Do You Know the True Gospel of Christ?

"' The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. ... 9) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea." - Isaiah 11:6, 9.

by Leonard V Johnson

As we get ever closer to the glorious and powerful return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, an “Interfaith Gospel” is increasing in popularity.

In regard to God’s kingdom, this “interfaith” gospel’s focus is on a heart-level transformation, which they claim matches Jesus’ teaching that the kingdom of God is “inside you” and lived out through personal righteousness. It views the kingdom as God’s kingship exercised in believers today, not in a future government.

According to sources such as the “Interfaith Gospel Movement,” there’s a quiet surge in a grassroots spiritual movement that echoes those inner-faith ideas, especially among younger people seeking encounters outside of the traditional churches. Data from 2025 shows a spiritual “awakening” beyond the conventional walls, driven by Gen Z’s desire for “genuine experience.” Insider movements ── faith communities that stay within their cultural contexts, all the while claiming worship of Jesus ── are increasing and expanding. Including tent revivals in small-town America, booming in 2026, offering raw “back-to-the-basics” worship that draws thousands upon thousands. 1

Well… in truth, the LORD God is only “calling” a relative few in this present evil age (see our article, “Are You Being Called by God?”). Yet, the LORD God will call others in the ‘age to come’ (see our sermon, “Salvation OFFERED To All”).

Our beloved apostle, Jude, wrote under inspiration that true Christians are “to contend earnestly for the faith which was ONCE FOR ALL delivered to the saints.” And even then, between 68 and 70 AD, Apostle Jude was warning us that “certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for THIS CONDEMNATION, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and DENY THE ONLY LORD GOD [God the Father] AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.” – Jude 1:3-4.

They would rather instead believe that the Holy Spirit is a third God. True Christians know and believe that God (the Elohim), at this present moment, is a family of two ── God the Father and God the Son. Yet, as stated by our Lord Jesus, He was in perfect unity and agreement with His Father (cf. Matthew 26:39; John 5:19; 10:30). Also, true Christians know and believe that the kingdom of God is a future establishment of His government upon the Earth (cf. Matthew 25:31-34; Revelation 21:1-4; Psalm 47:7-8; 103:19).

It’s important to add here a person who was certainly teaching a false gospel and became a 2nd-century theologian, Marcion of Sinope. He was born around 85 AD in Sinope, Pontus (modern Turkey). He began teaching that “the God of the New Testament was a God of love compared to the vengeful Old Testament God.” He also “claimed that Paul was the only true apostle.” He published his own canon of ten Pauline letters and an edited “Gospel of Luke.” His teachings sparked a sizeable sect in his day. Today, few church groups ‘openly’ follow Marcion’s teachings, yet many echo his dualistic emphasis by highlighting New Testament love and downplaying the Old Testament. The dualistic view continues to surface today in some “interfaith Christian” circles that stress that “the kingdom of God is in one’s heart,” and there’s a New Testament love all the while downplaying Old Testament justice. Additionally, he taught against “the faith which was ONCE FOR ALL delivered to the saints,” he taught against the holy Sabbath, and he taught against ── as stated ── the soon-coming Millennial reign of God’s kingdom on Earth. 2 On those three points, elements of Marcion’s teachings show up in today’s interfaith-leaning Christian circles, where there’s often a tendency to highlight New Testament love and downplay Old Testament law.

Even then, soon after 49 AD, the Apostle Paul was warning that people were turning aside to a false gospel ──

“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to A DIFFERENT GOSPEL, 7) which is not another [meaning that this false gospel had been around awhile]; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8) But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9) As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” – Galatians 1:6-9.

Brethren, as far as living in a growing “interfaith” world, God’s living word teaches us that we “should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting” – Ephesians 4:14. We are to be “steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord” – 1 Corinthians 15:58. We are to patiently endure, despite the changes all about us.

“’ And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.’” – Mark 13:13.

“Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” – Revelation 14:12.

God’s living word does not promote “The Benedict Option.” A phrase popularized by Rod Dreher’s 2017 proposal that Christians build intentional, resilient communities ── what he calls ‘exile in place’ ── to preserve their faith and beliefs amid an increasingly secular culture. Dreher argues that Christians should build resilient communities ── churches, schools, and families ── that model monastic beliefs so that their faith can thrive among a dominant secular culture. He isn’t calling for literal monasteries, but rather a ‘monastic paradigm’ where ora et labora, prayer and work, can shape daily life as a foretaste of the kingdom of God ── echoing St. Benedict’s ancient model of communal living. 3

Now, for several years there’s been a lot of “reconciling” discussions concerning the Roman Catholic Church and the daughter Protestant churches. Despite the fact that there’s a whole trough full of theological matters they disagree upon, they are seeking closer unity.

God’s living eternal word warns against this type of ecumenical unity that the Vatican desires. The type of unity they are desiring is not biblical. It results in idolatry and hero worship. In the near future, a final false prophet ── a final Roman Catholic Church pope ── speaking pompous words, who will have two horns like a lamb, but will speak as a dragon, will popularize Catholicism to such a degree, that nearly everyone alive will want to unite with Catholicism ──

“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 [meaning, those who believe in this false religion of Satan, they’ll continue to do so until ‘he is taken out of the way’ ── this son of perdition]. 8) And then the lawless one [the wicked one] will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.”

So, in the end-time, despite all the chaos that’s taking place, there will arise a “holy” man who in the end actually claims that he is God! In the Bible, in the Book of Revelation, he is called the great false prophet.

9) The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10) and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11) And FOR THIS REASON God will [and I believe He has already] send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12) that they all may be [judged] who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12.

And as far as this end time “interfaith” ── and I’m sure you’ve seen bumper stickers ── true Christians are warned to “’ Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues’” – Revelation 18:4.

“DO NOT be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15) And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?

16) And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.” – 2 Corinthians 6:14-16.

True Christians are not of this world; we are sanctified, we are set apart ── we are hated because we are not of the world – John 17:9-23.

We boldly and faithfully proclaim to you the true Gospel of Christ ── rightly preaching the kingdom of God and rightly teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence. □

Additional Information:

The Kingdom of God Is at Hand! Brethren, our Lord Jesus’ first recorded words at the beginning of His ministry are “’ The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.’” His glorious kingdom is ever so much more at hand than it was nearly two thousand years ago! Are You prepared for His soon-coming kingdom!? Are You overcoming? Are You preparing to rule with Christ?

Personal From... Christ's Kingdom Come! What is the real cause behind all the violence, mayhem, cruelty, and crime ── the stench of our moral decay? Our sick and violent societies, with their out-of-control immoralities, their permissiveness, their spirit of rebellion against authority, their pride, greed, envy, jealousy, and hate ── are producing mass murderers. But in Christ’s Kingdom to Come, it will be completely different!

A Morning Bible Study ── Are You Preparing For God's Kingdom? Are You Preparing to RULE WITH CHRIST!? Let us begin to properly understand.

