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Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
Serie: Revelation Riddle
Sprache: Englisch

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The final tome of the Revelation Riddle trilogy provides gripping prophetic revelation on God’s inimitable plan for humanity. Dark forces hatched an evil conspiracy to destroy human life, but God already intervened. Satan stepped into every trap set by the Creator. The judgment tipping point arrived—the world imminently moves into the next age. Unparalleled events soon unfold, setting the righteous free and ushering in the Kingdom Age, when unrealized destinies transpire.

This book chronicles what really happened in Eden. It rediscovers the biblical End Times blueprint the early Church understood from ancient scrolls such as Enoch—hidden for thousands of years. The epic, multi-faceted Stone Judgment encompasses not simply the restoration of God’s people, but a panoramic redemption. God’s visible Glory returns—radiance that once clothed Adam and Eve. Reading this, you discover three apocalyptic events that transform everything:

Shaking of Nations: Currently underway, evil empires fall and an unrivaled wealth transfer occurs. The extermination of the sinister Rome-rooted New World Order ushers in world peace. Villainous principalities of chaos and war, descendants of age-old Nephilim, flee Earth to their off-planet bastille—Soldier Saints deport them.

End Times Harvest: Once the world recognizes God’s deliverance from bondage, tremendous revival breaks out and billions accept Jesus as Lord. Miraculous wonders and new technology unleash on humanity, radically advancing our standard of living. Soldier Saints lay the foundation for God’s Kingdom Age.

Fire Judgment: An epic judgment rocks Earth with astronomic signs. The righteous dead resurrect and living saints are crowned with Glory after a one-on-one encounter with Jesus. The wicked are removed from Earth after an idiomatic life-reel eternally etches memories with the glorious redemption of their victims, including billions of aborted children. Those left behind access the Tree of Life—the key to immortality.

Detailed figures, prophetic timelines, and hundreds of scripture references equip Soldier Saints to enter their high calling and prepare for their divine encounter with Jesus as the old, tired era draws to a close. Now it’s time to GET READY!

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REVELATION RIDDLE:

GLORY OF EDEN

Benjamin Thomas

REVELATION RIDDLE: GLORY OF EDEN

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Introduction

God wants people to know His plan for the future. In the Bible, God rewardedHis most faithful servants by showing them what happens next for humanity. For Christians who desire to know God’s immaculate plan for the future—read this book!

God’s plan for our future towers over anything that I ever heard growing up in Sunday school. It involves a divine promotion for followers of Jesus. Unfortunately, now we see the wicked receiving rewards in this age, and the righteous persecuted. Soon however, a dynamic reversal occurs in a series of explosive, supernatural events.

I spent months reading every ancient apocalyptic account available today. The hidden writings of Enoch, Baruch, Ezra, and others all lay out the same story of the future, enumerating vivid texture and detail. When I studied the hidden scrolls, I realized that Jesus, the Apostles, and the early Church held an inimitable advantage over modern-day Christians—they knew God’s whole plan. Knowing God’s plan gave them supreme courage and boldness, even after losing friends and loved ones to the tyranny of the day.

Once we understand God’s plan, the pages of our “short” evangelical Bible pop with clarity and power. Parables and mysteries come to life—confusion and fog end. The veil of deception begins to lift on the Church. The Great Awakening elevates our spirits as old deceits no longer obstruct our thinking. It should not surprise us that the religious establishment, an extension of Ancient Rome, used every tool to prevent Christians from discovering the truth, including hiding the very books that foretold the future and certain demise of religious institutions.

God designed His astronomicblueprint from the very beginning. Even wicked men who thought they stopped God’s plan by constructing the Dome of the Rock on the Temple mount actually fulfilled Bible prophecy, down to the year! Evil men who stole time, treasure, and lives of God’s people failed to stop God’s timeline. This should serve as a sobering reality for anyone deceived by Satan. Not only does serving Satan lead to certain and irrevocable destruction, but the intense labor of the wicked only advances God’s purposes for the apple of His eye—His righteous remnant.

