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I like sharing these stories because getting the results that I get, go beyond any human understanding or expectation…well except for those who believe all things are possible:

Mark 9:23 - Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

There are only two, so this will be a shorty sporty but hopefully encouraging. 

The first testimony came about by the fact that at night when I would try and be sleeping my arm pits would go crazy with itching; no really I mean like crazy. And but so this has been happening off and on for most of my life. And yes, I thought it was my deodorant so my son recommended one that seemed to work for him so I tried it and it worked for about a year or so and then midnight craziness.

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What Podcast Preacher, this better be a message about delicious hamburgers. Ha but no really its going to be better than that at least insofar as a message, this message can be related to food:

John 4:34 - 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.

Where is this going; out to lunch real fast if we don’t hit it Mister. 

I got the idea for this message while I was reading a book titled, “The Miracles of Jesus Christ” written by Rick Rainer. I recommend the purchasing of this book as Rick has given us an eye-opening examination of every miracle healing and demonic encounter recorded in all four of the gospels and in the book of Acts. There may not be written, in all of history, another book like it.

Ok let’s almost open with the following scripture:

Matthew 8:5-13 - 5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.”

7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! 11 And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.

So we are going to peel back the onion layers of the bible in this scripture and talk about what is being inferred as knowledge and understanding to Jesus,, but to us who read this scripture centuries later we must search for her as for hidden treasure and fill in the blanks (Pro 2). 

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This is going to be an exciting message because you will no doubt see some truths that are but, all avoided, to be spoken of in your local church. Not because giants are scary but because of their connection to demons and false religions and gods. Idols are a demons doorway into your life which has been satans plan from the beginning. I found the study mind boggling as to the amount of time that the bible addresses giants, false gods and demons, of which I think you will too. This message is short and packed full of wait a minutes.  

No doubt someday this will be considered a partial list of what tribes consisted of all giants, some giants, a few giants, and/or one giant. Along with this list is where they lived according to the bible. Now my resources are way too many to list as there have been many people who have authored books on giants, Nephilim, and/or the trigger scripture that we find in Luke along with what other story that many think, including my self which is the story about the giants discussed in Genesis

Gen 6:1-4 - 6 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

And so this history goes away except for the fact that Jesus refers to in in Luke as an end time warning:

Luke 17:26–30 - 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

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I must admit I was triggered to do this message and but not in an angry sort of way but in a concerning sort of way especially in these end time days. I have had just a few people ask that I no longer send them my podcast messages. Two requests came out of the blue and were loaded with a strange type of offense. But in this message I am responding to the 3rd request which was kind and had manners associated with it. In other words the person was polite. All three were believers and two of the three are in current leadership positions within the church. 

The reason that the person made the request is that he stated I was sending too many and he just didn’t have the time to dial in. 

Boom, yes I believe that peoples lives are structured for time loss in these days, meaning that it seems that we do not consider our time as a limited commodity. 

John 10:10 - 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

So we have a time thief actively working to bring about things and activities that simply waste our time. 

Gal 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

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No, I am not comparing believers in Christ to pigs but I needed a title and a story of a story whereby some of the lines lined up with this message. The three little pigs is that story. This message also connects to the prodigal son story in the bible at one of his not so favorite places to dine (Luke 15:11-32).

So right around 2:30ish in the morning I was having a dream or, while I was slowly waking up, I thought about a story of three guys who used to be in close relationship but due to testing circumstances they have parted ways and taken their own paths. I will refer to the three guys as piggy number one, piggy number two and piggy number three. In the dream I saw a couple of friends, piggy’s number 1 and 2 and I piggy number 3 were sitting at a table attending an event. This maybe was an extended portion of another dreamed event in which a friend of ours was getting married which may have drawn us together for the second event. I don't feel as if it was the after wedding dinner celebration but it felt more like something else. Who knows as sometimes dreams can seem a bit fractionalized as mine often do.

So first I will share the discussion at the table and then tell you why what was said was said. Why do this as a message at all Podcast Preacher it is your dream…ha? Because I don't want you to focus entirely on what happened to the three relationships as much as I want to help you to see which of the three types of piggy’s you are.

 This will require some introspection and honesty on your part and remember truth is most often difficult to hear for humans as our flesh seems so drawn to the false and deceptive. And for whatever reason we can get very hypersensitive as to whether God could truly deliver and restore someone who had their collapsing story on the front pages of ever gossip column in the state. No piggy didn’t receive persecution from the church because it no longer existed. But stigma’s are usually most applied and done so by individuals who lack the most truth as to how we got in the situation we found ourselves in. Taking the labeling circuit is much easier than just asking. Remember we are humans and susceptible to great sins and errors when the circumstances aliening with our weaknesses and/or spiritual immaturity. I am being nice because I am not condemning those who don’t know because as Jesus stated they don’t know what they are doing, and I would say that this applies to believers at times (Luke 23:34).

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This message is going to be based on my opinion of watching the recent Stephen Spielberg movie “Disclosure Day.” I remember listening to a podcast or YouTube short in which the God believing speaker did not give a favorable review to the movie and in fact recommended that no one watch it. So, I grabbed ahold of this advice and made that recommendation to any interested parties. Not a good decision on my part no doubt.

But then my “teacher calling” came out in me and I thought that if someone were to ask me about what I thought about the movie and I didn’t have an answer then I would also be missing out on a potential opportunity to possibly speak the truth in love which is contained within this message. What’s that you ask? Well, you will have to put on your “I want to learn” hat and then draw your own conclusions after you have heard the entire message:

Luke 6:40 - 40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.

