Thus, in compliance with the local church decision, He was able to return to the pulpit on May 22. Catholicism is ecclesiastical legalism in a highly developed form. The primary source of Grace Evangelical Society's funding is through charitable contributions. The most perfect positioning of the moon traveling from womb to feet occurred in September of 1999. No single place, we are told. In fact one could believe all eight of the truths listed above and not yet be born again. John the apostle obviously believed that the message Jesus gave to the lost was sufficient for the present age in which we live. Your credit card won’t be charged until the trial period is over. Theological legalism maintains that the saving message has “changed” since the cross. You’re already logged in with your Bible Gateway account. As the game's main narrative begins, Kratos ha… We found it quite interesting that this woman was attacked in her feet, and for the next few weeks it seemed that many people around us either broke their ankles or had sore heels and feet. Swaggart chose to abide by the local church’s ruling and resigned from the A.G. denomination March 30. You can cancel anytime during the trial period. To deal with the second (Hydra), he “asked for God's help.” In effect, he asked that God would send someone on earth to help him pray and overcome just the second spirit. Typhon was thus the personification of volcanic forces. It is not surprising that they do. That was, I believe, why God sent Jimmy and I into spiritual battle the night of May 22, 1988. The answer, of course, boils down to this: the theological legalist himself! The DJIA peaked on January 14, 2000, as the stock market hit a high point of 11,722.98. Since at least the days of Theodore Beza (1519-1605 AD), another form of legalism has emerged which maintains that individuals are not eternally saved unless they are submissive to God’s commands or laws. We had a nice little vacation touring the beautiful city of Victoria, and then met our contact the evening of July 16 for dinner. .” (from The News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri, May 23, 1988). This attack came in July 1996 just before we were to declare the Jubilee that would be the legal foundation for the birthing of the Manchild. Some Hydras present with additional tails, arms, or wings. For each head that was cut off, two more grew. Welcome to Grace in Focus Radio. It is unfortunate that so many Christians think that every sign can point only to “the rapture,” as if God does nothing else, or as if nothing else is important in the progression of the Kingdom. Is it therefore necessary to believe all nine to receive eternal life? For Lordship salvation theologians, there is no salvation through simple faith in Jesus for eternal life. Design by GKM and c5mix   |   Powered by concrete5, fought two serpents—both about 100 feet long, Chapter 2: 1984-1985: The Manchild Aborted, Chapter 4: 1984-1986: Operation Clean Sweep, Chapter 8: 1989-1990 Released from “Egypt”, Chapter 11: 1994: His Fullness Prayer Campaign, Chapter 18: 1997: The Dragon War, Round One, Chapter 19: 1997-1998: The One-Year Boundary, Chapter 22: 1999: Wormwood, Prince of Rosh, Chapter 23: 1999: A Glimpse of the Future, Chapter 26: 2000: The Conquest of Jerusalem, Chapter 28: 2001: The Supreme Court Ruling, Chapter 29: 2001: Divorcing the Golden Calves, Chapter 30: 2001: Gideon’s Army of Apostles, Chapter 36: 2002: Circumcising Washington. In offering eternal life, Jesus Himself never invited anyone at all to believe in: His eternal oneness with the Father and the Holy Spirit; His intercessory work as our Great High Priest; Beyond question, all of these truths are of infinite importance. But where in the Bible? Who then determines what the definitive list contains? It is clear, then, that Paul considered the items he enumerated in verses 3b-8 to be items of major importance to his gospel message. After catching him on film, he gave the evidence to the Assembly of God board on Feb. 17, and Swaggart resigned the ministry on the 21st. She gave me the coins, and we continued to talk and share until midnight. Indeed, it masquerades as this kind of theology. It was reported that he justified his refusal to abide by the A.G. decision primarily on the grounds that a year without him would cause the ministry to fall apart. So it appears that the red dragon manifested in some ways in the economic realm. I replied that these were two demonic princes who manifested as serpents about 100 feet long. 20 And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. It began with the Jubilee declaration and ended in 1999 with Jesus' 2000th birthday, after “two days” prophesied in Hosea 6:2. Their feet have rubbery pads with numerous sweat glands, which may help the animal maintain its … Access to eternal happiness depends on adherence to whatever the cult prescribes. This spirit is mentioned in Acts 16:16, where the King James Version translates it “a spirit of divination.” Other more literal translations render it “python.” The Greek word in that verse reads puthon, the word for “python.”