All destinies of righteous peoplecome to fruition—even if they died. The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. Not even a misguided mother who aborts her child can stop the plan of God for that child. You see, God plans a divine redemption for humanity—not just a restoration.

Going forward, I refer to Jesus as Yeshua. Yeshua’s disciples and followers called Him by that name; It’s more respectful. I also refer to God by His name, “Y-H-W-Y” (YAA-way). YHWY signed His name on every human’s DNA. YHWY created humanity in His very image and likeness. He now calls His creation back to where everything started for man, in the Garden of Eden. To return, we need to allow our hearts to elevate to new dimensions—this starts by calling our Creator by His real name, YHWY.

Finally, this book includes many capitalized terms. These are defined in a Glossary of Terms in the Appendix.

1. Stripped of Glory

Bring me everyone who is called by my name, the ones I created to experience my glory. I myself formed them to be who they are and made them for my glory.

— Isa. 43:7 TPT

The Bible chronicles the story of the Glory of YHWY. In the beginning of the Bible, man wears the Glory of YHWY effortlessly, like a custom-made suit woven of the finest silk, flowing seamlessly with every movement. Man walked with YHWY in the cool of the morning in the Garden of Eden, enjoying unfettered fellowship (Gen. 3:8). Tragically, high treason caused man to surrender the “suit” of Glory and lose direct daily access to YHWY. Thankfully, the biblical story does not end there. At the end of the age in the Bible, man again wears the Glory as clothing, back in the Garden of Eden. This book details when and how that happens.

Once a righteous person experiences the Glory of YHWY, he or she longs to experience it again. A taste of His presence causes people to desire only one thing–more Glory. The “high” of the Glory of YHWY far transcends the temporary ecstasy of illicit drugs, sex, or alcohol. When one partakes of these he or she soon suffers a subsequent low, bodily harm, and feelings of emptiness. The Glory of YHWY changes a person forever. Once one experiences the Glory, he or she draws closer to YHWY and begins to learn of vastness and goodness of our Creator. After truly experiencing YHWY’s Glory–you are forever transformed.

The Glory of YHWY fully covered Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Movies and cartoons improperly portray Adam and Eve walking around naked in the Garden, depicting the Garden as a nudist colony! The story books lead us to believe that they simply did not know they were naked, because they had not yet eaten of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Yet, YHWY created Adam in His image. YHWY clothed Himself with Glory as well as man in the Garden. However, this Glory could not stay as a covering for Adam or Eve once they yielded their authority to Satan.

When Adam and Eve committed high treason by partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, the Glory stripped off them and they “saw they were naked.” However, YHWY already devised a plan for man to once again return to the original glorified state of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The Bible outlines YHWY’s master plan to return man to His Glory in a mystery for His people to seek out.

Since the Fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden, man only witnessed the Glory of YHWY infrequently. Unfortunately, YHWY’s Glory never again perpetually clothed man in the manner it did in the Garden of Eden. However, that will soon change.

Visible Glory of YHWY

How do we define YHWY’s Glory? Not easily defined by words, referring to YHWY’s Glory expresses the magnificence, loveliness, and grandeur of the perfection of YHWY. Most often in the Bible, the Glory indicates YHWY’s actual presence, as in the pillars of Glory and of fire which led the children of Israel in the wilderness (Ex. 13:21-22). The manifest presence of YHWY guided them to their destination. The Glory also filled the tabernacle, as an outward and visible sign of YHWY’s presence. In Exodus, we read:

Finally, Moses had the curtain hung around the courtyard. Suddenly the sacred tent was covered by a thick cloud and filled with the glory of the LORD. And so, Moses could not enter the tent (Ex. 40:33-35 CEV).

In this case, the Glory of YHWY manifested as a thick cloud. As long as the Glory covered the tabernacle (the “sacred tent”), Moses could not enter. Here we see a problem. Even a righteous man like Moses could not handle the Glory–he could only get close. The Glory would need to move away from the tabernacle before fallen men could physically move the tent.

