‘n Ander Jesus (A different Jesus)

March 31, 2025

Vanaf ongeveer 1978 het dinge in die kerk begin gebeur soos die Woensdae bidure en Bybel studie groepe wat begin doodloop het. Dit was nie net as gevolg van sekere veranderinge nie maar ook as gevolg van die Heilige Gees wat besig is om die Kerk voor te berei vir die toekoms waar daar ‘n tyd gaan kom waar kerklike geboue ‘n probleem gaan raak. Dat die kerk weer gaan terug beweeg na ‘n ondergrondse beweging is ’n feit.


Baie mense raak bewus van die agteruitgang van die tradisionele Christen kerke die afgelope 25 jaar, wat ons sien is ’n teologiese, geestelike, morele en Skriftuurlike selfdood, ’n selfvernietiging.


As daar na kerklike verslae gekyk word dan sien jy ‘n algemene agteruitgang van kerk bywoning tot in die tradisionele Bybel streke, en al wat vandag basies oorgebly het is ‘n kulturele evangelisasie. Die Bybel Streek in die Verenigde State word in die algemeen gesien as die Suide. In Groot Brittanje is dit Noordelike Ierland, in Suid Afrika is dit die Oranje Vrystaat, die Afrikaanse mense en die Duits Hervormde Kerk, almal tipes van ‘n Bybel Streek met ‘n kulturele Evangelisasie.


Op papier mag dit wat hulle leer lyk na die Evangelie maar in terme van die Evangelie uit die oogpunt van persoonlike redding is dit iets heel anders, dis net op papier, ‘n kultuurlike evangelie wat die Skriftuurlike Evangelie vervang het. Daar is die algemene agteruitgang van baie dinge soos die veragtelike ketterse verdraagsaamheid teenoor homoseksuele en lesbian aanstellings op die kansels, dit is aan die orde van die dag. Denominasionele Christelikheid is oppad uit.


Die mega kerke is ‘n produk van die Jesus Beweging, die hippies. “Ons is jonk, ons het die getalle, ons het die mag en gesag, ons het die toekoms, ons kan maak wat ons wil.” Dit is wat hulle gedink het. Dit was dinge wat in die kerke ingekom het. “Ons het die getalle ons kan die wêreld verander.” Die hippie geslag het dit egter nie reg gekry nie, maar iets het verander maar nie ten goede nie.  Hulle het die een boosheid met ‘n ander boosheid vervang.


Dinge is besig om mee te gee, dinge kom en gaan maar nou begin ander dinge hulle kleure wys.


Daar is Schuller, (oorlede) met ‘n skuldlas van 55,000,000. Rick Warren het ‘n skuldlas van twee miljoen dollar. Benny Hinn soek dringend groot geld nadat sy vrou hom gelos het en as gevolg van die ekonomie. Dinge is besig om moeilik te raak vir hierdie mense, die krake is daar. Hierdie kerke het probleme.


As jy vermaaklikheid gebruik om mense te trek dan moet jy ook vermaaklikheid gebruik om hulle te behou maar uiteindelik gaan hulle nogtans na die volgende show stroom, na Toronto, Kansas City, van Toronto na Pensacola, na Lakeland, hierdie dinge kom en gaan, die show is verby. Die Jim Baker show is verby. Die Jimmy Swaggart show is verby.


George Barna wys iets wat besig is om te gebeur, mense verlaat kerke maar daar is iets wat Mnr. Barna en Mnr. Brierly nie kan bepaal nie, hulle kan statisties getalle bepaal deur wat mense doen, maar wat  God doen is vir hulle ‘n groot probleem. Mense gaan na huise toe, hulle kom al meer en meer bymekaar in klein sel groepe waar daar ‘n mate van gemeenskap is wat nie in die mega kerke gebeur nie. Hulle het nie probleme met geld, geboue en programme nie. Hulle kan meer geld bydra vir Evangelisasie en vir die behoeftiges onder hulle.


Christelike tuis opvoeding is ‘n volgende stap en so word die huiskerk ‘n gemeemskappie. Dit gaan om opleiding, gemeenskap, aanbidding en so gaan baie mense nie meer kerk toe nie en jy kan hulle nie kwalik neem nie.


