domingo, 20 de octubre de 2013

Mary K. Baxter false prophet


Mary K Baxter, a born again Protestant Christian, claims that Jesus appeared to her and, over the course of 40 consecutive nights, took her on a tour of Hell and Heaven. She claims that Jesus explained to her what happens to souls in Hell. But these explanations, and the sights that she claims she saw in Hell, are contrary to the Faith of the Church.

Her revelations are written in two books titled: "Divine Revelation of Hell" and "Divine Revelation of Heaven"

A list of doctrinal errors in the alleged visions of Heaven and Hell attributed to Mary K. Baxter is the following:


1) She portrays that members of other religions, different from protestant churches, will be condemned to Hell. She gives the example of a Hindu.

“We walked on to another cell.  A woman sat picking the worms off her bones. "Lord, when I was on earth, I worshiped the Hindu gods and many idols. Now, Lord, I'd like to repent."

May members of other religions different from the Jesus Christ achieve eternal salvation?

Only Protestant Christians have that belief that they alone are going to be saved but Catholic Christians have another belief very different from them:

If you do good and you are a good person, even without having known Jesus Christ you can be saved.

The Church claims that members of other faiths can obtain eternal salvation:

847 Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.

843 The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as "a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life.

846. Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.

Protestants generally believe that "personal salvation is achieved through faith in Christ Jesus", and that those who did not have the opportunity to know Jesus are going to hell. The Catholic Church has a different view.

The universal salvific will of God:

First of all underlines the universal salvific will of God, which consists of two aspects:

1 -God loves all men.

“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?” (Jonah 4:11)

"Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." (Acts 14: 16-17)

2 -God wants all men to be saved:

“Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4)

Faith in Christ is a condition for salvation only to those who have the opportunity to know enough to Christ, not to the others who do not have this opportunity and that they are most men.

In this regard, the vision they have Protestants on salvation is very small, full of fanaticism to not considering other parts of the Bible and actual situation of mankind, who do not have the opportunity of an adequate knowledge of Christ .

Just think of Japan, India and all communist countries where the practice of any religion is prohibited. All these people who in fact does not know and does not believe in Christ, are they condemned? Are all Indians of Mexico and America who lived and died before the arrival of the missionaries condemned for not believing in Christ? Of course not.

The Bible says that in every man, God has put some wisdom so we can find Him and love Him although it is a difficult quest.

“For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them.

Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made. As a result, they have no excuse; for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks.” (Rom. 1:19-20)

“Or when the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature observe the prescriptions of the law, they are a law for themselves even though they do not have the law. They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them” (Rom 2,14-15).

"So that people might seek God, even perhaps grope for him and find him, though indeed he is not far from any one of us. For 'In him we live and move and have our being,' as even some of your poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring. (Acts17:27-28b).

So the Catholic Church, having a deeper understanding of the Bible, has a broader view of salvation, salvation is open to all men of all times provided they act according to their conscience. Faith in Christ is a condition to be saved to the extent that one has the opportunity to know Him in an appropriate manner. If someone does not have this opportunity it can be saved trying to live according to its conscience.

The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Holy Trinity, acts in a salvific way in Christians as non-Christians and does it in a mysterious way.

But we know that whoever that is saved, is saved by the merits and grace of Christ, not by their own, since the will of God that all men be saved, God´s will is offered us and in fact is true, by the incarnation of God in the person of Jesus Christ and through the merits of his passion, death and resurrection.

This does not mean that those who belong to the Church are saved automatically by the fact of belonging to it. Our cooperation is necessary to the graces that come us from Christ through his Church.


2). She describes that in Hell there is a "fun center" where Satan torments souls for his own enjoyment.

"Jesus told me that there is a place in hell called the "fun center." … The fun center is shaped like a circus arena. Several people who are to be the entertainment are brought to the center ring of the fun center…. Every imaginable method of torture was allowed. The souls being tormented cried out for death, but that is eternal death. Satan gave the orders for all this to be done. That is his fun center."