Luke 5:39 - 39 And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

I say this because I have had people who did not listen to an entire message only to attempt to debate me without a full understanding of the message. I liken these type of people to one who looks at a book introduction or cover and reads the back cover somehow thinking that they are now qualified to have a discussion about its contents. This used to be me in grade school. Little did I know that it was a shortcut to stupidity. To be fair this is a common practice of lazy Christians or the young ones that are full of zeal but do not understand the process of learning and understanding. I was this type of Christian in my early days, so I speak from embarrassing experiences.

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This is the final message of four of which are based on differences. The previous three were the differences between the 1st and 2nd resurrections, the differences between the 1st and 2nd death, and the 1st and 2nd coming. These are the differences between specific end time events. Since we are told more than 30 times to be watching we might want to know when prophetic scriptures occur so that we know the time of His visitation. Ah no but more accurately the timeline of His return within reason.  

Understanding these messages will eliminate confusion which is right now being released on the planet. Ah but you say the scriptures say that God is not the author of confusion, and I would say that yes you are correct but it doesn’t say that there is not an author;

1 Corinthians 14:33 - 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

These messages are not long but packed with spiritual clarity. There may be some overlap which cannot be helped as many of these end time differences touch each other.

Let’s define judgment so that we understand its place within this message and understand what it means for us as we will eventually be judged for how we lived on this planet:  

The Bible states in several passages that people will be judged or rewarded according to their deeds and works. 

Key Bible Verses

• 2 Corinthians 5:10: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad." 
• Revelation 20:12–13: "And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books." 
• Matthew 16:27: "For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works." 
• Romans 2:6: God "will render to each one according to his deeds."
• Ecclesiastes 12:14: "For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil."

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These next two messages will be based on differences. I just did one based on the differences between the 1st and 2nd resurrections, and the differences between the 1st and 2nd death. These are the differences between specific end time events. Since we are told more than 30 times to be watching we might want to know when prophetic scriptures occur so that we know the time of His visitation. Ah no but more accurately the timeline of His return within reason.  

These next two messages will not be long but packed with spiritual clarity. There may be some overlap which cannot be helped as many of these end time differences touch each other.

The main difference between the first and second coming is that Jesus came the first time in humility as a baby to save people from sin, but he will come the second time in power and glory as a King to judge the world and rule. 

The First Coming also known as the first advent:

Advent means:

• Arrival: The coming of a notable person, event, or invention.

Christian Tradition

• The Season: A four-week period of waiting and preparation before Christmas.
• Start of the Church Year: It marks the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity.
• Two Focuses: Believers reflect on the first coming of Jesus at his birth and look forward to his second coming.
• Form: Jesus came as a human baby born in a humble manger in Bethlehem.
• Purpose: He came as the "Suffering Servant" and the "Lamb of God" to die on the cross and pay for human sin.
• Reception: His arrival was quiet and witnessed by only a few shepherds and magi; the world largely ignored or rejected him.
• Status: It is a historical event that already happened roughly 2,000 years ago. 

The Second Coming (The Return)...

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The next three messages will be based on differences. I just did one based on the differences between the 1st and 2nd resurrections. These are the differences between specific end time events. Since we are told more than 30 times to be watching we might want to know when prophetic scriptures occur so that we know the time of His visitation. Ah no but more accurately the timeline of His return within reason.  

These next three messages will not be long but packed with spiritual clarity. We will lightly touch on the 1st and 2nd deaths and because all of the 1st and 2nd messages are somewhat related overlap cannot be helped. 

The first death and the second death are two distinct stages of human mortality and final judgment described in Christian theology and the Book of Revelation. The first death is physical death on Earth, while the second death is final spiritual judgment and eternal separation from God. 

The First Death

·        Nature: The temporary, natural end of physical life where the body stops functioning and separates from the soul or spirit.

·        Scope: Experienced by all of humanity, including both believers and non-believers throughout history.

·        Reversibility: Considered temporary in theology, because bodies or souls are raised again at the final resurrection. 

The Second Death

·        Nature: The permanent, final judgment symbolized in scripture as the "lake of fire".

·        Scope: Experienced only by those whose names are not found in the book of life; believers who take part in the "first resurrection" are untouched by it.

·        Reversibility: Permanent and irreversible; it represents the ultimate, eternal separation or destruction away from God's presence.

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The next three or four messages will be based on differences. What are the differences between specific end time events? Since we are told more than 30 times to be watching we might want to know when prophetic scriptures occur so that we know the time of His visitation. Ha…no but more accurately the timeline of His return within reason.  

These next three or four messages will not be long but packed with spiritual clarity. We will lightly touch on the 1st and 2nd judgement as all of the 1st and 2nd messages are somewhat related so it cannot be helped. I will be doing a fuller message on the two judgements in a future message.

Let’s get it!

I asked AI when the first resurrection occurs will it be occurring at the time of the rapture? It stated the following:

Views among Christians differ, but many traditions teach that the resurrection of believers who have died occurs at the exact same time as the rapture. 

The Connection Between the Rapture and Resurrection

Happening Together: Passages like 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 state that Jesus will descend, the dead in Christ will rise first, and then living believers will be caught up together with them. 

Let’s look at the whole scripture:

1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 - 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

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