of the whole Earth?

Genesis 6:5 “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

Genesis 6:11-13 “The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”

Who did God specifically say He was saving from the day of his wrath; in Noah’s days?

Genesis 6:8-10 “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Genesis 6:18-20 “But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.”

God specifically instructed Noah to bring into the ark with him only the things that walked, flew or creped on the face of the earth; and no instruction was giving to Noah to take on-board the ark of anything that swam or moved within the oceans, streams, seas, lakes, rivers, or waters. The flood was being sent to destroy those things that moved and lived upon dry land; the earth.

Did God send Noah an Ark that God built himself or did God instruct Noah how to build an Ark that He (God) would use to save all who had entered into the ark?

Genesis 6:14-16 “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.”

Note: According to the Strong’s Concordance, a cubit is defined in the matter of modern measurements as one cubit = 1.5 feet. Only in the Book of Ezekiel is the measurement of a cubit different, because the measurement also includes a hand breadth and a hand breadth is identified in the Strong’s Concordance as one hand breadth = 3 inches. In the Book of Ezekiel the measurements being used is a cubit (1.5 feet) plus a hand breadth (3 inches) thus equaling 1.8 feet a cubit and a hand breadth.

The ark which God had instructed Noah to make was sent by God and built by Noah; and used by God to save Noah and all those that God allowed Noah to board the ark. Noah’s Ark was the first ark of salvation that God sent and used to save his people from his wrath; and as we first learn in the Old Testament Book of Isaiah 7:14, and then in the New Testament Book of Matthew 1:23; God planned and did send an everlasting ark of salvation that no man had a hand in building, but God himself began the work and finished it, so that no man can boast.

This ark is an everlasting plan for salvation and from the future Wrath of God in the Last Days. To enter this Ark of God, a person only need to believe that this Ark had come to save them from a sea of sin that the person has committed and was drowning in; and ask the Captain of the Ark to forgive him or her, so that the person can receive the Captain’s forgiveness and grace into their heart to live in them forever. At this point and time, the person receives an everlasting boarding pass into the Ark of God and will forever live a life eternity in God’s Kingdom.

The Boarding Pass is free to receive and all that is needed; is Faith (to Believe) in the Ark of Salvation that God has sent to forgive us our sins and to save us out of a world filled with sin; and from a world that is appointed to receive the full cup of God’s Wrath in the Last Days.

The Captain is God the Father JEHOVAH (translated “the Lord”). The Ark is the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Boarding Pass is the Holy Spirit of God; the Spirit of Christ; the Breath of the Almighty; the Spirit of Life; Eternal Spirit; Spirit of God. These are all names and titles for the Holy Spirit as proclaimed and declared in the Holy Scriptures.

This concludes the first part of this multiple part lesson on the “Old Testament Reveals: from Noah’s Ark to the Future Ark from God’s Wrath”.

In the next issue of this lesson, we will specifically learn how God used the Old Testament prophets to reveal his future plan; to send us a savior and whom will be the Ark of Salvation from the future Wrath of God. We’ll explore God’s teachings in his own Word as to how the Old and the New Testaments are worked together to illustrate God’s future plan for us and the entire world.

Study Plan for this lesson and for future lessons; are as follows:

Genesis 6:5 : 6:7 : 6: 8 : 6:11-12 : 6:14 : 6:15-16 : 6:17 : 6:18-19 : 6:20 : 6:21 : 6:22

Genesis 7:1 : 7:4 : 7:6 : 7:7 : 7:10 : (7:15-16 : 7:17-20 : 7:22) : 7:23

Genesis 8:1-3 : 8:4 : 8:13-14 : 8:15-17 : 8:18 : 8:22

Genesis 6:8-9 : 7:11

Study these Scriptures along with the Scriptures given above for the next lesson/ part of this study:

God Reveals His Salvation Plan to Us; To Save Us From Our Sins.