The primary Hebrew term for Glory is kabod. This word stems from a root that means weight or heaviness. In Greek, Glory is doxa, meaning YHWY’s manifestation of His person, presence or works, especially His power, judgment, and salvation. In the Bible, the word for the Glory of YHWY is sometimes used as a noun, verb, or even adjective. For instance YHWY reveals His Glory (noun), is glorified (verb) or is glorious (adjective). For the balance of this book, we will focus on YHWY’s Glory primarily as the manifest presence of YHWY, in such a way that others see it.

The Bible includes examples of visible Glory. For instance, we discussed that Adam and Eve remained clothed with the Glory of YHWY prior to the Fall. After they transgressed, the Glory instantaneously departed, exposing their nakedness for the first time. In another example, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets after having communed with YHWY, the scriptures say, “When Aaron and the others looked at Moses, they saw that his face was shining, and they were afraid to go near him” (Ex. 34:30). Moses himself failed to realize that his face shined. The Glory on Moses’ face paled in comparison to the former Glory on Adam and Eve, as only his face shined with Glory. Otherwise, his whole person would glow. Yet even the Glory on his face startled the people around him.

In another instance, when the mob grabbed Stephen in the book of Acts and accused him before the council of priests, his face glowed with a peculiar brightness. Acts 6:15 states, “Then all the council members stared at Stephen. They saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.” The visible Glory startled the council, but their relentless pride refused to recognize the Glory on Stephen, and they stoned him.

Only one man fully wore the Glory after the Fall in the Garden. Yeshua briefly displayed the full Glory. We read this account in three of the four gospels. According to one account:

Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, Jacob and John, and hiked up a high mountain to be alone. Then Jesus’ appearance was dramatically altered. A radiant light as bright as the sun poured from his face. And his clothing became luminescent—dazzling like lightning. He was transfigured before their very eyes. Then suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared, and they spoke with Jesus.

Peter blurted out, “Lord, it’s so wonderful that we are all here together! If you want, I’ll construct three shrines, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

But while Peter was still speaking, a radiant cloud composed of light spread over them, enveloping them all. And God’s voice suddenly spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, the constant focus of my delight. Listen to him!”

The three disciples were dazed and terrified by this phenomenon, and they fell facedown to the ground (Matt. 17:1-6 TPT).

In the presence of the three disciples, Yeshua transformed into a luminescent force whose clothes dazzled like lightning. Just like Adam and Eve in the Garden, Yeshua wore the Glory of YHWY. Yet, it terrified the disciples! Like Adam and Eve before the Fall, Yeshua’s seed came directly from YHWY—Mary gave birth as a virgin without the defiled seed of an earthly man. This may explain why the Bible records Yeshua as the only man since Adam to wear the Glory—the curse on Earth must break for others to dress in Glory.

Yeshua ignored Peter’s idea to build shrines to commemorate the Glory falling on the mountain and the appearance of the prophets. The disciples’ understanding of the Glory related to stories they heard about the Glory in the Temple or within the tent that Moses built. Yeshua showed them a picture, a foretaste of something to come, that did not involve a rock shrine made with hands. Yeshua communed with Moses and Elijah on the mountain when the Glory fell. This also foreshadowed future events, which we will cover later. The passage says Yeshua transfigured six days later. Humanity would again wear YHWY’s Glory after six biblical days, or six thousand years after the Fall in the Garden.

High Treason

By committing high treason in the Garden of Eden, Adam opened up the door for Satan to “bruise” humanity. When YHWY spoke to Satan via the serpent in the Garden, He said Satan would “bruise his heel,” referring to mankind in general (Gen. 3:15). Merriam-Webster defines bruise as crush, or wound, or injure. Also, to batter, dent, or disable. Man became a punching bag for Satan until Yeshua gave us authority over Satan in the spiritual realm.

YHWY required the shedding of blood for man to again draw near to the Glory. You see, when Adam committed high treason in the Garden, he actually gave his authority to Satan. YHWY originally gave the world to human beings, created in His image:

God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth” (Gen. 1:28 MSG).

Man retained his crown of authority and wore YHWY’s Glory as long as he remained obedient to his Creator. When he yielded to Satan he handed his authority over to Satan. Worse, he separated himself from YHWY. To get back in fellowship with YHWY, a price for the iniquity committed was required—the shedding of blood.