There are numerous doctrinal errors in the above quoted claim. Hell is a place of punishment; there is no fun or enjoyment there, neither for the devils, nor for the souls. The punishments of Hell are from the Justice of God. Neither the fallen angels, nor the souls, are allowed to punish souls or to extract revenge (as is claimed above).


3) She portrays that souls in Hell have peace because Jesus is who gives them peace. "Peace, be still."

“In the next pit was the soul of a man wrapped in its skeleton form, crying out to Jesus.  "Lord," he cried, "help me to understand why I am here." Jesus said, "Peace, be still.”

I heard the woman say, "Lord, I knew you would come someday… she began to pull at the bars and cry. Softly Jesus said, "Peace, be still."

The damned souls can not have peace or rest of their punishments. Scripture tells us:

“There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” Isaiah 57:21


4) She affirms that the souls in Hell love everyone, even God, she gives the example of damned souls who preach the Gospel:

He said to the Lord, "Lord, now I will preach the truth to all the people.

“In this next pit was a large-framed man.  I heard him preaching the Gospel.”  

“I won't take money from the church anymore.  I have repented already.  I will love people of every race and color."

The woman said, "Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. "I will forgive now, Lord,” she said.  "Let me out.  I will obey You now.  See, Lord, I am preaching Your Word now.” 

This is a doctrinal error, because the souls in hell do not have the grace of God, so that they can not love.

A damned soul can not love because his will is anchored in evil and deprived of all good.


5) She describes the fallen angels as if they were free to get in and out of Hell leaving the Hell to tempt people on earth, and then return at will.

This is a doctrinal error because Hell is like a prison, where the inmates are being punished justly for their sins. The fallen angels and the damned souls are all prisoners being punished. Neither the fallen angels, nor the damned souls, are free to leave and return at will.

The Bible tells us:

“For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment” 2 Peter 2:4

God is in charge of Hell, not Satan.  Therefore, the demons are subject to the will of God and can not do what they please in and out of Hell.


6) She portrays the false doctrine of mitigated millenarianism, which states that Jesus Christ will come to Earth in the flesh (in His glorified body) and will reign it as an earthly king with His saints for a literal one thousand years.

“During that thousand years, I will reign over the earth from Jerusalem.”

“And here too was a new Jerusalem, the capital city of the millennium. Here Jesus was King, and all the nations of the earth brought Him gifts and paid Him homage.”

The new Jerusalem is not a physical place but the Church in its fullness. But it is other issue.

Any form of belief that Jesus Christ will return in His resurrected body to the earth and rule visibly on earth for a literal one thousand years (millenarianism) has been condemned by the Church and must be categorically rejected.

This false doctrine is based on an erroneous interpretation of Revelation 20:1-5.

There are two versions of mitigated millenarianism:

1 - Jesus will come before his final coming to reign a thousand years and the end of them he will return to Heaven.

2 - When Christ comes in glory at the end of time, all will be resurrected and Christ will establish on earth a material and spiritual realm over which will reign physically. The righteous will take part of this kingdom while God's enemies will be defeated. At the end of the thousand years the righteous will go to heaven and the damned go to hell.

The mitigated millenarianism, in both versions, has been specifically condemned by the Church (CCC 676). In this regard states:

676. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the "intrinsically perverse" political form of a secular messianism.

The true interpretation of the "thousand years":

According to the Hebrew language "thousand years" means an indefinite long time. Jesus established his kingdom in this world and that kingdom is the Catholic Church that will last "a thousand years", that is, for an indefinite time until His Second Coming (CCC 668-669).

The truth is that Christ already reigns in the Holy Eucharist with his angels and saints, because as Christians know that Jesus is really present since the Church exists with his Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Holy Eucharist. It is a spiritual and humble kingdom.

Jesus never left us. He has always been truly present with us in the Church and we receive Him in the Eucharist. At the same time Jesus already reigns in eternity.

An interpretation of the New Testament is the understanding that there will be two resurrections. Revelation tells us:

“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” (Rev 20:6)

“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished” (Rev 20:5)

Despite this, there are various interpretations, according to the post-tribulational position there will be two physical resurrections, separated by a literal thousand years (one in the second Coming together with the Rapture, another finished the literal 1,000 years)

According to pre-tribulationists (Pentecostals and recent sects) there will be three physical resurrections (one in the Rapture at the beginning of the tribulation, the other in the Second Coming at the end of the tribulation, the last one when the literal 1,000 years finish).

