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24/10/2025

DNA, Predestination and The Book of Life - by Jack Kinsella

According to Scripture, the names of everybody that ever lived are recorded in the Book of Life. The Book of Life is but one of the record books kept in heaven that records our time on this earth. The Bible also identifies the Books of Tears, Remembrance, and the Book of Births.

God foreordained my birth and my name was therefore recorded in the Book of Births before the foundation of the world. The Book of Tears contains the record of my trials and tribulations and disappointments.

My name was recorded in the Book of Life as well, even before I came to Christ. And my plea for salvation was recorded in the Book of Remembrance. Revelation 3:5 says that he that overcomes will be clothed in white rainment and that Jesus will not blot his name out of the Book of Life.

How's that again? Does that mean that a saved person's name can be blotted out if they fail to 'overcome'? How does a saved person "overcome" the world?

Answer: He can't. He couldn't if he wanted to. If a person could overcome the world, then why would we need a Savior? We are overcomers through faith in He that overcame the world on our behalf.

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)

Babies who die as babies go to heaven, so their names must already be recorded in the Book of Life. Paul writes to the Romans:

"I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." (Romans 7:9)

So your name remains in the Book of Life as long as you are alive. If your sin isn't covered by the Blood of Christ by the time you leave this earth, then your name is blotted out of the Book of Life.

But it is still recorded in the Book of Births, the Book of Tears and especially in the Book of Remembrances.

So the records of your birth, your trials and tribulations and those things God remembers but you forgot will all be opened -- and you will give an account for what is recorded against you.

But if your name is blotted out of the Book of Life, it means you were convicted in absentia -- the Great White Throne Judgment is, in reality a sentencing hearing.

Nobody that appears before the Great White Throne will have their names recorded in the Book of Life.

The Bible calls the Great White Throne judgment the 'second death'.

So in summary, the Bible outlines four different books in which our names are recorded and against which we are judged, either at the Bema Seat or the Great White Throne.

The books record our births and our trials in this life. We are judged according to what is written in those books, and we are saved according to what is written in the other two.

Science also has a "Book of Life". DNA is nicknamed 'the Book of Life' by geneticists because encoded in our DNA is all the necessary information that makes life possible.

DNA encodes our red blood cells, and the heart that pumps them. DNA encodes our hair follicles, and the color of the hair in them. DNA encodes our bones, and the muscles attached to them.

And DNA thoroughly destroys any argument of random creation, since it proves all the details of your life were encoded in advance, right down to one's individual disposition.

It is the DNA structure that 'creates' life in the same sense that inputting certain information into a computer 'creates' the results intended by its programmer.

Comparing the Scriptures to DNA research, one can make a powerful argument for predestination, without impugning our free will.

Although they haven't completely unlocked that part of the human genome, geneticists believe that when you will die and what you will die of is already encoded in your DNA.

Barring some accident, you are already predestined, by your genetic code, to live a finite period of time before your DNA activates the disease already encoded in your DNA that will ultimately kill you. That doesn't mean you don't have free will.

You could still kill yourself. Or battle the disease medically. But depending on your DNA code, the treatment will either work or it will not.

You have nothing to say about how you were programmed, yet your free will remains unfettered.

It is no accident that scientists have dubbed DNA 'the Book of Life." They took their imagery directly from Scripture, because Scripture has already outlined how it works.

"O Lord, Thou has searched me and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassed my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue but, lo, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether." (Psalms 139:1-4)

Scripture teaches that we are individuals by sovereign Design, rather than by a combination of random chance and our own choices. Scripture says,

"For Thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb." (Psalms 139:13)

Science also now says that our genetic code is imprinted on each of us from the womb. The Scriptures say,

"I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."

Science agrees that we are unique individuals whose differences are predetermined. While the Scriptures assign that marvel to our creation by a sovereign God, science assigns the same marvel to the uniqueness of our DNA encoding, while denying the existence of an Encoder.

"Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in THY BOOK ALL MY MEMBERS WERE WRITTEN, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them" (Psalms 139:16)

DNA According to the Bible, God knew who and what I would be while I was 'under construction' in the womb, according to the genetic Book of Life that contained all my relevant information.

Geneticists say they can determine these same details, one's s*x, hair color, physical strengths and weaknesses, susceptibility to disease, and even one's susceptibility for sin, based on the information encoded in the DNA before one is born.

Geneticists have discovered genetic markers that predispose some people to criminal behavior, violence, drug abuse or alcoholism, for example. These discoveries have resulted in the development of a scientific sub-discipline called 'behavioral genetics'.

DNA can determine the probability of mental illnesses, physical deformities, things like Down's Syndrome, and a host of other genetic factors that will determine everything from how I process information to predicting the way I will react to that information.

In light of advances in DNA research, arguing against the existence of a Creator God to initially program our DNA is like arguing that once a computer builds itself, it writes its own programming, turns itself on and decides for itself what it wants to work on and for how long before automatically self-destructing.

Which makes no sense at all.

What DOES make sense is a Creator God Who built me a certain way, left me with free will choices to make the most of it, and, since I am predisposed to make the wrong choices in certain areas of my life, also made a way for me to live in His sight for eternity, despite my built-in shortcomings.

And a way for my name to remain in the Lamb's Book of Life long after my DNA has turned to dust.

"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me." (Job 19:25-27)

Maranatha!

Friday, November 30, 2012
Jack Kinsella

23/10/2025

The Rise in Lawlessness- by Stephen Schmutzer

One must be blind, deaf, and stupid to not see our nation being torn apart right now.

Most of the blame is laid at the feet of politics. Fingers are pointed between the blues and the reds. But as violence roils our streets, foolishness infects our universities, woke-ism fills our elementary schools, and pabulum pours from our pulpits, we need to see that our problems are much bigger than who sleeps in Lincoln’s bed.

There are symptoms, and there are causes. Most people are more concerned about the symptoms, and we vote on those things. Usually, the symptoms are why candidates run, bills are passed, petitions are circulated, debates are held, and people protest. Nearly every issue that makes the news and fires up folks amounts to one or more symptoms.

It’s the CAUSE I am more concerned with. It’s true – but it’s also cliché – to say the cause is sin. It’s equally true – and just as much a truism – to say the cause is sinners. We need to go another layer down to unpack what’s really happening here.

Romans 1:18-32 gets to the heart of this issue, and it reads like it was ripped from today’s headlines. In verse 18, we find there is a group of people – a subset of unsaved sinners - who ‘suppress the truth by their wickedness.’ Not all unsaved sinners are like these folks. This bunch is uniquely depraved. They are 'special.'

Why? It’s because these folk are active truth suppressors. This is WHO they are. This is their identity. It is their conscious choice – their ultimate mission. While the truth is clear, while the truth does not change, and while this bunch KNOWS the truth - they choose to attack it anyways.

They don’t want the truth. They despise it - in all its forms. They especially despise truth that finds its source in God’s Word.

Think about it. Nations are part of God’s design, and so therefore are borders. Law and order are also part of God’s design, and justice too. Ditto for the nuclear family, two genders, capital punishment, and the value of human life. These things are not only part of God’s design and affirmed in His Word, but each one of them conforms to common sense.

This is why this crowd of truth suppressors esteem the opposite position on every point. This is why this depraved bunch wants to dissolve national sovereignty and why they push for open borders. This is why this bunch preserves a two-tiered justice system. This is why they want to defund police, coddle criminals, and jail victims. This is why this bunch of loonies believe tampon dispensers belong in boys’ bathrooms, and loser males should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. This is why this specific group of people touts there's 50+ genders and they have an insatiable lust to end the lives of unborn babies.

