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).
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.
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)
-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:
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!
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.
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.
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)
" 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.
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.
-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.
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?”
“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)
"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.”
“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.
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.
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:
2 “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!’
3 Thus says the Lord God,
Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
4 Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel.
5 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.
6 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.
7 Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination,
whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’
although I have not spoken?”
8 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.
9 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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