We are the Temple of God and His judgment is coming for the way it has been hijacked

John 2:13-22

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• Christ came to redeem the soul, but it has been polluted.
• God is preparing to unleash His judgment.
• We are created to be the House of God not the house of this world’s god.
• The “scarlet cord” is alive in the Bible.
• The resurrection of Christ is the sign to this world.
• The Kingdom of God is not of this world but is spiritual and eternal.
• The words of the Bible are verifiable in this world today.

Christ came to redeem the soul, but it has been polluted. “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.” John 2: 13-14 

The Passover represents the blood of Jesus Christ being applied to the soul for the remission of sin and eternal life. Our soul is the temple of God where the Spirit of Christ is supposed to live within us through the remission of sin. Today, everything except the Holy Spirit lives within the soul of the masses of people around the world. Where are the sheep of the Good Shepherd? Where is the dove-like nature of the Spirit? Where is the willingness to sacrifice our life to live for the Lord Jesus?

If Jesus Christ came today, He would find the temple, our body, filled with money changers doing business. The people of today desire the prosperity of this world more than the Holiness found in the Spirit of Christ. They reject Jesus Christ, deny God, and blaspheme the Holy Spirit in exchange for money and possessions. In fact, we live in a world where humanism uses behavior modification to entice people to reject the spiritual in exchange for living by the thing which forms what people thinks, feels, does, and speaks. Humanisms is “…an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.”

Behavior modification is a way to mandate or force people into a specific behavior. It is used to reward desired behavior with things that can be had in this world and to make belief in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit a very unrewarding and hurtful experience. It modifies people’s behavior to be receptive to the thing which forms what they think, feel, and do to enable the image of the beast to live and speak through them. As it lives and speaks through people, they are conformed to their place in life by what they say and do. What they say and do is very worldly and earthbound. They are conformed to their mark in life as they are groomed to the mark of the beast.

The soul is being corrupted with worldly things in order to make the temple of God, our body, a place for the thing which forms thoughts, behaviors, and feelings,

…it opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that it sits as God in the temple of God, showing itself that it is God.

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;2 Thessalonians 2:4 and also 1 Corinthians 6:19

God is preparing to unleash His judgment. “When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.” John 2:15

Jesus Christ did not go immediately into the temple to bring judgment; it was planned, and Jesus took the time to sit down and make a whip with several cords on it. It would have taken some time to gather the material, put the whip together, and then go back to the temple.

The judgment of God is coming to this world according to the plan of God. Currently, the whip of chords is being made as the global government of the beast progresses forward, and as the temple of God (our body) is being hijacked by the thing which forms what a person thinks, feels, and does. It blasphemes the Holy Spirit, discards the need for Jesus Christ, and denies God. The global economy will be totally poured out, overturned, and destroyed as the whip of chords (God’s judgment) is unleashed onto the world. Revelation 18 is a very clear picture of the day when the tables of the moneychangers are overturned.

The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’ And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: Revelation 18:9-11

As God’s whip is unleashed onto the world, the sheep and oxen will be driven out from the temple as well. Referring to sheep as Christians led by the Good Shepherd, there are only a faithful few in the world. Referring to the oxen as people willing to sacrifice their life to live for Jesus, they are scarce. It is a day when lawlessness is unrestrained because the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way, He is no longer a dominant force within humanity, as quoted below,

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 2 Thessalonians 2:4

We are created to be the House of God not the house of this world’s god. “And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” John 2:16

Human beings are created to be the house of the Holy Spirit, and we are bought at a price with the blood of Jesus Christ. We must not allow desires for possessions and money to be the price of our soul. We must not sell out the dove of the Holy Spirit.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Unfortunately, we live in a world which has adopted humanism as guiding principles and it is rooted in the thing which forms what we think, feel, do, and speak. They have made the world’s population desirous for merchandise and physical comforts as the Holy Spirit is blasphemed, the need for Jesus Christ is discarded, and God is not believed.

People in every city around the world welcome the thing which forms their thoughts, behaviors, and feelings as it enables the image of the beast to live and speak through them. It has made the soul a temple of merchandise. As it lives and speaks through people, they are conformed to their place in life by what they say and do. They are conformed to their mark in life as they are groomed to the mark of the beast.

People are choosing a worldly “livelihood” over God and Jesus Christ, which is exactly what humanism requires, which operates through the thing which forms what we think, feel, and do. Humanism is, “…an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.”

The governing authority of this world buys the soul with money, possessions, physical desires, and the needs of human physiology to set themselves up as God within the soul of the world’s population,

“…it opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that it sits as God in the temple of God, showing itself that it is God.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

The “scarlet cord” is alive in the Bible. “Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has consumed Me.” John 2:17 The disciples of Jesus were so much different than the 99.9% of the Jewish population because they saw the Old Testament scriptures pointing to Jesus Christ. The reference to Jesus in the Old Testament is known as the “scarlet cord” which runs from Genesis 1:1 throughout the entire Bible. As followers of Jesus Christ, we know the “scarlet cord” points to the Cross where He shed His blood for the remission of sin.

