Peter and other Apostles brought before the Jewish council for continuing to preach about Jesus Christ.

Acts 5:26-28

Click here for a description of the mark of the beast.
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“Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.” Acts 5:26

Peter, John, and the other Apostles were arrested by the Jewish leaders for preaching in the name of Jesus the Christ, a name the Jewish leaders detested. But an Angel of the Lord freed them from prison, and they were found in the temple preaching, [as described in the posts on Acts 5:17-25]. For the Apostles to preach in the name of Jesus was to say anyone can come to God through Jesus Christ instead of relying on the laws of Judaism. This is where the verses of this post continues from.

The captain of the temple and the officers were those who enforced whatever commands the Pharisees gave to them. They were ordered to remove the Apostles from the temple and to bring them to the Jewish rulers. Today, those who govern and live for the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel are the “captains of the temple and the officers”. They are to remove anyone who is in the temple, our body, while in the presence of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus. They habitually work to remove people from the presence of the Holy Spirit. By what they say and do they mandate and enforce that people allow the beast to speak and live through them. That beastly entity 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 The “he” in this verse is the “man of sin”. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

The Jewish rulers feared the people because the people believed that the Apostles were sent by God and that Jesus was the Christ, Son of God, and Savior of the world. They had their born-again experience and the Holy Spirit as proof of the truth found in our Lord Jesus. If the Jewish rulers would have used violence against the Apostles, those rulers would have been stoned themselves. That is exactly why the Jewish rulers wanted the Apostles to stop teaching in the name of Jesus and why the governors of today’s culture want the same.

Today, we are living in the age of the global falling away from the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as described in the post on 2 Thessalonians 2. The culture of today, which is global, relishes the putting away of Christianity as they follow the beast who, “…opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelations 13:6-8 The “him” in this verse is the beast of the image and mark of the beast. The world becomes “… a dwelling for demons and a place for every impure spirit, a place for every unclean bird, a place for every unclean and detestable animal.” Revelations 18:2

 “And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!” Acts 5:27-28

In Acts 4:18, the Apostles were warned as quoted, “So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.” Acts 4:18 However, the Apostles continued to lift up the name of Jesus Christ, as quoted, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:19-20 That is why the high priest said, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name?” Today, we Christians are commanded to not speak in the name of Jesus the Christ. There are nations across the globe that are literally giving direct commands not to be Christians, such as places in China, Russia, Africa, North Korea, Iran, and many others. In fact, the majority of the nations that are members of the United Nations are atheists and anti-Christian. When the United Nations become the undisputed one world government the practices of the countries mentioned above will be everywhere.

In the United States, the command not to speak in the name of Jesus Christ might not be as blunt as in the previously mentioned nations, but they are still loudly heard. The command not to be Christian is heard through the process of behavioral modification. There is social disapproval, verbal hostilities, isolation, strife, conflict, abuses, usuary, fraud, and hostile tones of every sort when we are known to believe in God, acknowledge Jesus as the Christ and our Lord and Savior, and embrace the Holy Spirit. If we abandoned the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, abandoned our born-again testimony, then positive social approval would be showered on us by feeding our dignity, building our self-esteem, giving us honor, respect, and every type of worldly and physical flatteries. Through behavioral modification, today’s culture is mandating that we live for the beast that gives what to speak, do, think, and feel.

The Jewish rulers hated that the Apostles were spreading the message the Christ all over Jerusalem and blaming them for His crucifixion. Today, those who govern and live for the atheistic culture have that same despise for we who live for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They do not want the message of the Cross to spread through their community because it reveals them as the government and culture of the beast. They do not want the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel to be seen as the one who sets in the temple of God, our body, as if it is God as described in the post on 2 Thessalonians 2. This is the one who gives breath/life to the image of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people as they are groomed to the mark, name, number of the beast by what they are given to say and do. Click here for a post on the extermination of Christian births from Revelations 12.

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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