. In other accounts, he was confined in the land of the Arimi in Cilicia or under Mount Etna or in other volcanic regions, where he was the cause of eruptions. But Hercules eventually accomplished this labor when he severed the immortal head from the Hydra’s body! and a mouth like that of a lion. The Hydra had the body of a serpent and i… The Lord Jesus said that in the time of the end there will be a sign in the sky, “ the sign of the Son of man in heaven ” (Matthew 24:30), the Greek word translated ‘heaven’ here being used both for the abode of God and the celestial firmament. Young's Literal Translation As we will show later, the red dragon was finally taken captive on March 24, 2001 at 2:47 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Zane Hodges taught New Testament Greek and Exegesis at Dallas Theological Seminary. Moreover, it subverts the assurance of the saved person by making him wonder, “Did I believe enough doctrine to be truly saved?” Thus the effect of theological legalism is essentially the same as that of commitment legalism, i.e., of Lordship salvation. He defeated the first, but asked for God’s help to defeat the second. BooksAudioFFI NewsletterVideosBlogBlog Archive. So it is generally understood that a time, times, and a half a time signify three and a half times, or 1,260 years (or 1,260 days). Keep in mind that all these items were of “first importance” in Paul’s gospel. NET Bible So the LORD cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day. That was the first time I had encountered this spirit of Python. Months later, after studying the data, the government economists said that the economic recession officially hit America in March 2001. The next morning we were led to write a joint letter to Swaggart and let him know of our discernment and counsel. The constellation, Virgo, is portrayed in the heavens as the virgin who would bring forth the Manchild. All Rights Reserved. If we do not believe that, we are in conflict with him—and with our Lord. His gospel is being recalled here because Paul is defending the truth of the resurrection (1 Cor 15:12-58). As I said, this sign occurred four years in a row, and the greatest precision of all came in the fourth year—September of 1999. If all its heads die, the hydra dies. The Fourth Gospel is the work of Jesus’ closest disciple, i.e., John the son of Zebedee, who leaned on His breast at the Last Supper. The moon is poised in the 'birth canal' of the virgin who is lying down with her feet in the air . Not once does He preach the conditions required for eternal life by theological legalists. This was precisely 980 days (2 x 490) after the Jubilee Prayer Campaign of Nov. 29, 1993. These items are: “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (v. 3b); “He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” (v. 4b); “after that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some are fallen asleep” (v. 6); “after that he was seen by James” (v. 7); “then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time” (v. 8). As a great Bible teacher once said, “A text taken out of its context is a pretext!” In reality, theological legalism is at war with the Gospel of John (as are all the Hydra heads!). Smite Bashan and the kingdom of Og ( Psalm 135:10–11 ). 13:11). Counting 3½ years from July 16, 1996, we come to January 16, 2000. In the course of conversation, she told me that a few nights earlier, she had been awakened in the night by some kind of spiritual attack on her feet. It must be pointed out that typical Lordship theologians insist that they believe in salvation by faith alone. In September of 1996 an unusual astronomical event occurred for the first time in history. When this woman told me her story, it brought back memories of a spiritual battle eight years earlier in 1988. World English Bible Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. – Is Belief Enough? If a person fails to believe even one of the five, he has believed a gospel that cannot save him. The second task of Hercules (Herakles) was to slay the Hydra. In September 1996 the sun was behind Virgo, and the moon passed through her, traveling from the womb area to her feet. The Hydra had many heads. But the first occurrence was in 1996, the month we declared the Jubilee. Two examples can be seen from the Lernean Hydra, which is an enormous serpent with multiple heads, and the Hydra of the Bible, which is a nine-headed wyvern. It is also said that the Hydra's teeth were able to raise skeletons from the dead. For this reason, he did not ask for God’s help to overcome it. The Hydra’s New Head: Theological Legalism, GES 2021 National Conference Registration. The Bible Code provides an interesting guide to unraveling the complex nuances of similar claims employing obfuscation to hide deception (see Wiseman 1997). :\"And third again she [Ekhidna (Echidna)] bore the grisly-minded Lernaian (Lernaean) Hydra, whom the goddess white-armed Hera nourished because of her quenchless grudge against the strong Herakles (Heracles). Basically it is salvation for the orthodox! It is therefore faith in His name, that is, faith in Him, that saves. The Labors of Heracles Episode 2: The Lernean Hydra After defeating the Nemean Lion, it was off to the Lake of Lerna where the nine-headed serpent Hydra lurked. All the other pieces are armor, but the Scriptures are your weapon so you must know them. Yet he, Herakles, son of Zeus, of the line of Amphitryon, by design of Athene the spoiler and with help form warlik… Starting your free trial of Bible Gateway Plus is easy. 2 He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him. Over the next year it gradually began to decline, going up and down, but did not regain that high point for many years. I call this form