Today, we know the House of God is our body as the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Judgment comes to this world because the present government has made God’s house a place for the thing which forms what we think, feel, and do. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people. An enormous tribulation is coming to this world by the hand of God, and we know without a doubt that zeal for His house consumes Him.

The resurrection of Christ is the sign to this world. “So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” John 2:18-19 

The Jews were looking for external signs of the authority of Jesus Christ being from God, very much different than seeing Jesus Christ through the “scarlet cord” of the Old Testament. The sign they would receive through Jesus was His resurrection after His body was destroyed by the crucifixion. After lying in the grave for three days, God raised Him from the dead.

Today, the sign God gives us of the return of Jesus Christ is the destruction of Christianity, and we will be raised from the dead once the destruction is completed. In this year 2023, we see the destruction of the manmade churches because they have tossed aside the Gospel of Christ. We also see the destruction of the body as the temple of God because the thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and speak sits in the temple of God as if it were God, 2 “…it opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that it sits as God in the temple of God, showing itself that it is God.” Thessalonians 2:4

The “he” in the verses below is not identifying a person, it is the beast behind the image and mark of the beast. The thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and speak enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people. As it lives and speaks through people, they are conformed to their place in life by what they say and do. They are conformed to their mark in life as they are groomed to the mark of the beast. The whole world lives for it except those whose name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. Then he 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.Revelation 13:5-8

Revelation 4 describes the response from God after the Church and body of Christ has been destroyed. Nothing is left of the churches as a gathering place for the followers of Christ, and only a faithful few are holding to the testimony of Jesus from around the world. The destruction of the churches leads to the opening of the Seven Seals, bringing the judgment of God and the return of Jesus Christ. The first six chapters of Revelation explains all of this.

The Kingdom of God is not of this world but is spiritual and eternal. “Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” But He was speaking of the temple of His body.” John 2:20-21

Like the Jews, this world only sees the value of accomplishments rooted in tangible things. For example, the United Nations (global government of the beast) only sees the time, effort, and dedication to fulfilling the goals of the global “democratic” society. Jesus Christ says this about building on human rationale and leaving out God,

But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.

This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Matthew 7:26-27 and also Acts 11:11-12

The global government of the beast is slowly and steadily accomplishing their goals and would immediately call it ridiculous to think it could be accomplished in just a few days. In fact, immediately after WW2 is when the United Nations was formed (the government of the beast), as described in Daniel 8. After about 76 years, they have established their agenda in every nation around the world.

The Gospel of Christ no longer exists in the Churches, nor in government lawmaking, nor in the educational system, nor in any sector of society. The United Nations is building their global “democratic” society on the thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and speak. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through the masses around the world. The global government derives their power and authority from those masses by what they say and do. As it lives and speaks through people, they are conformed to their place in life. They are conformed to their mark in life as they are groomed to the mark of the beast.

The Kingdom which God is building is not of this world but is built through Jesus Christ who was raised from the dead after three days. His Kingdom is within us through the Holy Spirit and is waiting for us in the new heaven and earth when this heaven and earth passes away. We will be resurrected from the dead and live eternally with Christ in the Kingdom of God. Because He lives, we will live also, but this world does not believe that,

“As you do not know what the way of the wind is, 
Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child,
So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.”
Ecclesiastes 11:5

…whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Matthew 7:24-25

The words of the Bible are verifiable in this world today. “Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.” John 2:22

The Apostles were eyewitnesses to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, plus they compared the resurrection to the prophecy of the Bible, plus they remembered what Jesus said about His resurrection. Today, it’s easy to believe what the scriptures say because everything is happening right in front of our eyes, we are eyewitnesses to it. Plus, the prophecy of the Old Testament verifies the current events, as well as the word of Jesus Christ. For example, we are eyewitnesses to the events written about below, plus they are Bible prophecy, plus they are from the inspiration of the words of Christ,

Global warming is here and is progressing hand-in-hand with the global government. Global warming is mentioned as a plague sent by God in Revelation 16:8-9. Also, the establishment of the global government is here and is mentioned in Revelation 17 and Daniel 8. In Daniel 8, it reveals that the global government was established immediately after WW2, which is the United Nations, and was called the New World Order at the time. With it, was brought the components of the beast, as specified in Daniel 8, which is what we call the global government of the beast today.

Global warming in its intensity comes just before the power center of the beast is knocked offline, as stated in Revelation 16:10-11. That means the source of power and authority of the global government will be non-existence. The thing which forms what we think, feel, do, and speak will not be functioning, meaning the image and mark of the beast will be powerless. That ushers in the Battle of Armageddon as stated in Revelation 16:12-16.

Today, everyone in every city around the world (Except the followers of Christ) are living by the thing which forms what they think, feel, do, and speak. It enables the image of the beast to speak and live through the masses. The masses are the foundation of the power and authority of the global “democratic” government. As people are allowing the image of the beast to speak and live through them, they are being conformed to their place in life by what they say and do. The masses of the world are conformed to their mark in life as they are groomed to live according to the mark of the beast. Revelation 13 is a whole chapter on the image and mark of the beast.

As we recall the Holy Scriptures in light of current events, it is easy to believe the words of Jesus and the entirety of the Bible. We believe, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

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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