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Lake of Fire for Devil his angels and his seed; God’s offspring don’t go there

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Don Koenig

The pastor at a baptist church where I attend said that with the tribulation drawing closer we had to increase our effort to get people saved, because those not believing will end up in Hell. By Hell, he actually meant the Lake of Fire. They are not the same place, but they often are used synonymously as if they were. By saved, he meant saved into the Church. Time is indeed growing short to get out gospel message before the tribulation, but many people will still be saved afterward.

I am quite aware that many Christians hold the position that all not getting saved into the Church will go to Hell (Hades).… continue reading

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Exact sequence of events remains veiled as Rapture draws ever closer.

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Don Koenig

We don’t know what God plans for His Church on earth in these last days, but we do know that Jesus promised to come back to take His Church off the earth before the wrath of God falls on this satanic world system. With mobs and Sodom and Gomorrah playing out in the streets, the Church should be aware that the Rapture grows ever closer.

Because Israel rejected her Messiah everything has been on hold until God takes out a risen bride for His Son to rule and reign with Him. After this fullness of the Gentiles comes in, God will again deal with Israel to fulfill the remaining week of years foretold in Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy (Dan 9:24-27).… continue reading

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Trump peace plan is not dividing Israel and won’t happen anyway

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Don Koenig

Everyone in Bible prophecy is talking about President’s Trump’s two state solution in the Middle East. I do not believe this peace proposal is dividing Israel as some are saying; nor is it the covenant that will be confirmed by the Antichrist. This proposal just goes to show you that the most pragmatic thinking still falls far short of any real peace solution for the Middle East.

The map below is the geographical proposal for a Palestinian State. All areas in green would become the future state of Palestine. There are many Jewish settlements within those green areas that would become part of the state of Israel.… continue reading

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Spiritual gifts from God keep on giving in the new year and beyond

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Don Koenig

Those who believe and receive God’s Son by grace are given the gift of His Holy Spirit along with one or more spiritual gifts for service to others in the Body of Christ. The main spiritual gifts God wants believers to know about are listed in the New Testament (i.e. apostles, prophets, teachers, helps, administrations, etc), but I would not limit the spiritual gifts to just those listed any more than I would limit the Holy Spirit.

Paul tells us that seeking spiritual gifts for the building up of the Church was a common practice among early believers (1Co 14:12). Therefore, these spiritual gifts are not as fixed after conversion as some seem to think.… continue reading

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The mystery of Babylon the kingdom counterfeit of Satan

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Don Koenig

One of the great mysteries of the Bible is how the prophecies about Babylon are to be fulfilled. The major prophecies about Babylon are found in Isaiah 13-14 & 47, Jeremiah 50-51 and Revelation 17-18. Most just focus on the Revelation prophecies and ignore the Old Testament prophecies about Babylon. Even so, any prophecies that have not already been fulfilled about Babylon in the OT still must be literally fulfilled.

If you study all the prophecies about Babylon, you should see the parallel in Revelation to what is said in the OT. The OT prophets make it abundantly clear that Babylon is a literal city located on the plains of Shinar.… continue reading

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Trusting Jesus gets us eternal life but faithfulness determines eternal rewards

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Don Koenig

In my last post I made it clear that the gospel of John indicates that salvation comes to those that believe (trust) in Jesus. The reason some Christians add things to salvation is not because they themselves are lost. Saved people often add requirements to salvation because they never learned understanding. They do not know the scriptures or they mishandle the scriptures, and then want everyone else to comply with their own misunderstanding.

Fallen descendants of Adam played no role in Adam’s sin resulting in the fall. They also have zero  ability to become anything more than the sinful mortal creatures that they are.… continue reading

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Gospel of John refutes salvation through perseverance theology

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Don Koenig

The reason I fell away from the Roman Catholic Church when I was in my teens was not because I did not believe in Jesus. Believing the story about Jesus being the Savior of mankind seemed like the only possibility to me for as long as I can remember. I fell away from the Roman Catholic Church because I did not believe in their requirements for salvation.

In any honest analysis, the Catholics teach salvation through your own efforts and obedience to their church along with your own perseverance in their teachings until the end. How Catholics are to do that is fully laid out in their church catechism.… continue reading

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Misapplications of scriptures commonplace when ripped out of context

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Don Koenig

Misapplications of scriptures are common today because well-meaning and also some not so well-meaning people ignore the context. I will point out six common misapplications of scriptures here. I am sure readers can come up with others.