Vandag as gevolg van TV evangeliste wat so kragtig deur Satan gebruik word om die geloofbaarheid van die Evangelie in twyfel te trek, wil hulle nie meer hoor nie en dit veroorsaak dat ongelowiges nie tot bekering kan kom nie. Maar jy kan mense na ‘n huis toe nooi, hulle sal nie na ‘n kerk toe wil kom nie, maar miskien na gewone huis toe –


    “Kom Sondag na ons plek toe, ons glo nie aan godsdiens nie, ons verkondig net Jesus.” Hierdie groepe het ‘n evangelisasie potensiaal.


    Oral in die wêreld kom mense bymekaar in huiskerke, en baie van hierdie mense is klaar met denominasie kerke. Hulle soek die Christendom, ware lering en nie mengsels van die waarheid en valsheid nie. Hulle soek nie godsdiens nie, hulle soek Jesus, hulle is deeglik daarvan bewus dat die kerk hulle gaan faal. Hulle soek gemeenskap, hulle soek die Handelinge Kerk. Van hierdie groepe het probleme. Een daarvan is dit word subjektief, hulle sit in kringe en hulle lees die Skrifte en sê: “Dit is wat dit vir my beteken.” Dit word baie subjektief. Die opjektiewe betekenis is nie daar nie omdat daar geen behoorlike be-oefening van die bedienings gawes in die liggaam is nie. Wie het die gawe van lering? Wie het die gawe van Evangelisasie? Wie is ‘n herder? Daar is probleme maar van hierdie groepe doen goed.


Eenmaal ‘n maand kan groepe bymekaarkom om te luister na predikers soos Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, of Jacob Prasch, Roger Oakland ens. Dit is ‘n kerk wat nie deur mense gebou word nie maar deur God, dit is ‘n kerk wat sal bly staan in moeilike en sosiale tye. Dit is ‘n kerk wat sal staan gedurende vervolging. Dit is ‘n kerk wat anders is, iets wat deur God gebou word en nie deur mense nie. Tande kry en groei probleme sal daar wees, van hierdie groepe sal van die pad af wees maar van hulle gaan goed wees, ’n gemengde groep, maar wat belangrik is dit gebeur en mense kan dit nie verklaar nie. Dit is wat gebeur het in Handelinge en dit gaan al meer gebeur voor Jesus se koms.


Van hierdie gevestigde kerke pleeg self moord en die ander het probleme. Wat gaan gebeur as daar ‘n wetgeleerde kom wat sê; “Jou gebou is nie meer belasting vry nie omdat jy nie ‘n lesbiese of homoseksuele pastoor erken nie, dit is diskriminasie op die basis van seksuele oriëntasie. Daarom kwalifiseer jy meer om ‘n lid van ‘n belasting vrye organisasie te wees nie.”


Vandag het ons hoë geregshof regters wat dink hulle is goddelike wesens, ons weet wie hulle is en ons weet waarheen hulle oppad is. God spot met hierdie mense. Hulle gaan voor Hom staan. “Julle het my uit die klaskamer gejaag maar God gaan julle uit die Hemel ban.” Hierdie regters en politikusse is arrogant, maar ons wag op Jesus se koms. Hierdie kerke sal of moet toegee of saam met die stroom swem. Hulle sal wettig, sosiaal en finansieel onder druk geplaas word, of hulle verloën dit wat God gesê het boos is, of hulle verloor alles, of hulle gaan ondergronds. Dit is al kans wat hulle het.


Dit beteken nie ons mag nie opstaan vir ons regte nie, om ons te beroep op die Keisers is Bybels, ek glo daaraan, ons moet opstaan vir die waarheid maar ons moet ook besef dat aan die einde van die pad gaan dit op ‘n sekere manier eindig. Gedeeltelik waarom dit op ‘n sekere mense oes gaan eindig is nie wat die regters doen nie of wat militante homoseksuele doen nie, dit gaan terug na die feit dat kerke self besig is om self moord te pleeg. Wie is verantwoordelik vir die agteruitgang van die Metodiste? Die Metodiste. Wie is verantwoordelik vir die agteruitgang in die groot kerke? Hulleself!