Blood and Mercy

Since the Fall of man in the Garden, the inner longing to once again attain close fellowship with and see YHWY burns in the heart of every righteous person. Moses asked to see YHWY in Exodus, “Moses said, ‘Please. Let me see your Glory’” (Ex. 33:18). A few verses later, YHWY honors this request by showing Moses only His back. However, as YHWY passed by Moses, He proclaimed mercy and grace:

GOD passed in front of him and called out, “GOD, GOD, a God of mercy and grace, endlessly patient—so much love, so deeply true—loyal in love for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. Still, he doesn’t ignore sin. He holds sons and grandsons responsible for a father’s sins to the third and even fourth generation” (Ex. 34:6-7).

To look at YHWY, we must receive His mercy. Man committed high treason in the Garden, we gave our allegiance and our authority to Satan as we doubted the goodness of YHWY. To regain fellowship with YHWY requires mercy and forgiveness, paid for by blood sacrifice.

When YHWY began to show Moses how to build the tent in the wilderness where His Glory would appear, he laid out comprehensive instructions involving sacrificing innocent animals to allow men to once again witness His Glory. “In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness” (Heb. 9:22 NLT). The sacrifices under the law allowed man proximity to YHWY’s Glory with his sins covered for a short time to receive mercy from YHWY. However, the law of Moses and the sacrifice of animals simply foretold of a future day, when the perfect blood sacrifice would come: Yeshua, the spotless Lamb.

Offering UntoGlory

When Yeshua gave His life on the cross as an innocent man, it unlocked man’s ability to fellowship with YHWY on an entirely new dimension. Man could once again speak to YHWY without an intermediary, and YHWY’s Spirit came to reside in man through the Person of the Holy Spirit. Yeshua’s Blood allowed man once more to walk in light. “But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away” (1 John 1:7 CEV). After Yeshua’s resurrection, YHWY sent His Spirit to dwell in man, and we see in the Bible the first time a large group of people access the Glory on the day of Pentecost:

On the day Pentecost was being fulfilled, all the disciples were gathered in one place. Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear! Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfed each one of them. They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned (Acts 2:1-4 TPT)!

On the day of Pentecost, a measure of the Glory of YHWY returned to men who accepted Yeshua’s blood sacrifice and followed His direction to wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit.

What a colossal leap in the right direction toward Glory! After roughly 4,000 years of scarcity, man experienced the presence of YHWY in a way visible to others. The presence of YHWY gave men special languages, called “tongues.” All Believers today may request YHWY to baptize them in the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking with other tongues. He won’t deny this request (Luke 11:13).

After the Day of Pentecost, the fire of YHWY filled His servants, and they subsequently preached with great boldness—exhibiting fresh zeal for the Lord. The Christian faith spread like wildfire all over the world. If we study the book of Acts, many miracles happened as well as other supernatural events. A measure of the Glory returned to man. But how did this measure compare to what the disciples saw on Yeshua during His transfiguration, when He shined like lightning? Did the Christians who received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in tongues shine like angels permanently? Obviously not. But why?

2. Aborted Destinies

…for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

— Rom. 11:29NRSV

Have you suffered the loss of a loved one whom you knew “died young?” How about a spouse, child, aunt, sibling or close friend? I lost two older siblings to disease. My eldest sister died at the age of four before my birth. However, I remained close to my oldest brother who died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2009. He battled the disease for twelve years. During his battle with disease, his wife and two children took care of him, even helping him relieve himself along with getting in and out of bed. My brother’s youngest daughter never knew her father in a time of good health.

I believe Yeshua still heals and I prayed long and hard for my brother. In one such time of prayer, I asked the Lord to send my brother an angel to reassure him that Yeshua would heal him. In answer to my prayer, a man named Angel showed up at my brother's doorstep who Yeshua healed of Lou Gehrig’s disease. He told my brother how a continual diet of YHWY’s medicine (healing scriptures) changed his life, and how Yeshua remains the healer and performs miracles today. Plagued with guilt, my brother never received his healing while in the land of the living. He questioned whether he deserved a healing. I believe my brother died before his time, but do not understand why. I shed bitter tears when my brother died.