Matthew 1:23 – Isaiah 7:14

God Reveals His Salvation Evacuation Plan; To Rescue His Children from His Wrath to Come in the Last Days:

Mark 13:32

Luke 12:35-40

John 11:25

John 14:3

1 Corinthians 15:51-55

1 Corinthians 16:22

1 Thessalonians 1:10

1 Thessalonians 3:13

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3

Titus 2:11-14

Hebrews 9:24-28

1 Peter 1:3-5

2 Peter 3:3-4

Future Study Plan for Genesis to Revelation: the Old Testament: the New Testament’s Reflection Pool; will be announced in a future lesson.

All lesson plans (including this lesson plan) uses the King James Version Bible to purpose this study of the Holy Scriptures. The Strong’s Concordance and the Little Book of Where to Find It in the Bible A to Z Resource is also being used to prepare the lesson plans.

If students of the Holy Scriptures are using any other Bible Translations, then the scriptures translation and wording will differ according to the translation type of Holy Bible that the student is using. For the purpose of this and other studies and lesson that are being published by Nelson Doyle; it is suggested that students use the same type of Bible Translation (The King James Version) to prevent any unnecessary confusion in differing translation types.

Other Recommended Articles and Lessons by this Author:

Why All True Born Again Christians Should Want To Read the Old Testament

The Names of God by George W. Knight: A Book Review

The Greatest Book Ever Written

The Holy Bible Does Not Support Gay Marriages

The Importance of the Ten Commandments in Modern Times

So, you want to convert to Roman Catholicism like your mate Tony Blair (also known as Bliar to the decent people of the UK). Obviously, if the Roman Catholic Church would accept the warmonger Bliar – who couldn’t control his testosterone, simply adored writing his place in history with a massive war and becoming the poodle of W Bush (the most stupid president the United States ever had) and has no conscience when it comes to the thousands (if not millions) of innocent lives he ended or painfully ruined - they’ll accept you too.

Women Haters and Gay Haters Step this Way!

In fact, if you are a misogynist and don’t think women are your equal (if you are a man) or believe you are inferior to men (if you’re a woman) that should help. The same applies if you are not a misogynist but a homophobic and think that homosexuals are your inferior. If you are a misogynist homophobic even you can apply. In fact, the latest pope who knew that priests were sexually abusing children is attempting to rush through fast-tracking of misogynists and/or homo phobics - so there’s a probability that you can be more repulsive than anything alluded to so far.

Notes for Appicants

So, read up on transubstantiation (how bread and wine become the flesh and blood of a bloke who died about 2,000 years ago); the trinity – how the three parts of it are the same but have different names and are not anything to do with polytheism; the infallibility of the pope – old el papa who can’t put a foot wrong and continue thinking that your god is a man who sees anything but men in his image (the western European ruling class, right wing one) as inferior.

If you want to convert to Roman Catholicism Hurry!

For the first time in absolutely ages – possibly since the Roman Catholic Church was taken over by the sons of the powerful families in Europe in circa 400 AD – the Roman Catholic Church made a financial loss. 

Image via Wikipedia the smile of a warmonger responsible for murders and now a convert to Roman Catholicism.

The Old Testament teachings point to the New Testament fulfillment in the Lord Jesus Christ and the New Testament teachings teach the followers of Jesus Christ; known as Christian to start preparing for life in the Kingdom of God.

 The New Testament can best be understood only when combined with the teachings of the Old Testament. The Old Testament teachings are foundational to understand the true nature of the Lord God Jesus Christ.

God doesn’t change over time. Both the teachings of the Old Testament and the New Testament teach this absolute factual nature of God Almighty. Remember, who is speaking when reading and studying the Word of God. It is God himself and it is God’s Word that speaks and changes the heart of man. Man cannot ever change even one of the words that God himself has spoken, but man can choose for himself or herself whether to believe in the Word of God or to reject the Word of God.