of legalism commitment legalism. Theological legalism seeks to co-opt Free Grace theology. This behaviour is referred to in a passage in the Bible which describes hyraxes as "chewing the cud". Religion is big business in Jamaica and many preachers have little, if any, theological training. King James Bible And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. That was his fatal error, because Jimmy and I were more than willing to do battle with it, but we lacked the authorization to do so. When we discerned what was happening, we went into prayer and presented the court case against Python, the serpent, or the red dragon, who had attacked the woman unlawfully and without cause. The only way to crush the head of the serpent is to step on its head. He applied it us, saying. As Paul puts it so clearly in Rom 3:26, God is “just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”. I knew then that God had ordained that it was time for us to go back into battle to deal with this spirit once and for all. This is how you fight. We made arrangements to go on Monday, July 15, 1996 and return July 17. In God of War, the Hydra is a massive multi-headed sea serpent roughly the size of a small island. Neither does the Fourth Gospel. Eight years later all of these memories came back to me the night of July 16, 1996 when the woman in Victoria told me of the attack upon her feet by the spirit of Python. But at this point obvious problems emerge. We never seemed to find the time, and then, suddenly, on June 30, 1996 the Lord told us to move to Minneapolis, Minnesota. . In Rom. 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. The moon passed through the womb of Virgo, the Virgin, and moved down to her feet, while the sun was positioned behind her. . A woman living on that island called me July 11, saying that God had led her to give us a one-ounce gold piece and a silver dollar. Swaggart's strong South American presence and ministry in South America apparently made him open to attack and oppression by this prince. Swaggart had forced a few other ministers out of the pulpit for similar offenses, and one of these men later discovered that Swaggart was guilty of the same thing. For this reason we saw the timing as highly significant. Over the last few weeks, we have been answering our listeners questions. Yet the “theological provisos” required by theological legalism are absent from the Fourth Gospel, and they cannot be found anywhere in Scripture (not even 1 Cor 15:1-8!). The conclusion is irresistible that such “provisos” never existed. Since we were all playing roles as types and shadows, God arranged it from the beginning that Python would attack a woman. The items he lists are chosen for that purpose. Originally, the serpent had six heads, and none of them regenerated, but as the story grew in fame, the monster grew in horror. We prayed also to crush its head, even as it had bruised the heel. Would you like to donate to God's Kingdom Ministries to keep the teaching going? Suddenly, I realized that we had been in spiritual warfare on behalf of Jimmy Swaggart! But 1 Cor 15:1-8 shows this is false. It's the dominant Hydra head; it's the largest head and the most hideous with its teeth and roar, it sits in the center of the body, and according to several sailors, it has the ability to heal and revive the other lesser heads. Legalists of this type inveigh strongly against what they call the overuse or overemphasis upon the Fourth Gospel. In that the attack came upon her feet, it also fulfilled the pattern laid down in Genesis 3:15, where God told the serpent. ‘I’m here to serve notice on the whole world right here. 1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth . The hydra is said to have nine heads, and when one was cut off, two more grew in its place (Ibid, 260). The Hydra who was killed by Hercules is probably a giant octopus. In other words, Jimmy Swaggart understood that his problem was spiritual, and that God had warned him of this in two dreams a year earlier (1987). 1 J.B. Hixson, Getting the Gospel Wrong: The Evangelical Crisis No One is Talking About, Foreward [sic] by Earl D. Radmacher, [n.p. We believe this signified an attack on the “foot company” at the end of this present age. The A.G. board ultimately decided that they had to apply their church law to Swaggart in the same manner as they had done with all the others in the past. ], (Xulon Press, 2008). Hail. Lavanah, the moon, represents Messiah in this unique astronomical event. To make 1 Cor 15:1-8 a touchstone or yardstick for determining the essential content of saving faith is to grossly misuse the biblical text. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, though archaeology has borne out the myth that the sacred site was older even than the Mycenaean city of Argos since Lerna was the site of the myth of the Danaids. This chewing behaviour may be a form of agonistic behaviour when the animal feels threatened. The next step is to enter your payment information. Greg Killian described this sign in 1996: “Draco is poised above the woman, waiting to snatch the manchild. © 2021 God's Kingdom Ministries. ə θ ən /; לִוְיָתָן, LÄ«vəyāṯān) is a mythical creature with the form of a sea serpent in Judaism.It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, and the Book of Amos; it is also mentioned in the apocryphal Book of Enoch.. Furthermore, the constellations in the heavens were due to align perfectly each September from 1996-1999 that would portray the scene in Revelation 12. As I drove through town, the Lord said to me, “Stop and pray with Jimmy.”, I stopped at his home, and as we talked, Jimmy asked me if Hydra and Python meant anything to me. By the time we finished discussing the situation, it was 1:30 a.m., and I ended up spending the night at his house. It may not be entirely coincidental that the oldest book in the Bible, Job, lists several mythical animals. 