Nou, in al hierdie bewegings is daar mense wat gewaarsku het wat in die volgende 10 tot 20 jaar sal gebeur het. 50 tot 60 jaar terug het Tozer dinge gesien wat nou besig s om te gebeur. Daar is dinge wat Charles Spurgeon and J.C. Ryle voorspel het van nou gebeur, ‘n 100 jaar terug. Ons kan nie sê dat ons nie gewaarsku is nie. Nie net wat gebeur nie maar ook die pas waarteen dit gebeur, en die mense wat ons vertrou en gerespekteer het wat saam met die wêreld begin loop het, dis ondenkbaar. Daar gaan ‘n tyd kom wanneer hierdie “ander kerke” nie meer in staat gaan wees om te bly staan nie hulle sal of moet komprimeer of hulle gaan vou.


Maar daar is ‘n ander dimensie, die kerke wat komprimeer is die kerke wat teen die kerke gaan draai wat dit nie wil doen nie. Daar is die geval van ‘n pro Islamitiese “Christen prediker” wat ‘n gevangenis gedagvaar het omdat hulle toegelaat het dat die Evangelie daar gepreek was. So dit is reg om Islam te akkommodeer maar nie die Evangelie nie en hierdie pro- Islamitiese “Christen prediker” sê dit is sy bediening.


    Ons moet die ware gevaar verstaan. Ja, hierdie regters is boos, en net so ook hierdie politikusse, bose mense.


Die Anti- Christen houding wat ons in Hollywood media sien is die werk van die duiwel, hulle is in sy mag, maar die ware kanker, die rot in die spens is die mense binne in die kerk. Nie net die liberale nie, of die mense wat openlik antiteties is teen wat die Woord van God leer, en ook mense wat daarop aanspraak maak dat hulle evangeliste is terwyl hulle in kompromie staan.


Ons moet weet waar ons staan, hoe ons daar gekom het, hoekom God ons daar geplaas het en waarheen ons oppad is. Ons moet verstaan wat die toekoms vir ons gaan inhou, ons is hier vir ‘n rede, ons is onder die wat oorleef het, nie soos in ‘n bunker mentaliteit soos in die geval van Dawid Koresh nie. Ons moet hierdie kerke wat in kompromie gegaan het verstaan, hulle gaan nie oorleef nie, nie in getalle nie, nie ekonomies nie en ook nie wetlik nie, hulle verdien dit ook nie. Hulle is besig om dood te gaan omdat hulle dit oor hulleself gebring het. Maar wat van ons?


2 Korinte 11:3-4: [Paulus skryf vir die Kerk in Korinte]. “Maar ek vrees dat- [lest]” Die Griekse woord wat hier gebruik word is “lest” wat te doen het met ‘n aangevoegde- gemoed; dit beteken ‘n teoretiese moontlikheid. Dit is iets wat nie sommer gebeur nie en dit sal nie met die getroues gebeur, maar as ons nie aandag gee op wat hy sê nie dan word die teoretiese moontlikheid ‘n praktiese een.


“Maar ek vrees dat…net soos die slang Eva deur sy listigheid bedrieg het, julle sinne so miskien bedorwe kan raak, vervreemd van die opregtheid teenoor Christus.”


Dieselfde Satan wat Eva bedrieg het, wat bestaan as ‘n letterlike persoon maar wat ook ’n metafoor is van Israel of van die Kerk, is ook besig om ons korporaatlik en persoonlik te probeer mislei. Hy probeer dinge in ons denkes plant; Om ons deur sy listigheid te bedrieg sodat ons sinne bedorwe kan raak dat ons verkeerd begin dink.


Wat beteken “dat ons sinne bedorwe kan raak, ‘n verkeerde denke? Dit is om iets te bedink wat nie volgens die leer van die Skrifte, die Woord van God is nie. Wanneer die eenvoudigheid en die reinheid van ons geloof in Jesus aangetas word, dan raak dinge moeilik. Dit is nou nie om te sê dat daar nie komplekse teologiese en leerstellige struikelblokke is nie, maar die verhouding is nie kompleks nie. Daar is mense wat betrokke raak in huweliks probleme en baie ou koeie word opgegrawe maar as mense verlief is dan is dit eenvoudig, hulle is verlief, dit is wanneer mense ophou om mekaar lief te hê wanneer al die ander dinge na vore begin kom. “Sy laat my dink aan my ma.” Of wat ook al.