Have You Heard the True Gospel? A sermon that Mr. Johnson gave in 2015, which was originally published on BlogTalkRadio. Delivered by Minister Leonard V Johnson on October 28th, 2015.

The One True GOSPEL. Yesterday afternoon, while speaking with a professing Christian relative, I was asked if I had ever heard of Pauline Christianity. He asked, “Are you aware that Saul preached a different gospel other than the four gospels?” […]

Tares Among the Wheat. Again, let me ask, why does the LORD God allow wars, strife, and chaos around the world? Why does the LORD God allow suffering, poverty, squalor, and unhappiness around the globe? […]

What Are the Requirements For the Kingdom of God? Now, we’ve been going through some of the New Testament, and seeing why it is that a great many people believe exactly the opposite of what God’s living word truly says. […]

1 Amazon.com, 10 Sept. 2026.

2. Ibid., 1.

3. Ibid., 1.

Daddy, Were There Really Dinosaurs?

by Leonard V Johnson

Stacy Trasancos of the National Catholic Register wrote back in 2016 ──

What Do You Say When Kids Ask About Dinosaurs?

Suppose you catechize your children properly and teach them all about Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden and original sin. Suppose you sit on the sofa one Sunday evening, read the Bible with them and explain how God created all of the plants and animals.

On Monday morning, they return to their science classes and learn about fossils and dinosaurs, which have sparked an interest and led them to browse the Internet for more information. It’s not like dinosaurs are taboo or anything. Kids love dinosaurs! Eventually, they ask the obvious question.

“So, Mom, I have been wondering: Did the dinosaurs live before or after Adam and Eve?” …

If the answer is that the dinosaurs lived before Adam and Eve, then it follows that all words and sentences in the first three chapters of Genesis are not to be taken literally. Dinosaurs are believed to have dominated the earth for more than 100 million years, first appearing more than 200 million years ago in the Triassic Period and reigning during the Jurassic Period …

If the answer is that the dinosaurs lived after Adam and Eve and roamed with antediluvian giants (or something) before the Great Flood of Noah, then fine, maybe, just maybe, you have preserved the literal sense of the very first Bible story to a T. …

My kids have asked this question, and I have practiced my answer. First, do not teach them young-earth creationism. In my opinion, that is a failure to teach at all. It requires you to tell kids that a certain narrow group of self-appointed authorities are the sole authorities of both science and theology, and that is a dangerous corral to shove them in. …

Meanwhile, say something like this to your kids: “Dinosaurs lived before Adam and Eve. You have been taught about how God created plants and animals before he [sic] created man and woman. Well, there is much more to the story. Scientists have learned about fossils, taxonomy, anatomy and genetics, all subjects you will learn in time. Be excited; it is mind-blowing to explore how God designed nature!”

(https://www.ncregister.com/blog/what-do-you-say-when-kids-ask-about-dinosaurs).

Mrs. Trasancos, a chemist from Penn State University, who worked as a senior research chemist for DuPont (historically, in the 1930s, DuPont was deeply involved in U.S. corporate and political circles. DuPont had financial and logistical ties to arms suppliers worldwide, which were also sold to and used by our enemies) 1 was right about one thing ── this dinosaur subject requires parents to be ready for the correct answer.

The Holy Bible, which is God’s living word, admonishes all parents to teach their children the holy and righteous commands of the LORD God ──

“’ And these words which I command you TODAY shall be in your heart. 7) You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9) You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.’” – Deuteronomy 6:6-9.

It was at this moment in time when Judah was a vassal of Assyria, and King Josiah was leading a pro-independence, monotheistic reform. The Prophet Moses here isn’t just speaking of any legal code; it’s a teaching moment urging all parents to pass the faith of the LORD God to their children, in everything they do with their hands, with their mind, and in their heart.

Traditionally, Jews affix a mezuzah (a small parchment scroll containing this very Scripture) to each of the doorposts of their home. It’s placed in a decorative case and secured on the right side of the doorway, serving as a physical reminder of the commandment. The Prophet Moses was speaking figuratively about keeping the LORD's words in our hearts and minds, but it was Jewish tradition that turned this into a literal mezuzah ritual.

Also, the Apostle Peter admonishes us, brethren, that we should “sanctify the Lord God in [our] hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks [us] a reason for the hope that is in [us], with meekness and fear.” – 1 Peter 3:15.

There were large creatures ── that have come to be called dinosaurs ── prior to the creation of Adam and Eve.

The overall majority of what Mrs. Trasancos wrote is wrong! For one thing: It is utterly wrong of her to even suggest: “If the answer is that the dinosaurs lived before Adam and Eve, then it follows that all words and sentences in the first three chapters of Genesis are not to be taken literally.”

The very opening of God’s living word ── of which our own Savior, High Priest, and Advocate has said, “ …’ Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4. So, we can either believe what the LORD God has said, or like Mrs. Trasancos, you do not take anything His living word says literally ──

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1.

1. beereshuday֖at beerha֣ elohyay֑im imt֥a hashoomahy֖im ve'eyat֥a ha'arֽetz: (ו)

Of course, God’s living word doesn’t tell us just when this occurred, this “in the beginning.” There have been many (including myself) who have added up the ages of various biblical figures when they became fathers, then combined that with the reigns of kings, and then added in some additional Scriptures, and have concluded that from the time of verse 3 of Genesis chapter 1 to the present has been a little less than 6,000 years! Basically, each day = 1,000 years of Earth's recreation history. (For details, be sure to read and study the article “Could Mankind’s 6000 years end in 2030?”).

There was indeed a creation as stated in Genesis 1:1. But there was a long gap between verse 1 and verse 2 ── of billions of years! In a series of Personals, I began writing, I went over “Some Prehistory Facts.” And I began with the rebellion of the evil one – Satan the devil. Because of this rebellion, physical destruction occurred to the earth! Notice this – Genesis 1:2, “[But] earth [became] without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.” The Hebrew words which our great patriarch and prophet Moses used are tohu and bohu – which truly means “chaotic and in confusion.”

Notice ──

2. veha'aretz, hiyata tohu vevohu, vehoshech, al-pni thom; veru'ach elohim, merahefet al-pni hamayim.

Here are a few additional translations ──

“The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface.” – Genesis 1:2, NLT.

“And the earth was † without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” – Genesis 1:2, NET.

(† Hebrew, hayah could also be read as became).

Illustration of the Earth being formed per-2 Peter 3:5 ── “But this fact is hidden from them – they themselves choosing to ignore it – that by the Word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth came forth out of water and amid water.”

Let us also notice the following ──

“For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: ‘I am the LORD, and there is no other.’” – Isaiah 45:18.

This planet was formed from and amid water. Evidence from ancient rocks suggests Earth may have been a water world for much of its early history, with little or no land until later tectonic activity created continents. 2

So, as mentioned earlier, something terrible occurred to the Earth between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. Day one officially begins in verse 3 ──

“Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.”

Now, the LORD God’s living word “cannot be broken” – John 10:35. And the Prophet Isaiah, under divine inspiration, clearly states that the LORD God “formed the earth and made it … Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited.” So therefore, there was a second creation of the planet Earth. Psalm 104:30 supports this understanding ── “You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth.”