It’s because they are truth suppressors. They don’t WANT the truth – especially if that truth finds its source in God’s Word. While these folk - this subset of unsaved sinners - thinks they are wise, Romans is crystal clear: they are utter fools instead. We can all see it for ourselves. They wear a mask while driving alone in their own car, and they think men can become pregnant. This crowd – and it’s rapidly growing - have lost every vestige of common sense.

The Greek term used in vs. 28 to describe the brains of these folks makes the point their minds don’t work anymore like they are supposed to. That’s a consequence of the choices they’ve made. God turns them over to their idiocies, and they parade about in their willful pretenses like an emperor with no clothes.

But the other horse that pulls this whole CAUSE chariot – and perhaps you can see it by now - is this bunch has willfully rejected God. That’s a conscious choice they’ve made.

They came to a crossroads and took the wrong turn – and they KNOW they did. The wrong turn was what they wanted. They ‘love darkness rather than light’ (John 3:19).

Again – think about what this passage in Romans is really saying here. God has made Himself plain to this crowd (vs. 19), and so they are ‘without excuse’ (vs. 20). The created world and universe have declared God’s attributes to this bunch (vs. 20), they know God is real and that they are accountable to Him (vs. 21), but they have still turned away from God and have elevated their own follies instead (vs. 23).

They’ve chosen to reject God. Get it? They know He’s there. They know they owe God a right response, but they REFUSE to do that. And so, they are now forced to put down, censor, outlaw, attack, isolate, persecute, and eliminate (however that needs to be done) every person and representation of God and His values.

They don’t want ANY reminders of God – and so these guys are hardened, radical, committed, and violent ‘truth suppressors.’

It explains why this bunch of folks always looks like they just smelled a rotten egg - they wear their frustrations on their sleeves. They cannot hide their conundrum. God has wired their conscience to know right from wrong – and they KNOW they’re wrong! But rather than change and do what’s right, they just ratchet up their intolerances more and more.

This explains why this bunch is so angry, and they snap so quickly. It explains why they are prone to violence and are so full of strife. It explains why they are marinated in deception, steeped in foolishness, eager to slander, and utterly and totally evil.

Read this passage in Romans for yourself. It explains everything we see around us clearly. Again - it's like today's headlines.

Romans 1:32 says something particularly onerous which we also see around us. It says this bunch of truth suppressors openly ‘approve’ of everyone that ‘practices’ these evil deeds. We’ve certainly seen evidence of THAT lately, haven’t we? There’s been no shortage of applause for unhinged freaks who have acted violently, stupidly, murderously, and unlawfully.

Writing this post was a challenge for me; there is SO MUCH MORE I wanted to say here. Space did not permit it - and I guess we'll see if the filters do.

However, I recently taught two in-depth lessons on this very matter. If you want to hear those audios and see the lesson notes, go to www.solidbreadcommunity.com and click on ‘Study Series’ at the top. Go to ‘Special Events’ and you’ll recognize the same graphic there that you see here. Both lessons on ‘The Rise of Lawlessness’ are there.

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05/10/2025

Institutional Indicators of the End Times - by Tom Gilbreath

Bible prophecy shows a decrease in morality and corresponding increases in chaos and iniquity as the end of the age draws near. Chaos and iniquity can overwhelm human institutions such as courts, police, schools, prisons, and law-making bodies. Trying to keep societal order in an environment of moral decline, these institutions make changes — changes that will eventually lead to Antichrist.

Jesus said the last days would be like the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37). Genesis 6 verses 11 and 13, characterize the days of Noah as a time of violence. Jesus said last-days events would be like the labor pains a woman’s body goes through as it gets ready to give birth. Labor pain comes in waves. So it will be with violence. Each year will not be worse than the last, but the general trend will be toward more violence, and society will do things to compensate.

In 1970, about 330,000 people in the United States were incarcerated. Less than 40 years later, by 2008, that number had risen to 2.3 million. In 1970, 161 out of every 100,000 Americans were incarcerated. By 2008, that number had risen to 755. That’s more than a 450% increase. (These numbers do not include juveniles.) Since 2008, both violent crimes and incarceration rates seem to have gone down. If published statistics on violent crime are correct, that particular labor pain has somewhat subsided. Meanwhile, fear of violence continues to rise.