Paulus gaan verder en hy sê: “Want as iemand kom en 'n ander Jesus verkondig as wat ons verkondig het, of as julle 'n ander gees ontvang as wat julle ontvang het, of 'n ander evangelie as wat julle aangeneem het, laat julle jul dit goed geval.” (2Kor 11:4)


Hier word van drie dinge gepraat: ‘n Ander Jesus, ‘n ander gees en ‘n ander Evangelie.


Wanneer Satan mislei en die Kerk begin dinge onbybels te bedink dan is die eind doel altyd ‘n ander Jesus, ‘n ander gees en ‘n ander evangelie. Paulus praat van: ‘hulle laat dit hulle goed geval’, hulle hou daarvan. Romeine 16:17 sê ons moet ‘n persoon wat faksies veroorsaak merk en vermy. Hier word gepraat van ‘n persoon wat afwyk van die Apostoliese leer van die Nuwe Testament wat skeiding bring. Dit is die mense wat sê jy bring skeiding as jy hulle werke in die lig bring.  ”O jy is teen Toronto, jy glo nie aan die ekumenies beweging nie, jy glo nie aan eenheid nie, jy is die oorsaak van skeiding in die gemeente!” Maar wie is die een wat in God se Oë afwyk van die Bybelse leer? 1 Kor 11:19- praat van partyskappe -faksies : “Want daar moet ook partyskappe onder julle wees, sodat die beproefdes onder julle openbaar kan word.”


Faksies is bedoel om skeiding te bring; ware Bybelse leer verenig ware gelowiges. Dit wat Paulus verkondig bring skeiding tussen ware en valse gelowiges, dit is bedoel om die afvallige Kerk van die ware kerk te skei. Paulus se probleem met Korinte gemeente is, hulle verdra dit en die manier wat hulle dit verdra is normaalweg met hulle godsdienstige dwaasheid, vandag is dit dieselfde, dit is nie ‘n nuwe probleem nie.


     O’ ons moet liefhê, ons moenie kritiseer nie en ook nie oordeel nie…”  En weereens, as die Woord van God sê iets is reg of verkeerd of waar, dan is dit nie ons wat oordeel nie, ons doen maar net wat God sê. Dit is God wat oordeel, nie ons nie. Maar vir hierdie mense gaan dit nie oor wat die Skrifte sê nie.


Jesus sê vir ons iets wat Paulus sê, hy praat van ‘n ander Christus, ‘n ander gees en ‘n ander evangelie. Dit begin by Satan wat kom in die karakter van die slang, die verleier. Paulus praat van misleiers. 2 Kor 11:13: “Want sulke mense is valse apostels, bedrieglike arbeiders wat hulleself verander in apostels van Christus.” Hy praat van mense wat openlike misleiers is, wat dinge leer wat die Bybel sê vals en boos is, hulle kom soos engele van ‘n lig, Paulus se probleem was dat die Christene van Korinte dit hartlik aanvaar het.


Daar kan volgens wat hierdie manne preek en skryf bewys word dat hulle boodskappers van Satan is. Die “Purpose Driven” is van die duiwel, mense soos Tony Campolo, Brian McLaren en Chuck Colson preek deur die duiwel, die god van die wêreld, hulle het ‘n agenda om die uitverkorenes doelbewus of onwetend te mislei; God sal hulle oordeel. Petrus het nie geweet dat Satan deur hom gepraat het nie. Dieselfde met hierdie mense wat sê dit is reg om te glo aan ‘n ander Christus, ‘n ander Evangelie en ‘n ander gees.


Die Eukaristiese Christus is nie die Christus van die Bybel nie. Pouslike onfeilbaarheid is nie die leiding van die Heilige Gees nie, die pous is nie onfeilbaar nie. ‘n Evangelie wat gebaseer word op sakramente, werke en vergunnings, is nie die Bybelse Evangelie nie. Dis altyd ‘n ander Christus, ‘n ander gees en ‘n ander evangelie. Die Bybel praat van werkers wat hulle self vermom as apostels van Christus, mense wat daarop aanspraak maak dat hulle op ‘n manier deur die Here gestuur is.


Jesus het die gemeente van Efese aanbeveel omdat hulle hierdie bose mense verwerp het, hulle het hierdie mense op die proef gestel. Op.2:2: “Ek ken jou werke en jou arbeid en jou lydsaamheid, en dat jy slegte mense nie kan verdra nie; en dat jy dié op die proef gestel het wat sê dat hulle apostels is en dit nie is nie, en hulle leuenaars bevind het;..”