Notice this from Arthur C. Custance (1910-1985), the British-born Canadian who wrote about the unique connections between scientific research and biblical understanding, bringing together faith and reason. He attended the University of Toronto, where he obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees in biblical languages ──

“ … the view was never thereafter entirely lost, even though it was sometimes presented only in the form of an opinion that such a gap did exist, a time interval of unknown duration between the initial creation and the work of the six days which began in verse 3. …

Furthermore, in the Massoretic Text in which the Jewish scholars tried to incorporate enough ‘indicators’ to guide the reader as to correct punctuation there is one small mark which is technically known as Rebhia, which is classified as a ‘disjunctive accent’ intended to notify the reader that he should pause before proceeding to the next verse. In short, this mark indicates a ‘break’ in the text. Such a mark appears at the end of Genesis 1:1. This mark has been noted by several scholars including Luther. It is one indication among others, that the initial waw ( ו) which introduces verse 2 should be rendered ‘but’ rather than ‘and’, a dis-junctive rather than a con-junctive.” 3

So, we come to see that, anciently, there is a ( ו) mark between verses 1 and 2 of the Book of Genesis──indicating that there should be a pause. Also, that instead of verse 2 beginning with “And” as the 1611 King James Version, as well as the New English Translation, has, it should rather begin with “But.”

Notice that mankind was not created until well after Genesis 1:1 ──

“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28) Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill [replenish] the earth and subdue it; …” – Genesis 1:27-28.

The New English Translation by Minister Fred R. Coulter rightly uses “And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; …”

To replenish is Strong’s #4390, from the Hebrew מָלאֵ , male' ── replenish.

It should also be noted that this was the same command by the LORD God to the Prophet Noah after the Flood ──

“So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill [replenish] the earth.” – Genesis 9:1.

Again, the New English Translation by Minister Fred R. Coulter rightly uses “replenish.”

So, this gap that was between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 was when there were dinosaurs.

Now, do dinosaurs disprove God’s living word? Well, scientists tell us that dinosaurs roamed the earth some millions of years ago ── like the Tyrannosaurus, which lived some 69-66 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period just before the mass extinction event. Yet, God’s living word tells us that everything was created in a mere six days──which, as mentioned earlier, actually began in verse 3 of Genesis chapter 1. Nearly 6,000 years ago (cf. 2 Peter 3:8).

So, indeed, before Adam and Eve were created, this Earth was inhabited by strange and bizarre creatures, most of them of awesome and immense size, called “terrible lizards” ── with one, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, with an estimated weight of 60–124 tonnes! In real-world terms, it’s about nine-tenths the weight of the Statue of Liberty without its base (which is about 140 tonnes)!

Yet, most fundamentalist and traditionalist churches, along with most “creationists,” tend to support the idea that “God created the whole universe, including mankind along with the dinosaurs, 6,000 years ago.”

So, just as has come to Mrs. Trasancos, dinosaurs have come to completely befuddle biblical students and scholars regarding the authenticity of the Bible ── and to come to question its very Author. Because can God’s word account for the very existence of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures? If not ── then, as they say, “it follows that all words and sentences in the first three chapters of Genesis are not to be taken literally.”

The fact is, without real and true spiritual knowledge imparted from our Father and our Savior, it becomes a real conundrum trying to squeeze dinosaurs into a 6,000-year understanding. Scientific facts don’t allow it.

Notice these well-established facts ──

1. There is a vast difference between the age of dinosaurs (which had three distinct stages, Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous) and the age of mankind.

2. In truth, the world of dinosaurs and the world of our modern mammals are not the direct, unbroken descendants of ancient mammals in a simple “Linear Evolutionary Chain,” cf. Genesis 1:20-25.

3. It has been well-established, and the most common and widely used method for dating dinosaur fossils is relative dating through stratigraphy and biostratigraphy, 4 which shows us that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.

4. The Great Flood, which is estimated to have occurred around 2348 BC, is not what killed off the dinosaurs.

God’s living word tells us in Genesis 6:19, “And of EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.”

5. An impact crater, estimated to have formed some 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub crater, is believed to have formed when an asteroid, about 120 miles in diameter, struck Earth. It is now widely accepted that the devastation and climate disruption resulting from the impact were the primary cause of the mass extinction.

Now, dinosaurs were warm-blooded, land-dwelling, air-breathing creatures that should have been on the Ark ── what a massive ark that would have been! Dinosaurs were not on the Ark, which means they were not alive during the Antediluvian period. The same holds true for the flying reptiles; they would have been on the Ark as well.

So, from these five well-established facts alone, we must outright reject the fundamentalist and traditionalist churches along with most “creationists” with their idea that the Earth (without the gap understanding) along with all life upon it, was created a mere 6,000 years ago. 

INDEED! This Earth is estimated to be some 4.54 billion years old ── give or take some 50 million years ── and the fact that there are no “terrible lizards” today shows us that they were extinct before the Great Flood.

So, with all this being said, there were dinosaurs before the creation of Adam and Eve. And the LORD God caused and/or allowed the dinosaurs of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods to become extinct before they created human beings ── cf. Genesis 1:26-27.

A true Christian should not be afraid to teach children the living truth about the LORD God’s creation ── including the creation of dinosaurs. □

Sources:

1 Sanders, R., The du Pont Company, Press for Conversion! Coat.ncf.ca, Retrieved 12 Aug. 2026.

2 Haynes, K., https://www.astronomy.com/science/ancient-earth-may-have-been-a-water-world-with-no-dry-land/, Astronomy Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020.

3 Custance, Arthur C. M.A., Ph.D., F.R.A.I, Without Form and Void: A Study of the Meaning of Genesis 1.2., Arthur C. Custance, Brockville, Canada, 1970, pgs. 14, 18.

4 Science News Today Editorial Team, How Do Paleontologists Date Fossils? Science News Today, 31 July 2025.

Questions That the Religions of the World Ask ── VII) – Why, if God’s living Word is Inspired, Does It Reflect Flawed Morality?

by Leonard V Johnson

We pray and hope that this article will help you better understand this question that many have.

Let me explain what I mean──the other day I heard on a television program, “The God of the Old Testament was hard; the New Testament God is much nicer!” They go on to say, “The God of the Old Testament would have you killed for breaking the holy Sabbath!”

Today, many worldly churches are promoting and teaching ideas that… according to the LORD God are immoral—such as the inclusion of people that are “immoral.” They go on to ask, “Why does the Bible reflect prejudice rather than love—a timeless principle?”

God’s living eternal word does not reflect prejudice; it reflects flawed and immoral people. The very idea that we are supposed to be all-inclusive with immoral people is supposing that the LORD God’s definition of what is and is not moral has somehow changed, so that the timeless principle of love has somehow changed.

It has not──God is love (1 John 4:8).