Parents can now buy armor-plated backpacks for their school-age children. Some schools require clear backpacks so it will be harder for students to bring in contraband such as guns. Many children walk through metal detectors just going to class in the morning. Theme parks routinely use metal detectors and bag checks. Security cameras are everywhere from homes and schools to grocery stores, city sidewalks, and restaurants.

What’s happening? Government agencies and private businesses are adjusting to ever-increasing dangers as the end of the age comes closer.

Revelation 9:21 and 18:23 indicate a last-days rise in something called “pharmakeia” in the Greek. Most English Bibles say “sorcery,” and that’s a good translation. But pharmakeia forms the root word for the English words pharmacy and pharmaceutical. It literally means drugs. Over the last few decades, the world has seen an explosion of both legal and illegal pharmakeia. How do governments, schools, and businesses adjust? They routinely stock Narcan or its equivalent in schools, patrol cars, ambulances, and even in places like restaurants and malls. This has saved countless lives, but even with its prevalence, way too many still die. Our institutions also do a great deal of drug education and drug testing.

Our biggest adjustment to moral decline may be in the number of laws. In 2023, state legislatures in the United States introduced 246,405 new bills. Much of this is an attempt to push back against the rising tide of evil flowing over the land. Add that to the thousands of pages of new federal laws and regulations along with city ordinances and local directives enacted every year. People keep inventing new ways to steal and otherwise harm the vulnerable, so governments scramble to keep things safe and fair.

What about individual Christians and their families? How do we cope with the increasing chaos that seems to be engulfing both our world and our neighborhoods? Philippians 4:6-7 gives a powerful set of instructions. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

28/09/2025

Eraser Theology Obscures Our Hope of Glory - by Jonathan Brentner

I believe that of all the future events of Bible prophecy, Satan hates Jesus’ Second Coming the most. Because he cannot erase Jesus’ return from Scripture, he fervently attacks the pre-Tribulation Rapture. If he can make that seem ridiculous, along with belief in a seven-year Tribulation with a real antichrist oppressing Israel, he effectively diminishes the spectacular and glorious nature of Jesus’ return, at which time He destroys Satan’s reign on the earth through the man of lawlessness.

Those who say Jesus’ Second Coming is the next event on God’s prophetic calendar quash the earthshaking impact of how the Old Testament prophets and John describe it. An end-of-the-age return is exceedingly bland compared to the words of Revelation 19:11-20:4 or even Psalm 96:7-13.

That’s why I refer to such amillennial beliefs as “eraser theology.” For them, the proclamation of the Gospel far too often stops with the forgiveness of sins. They portray eternal life as a nondescript gathering of family members in the sky by and by. Absent from their preaching is the Lord’s comforting promise of resurrected bodies, warnings of the coming Tribulation, and our hope of reigning with Him.

Eraser theology cannot change what God’s Word says about Jesus’ glorious future as King over all the nations, but it does keep many saints from rejoicing in the wonders of all that lies ahead for them.

Amillennialists Erase the Awesomeness of the Day of the Lord

Amillennialism changes the awesomeness of the Day of the Lord into something rather ordinary by comparison. They dismiss the Old Testament prophecies of this day by characterizing its words as symbols that signify a reality far different than what the prophets intended at the time they wrote.

Through the prophets of old, the Lord spoke about a day when He would judge the world in real time; He repeatedly warned of the terrible devastation of this still future time. The descriptions of its horrors have never occurred in the history of the world (see Isaiah 13:6-16, 24:1-23; Joel 2:30-3:3; Zephaniah 1:14-18). One has to greatly change the meaning of the words in these passages to say this day occurred in the past or that the words have a spiritual connotation rather than a literal, futuristic meaning.