Mense soos Brian McLaren en Benny is bose mense. Hulle is nie net mislei nie, hulle is mense soos wat 2 Timoteus sê (3:13) goddelose mense wat verlei en verlei word en hulle weet hulle is mislei. Hinn het ‘n Eucharis broodjie in die lug opgesteek en gesê dit is Jesus Christus. ‘n Ander Christus, ‘n ander Jesus. Die vrug van die Gees is ‘egkrateia,’-self-beheersing. Hy het mense oorreed om allerhande vreemde dinge te doen—buite beheer, ‘n ander gees, altyd dieselfde drie dinge.


Dit begin met Satan wat deur dwaalleraars werk, false apostels wat aanspraak op ‘n leerstellige gesag wat hulle van God sou ontvang het en hulleself op gelyke voet stel as die Skrifte. Die woord wat Paulus gebruik is hupernium, waar ons die woord hipper vandaan kry, dit is die mense teen wie Paulus gestaan het.


Paulus, Petrus en Johannes het rondgegaan en die waarheid geleer. Hupernia, het  rondgegaan en ‘n valse leer verkondig en aanspraak gemaak op ‘n geestelike gesag, Paulus waarsku ons teen hierdie mense. Wanneer jy vir die dode bid dan sondig jy, dit is towery. Wanneer jy voor of vir ‘n gesnede beeld of ikone bid, kerse brand, is dit afgodery. “O’ ons bid nie eintlik vir beelde nie, dit herinner ons net…”  “Jy mag vir jou geen gesnede beeld van enigiets maak nie.”


In die Hebreeus teks is dit dieselfde woord, hishtachbyon, jy buig voor ‘n afgod, in Grieks is dit dieselfde woord- proscuneo. God noem dit afgodery. Hulle bid nie regtig vir die valse Jesus nie en wat ‘n feit is, van hulle bid nie eers vir die ware Jesus nie, hulle bid vir Maria maar dit is ook nie die Maria van die Bybel nie. Hulle het ‘n ander Jesus ’n ander Maria.  ‘n Ander Christus, ‘n ander gees en ‘n ander Evangelie.


Iemand wat ‘n ander Christus of ‘n ander gees of ‘n ander evangelie het, is altyd uitkenbaar. Die Mormoon Jesus is die geestelike broer van Satan. Mormone het ‘n ander reddings leer en ‘n ander siening van enige iets, dis hoekom hulle ‘n ander Jesus het.


    Die Eucharistiese Christus is heel duidelik ‘n ander Jesus. Die ware Jesus sê Hy sal nie fisies terugkeer as dit nie sal wees soos wat Hy gegaan het nie. Hy sal terug keer via die Berg Seir, sy voete sal op die Olyfberg staan. Maar as enige iemand beweer Hy het al terugkom dan moet jy fisies wegkom van hom af. Hierdie Christus is heel duidelik ‘n ander Jesus. Die ware Christus sê Hy sal nie fisies terugkeer behalwe as dit gebeur soos wat Hy opgevaar het nie.


Die Roomse Katolieke Kerk sê deur die gebruik van die Mis dat Jesus fisies gekom het en daarmee aanbid hulle die brood en die wyn as Jesus wat fisies in die vlees gekom het en hulle verdraai die Skrif Teks in Johannes 6  Vers. 53  “--as julle nie die vlees van die Seun van die mens eet en sy bloed drink nie, het julle geen lewe in julleself nie.-”  Maar ‘n paar verse verder lees ons vers 63: ‘--die vlees is van geen nut nie’--  Maar hiervan word niks gesê nie. Dis ‘n ander Jesus.


Dis duidelik, die Mormone het ‘n ander Jesus, die Roomse Kerk het ‘n Eucharistiese Jesus, ‘n ander Jesus. Die New Age het Maitreya, die kosmiese Christus, dis ‘n ander Jesus. Die JW’s sê Jesus is Migael die Aards Engel en nie God nie- ’n Ander Jesus. Islam het ‘n Jesus wat ‘n profeet is wat onderdanig is aan Mohammad. Al die kultusse en valse godsdienste het ‘n ander Jesus. Maar iets het in die laaste 10 jaar begin gebeur, spesifiek die laaste 5 jaar en nog meer spesifiek die laaste 2 jaar wat verstommend en skrikwekkend is.