Notice this blasphemous statement from a liberal pro-LGBTQ+ female bishop of the United Church of Christ ──

Yvette Flunder—UCC bishop out of Oakland, head of “The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries” 🤮 —stood up with a mic and said what a lot of people whisper but won’t admit out loud. She said the New Testament is not the Word of God. Said the Bible is “problematic.” Said we need a “Third Testament.” Said if certain pages offend—rip them out. Pour them out. Rewrite the thing.

(https://wltreport.com/2026/04/20/pastor-we-need-third-testament-bible-has-become/).

Well, in truth, God’s living word DOES NOT allow for female bishops! And, I know that this is a controversial subject──why, I do not know; God’s living word is clear──let me just add… God’s word presents a clear pattern in which men occupy the pastoral office of elder/overseer, specifically tasked with governing and doctrinal responsibility within local congregations. However, at the same time, God’s word also shows us that women were mightily used by the LORD God in various teaching services, hospitality, and leadership capacities that do not equate to the pastoral/elder/overseer office.

Of course, this false minister is also a lesbian, which is considered abominable to the LORD God ──

“Therefore A MAN shall leave his father and mother and be joined to HIS WIFE [note today’s societies have even changed the definition of wife! Note Webster’s definition of “wife” – “a woman acting in a specified capacity. A female partner in a marriage.” 1], and they shall become ONE FLESH.” – Genesis 2:24.

And yes, it’s equally sad that many today don’t properly know the definition of “woman” ── “an adult female person. A woman belonging to a particular category (as by birth), a distinctively feminine nature.” 2

That one verse is enough to show us that “one flesh” undergirds the LORD God’s view that marriage and sexual intimacy were designed for a male-female union. The absolute prohibition of same-sex activity among men (Leviticus 18:22, “’ You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.’”) reflects the overarching principle that sexual relations outside of the LORD God’s established male-female covenant are not in harmony with His design for mankind.

Romans 1:26-27 directly references women engaging in same-sex relations, “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.” His inspired words conclude here that such behavior stands outside of the LORD God’s original intention for sexuality.

So, this vile Yvette Flunder desiring a “Third Testament” so that one can rip to shreds God’s inspired word should come as no surprise since she is a faithful servant of Satan himself, ‘transforming herself into a minister of righteousness, whose end will be according to her works.’ – cf. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15. She outright refuses to accept the LORD God’s living word!

She, who claims to be a Christian, DOES NOT believe the following from our beloved Apostle Paul ──

“ALL SCRIPTURE [the whole of the 66 Books of the Inspired Holy Bible!] is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17) that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” – 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

Minister Fred R. Coulter had this to say in his commentary ──

“Indeed, the Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians that he was to help ‘complete the Word of God’ with his epistles (Col. 1:25). Paul also wrote to Timothy concerning the Old Testament … Paul is showing that salvation involves not only faith in Christ and New Testament teachings, but that the Old Testament teachings are necessary as well. Paul then shows that ALL SCRIPTURE ── Old and New Testament ── is inspired by God. …” 3

Our Lord Jesus Christ teaches us ──

“ … ‘It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4.

The Holy Bible ── which surely, in Yvette’s Bible, has whole passages marked out, and pages torn out! WARNS US ──

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2) For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3) unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4) traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5) having a form of godliness but denying its power! And from such people turn away!” – 2 Timothy 3:1-5.

He goes on to say that such people are “always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” vs. 7.

“But evil men [and I add editorially, and women] and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” – vs. 13.

Truly, “’ There is no [reverent] fear of God before their eyes.’” – Romans 3:18.

Yet, sadly, her abominable statement about a “Third Testament” is not uniquely her own ── the World Economic Forum (WEF) (which I’ve spoken about in the likes of “Connect With Jesus ── Only $1.99 per minute”) stated something similar ──

June 10, 2023

WEF Calls for AI to Rewrite Bible, Create ‘Religions That Are Actually Correct’

A top official with the World Economic Forum (WEF) has called for religious scripture to be “rewritten” by artificial intelligence (AI) to create a globalized “new Bible.”

Yuval Noah Harari, the senior advisor to the WEF and its chairman Klaus Schwab, argues that using AI to replace scriptures will create unified “religions that are actually correct.”

(https://slaynews.com/news/wef-ai-rewrite-bible-create-religions-actually-correct/. Retrieved April 14, 2026).

Of course, now they are denying saying it! 4

Having certainly discovered that AI like Alexa+ can provide wrong answers to not only historical questions with theological connections (there is a clause at the bottom of the Alexa+ app in very small letters, “Alexa may not always get it right”), having AI rewrite a Bible or blasphemously pretend to be Jesus should not sound like a good idea to anyone who is rightly seeking the living truth of the LORD God!

God’s living word, that is alive, clearly warns us ──

“There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death [speaking of the second death].” – Proverbs 14:12.

The types of immorality that people are justifying in their own eyes will ultimately lead them to death! This so-called “new morality” ── where people are doing what is right in their own eyes (Deuteronomy 12:8) ── well … in truth, most people simply DO NOT CARE what the LORD God says!

We are at the 11:59 Hour, where more and more people want to censor God’s living word ── the Holy Bible ── a world that, like in the television show Young Sheldon, wants to make Christianity a butt-of-a-joke, wants to make anyone who believes in a Creator “crazy” and “irrational.” I found his comments highly offensive and inappropriate on that show! Prophet Isaiah was inspired to warn the rebellious children of God ──

“’ Woe to the rebellious children, ‘Says the LORD, ‘Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, … 8) Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:

9) That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the Law of the LORD; 10) Who say to the seer, ‘[You’re outta your mind! Your very belief in a God is dumb!’] And to the prophets, [‘You’re not speaking the truth, America was founded upon the belief that all people are welcome!’ 5]. Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel [because, as they like to say, ‘We have a different God, not the God of the Old Testament!’] To cease from before us.’

12) Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel [our Lord Jesus Christ is the same God of the Old Testament!]: ‘Because you despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely on them, 13) Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like A BREACH READY TO FALL …’” 

And let us think of the United States of America today; it’s interesting to think that President Donald Trump’s border wall could be thought of as a metaphor for the BREACH THAT IS READY TO FALL once he leaves office! If you can honestly imagine this “breach,” think about what the United States would have been like under a Harris Administration!

… ‘A BULGE IN A HIGH WALL, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.

14) And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern.’” – Isaiah 30:1, 8-14.

YES! The LORD God is holding back this BREACH THAT WILL COME! The same as the LORD God has postponed the evil Islamic Regime of Iran from creating or obtaining a nuclear weapon! The great damage to Jerusalem is coming! The utter further decline of our societies and of the United States as a whole ── and even the loss of our sovereignty ── is coming! And much of it will be directly tied to this so-called “modern morality”!

The LORD God has created TIMELESS ETHICAL PRINCIPLES!

