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I thought another good title would be “Heretical Pickle” but I didn’t think that this title covered enough of the subject matter, and its hard to say really quickly three times.

So why make mistakes made by believers a cover story? And well how are they any different from those who are intentionally trying to deceive you?

First, but not really as I have already begun is to mention a partial list and I say partial because even those from within the church who are authentically born again at times during their growth process can work against you. But I didn’t include them or us in the group of falsie’s because, they like us, will make mistakes, in judgement for example, or at some given time believe that they or we have a lock on some specific thing that the bible discusses and they or us will kick back like a mule in a headlock. Of course, I am referring to myself in this example because I know how to kick when someone bumps up against what I believe to be truth. I have sense learned to take off my donkey shoes and hang them up for good. In other words I am way more teachable than I was when I thought that I knew everything.

Ok so those who are intentionally against us, and for some it is done in ignorance, are as follows;

Fake believers, make-believers, non-believers, the Pharisee’s, Sadducees, Attorney’s, The Scribes, The Chief Priests, The Elders, The Sanhedrin, and some of those in the Civil and Political areas, many in the crowds who could be swayed by the wind exiting any of these already mentioned as their toxic breath, breathing lies about Jesus, left their mouths, as well as the falsie’s such as the false Teachers, false Prophets, false Apostles, false Pastors, hypocrites who disguise themselves as righteous but promote deceptive teachings, selfishness, and ungodly lifestyles, those who preach a different gospel distorting the truth such as many do in false religions which is all of them that do not preach and teach that Jesus is God and is the only way to the Father because of His own blood being shed to pay for the sins of humanity, false spirits, demons and workers of his who appear as an angel of light, and those who are wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing, and finally we can also include false Evangelists.

And so to put to sleep the ignorance statement and what that can look like in a believers life we can refer to an extraordinary believer who wreaked all kinds of havoc on the Christian humanity in his days and so made a confession and but also because we read the whole bible we can also see his humility so that we don’t by mistake think that Paul is simply making an excuse for his destructive behaviors:

1 Tim 1:13 - 13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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Just as a reminder this is part 4 of a 13 part series on end time terms. Yes there will be redundancy but that will only help to get this past our forehead memory.

We are continuing our study of the end times. You say Why Podcast Preacher? I say because you will be blessed, considering that the term or activity of watching as described and commanded in the bible is listed over 30 places in the bible, and that reading the book of Revelation and studying the end times is a hedge against the great deception which is now being played out over all the earth. You can dial into many of my 2025 through 2026 messages if you need to get caught up. People are most caught off guard because of self-induced ignorance, or unbelief.  

Rev 1:1-3 - 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Rev 22:7 - 7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

No other book in the bible makes this declaration about itself. We cannot keep what we do not know.

OK on to the terms and as always forgive the redundancy as it is a strong method used in effective learning cycles:

The terms will be listed in alphabetical order. You don’t want to miss these as I know that you do not know what all of these terms mean, and I know this because I didn’t and in fact I am still learning. 

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We are continuing our study of the end times. You say Why Podcast Preacher? I say because you will be blessed, considering that the term or activity of watching as described and commanded in the bible is listed over 30 places in the bible, and that reading the book of Revelation and studying the end times is a hedge against the great deception which is now being played out over all the earth. You can dial into many of my 2025 through 2026 messages if you need to get caught up. People are most caught off guard because of self-induced ignorance, or unbelief.  

Rev 1:1-3 - 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Rev 22:7 - 7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

No other book in the bible makes this declaration about itself. We cannot keep what we do not know.

OK on to the term Elohim which will be the only subject of this message because it is a large subject that is not studied by most Christians. In fact I have never heard a message like this come from any pulpit in the land. 

In this next definition of the word “Elohim” I learned that the word applied to more than just God depending on the context in which the words were used. I will define each of what this word Elohim means, but do not get thrown off if you have been taught that it only applies to God this would be a scriptural mistake. A good source book which inspired me to include the name or title of Elohim is titled “The Divine Council: The Mystery of God’s Governance of Heaven And Earth written by Robert Phillips. The term Elohim appears up to 2700 times in the Hebrew old testament bible depending on textual traditions and again depending on context it can refer to more than just God. But make no mistake God and God alone is God and is above all that has been created: 

ELOHIM – AS GOD - Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a grammatically plural Hebrew title in the Hebrew Bible that fundamentally designates "God," "supreme power," or "mighty ones".