Amillennialists (Catholic and Old Protestant churches) we see that Revelation 20: 5-6. has evidence that there are only two resurrections, (the first resurrection would be in a spiritual sense, according to Paul and John as participation at this time, in the resurrection of Christ by faith and baptism, according to Colossians 2:12 and Colossians 3: 1, as occurring within the millennium interpreted as an indefinite period between the foundation of the Church and the Second Coming of Christ, the second resurrection would be the general resurrection that would occur at the time of Jesus' return)

Blessed are those who are part of the first resurrection, that is, those who have been baptized and are part of the Church, because reign with Jesus in heaven in this thousand-year period understood as an indefinite period between the founding of the Church and the Second Coming.

Amillennialists only we believe there will be a physical resurrection (second resurrection) and a spiritual resurrection (the first resurrection). The first resurrection is as the Scriptures tell us:

“Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are RISEN WITH HIM through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:12)

“If ye then be RISEN WITH CHRIST, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1)

The second resurrection is as the Scriptures tell us:

“and the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished” It refers to the dead in body, which will rise, some to everlasting life, others to eternal damnation.

Protestant sects and Pentecostal evangelicals believe there will be three resurrections, the three of them will be physical according to their doctrine, the first is of the righteous at the rapture before the tribulation, the second will be to the righteous who died during the tribulation, after seven literal years; and the third will be the resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous who died under the reign of a literal thousand years, as the resurrection of the unjust of all time.

To learn more about the interpretation of Revelation read the "City of God" Book XX of St. Augustine.


7) She teaches a new doctrine of recent creation called rapture.

PRELIMINARY ERROR:

The rapture as suggested by the Protestants, where Jesus will take Protestants in body and soul into Heaven, while Protestants are one half of the world's population, all of this before the Last Judgment, is a misinterpretation of Scriptures.

What Pentecostal Protestants known as rapture is a newly created Pentecostal doctrine.

The passages they use are these:

1 Thess. 4: 15-17.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until THE COMING OF THE LORD will by no means precede those who are asleep. (the dead)

16 For the Lord Himself WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God (eveyone will hear him). And the dead in Christ WILL RESURRECT first.

17 Then WE WHO ARE ALIVE and REMAIN (those who are alive when Christ comes) shall be caught up, TOGETHER WITH those who resurrected first, in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall ALWAYS be with the Lord.

IN THIS PASSAGE it tells us that dead believers will resurrect and will go to Heaven together with living believers.

Compare with:

-1 Corinthians 15:51-53

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep «die», but we (THE LIVING) shall all be changed, (from a corrupt body to an uncorrupted body)

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and THE DEAD shall be RAISE incorruptible, and we (the living) shall be changed. (our bodies will be transformed from one corrupt body to one incorrupt body)

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

In both texts there is no talk of any rapture, it is said that at the Second Coming of Christ, believers will resurrect and go to Heaven together with those who are alive, both alive and dead will receive a body.

Therefore in the rapture will resurrect the dead and the living will be transformed (having a new body, from one corrupt body to one incorrupt body)

Why what they call "rapture" no protestant false prophet mentions the resurrection of the dead and the transformation of the bodies of the living which will take place in the "rapture", where both, the living and the resurrected dead will go to Heaven?


Why any pentecostal Protestant mention this? Why any false prophet has seen the resurrection of the dead that will take place in the rapture?


The answer is because they do not read the Scriptures and interpret them in their own way under the inspiration of the devil.


BEFORE PROCEEDING:
 We as Catholics to the meeting of the good ones with Christ in heaven during the Second Coming is not called "rapture" by us but only "Second Coming" where we know that implicitly that good ones will go to heaven and bad ones to Hell.