Now, it is true that many of the LORD God’s statutes were for the governing of the physical kingdom of Israel. The specifics are not wrong; they are simply in conflict with this new “modern morality.” Various penalties for wrongdoing ── some penalties required even death ── were placed into law by the LORD God to dissuade and discourage others from wrongdoing and criminal acts. Let me give you a couple of examples ──

“Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks ON THE SABBATH DAY. 33) And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. …” ── now, the people had already been told by the LORD God, ‘the person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is a native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the LORD, and he shall be cut off from among his people.’ “ … 34) They put him under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him. 35) Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.’ 36) So, as the LORD commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.” – Numbers 15:32-36.

“’ If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. … 4) If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.’” – Exodus 22:1, 4.

We know from our history that there used to be public hangings in the United States. It was used in order to try and dissuade the behavior for which the criminal was being hanged. In an article I posted a while back, “Personal From… Capital Punishment,” of which I mostly speak concerning corporal punishment of children, I wrote ──

Does God use capital punishment?

To properly understand God’s kingdom, we must first study His Way of governing people. And we can learn this from the Way that He dealt with ancient Israel in the past. We also need to learn how God deals with us even now, and what He will do in the immediate future. You are going to need and use this vital information.

The administration of the civil government of ancient Israel actually reveals to us God’s method of dealing directly with unconverted, fleshly, sinning people. To be factual – the government of ancient Israel had church and state combined – though it was physical, the administration of civil and religious statutes and ordinances was combined. Bear in mind ── ancient Israel was NEVER promised salvation at that time. The promises under the Old Covenant were material – cf. Leviticus 26:3-12. They were not converted, nor did they have God’s Holy Spirit; hence they could not understand spiritual things. They were like the majority of people today. God dealt with them in a purely physical manner – PUNISHING THEM FOR THEIR CRIMES.

Most people will surely disagree, but the LORD God will implement these types of punishments again upon the establishment of His kingdom. The LORD God’s statutes—His laws, commands, and decrees—are portrayed in Scripture as eternal, unchanging, and universally applicable. Yet, we know that the LORD God will place within people ‘a new heart and put a new spirit within [them]; will remove [their] heart of stone and give [them] a heart of flesh.’ – cf. Ezekiel 36:26. So, I pray that those harsh punishments will not be necessary in His holy and righteous kingdom.

Some unclean meats per Leviticus 11 & Deuteronomy 14 (AI-generated)

Furthermore, let us consider that God’s word teaches us the prohibition of eating certain unclean meats. Indeed, science has proven that these unclean meats are unhealthy to a human body, often subject to being too toxic—at least a good part of the time, people in California are warned not to consume shellfish. Also, it is known that many diseases and viruses have been associated with the consumption of the LORD God-forbidden unclean animals, sea creatures──or whatever is in the waters──birds, flying insects and creeping things. So with this too, there is a timeless benefit, despite this God-ordained dietary law going against a “modern morality.” A law that is for all of humanity, not just the Jews.

Certainly, this so-called “new morality” is nothing new. It has been immoral in the eyes of the LORD God from THE BEGINNING. Let us consider some things that were considered immoral some 1,968 years ago, and are still immoral today in this 21st century present evil age ──

The Apostle Paul, writing to the Church in Rome, and to us dear saints as well ──

“For the wrath of God is REVEALED from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19) because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20) For SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and God head, so that THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE, 21) because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

22) Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23) and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man ── and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

24) Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25) who exchanged the truth of God for THE LIE and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

26) For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27) Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men COMMITTING WHAT IS SHAMEFUL, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

28)And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a [reprobate] mind, to do those thing which are NOT FITTING; 29) being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30) backbiters, haters of God, violent, PROUD, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,31) undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32) Who, KNOWING THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” – Romans 1:24-32.

This so-called “modern morality” is NOT based upon the living word of the Eternal One!

Ancient Sodom Genesis 19:24-25 (ChatGPT-generated illustration for COJCOM)

In truth, it is far better for all people to obey the Commands of the LORD God than to claim that they cannot, will not, or should not!

God’s living word tells us of an early event that happened in the cities of Sodom & Gomorrah around 2065 – 1895 B.C. ──

“Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens. 25) So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.” – Genesis 19:24-25.

Why did the LORD allow this to happen?

Our beloved apostles Peter and Jude both speak of why ──

“For God did not spare … 5) … the ancient world, but … 6) … turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, MAKING THEM AN EXAMPLE TO THOSE AFTERWARD WOULD LIVE UNGODLY.” – 2 Peter 2:4, 5, 6.

“But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, … 7) as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth AS AN EXAMPLE, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” – Jude 1:5, 7.

Indeed, “sexual immorality” includes what had occurred in Genesis 19, “the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, … called to Lot and said to him, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally’” ── homosexuality (which is the term lesbian for females), what the LORD here calls “strange flesh.”

The LORD God allowed the utter annihilation of Sodom & Gomorrah 6 for AN EXAMPLE TO THOSE AFTERWARD WOULD LIVE UNGODLY! Yet, despite this grave warning, ‘that they once knew,’ many modern church ministers either gloss over this warning from the LORD God, or a great many try and deny that any sexual assault was involved in this incident! These false ministers continue to proclaim that “God was just angry over the Sodomites’ inhospitality to strangers.” In fact, when I asked AI regarding Sodom & Gomorrah, its answer was just that ── “Most scholars view Sodom’s sin as broader wickedness, especially hostile hospitality and violence against strangers.”

The context, however, is undeniable: what their intentions were – a sexual assault. In America, about 443,635 people (age 12+) experience sexual violence each year. Nearly every minute, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. Every nine minutes, that someone is a child. 7

Like what America HAS BECOME – the Sodomites were not ashamed of their social or sexual values and actions. With their smug and self-assured PRIDE, the inhabitants came to accept what to them was an “enlightened” and “free morality.” Again, they screamed in their streets, “No one has the right to tell me what to do or be!” They became enraged against Lot when he told them of their wickedness – cf. Genesis 19:9.

Our God’s word warns us of such false ministers and “scholars” that are leading people astray from His truth ──

“ … ‘O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths.’” – Isaiah 3:12.

“For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.” – Isaiah 9:16.

Church leaders and scholars who blatantly ignore what the clear and plain teaching of the LORD God is leading others to destruction ── and to ultimately, their own.

Sadly, despite what most people are now claiming, this “modern morality” is immoral. And they will not come to the knowledge of the truth of the LORD God. □

Sources & Notes:

1 Webster, M. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Tenth Edition, Merriam-Webster’s Incorporated, 1996, pg. 1353.

2 ibid. 1, 1360.

3 Coulter R. F., The Holy Bible In Its Original Order A New English Translation, Chapter Four The Unity of Scripture, York Publishing Co., © 2009, pg. 30.

4 Source: Trela, N., False claim WEF wants to use AI to write new Bible that is 'correct' | Fact check, USA Today, 29 June 2023.

5 Thomas, C., “The Premise of Our Founding”: Immigration and Popular Mythmaking, The Panorama, 24 Feb. 2025.

6 Note: In 1973, Walter E. Rast and R. Thomas Schaub discovered or visited a number of possible sites of the cities, including Bab edh-Dhra.

