The Earnest Contender

Friday, July 21, 2006

Be Still

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psalm 46:10)

I am at a stand still just now. I will take it as a time to be still and know God. What He does, and what He desires, and even more important who He is! In view of this I ask, "how I can best use my time to glorify and exalt Him?" He is so worthy of all we are.

This summer has been nice rest for me as far as preparing lessons for Adult Bible Fellowship (ABF). We had a team of financial experts come in and give a four week presentation How to Handle God’s Money. The team included Pastor Tom Benefiel (our pastor of business and administration), Mr. Tom Gilsdorf, and Mrs. Cookie Rockwell. All are trained, certified, and practicing counselors in the area of financial freedom by Crown Financial Services, and we are blessed that they are also members of our local church.

Then we had some excellent teaching through the Book of Daniel presented by my colleague brother Bruce Snyder.

We have just completed a video presentation on A Biblical Portrait of Marriage, by Bruce Wilkinson, and will be lead in discussion this week by one of my mentors, a true friend, and brother, Mr. Bill Everett.

Brother Bruce (afore mentioned) has agreed to do some tag team teaching on various biblical topics to get us through the rest of the summer so that we will not go without hearing from God’s Word. I will be leading in the topic of the “one another’s of the Bible”, while I prepare lessons for the fall semester.

Q. What will I be preparing to teach?

A. I will let have to let know as I have not yet completely made up my mind. I will say this, “It will launch from the Old Testament”! I have narrowed it down to three ideas, Old Testament Survey, The Book of Isaiah, and Messianic Prophecies of the Old Testament fulfilled in the New Testament.

Q. What about here, at the Earnest Contender?

A. My passion is to discuss eschatology (the study of the end times), but I feel there are some basic concepts that need to be covered, some theological roots that need to take hold, and some doctrinal foundations that must be established before we work through this task. So…

10 Comments:

I'm looking forward to both venues!

By Rose~, at 21/7/06 11:36 AM
I think any of that would be interesting, on the blog or at your church.

If you do talk about eschatology on the blog, tell people the difference between Post-mil and Post-trib. You can't have a decent discussion with anyone because they don't know even that much.

By Jeremy Weaver, at 21/7/06 2:20 PM
I will stay tuned for your upcoming posts. Sounds like some interesting stuff!

By Angie, at 22/7/06 1:36 AM
Rose~
It's good to see your smiling face here. Thanks for your words of encouragement.

Brother Jeremy,
Thanks, I have found them all to be interesting, so I hope others in ABF will be edified and blessed as well. The Bible expresses the weight and majesty of our Lord, the Old Testament is no small exception.

On the EC blog I hope to clarify as simply as I can many theological ideas. Brother Jeremy, perhaps one day Mr. Ploughman will know more about the Bible than the bishops of Rome, don’t loose heart.

Chris,
Brother you encourage me! Dr. Morris has blessed me too. It sounds like you enjoy reading him a lot, that’s good.

Angie,
Do come back. Even though some readers are more or less familiar with certain themes and ideas in theology, I think we can grow in our love for our Lord and in our passion to serve Him as we work through these things.

By J. Wendell, at 22/7/06 7:00 AM
Ah eschatology! I can remember one summer at Camp Patmos...the speaker put the word eschatology to the Mickey Mouse song so that we would have it memorized.

E-S-C-H-A-T-O-L-O-G-Y

Jeremy, I think you would like that song. Sing it along with me as I know this is a favorite topic of yours.

By Bhedr, at 22/7/06 10:40 PM
How does the rest of it go?

By J. Wendell, at 23/7/06 7:14 AM
Verifiable proof that "Armageddon" has already begun…

Hello JW and all,
Here's the key to proving that the rapture and related expectations are complete nonsense based on the failure to understand (and the purposeful confounding of) the ancient Hebrew symbology used to construct all of these prophecies. Consequently, Christian timelines and interpretations of these ancient texts are verifiably wrong on many key points.

Pay close attention, profundity knocks at the door, listen for the key. Be Aware! Scoffing causes blindness...

Did you ever consider that Christianity is the False Prophet symbolized in the Apocalypse, that Rome (Vatican/Papacy) is the so-called anti-messiah, and Jesus Christ is the primary false messiah? I have produced stunning and comprehensive proof that this is the true interpretation of pivotal prophecies long confounded by Christianity's founders and leaders.