Ons het nie net belangrike evangeliese figure nie maar ook belangrike evangeliese geleerdes, akademici, teoloë van verskeie seminariums, mense wat ons sal dink van beter moes geweet het, bekende mense soos Ravi Zacharias, Richard Mouw van die Fuller Seminarium, Craig Hazen van Biola wat voetjie voetjie begin speel met die Mormone. Hulle gee voor dat hulle dieselfde Jesus as ons het terwyl hulle ‘n totale ander Jesus, ander evangelie en ‘n totale ander gees het. Daar is ‘n boek “Ecumenical Jihad” wat deur Chuck Colson en J.I Packer onderskryf en deur Peter Kreeft geskryf is: “Ons het ekumeniese eenheid met Islam nodig om gemeenskappe moreel te bevry.”


Dit is mense wat daarop aanspraak maak dat hulle gered is wat hierdie dinge goedkeur. Hulle heul met mense met ‘n ander Jesus, ander evangelie, wat se gees is dit? Waar kry ons dit? Nou het ons nie net gewone mense maar ook ‘n ander Jesus, mense wat aanspraak maak dat hulle weergebore Christene is wat kragte saam span en hierdie dinge ondersteun, dit is ‘n ander evangelie!


Die outeur van die Shack sê openlik:  “Enige God wat van sy seun verwag om as ‘n soenoffer vir sonde te sterf- bestaan nie.” William Young is nie ‘n Christen nie en hy glo nie aan God nie. Hy glo aan “‘n god” en nie God nie. Hy glo nie aan die God van die Bybel nie, God van die Skrifte bestaan nie. Hy het ‘n mensagtige God volgens sy eie ontwerp wat verpersoonlik word deur ‘n verwagtende swart vrou, dit is in sy boek. Met dit alles is daar baie geredde Christene, of mense wat voorgee dat hulle Christene is, wat hulle geld in die boek belê het.


Ons kla oor Satan, ons weet dit kom van hom af, hy het Eva verlei, hy verander mense se denkes en hy mislei hulle en hulle begin onbybels dink. Dit kom van die duiwel af en dit begin deur om die manier waarop mense dink aan te tas, en dan kry hy mense in kerke wat daarop aanspraak maak dat dit van God afkom, om die Kerk te mislei. Dit is waar, maar waar kom dit werklik vandaan, waar kom die synsleer- verstandelike kennis – ontologie vandaan? Waar kom dit andersins vandaan as van Satan homself af? Ons sal nie hierdie leiers in ons kerke gehad het as daar nie ’n mark vir hulle produk is nie. Paulus waarsku ons oor hierdie dinge. Mense wat hulle ore laat streel en vir hulle ’n menigte leraars bymekaarmaak volgens hulle eie begeertes. Misleiers soos Chuck Colson, Rick Warren, Brian McLaren, and Bill Hybels, as daar nie mark vir hulle produkte was nie. Maar hoekom is daar ’n mark? ’n Ander Jesus, ander evangelie en ’n ander gees?


Om te verstaan wat Paulus vir die Korintiërs, en vir ons sê, kyk na 2 Kor.4:1-3:


“Daarom, aangesien ons hierdie bediening het volgens die barmhartigheid wat ons ontvang het, gee ons nie moed op nie. [Dit is maklik om ontmoedig te word] Maar ons het van die heimlike dinge wat skandelik [oneervol] is,- afstand gedoen, en ons wandel nie in listigheid of vervals die woord van God nie; maar deur die waarheid aan die lig te bring, beveel ons ons by elke menslike gewete voor God aan.”


Dit is die soort oneer wat ‘n dief sal ondervind wanneer hy op heterdaad betrap word.


Ons het afstand gedoen van die geheime skandelike dinge as gevolg van hierdie spesifieke soort oneer. Iemand is verontreinig omdat hy gevang is waar hy iets oneervol gedoen het.


