Humanity Is On Trial
Reclaiming Faith In the Historical Yeshua Also Called Jesus
By Alberta L. Parish
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© 2021 Alberta L. Parish
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Dedication
This
book is dedicated to my ancestor and late mother, Celestene Lawrence, who is
with me in spirit.
Contents
Chapter One Reclaiming
Faith In A Fallen World
Chapter Two Losing
One's Faith Does Not Happen Overnight
Chapter Three What
If I Was Wrong About God?
Chapter Four Will
You Become A Citizen of Hell?
Chapter Five Hell Is REAL & Filled with False
Teachers & Cult Leaders!
Chapter Six Christians
Must Remain Steadfast In The Faith In A World Surrounded By Demons!
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Six
Christians Must Remain Steadfast In The Faith In A World Surrounded by Demons!
Holding steadfast to one's faith in Christ is not always an easy accomplishment. There are many pitfalls and traps laid out for the soul that seeks truth and righteousness in a world where lies, deceit, and unrighteousness are the accepted norms. Because the flock of God is often accosted by wolves, Christians must be sober and vigilant realizing that our adversary is constantly lurking about, seeking whom he may devour. Therefore, Christians must understand that your adversary doesn't come looking like a horned creature with a pitchfork, wearing a tight red body suit. Your adversary will often appear as the nicest person you'd ever met. Sometimes, they will bring you gifts, and welcome you with open arms. They will even be your friend...maybe even your best friend in the whole world. In fact, the devil never enters your life looking like himself. The devil comes looking like a family member, a close friend, the next-door neighbor, a coworker, or business partner, or an acquaintance.
It seems as if the early Christians had a better understanding of the dangers that lurk around them, because in the 1st Century, Christians were under severe persecution and were declared as outlaws by the Roman government. Years prior to the Roman emperor Nero's state-sponsored persecution of Christians, the Jerusalem church was among the first churches where Christians following the crucifixion of Jesus could not publicly meet, gather, or teach the gospel of Christ without having met some form of punishment, even death at the hands of the Romans and principal officials that controlled and occupied the region of Palestine.
Today, Christians, in certain parts of the world, cannot publicly gather or openly express their faith, or they will be put to death. But there will come a time once more when Christians will suffer global persecution, followed by public executions for their faith. As we are witnessing what is called the End Times Prophecies, the Word of God is under fire, and the truth is being trampled upon by the ungodly, New Agers, false teachers, and skeptics.
Paul, the apostle of Christ, had written a letter to his brother in the faith, Timothy, also his traveling companion, concerning perilous times that would come in the last days, and such events would occur in the future and not in Paul's or Timothy's day. Paul wrote that men would be lovers of themselves, unholy, ungrateful, despisers of those that are good, and so forth.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NIV) says, "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people."
The separation of the wheat from the tares is a parable of Christ in Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43) describing End Times Events in which, at the end of the age, the reapers (the angels) will gather up all the tares (the children of the wicked; unrighteous; unbelievers), and will cast them into the furnace of fire (Hades; Hell) where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. The "reapers" will also gather up the wheat (believers; sons of the kingdom) into the barn (kingdom of their Father) where the righteous will shine forth as the sun.
Matthew says, "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Many unbelieving skeptics of whom have an entire body of scholarship under their belt, many accolades, achievements, fame, and have influenced thousands and even millions of people declaring there is no God, no consciousness after death, and no eternal soul, and neither did they believe Hell (Hades) exist, many realize at the end of their life that all their body of scholarship or their own thinking could not save them from the wailing and gnashing of teeth which becomes the citizens in Hell, and their own fate.
Proverbs 27:20 says, "Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied."
Matthew 7:13-14 says, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
Many enter the gates of Hell only to realize they are there of their own will. They are there by their own choice. Many dispel the notion that there is a biblical Hell, because they claim that seeing is believing. What if this whole time, the idea was to get you to not see that Hell is real, so the trick would be on you at the end of your life's journey?
Is there consciousness after physical death?
Many unbelievers and skeptics will argue that there is no such concept as a person's soul leaving their body at the time of clinical death, which is when a person's brain goes offline or completely shuts down. However, there is a plethora of medical data and research papers on near death experience cases citing that even after clinical death, a person's consciousness continues. According to one medical doctor who specializes in reviving patients, he conducted medical research over a course of years, and made observations, and collected data concerning near death cases, and came to a hypothesis concerning these cases that there is consciousness after clinical death. He even said they know they're dead.
Are the Eyewitness Testimonials of People Who Claim They Saw HELL Real?
Christian author, Bill Wiese, wrote and published his account of 23 Minutes In Hell, in 2006; such events he saw in 1998 after he collapsed from a heart attack in his home. Wiese claimed that he was transported to Hell where he heard the cries of the damned, and while he was inside a prison cell, with bars, two demons were inside the cell with him. He described the hideousness and deformity of those two creatures that towered above him. Wiese also described Hell's air as full of sulfur (brimstone), and he said the sulfur alone should have killed him but didn't. The smell of rotting flesh, seeing people's burning flesh fall from their bones, and smelling the foul odors and stench that permeated Hell's atmosphere were enough to kill any human being. But he said that he couldn't die. He couldn't die a second time, because he was already dead.
Hell Is Real: An Eyewitness Account is a book written by Steve Yates detailing his horrifying experience of seeing a vision of himself burning in the flames of Hell, and seeing people from all ages and time periods standing around him. No one able to help. No one caring about the other. Instead, they all share one fate: eternal death and separation from God.
Hades, found 11 times in the Greek New Testament, denotes the Underworld or Netherworld. In Greek mythology, Hades was the brother of Zeus and Poseidon, and was the god of the Underworld. Hades' Hebrew equivalent is Sheol, which was found 65 times in the Hebrew translations of the Old Testament, which include the Torah/Tanakh. Sheol was transliterated to the words pit; grave; netherworld; abode of the dead.
The prophet Isaiah says concerning the underworld, "Therefore the nether-world hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure; and down goeth their glory, and their tumult, and their uproar, and he that rejoiceth among them."
Numbers 16:30,33: "But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD...So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly."
Psalm 16:10: "For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit."
Psalm 49:14-16:
14 This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
15 Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; {N}
and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
16 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
Hades in the New Testament
John, the apostle, wrote concerning the End Times that the beast and the false prophet that performed miracles before him, and which deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image; these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone (Revelation 19:20).
Again, John says, "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever...And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Revelation 14:9-11: "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
Isaiah says that the nether-world from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; the shades are stirred up for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; all the kings of the nations are raised up from their thrones.
The nether-world (nether regions) is not a figment of your imagination. It is not an imaginary place or a state of mind. It is a real place with literal fire! In fact, the nether-world is always on fire!
For the wicked soul who think there will be no punishment, and think he has gotten away, HELL awaits you.
Whoever
Was Not Found Written in the Lamb's Book of Life Was Cast Into The Lake of Fire
Revelation
20:12-15: "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and
the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged
every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake
of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the
book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
