A Tale of Two Temples part three

Guard you heart! "For then many shall be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another". The many referred to here are the many mentioned earlier in this chapter that are deceived by the false ones who come "in my name and deceive many". If you are following a false saint, a religious Christian instead of a real, this will be the fruit. The tares will become offended and not be able to love and forgive. They are following the path Cain took and are his seed. "A bad seed cannot bear good fruit". In the end, all who are Satan's seed will reveal their true nature. This is necessary - for Satan to succeed he must mimic God and he must raise up false prophets to preach and declare his lies Mt:24:11 - "And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many", notice the false prophets are rising even as God's prophets and people are falling. As God's own are hated and killed and betrayed "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them" Rev:13:7, the false will condone it, often to save their own skin. This is the true "Mark of the Beast", hate for one's brother or sister, unforgiveness, becoming offended and betraying the other. God's true prophets will always lower themselves, humble themselves, go in the opposite direction of the ones who "rise". While all this division and hate and killing is going on (in the Name of God, by the ones in the Temple Jesus departed), the false prophets will be saying "All is well", speaking "Peace, peace, when there is no peace".

Don't let your love be affected by their hate, don't let it fade. Mt:24:12 - "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold" v 13 - "But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved". It's not those who start the race that win the prize but those that finish and it's a long distance race so endure (in love) to the end and don't ever give in for one second to bitterness and unforgiveness and hate, instead "love your enemies" "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household". Our spiritual household is whatever church we attend. As you continue to follow Christ those who aren't but pretend to be will become your foes, endure I say! Be as steadfast as Jesus was (and is today) in His love for all, even his enemies. He said, even as He was dying from the wounds they inflicted "Father forgive them". This is our example to follow, this is the love we must manifest even as we pick up our cross daily and follow Him, even as we are put to death, emotionally, mentally and in every other way, for all He went through in His physical body is a prophecy in the natural realm of what we, His world-wide body, or house, or temple, if you will, the one now made without hands, will endure in the end. Even as their temple is being "thrown down, not one stone left upon another", they will be trying to destroy God's temple "made without hands". Everything He endured, the scourging, mocking and crucifixion will happen to His true saints, to varying degrees, before the end will come. In fact, Satan's desire, fulfilled in the Religion called "Christianity", can clearly be seen in Mt:26:57 - "And they that had laid hold on Jesus, led Him away". Religion leads God! Tells Him what He can and can't do! Tells Him what is acceptable to them instead of "proving what is acceptable to The Lord" Eph:5:10. Religion, in short, invites man to switch places with God, binds Him and leads Him instead of following Him as all true disciples do (come, follow Me). No, religion puts Him on trial and judges Him and ultimately tries to kill Him. So many churches crying out for revival, for God's presence and it never happens! Why? God will never again submit to man in this way, as a meek lamb, led to the slaughter, though for us, "for thy sake, we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter" Rom:8:36, which is why we are called upon to be "patient in tribulation" Rom:12:23, and why of the Apostles it was said they taught many "confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God". No, our God is returning on "a white horse; and he that sat upon him is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes are as a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns- and out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword" Rev:19.

To be continued.....