1. Who has not heard this misapplication of scripture claiming that God will heal America if Christians in America would repent for the nation.

2Ch 7:14  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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Western, Islamic or Alien Antichrist? The big prophetic picture provides insights

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Don Koenig

There are many different theories in the Church on how the end times events will play out. Some think the end time prophecies in the Bible will be fulfilled when an Islamic Antichrist comes against Israel. Others think that the Antichrist will be a false Christian or Jew that comes out of Europe. Historically many Protestants taught that the Roman Catholic Church is the Antichrist system. More recently others have come to believe that fallen angels and their Nephilim offspring will be involved.  All views have some merits so we need to look at everything and see where each fits within the big prophetic picture.… continue reading

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Daniel 2 & 7 prophesies that fourth empire tramples earth until end of age

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Don Koenig

The visions given to Daniel document that there will only be four Gentile world empires ruling over Israel from Daniel’s time until the kingdom of the Messiah. The four kingdoms in Daniel 2 & 7 identified with four beasts and four metallic parts of Nebuchadnezzar’s image have been identified by reputable historians as Babylon, Medio-Persia, Greek, and Roman.

There are no additional worldwide Gentile kingdoms in the prophecy between the time of the ancient Roman Empire and the time that God sets up His kingdom. Therefore, in God’s eyes the fourth beast exists and tramples down the earth from the time of the Roman Empire until the Lord smashes it and sets up His kingdom at the end of the age.… continue reading

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Some Revelation events defy natural explanations

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Don Koenig

Many teachers allegorize the seals, trumpets and bowls of the book of revelation because natural explanations for some Revelation events do not seem logical to them. Yet, these theologians resort to allegorical metaphysics more convoluted than any literal interpretation. Rather than resorting to spiritual alchemy, it would be wiser to realize that some things written in Revelation are beyond our present understanding or they are supernatural but literal events that have no natural explanation at all.

On the other hand, I remember that Hal Lindsey in his Late Great Planet Earth tried to explain all the Revelation events through wars and other natural occurrences. … continue reading

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2Th 2:3 Pretribulation Rapture departure or apostasy from the faith?

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Don Koenig

In 2Th 2:3 Paul clearly tells us that the Day of Christ will not come unless two things first take place. The apostasia happens followed by the son of perdition being revealed.

2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

The word interpreted as a falling away in the King James version is the Greek word apostasia.… continue reading

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More conjecture about the 144,000 Israelites of Revelation 7 and 14

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Don Koenig

As some readers know I sometimes do not take the majority positions on certain passages in the Bible. For example, I took the position that the fulfillment of Ezekiel 37’s dry bones prophecy could be about a literal resurrection of the house of Israel and not just a metaphor for the return of the Jews occurring in our time. Now I will give a view on the 144,000 Israelites of Revelation that will never be taught in your church. Even so, differences on the interpretation of the 144,000 are quite common. If you do a Google search on the meaning of the 144,000 Israelites of Revelation, the first 50 search results will give you almost 50 different explanations.… continue reading

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Pagan barbarian people of the lie are at the Western gates

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Don Koenig

Satan is the prince of this world system and this age. Therefore, it should not surprise Christians that as we approach the end of this Satanic age he would lead his people to war against those who believe in Jesus Christ. Satan’s people are people of the lie. The people of the lie worship moon gods and other Satanic substitutes for the one true God. They are those given over to a reprobate mind. They display their hate of the true God in their attacks on whatever is truly of God.

In Western society anything built on the Bible is now being torn down.… continue reading

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Looking back on The Prophetic Years

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Don Koenig

Bible prophecy has been of great interest to me since 1973 but until 1999 I only discussed it with friends. Back in the seventies and eighties I was hoping that the Lord’s coming would not be later than what Hal Lindsey and Jack Van Impe were projecting (before 1988). After that date came and went, I started thinking that the tribulation should start around 1993 or 2000. That was mostly based on Grant Jeffery’s timelines. I drove my friends nuts parroting his speculations.

By the mid 1990’s, I no longer had all my apples in the 2000 cart. As much as I did not want to believe it could be so long, I said if these events did not take place around 2000 they probably would not occur until around 2030.… continue reading

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