Regrets in Heaven

Years ago I read The Final Quest by Rick Joyner.1 In this riveting bestseller, Rick takes readers on a journey through a series of visions of the spirit realm, as he travels up the “mountain of God.” I quickly devoured the book’s content and still consider it one my favorites. However, one thing about the story bothered me. In the book, Rick meets many, many patriarchs in Heaven, including the acclaimed author C.S. Lewis. Awestruck by whom he meets, Rick sings praises for each person. Yet, everyone he met expressed regrets about what they would do differently on Earth, knowing what they now know about the nature of YHWY. Until I read Joyner’s book, I assumed everyone in Heaven no longer remembered their shortcomings on Earth. Until then, I pictured Heaven as a final destination, a reward for Believers after they died. It never occurred to me that regret lived in Heaven among the saints.

In Revelation chapter 21, we read about the wonderful time of the New Heaven and New Earth. Regardless of personal eschatology, the New Heaven and New Earth represent the furthest descriptionintothe future the Bible lays out. Consider the promise:

Look! God’s tabernacle is with human beings. And from now on he will tabernacle with them as their God. Now God himself will have his home with them—‘God-with-them’ will be their God! He will wipe away every tear from their eyes and eliminate death entirely. No one will mourn or weep any longer. The pain of wounds will no longer exist, for the old order has ceased (Rev. 21:3b-4 TPT).

The scripture illustrates a splendid picture of a day when YHWY dwells with man on an entirely New Heaven and New Earth. At this point, YHWY wipes away every tear from our eyes. The scripture implies that memories of regret, mourning and weeping remain until that time. If so, then saints currently in Heaven may hold regrets after all!

Faith Hall of Fame

In most sports leagues, admirers of the sport built “Halls of Fame” to celebrate players exhibiting exceptional talent. The baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York honors players and managers that served the sport with excellence. For Christians, our Hall of Fame lies in Hebrews chapter 11, where the author lays out the champions of faith. Hebrews mentions the greats: Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, and others. Of these “greats,” it says:

These heroes all died still clinging to their faith, not even receiving all that had been promised them. But they saw beyond the horizon the fulfillment of their promises and gladly embraced it from afar. They all lived their lives on earth as those who belonged to another realm. For clearly, those who live this way are longing for the appearing of a heavenly city (Heb. 11:13-14).

Our faith heroes shared one common characteristic—they died before securing all their promises. They all longed for the appearance of the heavenly city. In Greek, the word for city means “homeland.” Which homeland didour patriarchs long for? The scripture says they saw beyond the horizon the fulfillment of their promises—promises specific to them finally realized. Does this mean YHWY grants these saints an opportunity to complete their course and attain all the promises? If so, when?

Perhaps most perplexing are the “others” later in Hebrews chapter 11. These saints either died horrible deaths or suffered utter and complete shame by society. The “others” remain unnamed:

Others were mocked and experienced the most severe beating with whips; they were in chains and imprisoned. Some of these faith champions were brutally killed by stoning, being sawn in two or slaughtered by the sword. These lived in faith as they went about wearing goatskins and sheepskins for clothing. They lost everything they possessed, they endured great afflictions, and they were cruelly mistreated. They wandered the earth living in the desert wilderness, in caves, on barren mountains and in holes in the earth. Truly, the world was not even worthy of them, not realizing who they were (Heb. 11:36-38).

The Bible calls pagan empires “beasts.” The prophet Daniel described the Roman system ruling the world in the time of Yeshua’s ministry as the Fourth Beast, which followed the third beast, the Greek Empire. Babylon and Medo-Persia represented the first and second beasts, respectively. Scripture clearly describes the Fourth Beast as the most vicious and cruel of the four beasts. The Fourth Beast’s brutal reign continues to produce the “others” described in Hebrews chapter 11. Fox’s Book of Martyrs lays out in excruciating detail the genocide of Christians under the Fourth Beast, mostly at the hands of established religions or governments claiming status as “messengers of god.”2The Fourth Beast imposed a reign of tyranny on anyone that dared oppose organized religion. For example, the Fourth Beast’s minions burned William Tyndale at the stake for translating the Old and New Testaments into English. All of Yeshua’s disciples died brutal and painful deaths except for John. Satan continued to bruise the saints long after the Fall, as foretold in Genesis 3:15.

