The Jewish people turned from God’s righteousness by rejecting Jesus Christ. 

Ezekiel 33:18

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“When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.” Ezekiel 33:18

The Jewish people believe that their righteousness is different and better from the rest of the world because their belief is that only through the Old Testament is there a relationship with God. However, when they turned away from the righteousness of God that is found in Jesus Christ, they committed sin. They will die in that sin until they say that Jesus Christ is their Messiah. Jesus said to the Jewish people, “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20 Jesus also said to the Jewish people, “See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Matthew 23:38-39

Judas Iscariot was a righteous follower of Jesus Christ and even one of the Twelve Apostles. He cast out demons, healed the sick, and preached the testimony of Jesus Christ, as described in Matthew 10:1-4. Judas turned from the righteousness He had in Jesus Christ and betrayed Jesus with a kiss to turn Him over to be crucified. Judas died a brutal death on this earth as described in Acts 1:15-20 and he will suffer eternally in hell.

When we turn from the righteousness of God that we have in Jesus Christ, we revert back into sin, and the wages of sin is death. Jesus Christ keeps us on the narrow way of society by helping us to avoid serving the atheistic entity that replaces the human conscience and spirit by giving people what to feel, think, say and do. This entity enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. They detest the righteousness of God, scoff at the need for the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ and oppresses the presence of the Holy Spirit. People are caused to turn from the righteousness of God, to walk in sin, and they die spiritually in the process. Their destiny is eternal hell. The masses of the global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do. The broad way of mainstream society leads to destruction.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11