Jesus also spoke of this coming time of judgment in Matthew 24:21-22:

“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.”

Those who say that the Lord’s words in these verses have already reached fulfillment reflect their disbelief in the Old Testament warnings about the Day of the Lord. Sadly, their effort to sanitize God’s Word of His wrath keeps believers in the dark regarding the future of the planet, muffles the Lord’s warnings for our day, and keeps focus of the saints earthbound rather than heavenward.

The Day of the Lord culminates with Jesus’ victorious return to the earth after His judgments have vanquished antichrist’s reign of terror. He returns as a conquering hero to inherit His kingdom.

Amillennialists Erase the Many Glories of Jesus’ Thousand-Year Reign

The adherents of eraser theology, the amillennialists, tell us that the church age is the promised millennial rule of Jesus over the nations. Please notice how just a few of the biblical depictions of Jesus’ earthly reign radically differ from our current experience on Earth where pain, suffering, and death prevail:

Jesus reigns over all nations for one thousand years (Psalm 2:7-9; Revelation 20:1-10).
The Lord rules with a “rod of iron,” signifying that justice will prevail everywhere on the earth (Psalm 2:7-9; Isaiah 11:1-5; 32:1). Injustice ceases to exist on planet Earth during His rule.
An angel places Satan in a “bottomless pit” from which he cannot escape, oppress the saints, or oppose the Lord’s agenda for one thousand years (Revelation 20:1-4).
Wars cease to exist throughout the duration of His rule; peace prevails in every corner of the planet (Psalm 46:8-10).
Christ rules from Mount Zion (Psalm 48:1-8).
People enjoy long lifespans such that they consider death at age one hundred a premature death and attribute it to sin (Isaiah 65:20-25).
“All peoples, nations, and languages. . . serve” the Lord Jesus (Daniel 7:14).

The above descriptions of Jesus’ rule do not in any way match the church age. Pastors who teach that this vale of tears, where lawlessness and wickedness prevail, is Jesus’ kingdom obscure both the Savior’s glory and ours as coheirs of this spectacular realm. Please read the above list again if you think the church age in even the most minuscule way matches Jesus’ future reign as depicted in Scripture.

Amillennialists Erase the Preeminence of Jesus from His Return

In my book, Invitation to a Lavish Feast – Wisdom’s Path to the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, I explain how Colossians 1:15-20 verifies our belief that what the Apostle John wrote about in Revelation 19:11-20:10 is both literal and future. The popular views of the Second Coming, listed below, make it appear far less powerful and victorious than how the Bible describes it, and obscure the glories of His future rule over the nations.

Preterists say that it happened in AD 70 either spiritually or with a clash of chariots in the sky that only a few people saw.
Those who adhere to Dominion Theology say Jesus returns after the church inaugurates millennial conditions on the earth and rules without His physical presence.
Amillennialists place Jesus’ return after the current age, which is His Kingdom.

The words of Revelation 19:11-20:10 shout with the message of Jesus’ preeminence and negate all the above beliefs. They all fall far short of exalting the Savior in the way that Colossians 1:15-20 does. Only the belief that Jesus returns to earth after abolishing the reign of Satan via antichrist and sets up a thousand-year rule over the nations exalts Him in a way fitting with His preeminence and glory.

Those who say there is no Rapture, no Tribulation, and no Millennial reign of Jesus perform a great disservice to the body of Christ. The Bible says that someday we will return with Jesus in great glory and we will reign with Him in His earthly kingdom. The scoffers say no; the Bible says yes!

Maranatha!!

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27/09/2025

What Happens When God Stops Restraining The Evil In Our World? - by Dean Dwyer

It would be safe to say that all of us have come to accept this simple truth: evil exists, but God is good. Of course, the world is yet to experience the pinnacle of evil. That will come during the Tribulation Period through the evil agenda of the unholy trinity of Satan, Antichrist, and False Prophet. In speaking of the day when the man of sin would be revealed, the Apostle Paul was inspired to write this in 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8: “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.”

