Ellen Gonzalez (12 Feb 2008)
"Please explain these scriptures"


Jesus clearly says in Luke 16:26:
 
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
 
Are we to believe Jesus was lying, or did He make an exception for Dr Eby to cross that great gulf that is fixed between heaven and hell? The rich man begged Jesus to allow Lazarus to go tell his family about the place he was in and Jesus responded in verse 31:
 
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
 
So are we now to believe that the Lord, who changes not, decided to change creation just for Dr Eby and let him rise from the dead to warn the unbelievers? According to Dr Eby's own words, he was dead and rose again, and then later was with the dead in hell and was told by Jesus to rise up from being with the dead to go warn the people. I choose to believe the words of Jesus Christ, not Dr Eby.
 
From the internet at
 
http://www.powerfulachievement.com/vault/promotions/52210000_apostle.htm
 
is a glowing review of Dr Eby's book, Didn't You Read my Book?:
 
You will understand my enthusiasm for this work, when you read my compilation of brother Eby's faithful record, wherein Yeshuaw bares his breaking heart to brother Eby, in behalf of a weeping Heavenly Father, the persons comprising Yehovaw being at their wits' ends in what it is going to take to save their beloved children from going to the only place in the universe they have reserved for Satan, his angels and his evil servants rather than to Yehovaw's glorious and eternal kingdom of life, blessing, liberty, joy and power, which he has waiting for those who will merely love him for what he is and do their best to please him.

Through Yeshuaw's sacrificial ministry on Earth, Yehovaw has done all he conceivably could have done to win back the love of his lost children! And, in desperation, among many other things he is doing in these last days, he brought brother Eby to him, through Yeshuaw, and showed brother Eby his own personal paradise followed by a terrifying glimpse of Hell and the Lake of Fire, hoping against hope that brother Eby's amazing testimony concerning these incomprehensible experiences might turn the hearts of at least a few more of his lost children in the direction of accepting and acting upon his truth for them.

I wish I could share the writer's enthusiasm, but the God I serve is the Sovereign God of the universe, and I do not see Him "at his wit's ends", wringing His hands and wondering how He can possibly save men from the doom and gloom to come. My God is not " in desperation" and relying solely on Dr Eby to save mankind "hoping against hope that brother Eby's amazing testimony" will make a difference. Is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Sovereign Creator of the Universe so weak and so impotent that He is hoping a mere sinful man can undo the mess that He made? Did the God of the Bible make such a big mistake somewhere along the way that even Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, was not able to make it right with His precious atoning blood? Is this the same God who spoke the world into existance, now reduced to weeping because the evil fallen angels have suddenly become more powerful than He has? If this is the god who appeared to Dr Eby, then I do not know him, nor would I want to serve such a wimp.