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2 Timothy 4:2 - 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

1 Peter 3:15 - 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

Ps 19:7 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

2 Corinthians 13:5 - 5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

So I could have broke down all of those scriptures more precisely but I think that I can provide a simpler explanation of what I intended to be the applicable parts. Sharing the stories of God in our lives as it relates to the bible is necessary and a part of the great commission. After all we do not live in a size limiting family but in one that is ever expanding. God has a list of souls and we are in the ministry to find every one of them in our generation. Now we also have another task which is not really a task but more of a witness to others that God is working in our lives. Yes, our testimony to others about what God has done, is doing, and through prophesy and the prophetic word will do in our lives is more or less the proof that we are walking in Christ and the way to discover this is to test yourself to see if you are in the faith. You see although a long road I knew that I could work that last scripture in this message. 

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We are continuing our study of the end times. You say Why Podcast Preacher? I say because you will be blessed, considering that the term or activity of watching as described and commanded in the bible is listed over 30 places in the bible, and that reading the book of Revelation and studying the end times is a hedge against the great deception which is now being played out over all the earth. You can dial into many of my 2025 through 2026 messages if you need to get caught up. People are most caught off guard because of self-induced ignorance, unbelief and an over-estimation of how nice people are or can be even when the pressure is on. 

Rev 1:1-3 - 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Rev 22:7 - 7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

No other book in the bible makes this declaration about itself. We cannot keep what we do not know.

OK on to the terms and as always forgive the redundancy as it is a strong method used in effective learning cycles:

The terms will be listed in alphabetical order. You don’t want to miss these as I know that you do not know what all of these terms mean, and I know this because I didn’t and in fact I am still learning. 

BRIDE OF CHRIST - In the Bible, the Bride of Christ is a spiritual metaphor representing the Church—the collective body of all believers in Jesus Christ. 

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So on this fine Autumn morning I was petting my dog who was lying right up against my chest and arm. And I had this thought about dogs and how loyal they are and then a flood of dog stuff came to my mind, so much so that I had to get up and begin this day with this message least I forget any of its bits. I planned on today being a recording day of which it will, but I feel that as always this message is a reminder from the Holy Spirit to chit chat about the Dog species. Why a reminder? Because earlier this year He put the same message in my heart and I simply hadn’t got to it. My response today is like when your boss asks you to do something and you forget and when they ask you how the project is going to feel the blood rush from your brain and reassure them that you will immediately get to it straight away.

Yes you guessed it I have been watching some British car shows and have picked up on some of their language such as bits and straight away. I like doing that just to keep things fun.

So in the beginning God gave Adam an assignment so let’s peek in on it to see what the assignment was:

Genesis 2:19–20 - 19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

Isn’t it strange that he called of all animals a dog a dog? For us to understand that question we are going to have to have a look at the furry creature and define some of its attributes.

Dogs reflect divine or god-related attributes through their capacity for unconditional love, steadfast loyalty, and patient presence. 

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Just as a reminder this is part 2 of a 13 part series on end time terms. As a reminder you will get the definition messages every other message just to make it exciting.

There will be some redundancy but that will only help to get this past our forehead memory.

We are continuing our study of the end times. You say Why Podcast Preacher? I say because you will be blessed, considering that the term or activity of watching as described and commanded in the bible is listed over 30 places in the bible, and that reading the book of Revelation and studying the end times is a hedge against the great deception which is now being played out over all the earth. You can dial into many of my 2025 through 2026 messages if you need to get caught up. People are most caught off guard because of self-induced ignorance, unbelief and an over-estimation of how nice people are or can be even when the pressure is on. 

Rev 1:1-3 - 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Rev 22:7 - 7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

No other book in the bible makes this declaration about itself. We cannot keep what we do not know.

OK on to the terms and as always forgive the redundancy as it is a strong method used in effective learning cycles: 

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Yes it is likely we will post the end time word definitions every other message as I am being inundated with other messages. I could post two messages a day for several years if I tried to keep up with God but He already told me to slow down so here we are.