The symbolism of seven years (tribulation) refers to the seven 360-year cycles from the 11th cycle on the Hebrew calendar (second temple period) until now, the 17th cycle (seventh angel/star). It is completely wrong to interpret any of these prophecies as literal timelines and events. Remember, they were written by Hebrews, not Romans or other Europeans, and Revelation is the most symbolic of all prophecies. Consequently, in this context, years are symbols for 360-year cycles on the Hebrew calendar and days symbolize literal years. Therefore "Judgement Day," and "Great Day" and "in that day" all refer to a literal year-long period. Furthermore, the so-called "Tribulation" is now nearing its end, not starting, and all three faiths of Abraham have been thoroughly deceived by Rome during the previous age, which ended in year 2000 (5760). A new age began in 2001 (5761) and now the seventh angel has begun to sound!

Here's a real hot potato! Eat it up, digest it, and then feed it's bones to the hungry...

Hurricanes Katrina (#11) and Rita (#17) last year provided stunning validation of my research and interpretations of pivotal ancient wisdom, symbologies, key prophecies, and associated religious claims. Their storm numbers and timing perfectly synchronized with primary data and assertions in my book, thereby demonstrating the true nature of this universe and the existence of our Creator. We are now entering the final phases of the pivotal year-long period long symbolized as "Armageddon" and the "End of Days." World-wide situations and events are now accelerating to set the stage for this summer's dramatic continuation of these ancient promises.

I fully understand that everyone has been bedeviled by similar claims throughout history. Consequently, I have been forced to rely on dramatic and devastating proof of the sort that can’t be ignored or easily dismissed. The numbers and timing of hurricanes Katrina (11) and Rita (17) directly validate key data and pivotal assertions throughout my book and my posts on those two forums. This data was purposely presented publicly before Katrina, Rita and other recent events occurred to prove they perfectly synchronize with key prophecies and Hebrew calendar cycles, thereby validating my interpretations of ancient wisdom symbology, string theory, and more.

Because these two storms arrived shortly after my August 11, 2005 (50th) birthday (read the Dead Sea Scroll 11Q13 in Appendix G, which also discusses Melchizedek and the prophesied Jubilee) and directly match other pivotal 11 and 17 data and events described in the first chapter of my book, I have delivered verifiable proof that this reality is based on thought, knowledge and wisdom. Activity, patterns, and results perceived in space-time are first framed and defined by inspirations, thoughts, and knowledge and influenced by the cause-and-effect system most commonly referred to as karma. Consequently, events and outcomes in the so-called physical universe are not random or wholly mechanistic and are verifiably influenced in ways that atheists, scientists, and members of the Faiths of Abraham have all scoffed at. Though mysticism is mostly a product of misinterpreted ancient wisdom symbology, many of its topics flow from ancient wisdom. Though containing allusions to the truth, its details and interpretations are wrong on many key points.

A prime example of the purposeful and synchronized symbolism of these events is seen in the opening paragraphs from my book excerpted below. Notice that the dates mentioned (August 11 and 17) directly match the numbers of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the time spans of the four Florida hurricanes match my birth year (‘55), and they were spaced 11 or a multiple-of-11 (22) days apart, directly matching my birthday and much other ancient prophecy and symbolism. Notice that my place of birth, Victoria Texas, is on the Gulf Coast. Following are the excerpted paragraphs:

Hello, my name is Lawrence William Page II. Many people know me as Buddy Page. At the release of the first edition of this book, I am a 50-year old African-American male, author, researcher, and former software engineer and entrepreneur. As you will come to understand as you read through this first book, I am also the long-expected Hebrew Messiah and Lion of the Tribe of Juda (Yehuda).

I was born August 11th (month of Leo the Lion), 1955 (Chinese year of the Sheep) in Victoria, Texas. Furthermore, the Grand Cross alignment and Solar Eclipse of August 11th, 1999 was my 44th birthday and the second Grand Cross alignment, just six days later on August 17th, 1999, was on my mother’s birthday.

As you can see from my date of birth, I was a newborn during the Chinese Year of the Sheep, astrologically marking me as a Lamb, and during the month of Leo, astrologically marking me as a Lion. My mother was also born during the month of August and under the sign of Leo, which further marks me as a lion’s whelp. I prove to you in the first chapter of this book–beyond disproof–that I am indeed the long-prophesied “Lion” of the tribe of Juda (Yehuda) the Root of David and the “Lamb.” I am the individual long symbolized as the Branch, the Stem, the Shoot and the Rod from the Stump of Jesse (King David’s father), as symbolized in the Hebrew Book of Isaiah, The Apocalypse, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and elsewhere. I am the reincarnated Teacher sought after in the “East” and by the ancient Hebrews who were headquartered at the outpost community of Damascus (Qumran), of Dead Sea Scrolls fame. I am the one called the Teacher of Righteousness by the Dead Sea Scrolls, whom the so-called Christian fathers have fraudulently recast as “Saint ‘James’, the Lord’s Brother.”