The Old Testament is an extremely important part of the Word of God, so to understand how God works in his children’s lives; then and now. It is important to remember that the true children of God are those people who have believed and accepted the Son of God Jesus Christ (God who came in the flesh) as their Lord God and Saviour. The Word of God teaches this and much, much more.

The majority of the prophecy is located in the Old Testament, while there is still plenty of prophecy also located in the New Testament, too. The only way to fully understand prophecy teaching; the student of the bible must study both the Old Testament prophecies and the New Testament prophecies, so to see and understand the whole of the prophecy.

The Lord God Jesus Christ demonstrated himself to us that the Old Testament is a valid and important part of his Word, when he read from the Book of Esaias (Isaiah) as taught in Luke 4:18-19

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised; To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” Then Jesus stopped reading and closed the book and sat down.

This teaching in the Book of Luke demonstrates the importance that Jesus Christ himself gave to the teachings of the Old Testament; for He “READ” the prophecy that He came to fore-fill as first taught in the Old Testament Book of Isaiah 61: 1-2

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord;”

The second portion of Isaiah 61:2 declares the vengeance of God, however the Lord Jesus Christ was not come to deliver the vengeance of God’s wrath upon a world of unrepentant sinners: He was come as a gift of Salvation to all who will believe upon Him. This is the reason that the Lord Jesus stopped when and where He did in Isaiah 61:2.

The bottom line regarding the Old Testament is this; The Lord God Jesus Christ himself read from the Old Testament scriptures in order to teach a lesson concerning New Testament events. All born-again Christians are in fact followers of Jesus Christ; and as followers we learn our direction from our leader, our king and our God – Jesus Christ.

Since our Lord God read from the Old Testament, then it is thereby important for us to also read and study the Old Testament along with the New Testament. Both the Old and the New Testament is the Word of God and here is just one more teaching from the Word of God as found in the Book of Revelation when considering the importance of prophecy and God’s Word:

Revelation 19:10 “And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The importance of this scripture is this; it further goes to prove the credibility that the Old Testament is as much the Word of God; as the New Testament is the Word of God. Revelation 19:10 “Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” and the Old Testament is the Book of the Prophets as the majority of God’s Prophets answered their God given calling during Old Testament times and the prophecies that God called them to deliver are recorded in the books of the Old Testament.

The prophets were specially anointed people whom were chosen by God Almighty; to deliver His prophecy to the people in those times as well as in our times. The prophecy is from God, because only God knows the future with 100 percent accuracy: 100 percent of the time; and without any error. The people were only the instruments that God had chosen to use; to carryout His prophetic plan. What an honor it is to be an instrument in the hand of God Almighty – Jesus Christ!

If you have never read the Old Testament before, then there is no time better than now to start.  The New Testament will come to life like never before; when you have obtained and retained every word of God.

Just remember what our Lord Jesus Christ taught us in Luke 4:4 “It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God”.

And, always remember that the Holy Bible: Both the Old Testament and the New Testament is God’s communication tool, much like a cell phone – only this cell phone originates from Heaven and communicates directly with your heart.

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All lesson plans (including this lesson plan) uses the King James Version Bible to purpose the study of the Holy Scriptures. The Strong’s Concordance and the Little Book of Where to Find It in the Bible A to Z Resource is also being used to prepare the lesson plans.

If students of the Holy Scriptures are using any other Bible Translations, then the scriptures will differ according to the translation type of Holy Bible that the student is using. For the purpose of this and other studies and lesson that are being published by Nelson Doyle; it is suggested that students use the same type of Bible Translation (The King James Version) to prevent any unnecessary confusion in differing translation types.

To my brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ;

Peace and Love and Grace; be with you all. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Amen.

Other Articles by Nelson Doyle:

Old Testament Reveals (Part 1): From Noah’s Ark to God’s Ark From Wrath

The Names of God by George W. Knight: A Book Review

The Importance of the Ten Commandments in Modern Times

The Holy Bible Does Not Support Gay Marriages

The Greatest Book Ever Written