ERRORS ABOUT THE MEETING OF THE GOOD ONES WITH CHRIST IN HEAVEN (called rapture by Protestants)


FIRST ERROR:

She argues that the rapture so named for the Protestants will be pre-tribulational. That is, she says that Jesus will come to Earth to take a group to Heaven, while another group will be left on Earth for seven years during the Great Tribulation, after which Jesus will come for 3rd time to Earth.
What protestants call rapture before the great tribulation is an error. Read the bible:

Matthew 24:29-41

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left."

The passage above, speaks of how Christ will come to take the good ones to heaven and if we read later on he also come to take the bad ones to Hell:"But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 24:48-51)
 
SECOND ERROR:
Pentecostals say that the church, that is, the saints will not be persecuted during the great persecution, but Scripture tells us otherwise:

“And it was given unto him to MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” (Rev 13:7)

“I beheld, and the same horn made WAR WITH THE SAINTS, and prevailed against them;” (Daniel 7:21)

“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and SHALL WEAR OUT THE SAINTS of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” (Daniel 7:25)

“And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wondrously, and shall prosper and perform, and shall destroy the mighty and THE HOLY PEOPLE.” (Daniel 8:24)

If there will be a rapture, this will not be before the great tribulation, but later.

THIRD ERROR: About the belief that Pentecostal Protestants won't go through the great tribulation:
Matthew 24:9

9 “Then they will deliver you up to TRIBULATION and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

 John 16:33

33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have TRIBULATION; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Acts 14:22

22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many TRIBULATIONS enter the kingdom of God.”

2 Thessalonians 1:4-5

4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and TRIBULATIONS that you endure, 5 which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;

Revelation 1:9

9 I, John, both your brother and companion in the TRIBULATION and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

FOURTH ERROR:
About the coming wrath.

Pentecostals say the Rapture will happen because no saint will suffer the wrath of God, which they interpret as if they would not go through the Final Judgment, and that it will only be to the wicked, but the Bible says Final Judgment will be for the good ones and wicked ones. Here comes the banter.

The coming wrath refers exactly to eternal damnation, the wrath to come also refers to the final judgment, the wicked will go to hell, the good one will be rewarded with Heaven, the coming wrath is not refer to their abduction where the good are taken to Heaven to not suffer on Earth while the wicked suffer the wrath of God in the great tribulation.

According to the Fathers of the Church the coming wrath is referred to eternal damnation.
Let's check:

John 3:36: Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them (eternal damnation) ". We see in this case that, as the "eternal life" is eternal, so the "wrath of God" will be eternal.

Romans 5:9:  Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath (from eternal damnation) through him!
Ephesians 5: 6: Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath (eternal damnation) comes on those who are disobedient.

1 Thessalonians 5: 9: For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

FIFTH ERROR: The Final trumpet.

Bible says:



“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” (1 Cor. 15:52)

This passage tells us that the rapture so named by Protestants coincides with a fact called the last trump, ie the last trumpet, implying that after that there will be no other trumpets.

But pre-tribulationists (Pentecostals and recent sects) say that there will be more trumpets, after that last trumpet, after literal seven years according to them, when Jesus comes again.

Referring to the 2nd Coming The Bible tells us:

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” (Matthew 24:29-31)

And other passages that tell us that at the Second Coming of Christ will sound the trumpet, as Revelation 11:15.

Pretribulationists err in saying that there will be more trumpets after pre-tribulation rapture.


SIXTH ERROR:

Pentecostal Protestants say their rapture will occur before the great tribulation, but the Bible tells us that Christ will not come until the apostasy comes and the Antichrist is revealed.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4:

1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto Him,

2 that ye be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as if from us that the Day of Christ is at hand.

3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day JESUS WILL NOT COME unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction (the Antichrist).

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Therefore, Jesus will not come unless the Antichrist is manifested and the apostasy comes. That is, during or after the tribulation, but not before.

The false doctrine of "pre-tribulation rapture" will not happen, Protestants make from an event, two different events, if there will be a rapture will be together with the Second Coming of Christ, after the great tribulation and the manifestation of the antichrist.

SEVENTH ERROR:
 Believing that the rapture will happen 7 years before the second coming of Christ.

