False Doctrine and How to Spot It

For Christians, doctrine is vital. It informs the very depths to which you will walk in God.

False Doctrine being VERY rampant, how do you spot it?

Two rules:

  1. The Bible means what it says
  2. No scripture contradicts another

Let’s look at #1.

You cannot reinterpret the text to give a new meaning. The text means what it says.

The most common way that corruption is introduced to the text is by adding new information into the text.

Example:
The text says there will be two witnesses in Revelation 11:3-12. The text says will preach for 1260 days.

Any interpretation of any other text to suggest the two aren’t two distinct but one is corruption.

Now to #2
Your interpretation of the text MUST be such that all the texts are in agreement.

If your understanding of a text makes it contradict another, your understanding is flawed.

This is why it’s very important to pay ABDOLUTE attention to VERBATIM text.

By VERBATIM I mean text that says something explicitly.

Verbatim text is superior to interpreted text. Any text you interpret to contradict a VERBATIM statement of the text is wrong.

Example:
The text says that the first ressurection will only have saints who will awake to rule with Christ and the rest don’t rise. This is explicitly stated in Revelation 20:4-6

If anyone interprets any text in the Bible to suggest that everyone will rise from the dead together and be given another chance contradicts this text.

If you follow these two rules. You are safe

So what is the correct way to interpret Isaiah 53?

Two separate events. Two raptures. Two comings of the Lord!

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

Matthew 24
[B]29[/B]Immediately after the tribulation of those days:
‘The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.b
[B]30[/B]At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,c and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
[B]31[/B]And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

What about the texts suggests two separate events?

Adhering to the rules that the VERBATIM is superior, and no text can be interpreted to break a VERBATIM text

I don’t get the question?

What specifically are we looking at in the chapter?

Safe from logical thinking? yes.

None of the authors from which the books of the Bible are attributed ever wrote a single word in the Bible.

Scribes interpreted different versions of word of mouth.

Some books like the book of Judas was promptly discarded as it didn’t fit the ancient Roman narrative of control via scripture.

Others were the book of Jude, book of Mary and many more.

It is absolutely genius that the devil corrupted the only reference to his downfall.

Open your God given mind and seek God through understanding and not regurgitation by ancient colonial masters.

Our generation will be the one which believed in the lost word

@messiahette I believe the words in bold describe a similar event , the second coming .
To prove their distinction you would have to introduce a lot of unrelated background info… like you always do.

Where in the word does it explicitly say the “taking away of the believers” will happen twice ?
Are there two sets of believers?
Will there be one rapture for the church [which is apparently too weak to endure the tribulation] and another for the elect [ those who are prepared by God to endure the tribulation] ?
Hiyo division unaipata wapi ?

[SIZE=4]AND even if that were true , why would you say that people who believe in one second coming are DECEIVED by false doctrine ? How does knowing the number of raptures enhance your walk with God ?[/SIZE]

@messiahette you are just afraid of the tribulation and I believe you run away from challenges in your present life, so u need a doctrine to sooth your ego .

It’s clear as night and day. You keep harping on this “verbatim” principle which you don’t follow even.

In the first coming, the Lord HIMSELF descends from Heaven and gathers His bride. Himself! Not His angels gathering people from the 4 winds of the earth.

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. (Rev 3:10)

That hour of trial is the 7-year Tribulation where the Lamb (Jesus) will pour out His wrath upon the world. God is angry with the world, not His bride who has been keeping the commandments all along. He’s not going to punish Her, rather, like He did with Noah and Lot, He will take them away in the rapture before executing judgment. Through Noah’s and Lot’s example, we catch a glimpse of how God works. First, He takes out His beloved before destroying every unbeliever left behind.

Moreover, most people will die in the Tribulation. I suggest you read up on the 4 horsemen, 7 seals, 7 trumpets and 7 vials and tell me how any regular person can expect to survive that ordeal. The luckiest people will be those martyred by the antichrist, just to give you an idea how bad it’s about to get…

I agree.

Now look at:
[B]30[/B]At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,c and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
[B]31[/B]And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Let’s first state the obvious, these two texts are virtually identical except for the fact that you’ve correctly noted that one mentions a gathering by angels and another doesn’t. Your conclusion is that the two are different events.

Following that logic, I’ll introduce another text.

1 Corinthians 15:51
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

In this text, CHRIST isn’t mentioned as coming, unlike in the other two instances. And angels gathering aren’t mentioned. The voice of the arch angel isn’t mentioned.

Following your logic, this is another third coming AS CLEAR AS DAY AND NIGHT

So are there 3 distinct comings as illustrated by the three texts?

[SIZE=5]Consistency is key.[/SIZE] Your interpretation of the text needs to be consistent.

