I have been in Israel and I have been in Rome. I have seen the difference between the two countries. God spoke to me in Jerusalem and God also spoke to me in Rome.
Jesus was born and raised in the Roman Empire, but he was not a Roman. The Romans killed Jesus. The Romans killed Peter. The Romans killed Paul and lots more. So how come everybody follows the Romans?
Jesus did not follow the Roman calendar, or worship the Roman gods, or even mention any of their names. Julius Caesar’s calendar had the same names of the days of the week and of the months of the year that are in Pope Gregory’s calendar, yet Jesus did not mention any of those names. Every country that I have been in has followed the Gregorian calendar which is named after Pope Gregory the 13th. Every church that I have been a member of has also followed the Roman calendar as the basis for their beliefs. Yet every church claims to believe the Bible!
When I was in Rome, the Holy Spirit spoke to me. That is why I believe differently from most of the churches. I also grew up using the Roman calendar the same as everybody else, but the Roman calendar is opposite to the word of God. God Himself said that we must not mention the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of our mouths. (Exodus 23:13) Every day of the week in the Roman calendar is named after other gods, and also half of the months.
I keep trying to tell people these things, but it is like their minds are blinded by the god of this world. (2 Corinthians 4:4) Every church I have been in seem to say that they believe that the Bible is the word of God, but when I tell them what God says, they get mad at me. Why all the hatred? I am only telling the truth.
Churches send missionaries around the world to try and get the heathens to turn from their pagan gods and believe in the God of the Bible, but church people themselves refuse to change their thoughts and their ways of life to fit in with the word of God. People are bound by their traditions, just the same as the people in days of Jesus. Mark chapter 7.
Beloved, words are important. Jesus said that by our words we will be justified and by our words we will be condemned. (Matthew 12:37) The world was formed by words. God spoke and things happened! Jesus had power in his words. When Jesus spoke, the storm stopped, Lazarus came out of the tomb, food multiplied, devils went out of people, the sick were healed, etc. Maybe if we can get our words right, God might use us the same as he used Jesus!
The Gregorian calendar is named after Pope Gregory the 13th, and the other year I decided to search on the internet about him. I was shocked at some of the things I read. A terrible thing happened on a day they call “Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre.” There is an artist’s picture of in on the internet. Apparently a prominent Protestant man was marring a prominent Catholic woman. Then some Catholic people went on the warpath and killed a few thousand French Huguenots.
Then I read that Pope Gregory was so happy with all the killings that he went to church and sang a song of praise to God for all the killings. Do you think Jesus was happy with all those killings? Jesus did not promote violence. Jesus taught love. Today it seems like all the protestant churches use his calendar for all their religious beliefs! Beloved, whose side are you on?
I don’t mean to offend people, but I am always searching for the truth. I grew up going to church, and I studied theology, but lots of the things I was taught are not the same as what the Holy Spirit has taught me. Everything the Holy Spirit has taught me is in line with what is written in the scriptures. Jesus said: “Search the scriptures!”
One day we all have to give an account. Jesus said: “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” (Matthew 22:21, Mark 12:17, Luke 20:25) I have been in so many churches that do the opposite to what Jesus said.
I don’t think many people read the things I write, but I feel a burden to keep on trying to get people to believe the truth. Jesus said that he is the way, the truth and the life. (John 14:6) Follow Jesus. What would Jesus do? Jesus didn’t follow the Romans. Jesus followed the teachings of the scriptures.
When Jesus was born, the angels sang: “Glory to God in the highest!” That was when the Glory of God came down to earth in the form of a baby. That relates to what God told Moses. God told Moses that he must erect the tabernacle on the first day of the New Year. (Exodus chapter 40) When he did that, the glory of God came down into the tabernacle. So if I had to follow the scriptures for my beliefs, I would say that Jesus was born on the first day of God’s New Year, which is in the springtime. That is when the shepherds are in the fields as the sheep are giving birth. God’s New Year starts 14 days before Passover. (Exodus chapter 12)
In Pope Gregory’s calendar, December the 25th is the day of the rebirth of the Egyptian sun god. When the days got shorter in the Roman Empire, the Romans thought that the sun god was dying, and then came back to life. God made the sun go dark in Egypt to show the Egyptians that the sun is not a god.
In our first December in Canada, I said to my wife: “What has happened to the sun?” The sunset seemed so early. In Rhodesia the sunset was at about 6 pm all year round. Toronto is about the same latitude as Rome, and when the days got shorted the Romans thought that the sun god was dying! Somewhere on the internet someone said that in the Julian calendar it was on the 21st of December.
Beloved, aren’t we supposed to base our beliefs on what is written in the scriptures? We are not supposed to follow the heathens for our beliefs!
All my life I have noticed that there are so many things that churches believe that are totally different to what is written in the scriptures! Beloved, what would Jesus do?