The Bible tells us that during the harvest that will happen at the end of the world, the tares will be separated from the wheat at the same time, the tares will be thrown into the fire and wheat will be put in the barn (taken to heaven).
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (In Matthew 24 is said the angels will gather the good ones to be taken and the wicked ones to be left, this refers that the wicked will go to hell and the good ones will be taken to Heaven, it will be on the day of the harvest)

Later Bible says:
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Conclusion:

During the harvest that will happen at the end of the world, the tares will be separated from the wheat at the same time, the tares will be thrown into the fire and wheat will be put in the barn (taken to heaven).

Nowhere is it said that the wheat will be gathered seven years before, for Jesus himself said:
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
The parable of the tares and wheat made on the ground that false Pentecostal doctrine of a pre-trib rapture or that the good ones will go to heaven seven years before the second coming of Christ.

It must be said that Pentecostals (dispensationalists) are the only ones who know the hour and the day that will be the second coming of Christ, they all tell me that it will happen 7 years after their pre-tribulational rapture.

EIGTH ERROR:

Pretribulationists (ie, Pentecostals) cite Matthew 24:27 refers to the 2nd Coming of Christ and 1 Thessalonians 4:15 refers to the rapture but both texts use the same word to show the 2nd Coming of Lord, the word PAROUSIA.

In both texts is being talked about of the same Coming, no to distinct comings.

What happens is that no Protestant examines the Greek texts. Read them and search the Greek word Parousia here:



“For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive and remain unto the coming (Parousia) of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep.” (1 Thes 4:15)

" For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming (Parousia) of the Son of man be." (Matthew 24:27)

If there will be a rapture will be post-tribulational, though we as Catholic Christians know the rapture as Second Coming or Parousia, the resurrection of the dead and the Last Judgment (the good will be taken (raptured) to heaven and the wicked to hell).

In the rapture of Protestants there will be also resurrection of the dead, Second Coming and final judgment (although of the final judgment are opposed because they hate to read Matthew 25: 31-33)

Most of the times that the Bible speaks of the "Coming" of Christ, the Greek word: "Parousia" is used.

what they do not know is that they should call to their rapture "Parousia" and to the Second Coming "Parousia" too, what they only know is that the Parousia only refers to the 2nd Coming of Christ, because nobody has told them that in Matthew 24 and 1 Thessalonians 4:15 (which used to demonstrate the rapture) also used the Greek word: Parousia.

Everything is too sad, they have made the Parousia an endless number of comings, when the Bible speaks of only one coming. We Christians believe in the resurrection of the dead, ... that Jesus Christ will come again in glory (Second Coming), to judge the living and the dead (final judgment) and his kingdom will have no end.

Other texts that Pentecostals mention referring to the rapture, when in fact refer to the Second Coming of Christ are:

Find the word Parousia in these passages:

                                                                       

Matthew 24:
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming (PAROUSIA) of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming (PAROUSIA) of the Son of man be.

The Bible says that the Parousia is the same as the rapture, so named for the Pentecostals, if we read Matthew 24: 37-39 the Coming of Christ will be as is said, no one knows the day or the hour, he will come suddenly, etc, but anyway, no Protestant investigates, just talk and talk and do not even revise the texts. Parousia = the 2nd Coming of Christ. In the Bible only it speaks of a Parousia, not two Parousias, as claimed by pretribulationists and mid-Tribulationists.

NINETH ERROR: Denying that the rapture is a coming.

According to the scheme Protestant of the rapture, besides the First Coming, which was in the Incarnation, still missing two comings of Christ: one to take his people in the Rapture (Second Coming) and another coming at the end of time (Third Coming). But Christ only revealed that there would be a Second Coming at the end of the world.



Although Protestants say their rapture is not a Coming, are the following verses that according to them talk about their rapture where the greek word used is "Parousia" :

“For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive and remain unto the coming (Parousia) of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep.” (1 Thes 4:15)

Matthew 24: 37-41 tells us:

37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the Coming (Parousia) of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the Coming (Parousia) of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Pentecostals believe that this passage refers to the rapture, when in fact it refers to the Parousia.