You MUST show why 1Thessalonians 4:16 is different from Mathew 24:30-31 and not different from 1 Corinthians 15:51 yet there are differences between all these events (by your logic)

The LORD was addressing the CHURCH of PHILADELPHIA. Extrapolating that to the great tribulation, is a possibility, but it needs to be supported by other VERBATIM text, or fall if there is EXPLICIT text saying the contrary.

So, before we extrapolate that to mean that CHRIST will save believers by snatching them from the great tribulation, we need to admit two things:

  1. This was addressing the CHURCH in Philadelphia.
  2. Because of #1, we need VERBATIM text for the extrapolation to be conclusive
  3. VERBATIM text stating the opposite breaks the extrapolation as erroneous (because scripture can’t contradict another). So if the extrapolation contradicts another VERBATIM text, then the EXTRAPOLATION is wrong.

I hope #1-#3 are all sound scriptural foundations. If you disagree with any of the three, I’ll be glad to discuss.

Now, let’s see if there’s any text that EXPLICITLY places the CHURCH in the dispensation of the Anti-CHRIST

1 Thessalonians 2:2
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [SIZE=5][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]shall not come[/SIZE], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

This my brother is VERBATIM text stating that the ANTICHRIST declare himself GOD before CHRIST comes.

I wish you could read the text in it’s original greek… or an interlinear. It brings out the magnitude of the statement!

So God was addressing the church in Philadelphia knowing very well that they would ALL die well before the end times? In that case everything that’s written in the epistles isn’t for us but the various churches in Thessalonica, Philadelphia, Colossians etc…
Christians have faced various trials and tribulations throughout history, but there’s never been a trial which came “UPON THE WHOLE WORLD” simultaneously except what is coming ahead ie the tribulation.

Who does the chapter refer to? Is it Israel or Jesus?

so you’ve assumed the hour of trial is the tribulation cited in revelation ? maybe I have gone through that hour myself , maybe you have not.

Christ once said in this world you will have tribulations , I don’t quote scripture much coz I assume you’re well versed. So, are these tribulations the ones in those last seven years , was Christ talking to the last Church or his disciples? Have you carried your cross in this present life , when the world is busy “enjoying life” and killing the saints ? Try it and you will know what tribulation is.

I keep telling you salvation is personal , a personal walk with God. Now , unless you walk with God and suffer while carrying your cross , you will be full of false doctrine because you are running from what should perfect your faith in HIM.

In Proverbs, … give wine to the perishing.

in Mathew…Jesus turns water to wine

in Timothy, … a little wine is good for the stomach

in Corinthians,…drunkards will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

I didn’t say that what’s stated to a Church isn’t applicable to us, I said you MUST justify the extrapolation. Why? Because the original intended listener was the CHURCH explicitly mentioned.

Example:
Hosea is asked to marry a prostitute.
Abraham is asked to kill his son.

To apply these to yourself, you MUST justify the extrapolation.

In the epistles, the text explicitly gives guidelines as to THE CHURCH… and asks that all CHRISTIANS observe the same.

Revelation 3:10 is EXPLICITLY addressing the CHURCH of Philadelphia.

Unless you’re suggesting that CHRIST wasn’t addressing the CHURCH of Philadelphia.

But my biggest problem with that extrapolation is that it breaks MANY VERBATIM texts that say the elect will suffer the great tribulation.

This is what I mean:

2THESSALONIANS 2 EXPLICITLY says something.

Revelation 3:10 doesn’t explicitly MENTION the event.

Why use an extrapolation to break an EXPLICIT text?

go read the book of Enoch first , the Holy Bible as IT IS is perfect , and if there is anything hidden God shall reveal it to you

So CHRIST wasn’t addressing the CHURCH of Philadelphia?

And END Times is your addition into the text…

It’s justified don’t get me wrong. What’s wrong and unjustified is the idea that it means the CHURCH will be taken out… I’ll justify.

  1. It breaks 2Thessalonians2
    2 It breaks Rev 7:14

Etc.

The exact Greek word used there is the same in John 17:15

CHRIST prays that the CHURCH is kept from the evil one.

This keeping, does it mean the CHURCH is kept from falling into the influence of the devil… or that it’s kept from experiencing the devil?

Think about it.

The CHURCH is kept from the devil… yet the Devil kept Paul from travelling to visit a CHURCH.

Yet Paul has a messenger of Satan in the form of a thorn in the Flesh

You are ignorant of biblical history…

What’s the oldest book?

How old is the book of Mary Magdalene and Judas?

Do you know that contemporaries of the Apostles also wrote on their interactions with the Apostles… and wrote what the Apostles taught.

So, the Bible is mentioned in texts that are older than the bible and the accuracy therein is confirmed.

we have all been tried , some like you have fled and become false prophets , others have been purified .

Rev 7:14
And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.