So if I haven’t lost you already at the title of this message, then stick with me as we take a look at three scenarios looking at three different couples who have the same problem but work to solve the problem in three very different ways which results in three very different outcomes. Is there truth in this novel of a story? Let’s leave that assessment to the hearer.

We pan in on a couple living in a small but delightful home in the mountains where the wife and husband were happily married and enjoying life. But as time went on a sinister spirit had been allowed to move into the house unaware due to a type of spiritual window opening behavior.

As they lived, doing daily things people do, as they go from one day to another, the sinister spirit began his dismembering work. A little background on Mr sinister spirit is that he has a very intentional purpose:

John 10:10 states in part, “10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.”

The journey between the couple looked something like this. As long as the husband met the expectations of the wife, peace ruled the house, but because Mr. sinister did not like peace because there is no peace in him, he focused on his disruption and destruction purpose. His strategy looked something like this. When the husband did not meet his wife's expectations she would become unglued and lose her mind, asking him what was wrong with him and 10 other "why" questions that really had nothing to do with the offending event, but were asked in the may lay of emotional outburst anyway. Now but after they retired off to bed and awoke in the morning, the husband lacking any rest from the thrashing which took place the day prior, he took notice that the wife would awake and behave as if she had never committed such an infraction. The husband quipped in the thoughts of his mind, as he dare not commit another offending error, adding heaps upon heaps of trouble, assessing that she must have amnesia. And so this went on as a consistent pattern in their relationship. However, the husband noticed within his own self that peace had left their home. And he himself had noticed a great disconnection from one another. For him honor and trust left with peace.

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Ok one more time just want to let my hearers know that we are also now on Amazon podcast.

Sorry for the delay in posting my next message, my heart surgery resulted in me getting Pneumonia and so I was required to bedrest. Besides I didn’t really have the lungs to record. But by the grace and love of God I am able to return and present part 1 of a 13 part series on end time terms. Yes there will be redundancies but that will only help to get this past our forehead memory and deep within our cranium.

As I was reading the book titled, “They Lied To You About The Rapture” written by Alan Didio published by “Destiny Published Books” he had placed at the end of his book an end time glossary of terms. As I was reading through some of those terms it occurred to me that perhaps I should throw some of that information your way since I too am teaching a lot on the end of the end of times. I highly recommend reading this book if you are at all interested in the study of the end times. You say Why Podcast Preacher? I say because you will be blessed, considering that the term or activity of watching as described and commanded in the bible is listed over 30 places in the bible, and that reading the book of Revelation and studying the end times is a hedge against the great deception which is now being played out over all the earth. You can dial into many of my 2025 through 2026 messages if you need to get caught up. People are most caught off guard because of self-induced ignorance, unbelief and an over-estimation of how nice people are or can be even when the pressure is on. 

Rev 1:1-3 - 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Rev 22:7 - 7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

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I know I stated in my last message that we were going to go through a 13-part series dealing with end time word and term definitions but then this other message popped into my mind which I thought more important considering the increasing level of Marijuana smokers that we are seeing. We will get to the 13-part series after this message… I think.

Now this message is not going to blow smoke up your chimney, but in fact will address a growing concern that I have for those who are deceptively under Marijana’s deception. 

I speak from experience as I was a smoker of the first degree. I smoked the purest most potent forms of Marijuana concentrates available. And what comes with that is the most potent forms of brain fog and this deceptive belief that you will actually still be a traditional normal thinking person even under, no but, and but especially under its powerful influence.

If I have any smokers out there, I hope you will listen to this message from beginning to end because I know from experience that you will not seek the input about this very addictive habit from anyone at all. Just like thieves are most comfortable among other thieves, and liars are most comfortable among other liars. Marijuana addicts are most comfortable around other Marijuana addicts. 

So, let’s get some factoids in front of us shall we:

According to the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health released by SAMHSA, approximately 43.8 million to 44.6 million Americans (ages 12 and older) use marijuana regularly, while 61.6 million have used it within the past year. 

Key Usage Statistics

• Daily Users: An estimated 21.4 million Americans use marijuana on a daily or near-daily basis, surpassing daily cigarette smokers (19.9 million) and daily drinkers (17.2 million). 
• Past-Year Use: About 21.2% of the U.S. population aged 12 and older (61.6 million people) reported using cannabis in the past year. 

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