Apostles jailed, freed by an Angel of the Lord, and continues to preach of Jesus Christ.

Acts 5:17-21

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“Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation…” Acts 5:17

The reason the Jewish rulers were filled with indignation is because the Apostles [namely Peter] were adding multitudes of people to the way of Jesus Christ, as described in the post on Acts 5:12-16. Today, if we Christians were adding multitudes of people to the way of Jesus Christ, we would quickly see how filled with indignation the atheistic culture would become. That’s because they demand that people live for the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel and the name of Jesus Christ is suppressed. The “sect of the Sadducees” include those who do not believe in the resurrection, the same as today’s culture does not believe in life beyond the grave nor in the judgment to come beyond the grave. They also oppose the born-again experience that resurrects a person from the death of unbelief to rise to live in the Spirit in the name of Jesus.

“…and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.” Acts 5:18

The Jewish leaders had the Apostles put in jail, which included Peter and the other Apostles, as quoted, “But Peter and the other apostles answered and said…” Acts 5:29 The “other Apostles” could very well be all of the other eleven as the Jewish leaders were trying to put a stop to the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They arrested the Apostles because they were the ones causing multitudes to say “Yes” to living for God through faith in Jesus Christ instead of living for God through the laws of Judaism.

Even today, in the United States, Christianity is being put in jail, silenced, and with the effort to quietly put the Gospel extinction. The churches have abandoned the Gospel of Christ to align with community expectations. Government lawmakers no longer integrate the values of the Bible in laws, policies, and executive orders. The educational system does not allow the Bible to be taught in classrooms. And every sector of society does not welcome Christianity. Satan disguises himself as an angel of light as he roams the world looking for someone to devour. His followers disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. The psychotic “lamb” is a literal killer and intends to bring in the extinction of Christianity, as described in Revelations 12.

We are living in the days where Christians are being jailed, murdered, and persecuted in many forms around the world. This is happening in China, Africa, Russia, North Korea, Iran, and many more. In fact, the majority of the nations of the United Nations are atheists who oppose the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When the United Nations become the undisputed one world government, we who speak in the name of Jesus will be persecuted, jailed, and murdered. The global rulers govern by the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel, and they expect all the world to do the same, as a unified global culture. The beast they serve gives breath/life to the image of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people everywhere. The global culture is groomed to the mark, name, number of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

“For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” 2 Corinthians 11:14-15

“But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said, “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.” Acts 5:19-20

We might ask, “When will we be free to stand in the temple to speak to the people about Jesus Christ?” All the world serves the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel and they boast, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” Revelations 13:4 They claim the temple of God, our body, as the territory of the beast that sets in the temple of God as if it is God. The beast does that by giving people what to speak, do, think, and feel and is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on that.

We must share our born-again experience when we can, which is the Gospel of Christ written on our heart. A day is coming, and now is upon us, when no one will be able to work to spread the testimony of Jesus throughout the community, as Jesus said, “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” John 9:4-5

There is a day is coming when the power center of the beast is plunged into darkness, which happens in the Fifth Plague of Revelations 16:10-11. During that time, the beast’s power over the temple of God, our body, will be broken. The faithful few witnesses of that time will be free to stand in the temple of God to proclaim the Gospel message to the whosoever. The Sixth Plague is the Battle of Armageddon of Revelations 16:12-16. Jesus returns during the Seventh Plague of Revelations 16:17-21 when the Seventh Trumpet sounds of Revelations 11:15-19. A lot happens between the time when the power center of the beast collapses [which is the power center of the global government and its global culture] and the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Even today, global warming is in the world and is the Fourth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9. Global warming is instrumental in bringing the blackout of the power center of the beast. The more powerful the United Nations become as the undisputed one world government, the hotter and more intense the effects of global warming becomes.

“And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.” Acts 5:21

Peter and the other Apostles entered the temple, early in the morning, to teach about the resurrected Christ who forgives sin and gives eternal life. They did that after the angel said, “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.” That is the command given to every Believer, to stand in the temple, in the presence of the Holy Spirit, and teach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The prison doors that are opened, to enable us to do that, is the prison of sin that once held us captive. The door opens to the forgiveness of sin by belief in Jesus Christ, reconciliation with God, and living in the presence of the Holy Spirit. That is the Gospel written on our heart and the morning of our walk in the Spirit.

The high priest, and those with him, called a council together with all the elders and the Jewish people. They intended to have the Apostles brought to them. But little did they know that the Apostles had been freed by the angel of the Lord. Today, the global government intends to imprison Christianity and have us brought to them to warn us never to speak in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Little do they know that our Lord Jesus Christ has set us free from being in bondage to sin, and we will not deny God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit.

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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, 3:1