7 Rainn, Facts & Statistics: The Scope of the Problem, retrieved 11 Aug. 2026.

The Gospel of the Kingdom of God ── In the Old Testament?

by Leonard V Johnson

Greetings, dear Brethren, Co-Workers, and Friends around the world ── like Iztacalco, Mexico, Bogotá, Colombia, Baghdad, Iraq, Al Minya, Egypt, and Phnom Perih, Cambodia. Welcome to the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries.

Is the glorious gospel of the soon-coming Kingdom of God mentioned and taught in the Old Testament? And just how did our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles Peter and Paul preach the glorious gospel?

Our Lord and Savior would not have been able to read the New Testament, yet He certainly preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God (cf. Mark 1:15). And He quoted from Scripture!

John the Baptist preached the glorious gospel of the kingdom. The Apostle Peter certainly preached on the very day when the fullness of the Feast of Pentecost had come (AD 31), a message of salvation that would bring on that day about three thousand who repented and were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. Now, Peter quoted Scripture, but he didn’t quote from the New Testament. After his conversion, the Apostle Paul preached the glorious gospel of the Kingdom of God “and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence” – Acts 28:31. Yet, through the majority of his ministry he did not have access to any of the Books recognized now as the “New Testament” ── in fact, he himself would come to write fourteen Books of it!

So, truly, the only Books that our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles had access to and were familiar with and preached from were what we now regard as the Old Testament.

Ye Old Testament

According to Publishers Weekly ── In 2025, Bible sales reached historic highs in both the United States and the United Kingdom, with U.S. sales hitting a 21‑year high of 19 million units — up 12% from 2024 and more than double 2019 levels. 1 It has been translated into nearly every language and dialect, including into the Khoisan group of languages with their clicks. Yet, this most translated and constant best seller is the least read, studied, and least understood Book! And even those who do read it and study it consistently often avoid large swaths of it – the depths of the Old Testament ── as in genealogies.

Apparently, the very word “old” as opposed to “new” has made most people feel as if they no longer need to read the Old Testament ── like it had nothing to do with the New Testament, or it was only for the Jewish people.

The Holy Bible ── which is God’s living word in print ── has 66 “Books” in the Authorized Version, the 1611 King James Version. So, are those first 39 “Books” of God’s living word now unnecessary ── or did the Creator, our God, have a reason for inspiring them and for us to read, study, and understand them, even here in the 21st century?

Our Lord Jesus Came Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God

Certainly, some questions can be asked and pondered upon ── to Whose authority did He represent? Where did He get His understanding of love and grace, mercy, forgiveness, and salvation ── and the understanding of the Kingdom of God? When our beloved Apostle Peter preached concerning grace and salvation, Whose authority did he base his understanding? When the Apostle Paul began to expound and proclaim unto the Gentiles concerning the glorious gospel of the Kingdom of God, and those things pertaining to our Lord Jesus Christ, from what “Books” did he preach from?

The GOLDEN RULE

Well … a large majority of my generation (Generation X) was taught the Golden Rule ── the principle of treating others as one would want to be treated. Our Lord and Savior certainly taught the GOLDEN RULE – “’ Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.’” – Matthew 7:12.

Let’s speak of this Golden Rule for a moment. While typing this article up, I went and read a few publications on this “Golden Rule” ── because people the world over demand respect, love, and appreciation, often whether they deserve it or not. Surely, you want respect? Because to receive respect, we should respect others. Do you want kind words? Because to receive kind words, we should use kind words to others. “’ It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” The LORD God’s Golden Rule is also a part of the second greatest commandment ── “’ You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

What I came to discover, reading and studying just a little of some of the ancient texts and versions of this “Golden Rule,” is that no other saying or philosophical system is equal to our Creator’s ── the living Jesus Christ’s! Some examples ──

• Confucius, or rather Confusion, “What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.”
• In Taoism, “The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own.”
• In Mohism, “If people regarded other people's states in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own state to attack that of another?”
• The ancient epic of India, Vyasa says, “Do not to others what you do not wish done to yourself; and wish for others too what you desire and long for yourself.”
• Tamil tradition, “Do not do to others what you know has hurt yourself.”
• In ancient Greece, “Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.”
• In Zoroastrianism, “That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another whatsoever is not good for itself.”

In fact, our Lord Jesus Christ’s Golden Rule ── in fact, the very One who created this very rule (cf. John 1:3) is not the “ethic of maxim reciprocity” so commonly espoused throughout the world. Most people claim that this Golden Rule is but a shared ethic among all religions. THIS IS NOT TRUE! Our Creator’s command has a very IMPORTANT difference. Notice that those sayings above are similar to our LORD God’s Golden Rule, yet are stated rather negatively and rely on passivity. Our Lord Jesus Christ’s command is a positive command to show love PROACTIVELY. Notice that the ones above are not proactive. We are to look for ways to act positively.

Now, in nearly every publication I reviewed, it said that our Lord Jesus Christ simply “borrowed” the idea of the Golden Rule from many Eastern religions. However, the texts of Confusion and Mohism above were written 400-500 BC conservatively. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ quotes His Golden Rule from the Book of Leviticus 19:18. “’ You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.’” Moses wrote Leviticus after the Israelites left Mount Sinai, between 1440 and 1400 BC. So, who “borrowed” from whom?

Also, how many noticed the last part of our Lord Jesus’ Golden Rule? He tells us where He got this Golden Rule, “ … ‘for this [the Golden Rule] is the Law and the Prophets.’”

So, our Lord Jesus Christ was expounding upon the Old Testament ── not doing away with it. In fact, His very life and gospel message were an explanation of the Old Testament. A MAGNIFICATION. When the self-righteous Pharisees and Sadducees would ask Him a question, He would often answer, “’ Have you not read …?’”

In fact, the whole gospel message of our Heavenly Father brought to us by His Son is a gospel message of love ── but what kind of love? AH ── you didn’t know there are different kinds of love? Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ explains ── when a pharisaical “expert in the law” asked Him a question, testing Him, saying, ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?’ The Lord Jesus answered him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. … And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ This is the GREAT COMMANDMENT of love that our Savior and Lord gave ── the “new” commandment ──

“Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had FROM THE BEGINNING. The old commandment is the word which you heard FROM THE BEGINNING. 8) Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is ALREADY SHINING.” – 1 John 2:7-8.

“’ On these TWO COMMANDMENTS hang all the Law and the Prophets.’” – Matthew 22:34-40.

Our Lord Jesus quoted His answer from His living words in Deuteronomy and Leviticus!

The time when our Lord Jesus was confronted by Satan the Devil, He pointed out and encompassed the entire precept, “’ It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but BY EVERY WORD that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4. And, this very direct response to Satan the Devil was taken directly from His living word that He had inspired His Prophet Moses to pen in Deuteronomy 8:3!

The Apostle Peter and the Gospel of the Kingdom

Simon Peter, Servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ (ai-generated)

Notice ──

“Of this salvation [of this gospel of the Kingdom and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ] the prophets [of the Old Testament] have inquired and searched carefully, who PROPHESIED OF THE GRACE THAT WOULD COME to you, 11) searching what [way], or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ [which] WAS IN THEM was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12) TO THEM [the prophets of the Old Testament] it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you THROUGH THOSE who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven ── things which angels desire to look into.” – 1 Peter 1:10-12.