See the original texts in Greek where the word Parousia is used:



The text refers to the same Coming of the son of man, not to distinct comings. Do pentecostal protestants believe in two Parousias?

The true interpretation of this passage refers to the Parousia (2nd Coming) and the Final Judgment, where just and the unjust will rise, some to everlasting life and some to eternal damnation.

“the one shall be taken, and the other left” It refers to the separation of the sheep and the goats. Therefore, it also speaks of Judgment.

When it says that one will be left and another will be taken does not mean that they will be carried off to the air, but one will be taken to the glory of God, and the one is left does not mean it will stay on earth, but he will go to hell.

The Church teaches than in Christ's Second Coming (Parousia), Jesus will come in glory to judge the living and the dead (Final Judgement) and his kingdom will have no end.

TENTH ERROR:

On the two resurrections of which the Bible speaks 

An interpretation of the New Testament is the understanding that there will be two resurrections. Revelation tells us:

“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” (Rev 20:6)

“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished” (Rev 20:5)

Despite this, there are various interpretations, according to the post-tribulational position there will be two physical resurrections, separated by a literal thousand years (one in the second Coming together with the Rapture, another finished the literal 1,000 years)

According to pre-tribulationists (Pentecostals and recent sects) there will be three physical resurrections (one in the Rapture at the beginning of the tribulation, the other in the Second Coming at the end of the tribulation, the last one when the literal 1,000 years finish).

Amillennialists (Catholic and Old Protestant churches) we see that Revelation 20: 5-6. has evidence that there are only two resurrections, (the first resurrection would be in a spiritual sense, according to Paul and John as participation at this time, in the resurrection of Christ by faith and baptism, according to Colossians 2:12 and Colossians 3: 1, as occurring within the millennium interpreted as an indefinite period between the foundation of the Church and the Second Coming of Christ, the second resurrection would be the general resurrection that would occur at the time of Jesus' return)

Blessed are those who are part of the first resurrection, that is, those who have been baptized and are part of the Church, because reign with Jesus in heaven in this thousand-year period understood as an indefinite period between the founding of the Church and the Second Coming.

Amillennialists only we believe there will be a physical resurrection (second resurrection) and a spiritual resurrection (the first resurrection). The first resurrection is as the Scriptures tell us:

“Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are RISEN WITH HIM through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:12)

“If ye then be RISEN WITH CHRIST, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1)

The second resurrection is as the Scriptures tell us:

“and the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished” It refers to the dead in body, which will rise, some to everlasting life, others to eternal damnation.

Protestant sects and Pentecostal evangelicals believe there will be three resurrections, the three of them will be physical according to their doctrine, the first is of the righteous at the rapture before the tribulation, the second will be to the righteous who died during the tribulation, after seven literal years; and the third will be the resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous who died under the reign of a literal thousand years as well as the resurrection of the unjust of all time.

I doubt that very few Pentecostals know their own doctrine, well ... it is the latest sect with just a century of life, which is destroying the world to preach false doctrines as giving 10% of your income every month, the pre-tribulational rapture and fundamentalism or hatred towards the true Church of Christ.

Pentecostals should read more about the founder of their doctrine, John Nelson Darby. The creator and inventor of the rapture before the tribulation as the inventor of the dispensationalist doctrine (dispensationalism), doctrine that every Pentecostal church follows.

To learn more about the interpretation of Revelation read the "City of God" Book XX of St. Augustine.

Conclusion:




Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead, not only to the dead.

The resurrection of the dead, "of the righteous and the unrighteous" (Acts 24:15), will precede the Last Judgment.

-John 5:28-29


28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the RESURRECTION of life; and they that have done evil, unto the RESURRECTION of damnation.

-Matthew 25:31-46

31 When the Son of man shall COME in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.



All the times that the Bible speaks of the coming of Christ all refer to the same and unique coming of Christ that has not yet occurred.

Catholic Christians believe that Jesus Christ will return for the second time to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

Those who believe that the supposed rapture will occur before the Great Tribulation of Antichrist think that only bad people will suffer this time of persecution. If this were true, then the Antichrist would not have someone to pursue because all the faithful would be with Christ out of this world!