“ons wandel nie in listigheid of vervals die woord van God nie- [Nou, hierdie listigheid in Grieks is dieselfde term wat in die Skrifte gebruik word as die wyse waarop Satan Eva mislei het, Paulus gebruik dieselfde term. Dit wat die god van die wêreld doen kan mense ook doen, hulle doen dinge op ‘n listige wyse. Ons doen dit nie net om ander te mislei nie maar ook onsself, ons kan heel listig te werk gaan om onsself te mislei en sonde self is ‘n misleiding. Sonde self word verpersoonlik, sonde het ‘n ingebore krag om te mislei, sonde self is ‘n misleier.]


“--  of vervals die woord van God nie;--” [Die Griekse woord is doloo, dit beteken om te mishandel, te vervals met ‘n slinkse voorneme. Wanneer mense begin om dinge te doen wat hulle eens op ’n tyd verwerp het, en dit dan weer in die geheim begin doen, dan doen hulle dit omdat hulle eerloos is en hulle kan listig raak. Hulle probeer om met hulleself te onderhandel om ‘n manier te kry om dinge te doen wat hulle nie mag doen nie en dan begin hulle speletjies speel met die Skrifte. Hulle begin om die Woord van God te mishandel om hulle dinge te regverdig. Dit is die gevaar wat onsself in die gesig staar. Wanneer dit wat mense verkondig skipbreuk ly dan is dit omdat hulle moraliteit agteruit gaan. Die een is ‘n simptome van die ander en wanneer mense moreel versleg dan is dit byna onafwendbaar dat hulle leerstellig afvallig gaan raak om dit te probeer regverdig.


Daar is geen Skriftuurlike regverdiging vir Jimmy Swaggart om voort te gaan in die bediening nie. As hy werklik tot bekering gekom het dan kon hy by ‘n gemeenskap inskakel maar hy kan nie terugkeer na ‘n bediening nie, maar hy het in die bediening gebly. Wel, wat het hy gedoen? Hy het listig geraak, hy het begin om dinge te rasionaliseer, hoe hy iets kan doen om dinge te laat werk. Hy was gevang om iets te doen wat oneervol was.


Nou, sy seksuele sonde was nie sy oneer nie. Almal het ‘n probleem met seksuele sonde. Is dit verkeerd? Is dit is ernstig? Natuurlik is dit verkeerd en ernstig, maar die eintlike probleem is, hy het ander mense in die openbaar gehang vir iets wat hyself gedoen het. Ek is absoluut seker daarvan dat God hom oorwinning kon gee oor sy seksuele dinge, maar om ander mense soos Gorman en Jim Baker in die media te hang vir dinge wat hyself gedoen het, dit is te ver. Glo vir my, daar is baie ander dinge verkeerd met Jim Baker, maar waarom het hy hom spesifiek oor dinge aangevat wat hy self besig was om te doen? Dit is te ver, dit is oneervol.


Om iemand te hang vir iets wat jy ook besig is om te doen is te ver. Seksuele sonde is verkeerd maar om iemand te hang vir dinge wat jy ook besig is om te doen is absoluut verregaande. Romeine sê jy doen dieselfde dinge. Maar jy word al slimmer en om dit te laat lyk asof dit Bybels en Skriftuurlik is begin jy dinge doen wat geken word as “doloo”. Jy hanteer die Skrifte met minagting.


Maar daar word gepraat van vervalsing, "doloo" van die Woord van God, Logos. Jesus is die Logos. Hy is die Woord wat Vlees geword het. Ons begin nie net om die Skrifte dinge te laat sê wat die Skrifte nie sê of beteken nie maar ons raak ook besig om ‘n ander Jesus op te rig.


“Maar deur die waarheid aan die lig te bring,” (sunistem) wat beteken om dinge aan ander voor te stel met ‘n aanbeveling. “-beveel ons ons by elke menslike gewete voor God aan. (suneidesis’-morele gewete) Wanneer iemand begin om die Woord van God te vervals deur om ‘n valse Skriftelike argument te vind wat hulle kunstig saamgeflans het, dan mislei hulle hulle self en hulle eindig met ‘n ander Jesus.


     As jy eindig met ‘n ander Logos, dan eindig jy met ‘n ander Jesus. Jy skep vir jouself ‘n ander Jesus. Jy doen dinge wat die outeur van die Shack gedoen het. In plaas van ‘n theopomorfiese man en vrou- eindig ons met ‘n theopomorfiese God en nie ‘n antropomorfiese God nie. In plaas daarvan dat ons na die Beeld en gelykenis van God geskape is skep ons Hom na ons beeld gelykenis. Ons doen presies dieselfde wat die Mormone, Katolieke die Moslems en die New Agers doen, ons skep vir ons ‘n ander Christus volgens ons eie idees.


