Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post on Friday 09/29/06: http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2006/davidb929.htm

I sincerely appreciate your response on Saturday 09/30/06:

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2006/mattk930-1.htm

Now brother Matt, just because I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to read and respond to my post doesn’t mean I agree with yours. With all do respect Matt, I think your comments about the Word of God totally missed the mark. Please let me explain.

Matt, you said and I quote: “our individual consciences end up being our final arbiter (for good and ill) until the Lord returns”, but according to Hebrews 4:12, the Word of God is our discerner (judge) of the thoughts and intents of our heart. We don’t judge it, but it judges us! Hebrews 4:12 declares For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. The English word discerner was translated from the Greek word “Krit-ee-kon” (Strongs # 2924) and means: “Relating to judging, fit for judging, skilled in judging”.

So as Jesus has already clearly stated who the judge is in John 12:47-48, who are we to argue with him: John 12:47-48 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

So Matt, is Jesus qualified to appoint the Word of God to be our Judge and final authority over us if he desires to? John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 6:63…the words that I speak unto you they, are spirit and they are life.

Jesus explains in John 4:23 God is a spirit… John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 17:17 also says Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Finally, we know the original Word of God was written in Hebrew and Greek thousands of years ago. That in itself presents a real problem for me, because I can’t read those languages and must rely on others to interpret the meaning for me. Does that mean I must go to semitary and get a degree in Hebrew and Greek just so I can understand what the God of the Universe is trying to communicate to me? Of course not!

Psalm 12:6-7 gives me this assurance: The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. I can be confident my King James Bible, which was purified seven times from 1611 thru 1850, is the Pure Word of God preserved for my generation in English. And according to the Scriptures above, is also my final authority and judge on this earth.

I believe you Matt are the one who has made the crucial error, not only on the authority of the Word of God, but believing and teaching traditional teachings on prophecy in lieu of the truth clearly contained within the prophetic Scriptures. Case in point: Rome is not the future beast kingdom.

Without further ado Matt, I have prepared a paper below that clearly and Scripturaly proves Rome is not the coming beast kingdom, but the New Muslim Caliphate is. And oh yes Matt, the Mahdi will be it’s king.

God Bless you Brother Matt

In His Service

Dave