1555 AD The article read in part: “Saying his past is behind him, evangelist Jimmy Swaggart pranced and prayed for more than an hour Sunday at his first service since he stepped down from the pulpit three months ago, amid a sex scandal. There are various versions of this legend, each with different aspects, pros, and cons, and the version I tell here is comprised of the most accepted parts of a few versions. But God had other plans. Legalists of this type inveigh strongly against what they call the overuse or overemphasis upon the Fourth Gospel. P.O. “His refusal to honor a one-year preaching ban prescribed by church elders is what led to his dismissal from the Springfield-based denomination . Without elaborating, Swaggart said, ‘I did not know what it (the dream) meant, but today I know what it meant.’. Leviathan (/ l ɪ ˈ v aɪ. Login. But this claim cannot withstand even superficial scrutiny. Name Bible Chap North Mag. In 1 Cor 15:1-8 Paul is giving the informational content of his gospel. Hydra – the many-headed dragon, whose tail also covers a third of the ecliptic path of the sun. The Lernaean Hydra lived in the murky swamps near Lerna in Argolis and would come forth time to time to attack people and livestock. ... Roland de Vaux, ”Method in the Study of Early Hebrew History”, The Bible and Modern Scholarship, ed. Whenever the hydra takes 15 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. Unfortunately, Swaggart incorrectly assumed that he had been able to overcome the other spirit, Python. During the time we lived in Seattle, Washington, we always wanted to take some time off work and go to Vancouver Island by ferry through the San Juan Islands. This monstrosity inhabited the marshes of Lerna near Argos, and one of its heads was immortal. She had discerned that it was an attack by the spirit of Python. After all, Swaggart had supported this law when it had been applied to others. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) This is true, in fact, even if a few moments later he encounters some theological legalists who inform him he doesn’t know enough to be saved! So, like a hydra, the loss of one creates room for others to flourish – and flourish they do. Hydra is a separate Dragon Type because of the additional physical characteristic, the most common of which is multiple heads. Hydra was behind Swaggart's attitude shift in 1986, where he began to manifest a strong judgmental attitude toward other evangelists and denominations, castigating them by name with a spirit of self-righteousness and pride seldom seen on television. with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. That is, they ruled on March 29 that Swaggart would have to stay out of the pulpit for an entire year. “Yes, that is why I am here; the Lord told me to pray with you,” I replied. Thus, it has become an excuse for scoffers to dismiss the Bible as a book of fairy tales. New King James Version And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. Believing all these truths is not the same as believing in Jesus for eternal life. No wonder such legalists are uncomfortable with this Gospel! As Peter states it so well, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12; emphasis added). Hydra was one of seven “princes” over South America in Satan's hierarchy. Dated around the 1660s B.C., it was written more than two hundred years before Moses penned the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. You have the Word in your right hand ready to fight and your shield of Faith in the left, ready to defend. Such legalists refuse to justify such an “ignorant” believer. I realized then that this was God’s way of leading us to go there to receive it in person. Hyraxes inhabit rocky terrain across sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. In Catholicism, eternal salvation is not obtained by simply believing in Jesus Christ for eternal life. In Greek mythology, Hydra was a large serpent with many heads. Some adherents of theological legalism claim that 1 Cor 15:1-8 is a key text in their theology. She is portrayed having a crown of twelve stars over her head, which is the constellation referred to as Bernice’s Hair, or Coma Bernice. forming the head of Hydra, were collectively known as Min al Azal, the reserved place. In fact, it became apparent that God had prearranged our visit two days before the attack, in order that we would enter this battle at this appointed time. Generally speaking, in long-term prophecy the cycle is precisely 1,260 years, but in short-term prophecy it is often three and a half years, rather than a specific count of 1,260 days. We must also believe certain orthodox doctrines that go along with such belief. Our preparations to move led me to believe that we would be unable to see Vancouver Island before leaving. An illustration of a seven-headed monster was also discovered in Altai. This may be called cultic legalism.
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