So, even more and greater knowledge of God’s coming Kingdom and the teachings which concern our Messiah, has been revealed to us than was the prophets of old, they prophesied of the grace that is now. Spiritual truths that even the angels desire to know. And in his second epistle, he warned us that there would come unstable people who would twist, to their own destruction, some of the harder things to understand by the Apostle Paul, “as they do also the rest of the Scriptures” – 2 Peter 3:14-16.

The Apostle Paul and the Gospel of the Kingdom

Apostle Paul - "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." - 1st Cor. 1:3. (Ai-generated)

The very source of the gospel that our beloved Apostle Paul preached is recorded for us in the Book of Acts ──

“So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from BOTH THE LAW OF MOSES and THE PROPHETS, from morning till evening.” – Acts 28:23. This inspired statement regarding the testifying and teaching of the Apostle Paul was at the very end of his ministry ── long after he had turned from Judaism and had embraced and accepted JESUS CHRIST and had begun preaching and testifying of the glorious gospel message ── the message of the soon-coming Kingdom of God and of the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Gentiles.

The Apostle Paul was commissioned by our LORD God to carry the gospel message to the Gentiles. A few months ago, while speaking with a professing Christian relative, I was asked if I had ever heard of Pauline Christianity. He asked, “Are you aware that Saul preached a different gospel other than the four gospels?” I told him that I had heard of this Pauline Christianity and that I denounce it quite strongly. The Apostle Paul was commissioned, and the evangelists and elders under him, to carry the same gospel message to the Gentiles around the world at that moment in time. His personal instruction to the Evangelist Timothy, and to all those under him ──

“I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2) PREACH THE WORD! …” 2 Timothy 4:1, 2.

Verse 11 – “ … for the ministry of the Word.” – NET.

In other words, the gospel of the Kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul had just written ──

“ALL SCRIPTURE [speaking here of the Old Testament, the New Testament had not been fully written] is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” – 2 Timothy 3:16.

And flowing in thought from that, we come to Chapter 4:1-2. The conjunction of οὖν, “therefore,” because ALL SCRIPTURE is given by inspiration of God and is profitable, PROCLAIM IT! Truly, the scope of “the Word” ──

• The gospel of the grace of Jesus Christ.
• The “whole counsel of God” – Acts 20:27.
• Moral instruction for righteous living – cf. Titus 2:11-14.

ABSOLUTELY NOT! PERISH THE THOUGHT ── the Apostle Paul did not come up with his own “Pauline theology”! He never disagreed with Moses, or any other prophet of the Old Testament, or with our Savior, Jesus Christ ── his instructions was, again, to the Evangelist Timothy, and to all those that were under him, “from childhood you have known the HOLY SCRIPTURES [the Old Testament], which are able to make you wise FOR SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.” – 2 Timothy 3:15.

So the Apostle Paul, under the glorious inspiration of the Spirit of God, and using his full authority of apostleship, in this epistle, is stating that the OLD TESTAMENT is PROFITABLE for doctrine ── not some self-proclaimed “Pauline theology” ── the very same truths that were preached by Enoch, Noah, Moses, Abraham, Elijah, Elisha, by John the Baptist, and by our Savior and great High Priest in the heavenly realms, Jesus Christ ── and their source for the doctrines of God? The Old Testament.

The Apostle Paul had no doctrines that were contrary to any single “Book,” or “Chapter,” or “Verse” from Genesis to Malachi. In fact, he was highly pleased because those citizens of Berea who had heard the gospel, checked the Scriptures (the Old Testament) daily on the things he was proclaiming to them ── the gospel of the Kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 17:11).

Notice ── in his epistle to the Church in Corinth, the Apostle Paul told the brethren that the things that occurred within the Old Testament were examples, written for our admonition ── “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.” – 1 Corinthians 10:11.

Evangelist Philip and the Gospel of the Kingdom

Evangelist Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch - Acts 8:26-40 (Ai-generated) 

Evangelist Philip preached and testified about our Lord Jesus Christ, His crucifixion, and of the soon-coming Kingdom of God, and of salvation ── from the Old Testament! Notice the verse that the Ethiopian eunuch was reading ──

“He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.” – Isaiah 53:7.

The eunuch asked Philip, ‘Of whom does the prophet say this, was it himself or someone else?’ Then Philip, beginning at this very passage, taught JESUS to him! Evangelist Philip began explaining that this is referring to the Son of God, sent by the Almighty Father in Heaven to become a human being, to live a perfect life, and then to be like “a lamb to the slaughter” ── to be sacrificed for the sins of all mankind. But, of course, Isaiah 53 is not the only chapter in the Old Testament that applies to our Savior, Jesus Christ; many more were needed for Philip to explain completely the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ completely out of the Old Testament. (Be sure to read and study our free no-obligation online PDF booklet “Many Convincing Proofs That Jesus Is Christ”).

Surely, Philip could have turned to Genesis 3:15, the prophecy regarding our Lord Jesus and the woman ── ‘between Satan the Devil’s seed and her Seed’ ── how her Seed was to redeem mankind from sin. This would have shown him that a Savior was going to be needed from the very beginning ── that even if Adam had chosen the tree of life, he would have still lived out his physical life and then died. Now, during Adam’s long lifetime, he had many physical children. Every single one of Adam’s children would have had to choose for themselves the ‘tree of life’ or the ‘tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A Savior was still going to be needed. I speak of this in “Conversation With AI Regarding ‘An Epiphany Concerning the Original Sin’”).

Philip could have easily turned in the Torah, to Genesis 12, 15, 22 about the glorious promise that the LORD God of the heavens and of earth had made to Patriarch Abraham, how “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, …” How He had promised, “’ The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet … from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear.” – Deuteronomy 18:15.

Could we dare say that Philip knew of ── or might have had an early copy of ── the original Book of Enoch that prophesied of the Son of Man? ──

“He will be a staff for the righteous, that they may lean on Him and not fall; And He will be the light of the nations, And He will be a hope for those who grieve in their hearts. All who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship before Him, And they will glorify and bless and sing hymns to the name of the Lord of spirits. For this reason He was chosen and hidden in his presence before the world was created and forever. …

For in His name they are saved, and He is the Vindicator of their lives.” – 1 Enoch 48:4-7. 2

Surely Philip would have mentioned the 70 weeks’ prophecy in Daniel 9 ──

“’ Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.

25) Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem UNTIL MESSIAH THE PRINCE, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.

26) And AFTER the sixty-two weeks MESSIAH SHALL BE CUT OFF, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

27) Then [H]e shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. …’” – Daniel 9:24-26, 27.