Although that passage clearly speaks about the Antichrist’s lawlessness, Zechariah 11 gives us further insight into the character of the Antichrist when referring to him as a foolish shepherd (v. 15). The Bible, particularly in its wisdom literature, uses a number of words for “fool.” The word used to describe Antichrist as a “foolish shepherd” means that he is a special type of fool who is more foolish than the common fool because he has no fear of the LORD! Proverbs 1:7 says: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.“

Naturally, without a fear of the LORD and reverence for His Word, the foolish Antichrist will claim his wisdom is above that of God’s. Proverbs 12:15: “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.” Finally, this type of fool has no remorse over his sin. Proverbs 14:9 says: “Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is favour.“

The Zechariah 11 passage also goes on to refer to the Antichrist as a worthless shepherd (v. 17). Some translations use the term “idol shepherd,” and either term suits the context because it refers to something worthless, particularly as an object of worship. The same Hebrew word (this time translated as “idol”) is used as part of God’s very clear warning in Leviticus 26:1: “You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.” Since Israel rejected God’s chosen Shepherd, He will sovereignly allow a worthless shepherd (the Antichrist) to arise over them and lead them astray.

What I draw your attention to concerning the rise of the Antichrist is that it does not catch God by surprise. His rise is sovereignly permitted by God. Note Zechariah 11:16: “For indeed I [the LORD] will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces.”

When will he be revealed? 2 Thessalonians 2:6: “And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.” Notice that in the Greek, the word used for “time” is “kairos”. This means that God has appointed a fixed and definite time for the revelation to occur. But until that time, as the passages in 2 Thessalonians reveal, there is a restrainer that is holding back evil. From this, two things are evident. Number one, God (in His sovereignty) determined to have a restrainer who restrains the spirit of lawlessness from rising to its ultimate expression in the Antichrist. Number two, God will (in His sovereignty) cause that restraint to end at the appointed time by removing the restrainer.

So, the question is, who or what is this restrainer?

In 2 Thessalonians 2:6, Paul uses a neuter expression for the power doing the restraining but in verse 7, he uses the masculine gender with a masculine article. What does that mean? It means that a person, not simply an impersonal force, is directly involved in the restraining. So, who is this restrainer? Though there is disagreement amongst commentators, it is my contention that Paul is referring to the Holy Spirit. Dr Ron Rhodes writes: “And while the Holy Spirit presently abides in the church in a special way to restrain sin, this work of the Holy Spirit will be removed at the rapture, and the antichrist will be revealed.” This does not mean He will be removed from the world. As David said in Psalm 139:7: “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?” It simply means His ministry of holding back evil will cease.

Some people wrongly believe that this means the Holy Spirit will not be active during the Tribulation Period. Granted, His work will not be identical to that of the present age, but there is sufficient Scriptural evidence to confirm He will continue His work in two crucial ways. Firstly, it is clear that there are many people who come to a saving knowledge of Jesus in the Tribulation Period (Revelation 7:9-12). It is the work of the Holy Spirit to convict people of sin (John 16:7-11) and therefore we know He will continue to be active, pointing people to their need for the Saviour. Secondly, He will empower His witnesses as they face arrest and persecution. In Mark 13:11, Jesus says: “But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.“

For now, we continue to wait for that trumpet sound, knowing that the Antichrist’s time will not come until after the rapture takes place. As Dr Andy Woods writes: “Because the Holy Spirit permanently indwells all believers, it would be impossible for God to remove the restraining ministry of the Holy Spirit from the earth without simultaneously removing the believers whom the Holy Spirit permanently indwells from the earth.” To us, that day will be glorious. To the world, that day will begin a period of time in which evil will be unleashed on a scale never before seen.

-Dean Dwyer
is a Harbinger’s Daily Contributor who has served for over 20 years as Pastor and President of Eiser Street Baptist Church in Queensland, Australia.

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