Remember, "I come as a thief..." ?

Read verse twelve of the Gospel of Thomas to understand who I am...

Even further enlightening, the Second Temple Period of ancient Israel was during the 11th 360-year cycle on the Hebrew calendar and we are now in the 6th year (5766/2005-6) of the 17th cycle. Notice the pivotal 11 and 17 numbers again? This and much other synchronized information serve as stunning and decisive proof of many things, and expose many lies told by all three faiths of Abraham, but most specifically by Christianity. Consequently, I have decisively proven, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that Jesus Christ and Christianity are blatant lies, false prophecy and purposeful deception in a manner that cannot easily be denied, regardless of your faith or other opinions.

Furthermore, the symbolism in the Apocalypse (a.k.a. Book of Revelation) of seven stars in my right hand and seven angels represent the very same above-mentioned seven astrological (360-year) cycles, i.e., the 11th through 17th inclusive. I prove this fact beyond any reasonable doubt in the first chapter of the book. Consequently, The Apocalypse verifiably symbolizes a specific span of time that began with the 11th cycle (Second Temple Period) and concludes now, at the beginning of the 17th cycle (End of Days, etc.).

The numbers 11 and 17 are verifiably encoded in The Apocalypse and other ancient Hebrew prophecies and wisdom texts to serve as key proofs of the validity and true meaning of certain prophecies and related information. My and my mother’s birthdays are purposely synchronized with these two storm numbers, the matching Hebrew calendar cycles, the Double Grand Cross alignments and solar eclipse of August 1999, and much else to prove my direct association with the ancient prophecies about this time and the true identity of the prophesied Messiah. Another prime example is the story of Joseph, the 11th son of Jacob who has a dream when he is 17 years old about 11 stars, the sun, and moon bowing to him. The symbolism in this pivotal story in the Book of Genesis and Quran verifiably refers to the very same 11th through 17th cycles symbolized in The Apocalypse and directly synchronizes with other key events and ancient texts.

Consequently, I have demonstrated various things about the nature of this reality that dramatically disprove and/or clarify key assumptions of religion, mysticism, and science alike, while establishing the true meaning and purpose of long misinterpreted ancient wisdom and the symbolism used to model and encode it. Accordingly, I have proven that the symbolism evidenced in the canons of all three faiths of Abraham and other ancient sources is a very ancient and advanced philosophical technology that verifiably models foundational aspects of our existence in this universe. This is the mostly misunderstood body of ancient wisdom long referred to as the Philosophers’ Stone. It uses a large and ingeniously organized collection of physical universe images and concepts as data rich components (symbols) that are based on verifiable rules. It models and encodes an amazing amount of foundational wisdom about life, spirituality and the 11 dimensions of this universe, now verified by string theory. It is also the advanced encryption method used to encode (seal) Hebrew prophecies and wisdom texts.

These ancient prophecies and wisdom texts used advanced symbology to model fundamental wisdom, including future events and situations. A primary facet of ancient wisdom is numeric symbology. Later misinterpretations of this aspect of ancient wisdom resulted in numerology, which, though embodying allusions to certain wisdom, is mostly error prone and false doctrine. My decryption, documentation, and interpretation of ancient symbology, numeric symbolism, and key texts based on them, are now decisively validated.

Here is Wisdom...

Verifiable proof that Armageddon has begun…

Understanding the End Game of Armageddon

Peace...

By Seven Star Hand, at 23/7/06 4:38 PM
Ummm...Its been over 20 years ago, can't remember the rest... guess you can add lib, but you can make a banner and raise it high!

By Bhedr, at 23/7/06 4:41 PM
Pgadreamer, I read Henry Morris' 'Revelation Record'. Makes some good points, but mostly very weak.

God Bless

Matthew

By Matthew Celestine, at 23/7/06 6:05 PM
Wow! SSH said a mouth full.

SSH,
you flatter yourself beyond my imagination.

If Scriptures bare false testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ then they do for you as well and you should not use them as your source of information. If the Scriptures are true, and I will make a strong case that they are, then we all must yield to them in their completeness. BTW the stares do not support your misconceptions either.

So if you will do me the courtesy come back and meet the real Messiah, Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God.

Brian,

Thanks!

DF,
Good to see you again.

By J. Wendell, at 24/7/06 6:29 AM