This was a prophecy concerning the time of Jesus’ birth. Now, certainly, the Prophet Daniel had read the Book of Jeremiah and realized that there was a certain 70-weeks that would transpire before the nation of Judah would return to Jerusalem – understanding that they would not be in captivity forever, they were going back to Jerusalem, they were going to rebuild the wall, they were going to rebuild the temple – and the Messiah was going to come at that time! At the end of this sixty-nine-week prophecy – that is exactly what happened! Because, if you look back into history (cf. Herodotus’ Histories 3. 150-160) when Darius I, king of ancient Persia (who reigned from 522-486 BC), subjugated the Babylonians – and Flavius Josephus wrote, “when Babylon was taken by Darius, and when he, with his kinsman Cyrus, had put an end to the dominion of the Babylonians, he was sixty-two years old” (Antiquities 10.11 §4). And you look at that date, the 70-weeks depicted a time – that at exactly at the end of that 69-week prophesied period, Jesus the Messiah was born in 4 BC. It’s an amazing prophecy! I pray tell, was Evangelist Philip aware of this awesome prophecy?

And speaking of the dominion of the Babylonians, reading from the Prophets, Philip could have easily read him, “ …’ This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts.” – Zechariah 4:6.

A prophecy that was recorded for us around 520 BC during Darius I, king of ancient Persia’s reign. It’s set in Jerusalem, where returning exiles would build the Temple again after a 16-year hiatus. And it’s all about the LORD God’s power, not human strength. Basically, the LORD of hosts says, ‘Listen, Zerubbabel, you think you need muscles for My temple project? No! It’s My Spirit that’ll get the job done!’

Also, among “The Twelve,” Philip could have easily read ──

“’ REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER OF ZION! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, Your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’” – Zechariah 9:9.

He would have explained that this prophecy had been fulfilled during our Lord Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, as recorded for us now in Matthew 21 and John 12:15.

In the Jewish Tanakh, Micah ──

“’ But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.’” – Micah 5:2.

He could have pointed out to the eunuch that, just as King Herod the Great had been told ── it was indeed prophesied that the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem, and that He would eventually be Ruler in Israel!

Philip could have continued in Zechariah, explaining to the Ethiopian eunuch that it was prophesied long ago that the One who would come to fulfill this prophecy of the Messiah would be sold out for a mere 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12-13).

Philip could have taken out the Tehillim, the “praises,” and read ──

“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the Chief cornerstone. 23) This was the LORD’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.” – Psalm 118:22-23.

Explaining that it had been prophesied long ago that our Savior and Lord Jesus would not be accepted by the multitudes but rather rejected, and that it was not just spontaneous or planned that the Son of God had been rejected by His own.

Also, that in Zechariah, how long ago it had been prophesied that the Messiah ── Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God ── would bring grace to all mankind, forgiveness for their sins ── undeserving as it is, and would sacrifice Himself for their sins!

“’ And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.’” – Zechariah 12:10.

And right there in Isaiah, he could have shown him ── some thirty years before the Apostle Paul would write the epistle to the Ephesians ── how the Messiah, the Captain of our salvation, was to have righteousness as a breastplate, salvation as a helmet, and zeal as a cloak! ──

“He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. 17) For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak.” – Isaiah 59:16-17.

" ...' Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be.' ..." - John 19:23-24. (Ai-generated)

And still yet, returning again to the “praises,” reading Psalm 22:1 ── the very last words of our Messiah on the cross as He suffered for the sins of all mankind! ──

’“ي، إلي، لما سبشثن؟’”  – Matthew 27:46.

Reading down a few verses, he could have shown how our Messiah was surrounded by dogs, and the congregation of the wicked had surrounded Him, piercing His hands and feet – Psalm 22:16.

He could have explained how the Roman soldiers had used little tablets or counters (thrown into water-filled urns to seek divine guidance) to cast lots to see who the new owner of His fine cloak would be ── Psalm 22:18.

Philip would have mentioned all these prophesies could only have been fulfilled in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God ──

“Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.” – Psalm 41:9.

Philip recounting to the Ethiopian eunuch how that when our Savior was hanging on the cross, He was offered gall to drink to “quench” His thirst ── and he patiently explained that even this had been prophesied ──

“They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” – Psalm 69:21.

Certainly, just as the Apostle Peter had done on the Day of Pentecost in 31 AD ── here, about 4 years later, Philip would have explained to the Ethiopian eunuch concerning the prophecy in the “praises” regarding the glorious resurrection of the Messiah from the dead ──

“For You will not leave my soul in Sheol [the grave or tomb], Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.” – Psalm 16:10.

In covering these prophecies ── and certainly many others ── the Evangelist Philip would have pointed out to the Ethiopian eunuch that this was far from the end, that it was THE CONTINUATION of a great Plan of salvation that the LORD God had envisioned for all mankind!

Continuing in “The Twelve” ── in Zechariah ── that our Messiah came the first time as a lowly Messiah riding upon a colt of an ass, but that upon His second return as King of kings and Lord of lords, He will rule the entire Earth ── 

“I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea [describing our Messiah’s dominion from the Mediterranean to the eastern seas, symbolizing a worldwide rule], And from the River [the Euphrates River] to the end of the earth.’” – Zechariah 9:10.

Surely, Philip would have shown him Zechariah 14 and explained that when our Savior returns, He will put His feet on the very Mount of Olives – Zechariah 14:4.

It’s the Greatest of News in This 21st Century!

Ever since our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ascended back to the upper heavenly realms, we have been in ‘the beginning of sorrows’! Mankind has been suffering under our own rule, our own governments of Democracy, Republic, Absolute monarchy, Totalitarianism, Communism, and social democracy. Theocracy, Islamic republic, People’s republic, Fascism, Socialism, Feudalism, and all the many others! And particularly since the early 20th century, mankind now faces the fact that it can now annihilate every man, woman, and child from the face of the planet!

But, it’s the greatest of good news that this same Messiah, the Captain of our salvation, the Son of God, the One who had the compassion, love, and mercy to sacrifice Himself for you and me, and for all the sins of mankind ── some 1,995 years ago ── will again return soon to establish His kingdom of peace, His kingdom of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control! Be sure to read and study all of Chapter 11 of Isaiah.

Well … the LORD God knew that there would be scoffers in the last days, people who would agree with some of the living word of God, but not all of it! God Most High knew that the greater majority of mankind ── until the glorious and powerful coming of His Son as ‘King of kings and Lord of lords’ would not accept the Law, Ordinances, Statutes, and Judgments that His Son, our Lord and Savior, taught ──

“’ It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3.

The LORD Eternal One knew that He would allow the evil one, Satan the Devil, to deceive the whole world (Revelation 12:9). And that time is nearly over ── the prophecies that the Evangelist Philip preached to the Ethiopian eunuch in approximately AD 35 of the glorious and powerful second coming of our Savior are just about to be fulfilled!

And He has asked, “ … ‘Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?’” – Luke 18:8. □

1 Grossman, Cathy, L., Bible Sales Break Records in U.S., U.K., Publishers Weekly, 09 Jan. 2026.

2 Nickelsburg, W.E. G., & VanderKam, C. J., 1 Enoch: A New Translation, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2004, pg. 62.