As I said the Bible tells us that Christ will not come until the apostasy comes first and the Antichrist is manifested: Read again 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4:

Do you think that if an alleged rapture of the good ones occurred before the Great Tribulation, the Antichrist would have anyone to pursue?

For all this, the Church condemns the severity of this doctrinal error manifested by Protestant Christians and some false prophets.

To complement my article about the Rapture, read these two magnificent sources:




10) She writes that Satan governs hell, when in fact is God who governs it.

She writes:

“She died praising Satan and came here and asked him for her kingdom.  Satan, the father of lies, laughed in her face and said, Did you think I would divide my kingdom with you?”

“They chanted, "Satan is god here.  We hate Jesus and all He stands for"

This is a doctrinal error because God created Hell as a place of just punishment for both fallen angels and damned souls. God is in charge of Hell, not Satan.


11) She describes the souls in Hell being punished and tormented by the fallen angels.

"Day and night, he is tormented," the Lord said.  "He was put here by Satan, and it is Satan who torments him."

“The woman screamed in pain as the flesh continued to be ripped from her bones by demons.” 

“Jesus said, "Child, Satan is the tormentor of souls in hell.”

This is a doctrinal error because Hell was created by God to punish the fallen angels. They are not in charge of Hell, nor in charge of punishing the souls in Hell. It is the Justice of God that punishes both damned souls and fallen angels in Hell.

"The demons suffer the torment of fire, even when, by Divine permission, they leave the confines of hell and roam about on earth to tempt humanity." -Catholic encyclopedia.  

"For if God spared not the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment;" (2 Peter 2:4)   


12) She describes that souls in Hell are repentant of their sins and cry out to God for forgiveness and mercy.

“I saw a soul in the form of a skeleton, crying, "Jesus, have mercy!"

“When she saw Jesus, she cried, "Lord, have mercy on me.  Let me out of this place of torment.”

“Great wailing sobs came from this man.  "I'm so sorry, Jesus.  Forgive me.  Take me out of here.” 

Can damned souls in Hell repent of their sins?

This is a doctrinal error, because the souls in hell do not have the grace of God, so that they cannot repent of their sins.

The souls in hell are deprived of the grace of God and without it they can not ask God for forgiveness and mercy, let alone repent. 

A damned soul doesn´t want to be forgiven because his will is anchored in evil and deprived of all good.

The souls of the wicked, after death, have a will adhered immutably to evil.

St. Thomas Aquinas writes about this in his book Summa contra Gentiles, Book IV, Chapter 93:

“In the same way, also, the souls which immediately after death are made miserable in punishment become unchangeable in their wills.  Mortal sin deserves everlasting punishment. But there would be no everlasting punishment of the souls of the damned if they were able to change their will for a better will; it would be unjust, indeed, if from the moment of their having a good will their punishment would be everlasting. Therefore, the will of the damned soul cannot be changed to good.

There is more. The very disorder of the will is a kind of punishment and one of extreme affliction. The reason: So far as one has a disordered will he is displeased by whatever is done rightly, and the damned souls will be displeased because God’s will is fulfilled in all those who by sinning have sided against Him. Therefore, their disordered will shall never be taken away from them.

The change of a will, furthermore, from sin to good takes place only by the grace of God. But, just as the souls of the good are admitted to a perfect sharing in the divine goodness, so the souls of the damned are entirely excluded from grace. Therefore, they will not be able to change their will for the better.

Then again: just as the good when living in the flesh make God the end of all their works and desires, so also the wicked do with some improper end which turns them away from God. But the separated souls of the good will cleave unchangeably to the good they have set before themselves in this life; namely, to God. Therefore, the souls of the wicked will cleave unchangeably to the end which they themselves have chosen. Therefore, as the will of the good will not be able to become evil, so the will of the evil will not be able to become good.”

In this regard the Church Catechism tells us:

393 "There is no repentance for the angels after their fall, just as there is no repentance for men after death."

She excuses herself in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, but any parable must be taken literally since a parable is an allegory and it is symbolic.