In the final verses of Hebrews chapter 11, we learn that the heroes of the faith achieve finished perfection alongside of us. Listen to the last two verses in the chapter:

These were the true heroes, commended for their faith, yet they lived in hope without receiving the fullness of what was promised them. But now God has invited us to live in something better than what they had—faith’s fullness! This is so that they could be brought to finished perfection alongside of us (Heb. 11:39-40).

One might interpret this passage to mean that early saints endured great affliction at the hands of satanic attackers, paving the way for the present generation of saints under the New Covenant. However, this view represents a non-literal interpretation. The passage literally says that these saints are brought to “finished perfection” alongside of us. What does this mean?

Aborted Children

When we ponder potential unfulfilled destinies, aborted children immediately come to mind. A mother (or in some cases father) decides to end the life of a baby in the womb, for whatever reason. The baby never learns to walk or talk, play with other kids, or grow up to live out his potential. The Bible says “for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable” (Rom. 11:29 NRSV). Oxford Languages defines irrevocable as not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; FINAL. So when a woman chooses to abort the baby, what happens to the gifts and calling of that child? Does a parent have the ability to revoke the gifts and calling on that child? Not according to the Bible! A parent can’t cancel YHWY’s calling. So when would an aborted child fulfill his destiny?

On what grounds would aborted children stand at the final judgment, the White Throne Judgment, and answer to YHWY for their calling? Would they simply say, “YHWY, I would have served you, but I was never born!” If the gifts and calling of aborted children are irrevocable, when will they walk it out? The answer lies in YHWY’s immaculate painting of our future.

A Best Friend

I earned an engineering degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. Admittedly, in my first semester, I partied a lot. However, thanks to a praying mother and sister, I felt an irresistible tug on my heart to draw close to YHWY. I knew just enough scripture to know my actions failed to please Him, but not enough of His Word to resist temptation. Finally, I prayed a simple but rather irreverent prayer, “God, if you want me to serve You, give me the power to stay free. I don’t want to live as a miserable Christian, who knows enough rules to suffer condemnation, but lacks power to resist temptation.” Many Christians I knew fell into that category, and I didn’t envy them.

YHWY supernaturally changed my desires and gave me a great hunger to immerse myself in His Word. I started witnessing to other students. Soon I met a bold young pastor and we worked a campus ministry together, leading worship and prayer services at the on-campus chapel for several years. I witnessed my friend receive numerous prophecies from well established prophetic voices regarding his ministry.

A few years later after I moved to another city, I heard my pastor friend died unexpectedly at the age of 42. I knew this man well, and sensed in my heart his death premature. I organized a few mutual friends to raise our friend from the dead. Yeshua commanded us to, “Heal the sick, raise the dead to life, heal people who have leprosy, and force out demons” (Matt 10:8 CEV). So we descended on a morgue in New Orleans to raise our friend up. The morticians already prepared the body for burial. For eighteen hours, we prayed over the body. Once we saw his eyes flutter, but otherwise, no response. Sixteen hours into our prayer time, the Lord revealed to us why He refused to allow our friend back.

I often think of my dear friend. Super-young, talented, loved YHWY—but he stepped outside his calling. Caught between an overarching desire to please his earthly father and resisting YHWY’s calling to pursue a different path, he began to struggle with a wretched demon. I know he lives in Heaven, but I still miss him. Towards the end of those long hours of prayer, the Holy Spirit mercifully showed us things about our friend that none of us knew. YHWY graciously showed us the reason our faith would not work in this instance. You see, the Lord honors bold faith—He kindly showed us why our faith failed to work for our dear friend.

When I got back home after that trip, my girlfriend at the time told me that my face glowed brightly. I experienced a taste of YHWY’s Glory.