How should we interpret the parable of the rich man? (Luke 16:19-31).

In fact, the Church has not pronounced about whether in this parable the rich man was truly in Hell or Purgatory.

According to some experts, the rich man was in purgatory and not in hell, since conversed with Abraham and was worried for his brothers, which would be impossible if he were in hell, where there is pure hatred.

Moreover, there is no private revelation of Hell of Catholic saints that shows a repentant soul of his sins crying out to God for forgiveness and mercy.


13) She portrays persons who die as being immediately dragged into Hell by fallen angels.

“If you are a sinner when you die, you go immediately to a burning hell.  Demons with great chains will drag your soul through the gateways of hell, where you will be thrown into the pits and tormented.  In time, you will be brought before Satan.”

"After this woman died, she went straight to hell.  The demons brought her before Satan”

This is a doctrinal error because the Church teaches that everyone receives a particular judgment by God immediately after death. Then God sends the person's soul to Hell or to Heaven.

The fallen angels are not in charge of sending persons to Hell, nor of taking them there. The justice of God sends persons to Hell, not the wicked fallen angels.

“And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment” Hebrews 9:27


14) Mary K. Baxter testifies her testimony as true, using the name of Jesus in vain, and in this way does not raise any doubt that her alleged vision of heaven and hell is real and not lie. 

“These are the words that Jesus spoke to me.  He instructed me to write them and put them into a book and to tell them to the world.  These words are true.” 

 
The second commandment forbids use the name of Jesus in vain, Mary K. Baxter uses the name of God to testify that her testimony is true.

What a way to consolidate her story and make it look like it is real. Only an unbeliever and ignorant is able to accept as true the testimony of Mary K. Baxter and all slander and defamation against the faith of the Church.

CONCLUSION:

In my humble and pious opinion the supposed revelation of Heaven and Hell to Mary K. Baxter can not be from Jesus Christ. The many serious doctrinal errors described above are more than sufficient to show that the alleged private revelation to Mary K. Baxter is false. She was not taken by Jesus to hell or to heaven, and Jesus would not present such serious doctrinal errors to her as if these were true.

Her statements about hell are based on their own imagination that want to take people away from the true gospel, teaching falsehoods about the true doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Heaven and hell are real, but not like some false prophets describe them.

-In Hell only exists hate to God, so souls do not love and not cry to God for forgiveness and mercy.

-The souls in hell are not punished by demons, but for the righteousness of God. It is God who punishes souls with the horrors of eternal fire.

-Satan does not rule hell, but God does. God has power in hell, and the devil is not allowed to come and go at will from Hell to tempt men, but is subject to the will of God.

I repeat it again: "The demons SUFFER the torment of fire, even when, by Divine permission, they LEAVE the confines of hell and roam about on earth to TEMPT humanity." -Catholic encyclopedia. 

CHARACTERISTICS OF FALSE PROPHETS:

False prophets make use of Truth to support and sustain their lies, stating several Bible passages. Thus, their testimonies are more credible.

Most of what they say have some truth, to confuse and to lead the believer to error, to drag him to the sects or to hate God, the believer know not the true Jesus Christ, but a Christ who preach false prophets as true but it is not.

Satan uses truth to induce to the error and lies. Christianity is now living the most devastating crisis in its history because of the false prophets and their lies.

Many Protestants will say: False prophets have done many miracles  !

“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?” “And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matthew 7:22-23)


REFERENCES

Matthew 24:24

“For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.”

Matthew 24:11

“And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.”

Matthew 7:15

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”

1 John 2:18

“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.”

FALSE PROPHETS CONDEMNED
Ezekiel 13:1-9 

1.The word of the Lord came to me:

“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’

Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel.

You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord.

They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the Lord,’ when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word.

Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”

Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.

My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.

IMPORTANT:

There are many other false prophets which are Angelica Zambrano, Bill Wiese, Choo Thomas, 7 Columbian Youths, Ricardo Cid, Jennifer Perez, Pastor Yong-Doo Kim, among others, who say they were taken to heaven and hell but manifest serious doctrinal errors against the faith of the Church.

GOD BLESS YOU

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