YHWY’s Appointed Time

We tend to wonder about YHWY’s timing, especially regarding people close to us. My earthly dad died young as well as my granddad—they both knew the Lord. I recently lost a dear friend who suffered heart failure just a few months after taking the Covid-19 vaccine. He left three small children and a heartbroken widow at home. Prior to his death, this friend shared with me prophecies he received regarding his calling—now ostensibly frustrated by death. Earlier I shared how the calling of my friend from New Orleans also appeared truncated.

The prophet Habakkuk expressed frustration with YHWY when the Babylonians attacked Judah. He bitterly complained about how it seems like those who don’t know YHWY win more often than His people. He shouts at YHWY, “Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?” (Hab. 1:17 NLT). Let’s face it, we all experience the same emotions occasionally.

As I write, the world seems acutely dark at the hands of the deep state. Billions woke up in the last couple of years to the abject tyranny imposed by our governments on the people. Christian persecution and martyrdom remains at an all-time high in world history.3 In the last 100 years, the deep state paved the way for at least a billion abortedchildren.4As I outlined in my book, Kingdom Age of the Saints (abbreviated hereafter as KAS),the Fourth Beast destroyed another billion people in the last 200 years using war, war-related famine, and new diseases, for a total of nearly 2 billion people, 25% of our present day world population.5Many of us also know someone either injured or dead from the Covid-19 vaccine. It seems like Satan wins.

The raw emotions oozing from Habakkuk’s prayer to YHWY mirror modern-day desperate prayers. YHWY responds to Habbakuk profoundly:

Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed(Hab. 2:2-3, emphasis added).

Essentially, Habakkuk asks YHWY, “When will evil end?” Have you ever besieged Him with same question? Lately, more ask as circumstances in the world appear dire. YHWY answers Habakkuk by blessing him with a profound vision for the future—He shows him how evil ends. Notice YHWY says, “if it seems slow in coming, wait patiently.” YHWY promises that His plan will take place and not be delayed.

The End of Evil

When Habakkuk asks YHWY when evil ends, YHWY responds with a powerful vision and judgment of evil:

I, the LORD, refuse to accept anyone who is proud. Only those who live by faith are acceptable to me.

Wine is treacherous, and arrogant people are never satisfied. They are no less greedy than death itself—they open their mouths as wide as the world of the dead and swallow everyone.

But they will be mocked with these words: You’re doomed! You stored up stolen goods and cheated others of what belonged to them. But without warning, those you owe will demand payment. Then you will become a frightened victim. You robbed cities and nations everywhere on earth and murdered their people. Now those who survived will be as cruel to you.

You’re doomed! You made your family rich at the expense of others. You even said to yourself, “I’m above the law.” But you will bring shame on your family and ruin to yourself for what you did to others. The very stones and wood in your home will testify against you.

You’re doomed! You built a city on crime and violence. But the LORD All-Powerful sends up in flames what nations and people work so hard to gain. Just as water fills the sea, the land will be filled with people who know and honor the Lord.

You’re doomed! You get your friends drunk, just to see them naked. Now you will be disgraced instead of praised. The LORD will make you drunk, and when others see you naked, you will lose their respect.

You destroyed trees and animals on Mount Lebanon; you were ruthless to towns and people everywhere. Now you will be terrorized (Hab 2:4–17 CEV, emphasis added).

YHWY affords Habakkuk an especially precise description of the deep state! YHWY depicts the greed, debauchery, and murder of the elites ruling our society and then forcibly proclaims four different times, “You’re doomed!” These four mentions represent judgment of the four successive pagan empires after Habakkuk’s day, including the cruel Fourth Beast. YHWY outlines the fate of the satanic governments who ruled the world from the time of Ancient Babylon to present day revived and divided Rome—they all combust in flames. Note “those you owe will demand payment.” The entire deep state depends on theft from its citizens. YHWY covenants that a day comes when those debts are settled in full.

Did you realize that YHWY officially declared a binding verdict upon the deep state’s tyranny? Satan’s lease on Earth ends with the Stone Judgment, the second judgment of humanity and the primary focus of this book. It’s the End Times for the New World Order, NOT for the Church. In later chapters, we will discover YHWY also plans to make all unfulfilled destinies come to fruition in His immaculate redemptive plan.

1Joyner, Rick. The Final Quest. Fort Mill, SC: MorningStar Publications, 2006.

2Fox, John. Fox’s Book of Martyrs: History of the Lives, Sufferings and Triumphant Deaths, of the Primitive as Well as the Protestant Martyrs, from the Commencement of Christianity to the Latest Periods fo Pagan and Popish Persecutions. Hurst & Co, 1870.

3“World Watch List 2023.” Open Doors.Accessed June 6, 2023, https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries.

4Johnston, W. Robert. Jacobsen, Thomas. “Abortion Worldwide Report: 100 Nations, 1 Century, 1 Billion Babies.” (Colorado Springs, CO: GLC, 2017).

5Thomas, Benjamin. Kingdom Age of the Saints: End Times for the New World Order.(San Antonio: Gloriam Media, 2023), 72-73.

3. Deception Quadrella

Jesus answered, “At that time deception will run rampant. So beware that you are not fooled!”

— Matt.24:4TPT

Before we start this chapter, pray out loud: “Father, open my heart, open my eyes, set me free from any deception keeping me from knowing the truth. Grant me discernment in Yeshua’s name!”

Yeshua warned His disciples that at the time of the end of the age, deception would run rampant. Merriam-Webster defines deception as the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid: the act of deceiving. Also, something that deceives: TRICK. The same dictionary describes rampant as profusely widespread. Nobody willingly signs up for deception. However once someone consents to deception, breaking he or she from it proves difficult. According to Yeshua, most suffer deception in some way in the End Times.

When people get tricked, they often refuse to admit it—it’s embarrassing. Mark Twain once said, “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” Through carefully orchestrated schemes and propaganda, Satan fooled the Church into believing four major deceptions:

a) Church members should not involve themselves in politics.

b) The Rapture saves us during a time of worldwide suffering.

c) YHWY limited His Word to 66 books.

d) Modern-day Jews are “God’s chosen people."

You might be offended and tempted to immediately throw this book away or take it to Goodwill. I just shot four sacred cows in less than a paragraph. However, finish this chapter before you do—the truth sets you free.

The Lord instructed me to get His people ready for the Kingdom Age. YHWY yet calls me to write a book that fails to deal with deception. He wants His saints awake so that He can train leaders to rule in the coming Kingdom Age. Would it surprise you if I told you literally billions of dollars of marketing went into convincing each of us that a, b, c and d above are actually true? Satan needed the Church to believe these four deceptions to achieve his plan for the End Times.

Other deceptions persist in addition to the four already mentioned, such as false religions, false messiahs, etc. However, the Lord called me to prepare His Church for the Stone Judgment and Kingdom Age of the Saints. He called others to deal with the deceptions outside the Church.

Most of us bought books reinforcing these false concepts. We love pastors and prophets that preach these impressions, and our favorite Sunday school teachers reinforce these ideas. These things do not make them right. His Word remains the only thing we can trust on these matters, combined with Spirit-led discernment.

My Confession

I am told members of Alcoholics Anonymous start each closed meeting with, “My name is (fill in the blank) and I am an alcoholic.” Members acknowledge addiction bondage by making this statement, rather than talking themselves out of the problem. Confessing the quagmire proves instrumental as a first step to attain healing.

Now pretend we form a new group called, “Deceived Christians Anonymous” (DCA). We all show up at the first DCA meeting. For purposes of illustration, let me start: “My name is Benjamin and I accepted all four major church deceptions for over 30 years.” If you challenged me on any of these topics even three years ago, I would probably have debated you into the ground on them—my “shepherds” taught them to me. Years ago I attended John Hagee’s church in San Antonio, Texas, perhaps the most outspoken supporter of the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and modern rabbinic Jews in the Church. I also took Jewish studies in college. I refused to read the “extra biblical books,” because my shepherds taught me YHWY “limited His Word to 66 books.”

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