Wanneer jy begin om vir jou ‘n ander Christus volgens jou eie idees te skep en iemand begin om so ‘n Christus te preek, een wat jy wil glo en wil hoor, dan word jy een van hulle. Dit is waarom hierdie soort boeke die soort aan trekkings krag het wat hulle het. Dit is waarom mense dinge soos die Godchasers, die Shack, en die gebed van Jabez lees. Hulle het alreeds begin om in hulle eie denke af te wyk van die waarheid af.


Daar moet ‘n mark wees vir die produk anders sal dit nie verkoop nie. As die mark nie daar was nie sou die produk nie verkoop het nie. As iemand iets wil hê, kyk wat bied die mark. Dit maak nie saak wat dit is nie, al is dit iets onwettig, immoreel of iets gevaarlik. As iemand iets wil koop dan sal daar altyd iemand wees wat gewillig is om te verkoop, daar is ‘n mark.


Ja ek kan sekerlik die duiwel blameer, ons almal blameer hom, sy skuldigheid kan nie onderskat word nie. Dit is eindeloos. Ja ons kan die valse apostels blameer, en ons moet die doen, die Skrifte doen dit, God ook. Maar eerstens moet ons onsself blameer, ons almal. Kom ek begin by myself.


Wat gebeur wanneer die Heilige Gees ons aankla- “Dit is verkeerd, hou op om so te dink, stop dit.” Maar wat gebeur as die Heilige Gees ons aankla en ons luister nie, wat gebeur dan? Wel dan ontvang ons ‘n ander gees, ons kry ‘n ander Jesus. So hulle ontvang ‘n ander gees. Weereens, die vrug van die Gees is selfbeheersing.


Wat in Lakeland, Toronto, en Pensacola gebeur het kon sekerlik nie die gees van Jesus gewees het nie. Die gees van Jesus is die Gees van profesie en nie van valse profesie nie. Met ander woorde mense soos Rick Joyner en ander met al hulle valse profesie het ‘n ander gees wat nie die Gees van Jesus is nie.


So wanneer jy ‘n valse Jesus ontvang het dan ontvang jy ook ‘n valse Vikaris van Christus. Die ware Vicar van Christus is die Heilige Gees. En daar is nog een, die Pous. “O hy spreek uit die hemel en is onfeilbaar.” Hy het ‘n ander gees.


Rom. 8:13-15: “--want as julle na die vlees lewe, sal julle sterwe, maar as julle deur die Gees die werke van die liggaam doodmaak, sal julle lewe. Want almal wat deur die Gees van God gelei word, dié is kinders van God. Want julle het nie ontvang 'n gees van slawerny om weer te vrees nie, maar julle het ontvang die Gees van aanneming tot kinders, deur wie ons roep: Abba, Vader!”


Sal jy jou kind seermaak? Sal jy hom of haar onterf as hy iets verkeerd doen? Nee! Jy sal hom teregwys maar jy sal hom nie onterf nie. Dit is die soort familie verhoudings wat God skep om vir ons te wys hoe Hy verwant is aan ons. Maar as daar in jou ou mens iets goeds is dan sal hy doen wat nodig is om jou te bewaar van wat sleg is. Maar as jy nie jou ou mens se gesag erken nie dan het jy ‘n probleem. As jy nie bang is dat jou vader ‘n lyn gaan trek nie dan het jy probleem. Maar as jy in die Gees wandel dan het jy nie ‘n probleem nie, maar as jy ophou om in die Gees te wandel dan is daar net twee oplossings; kom tot bekering of kry vir jou ‘n ander gees en dan ‘n ander evangelie.


Gal. 6:7-8:  “Ek verwonder my dat julle so gou afvallig word van hom wat julle deur die genade van Christus geroep het, na 'n ander evangelie toe,-- [Let op wanneer jy die Bybelse evangelie verwerp dan verwerp jy ook die ware Christus. ‘n Ander Christus en ‘n ander evangelie gaan hand aan hand, hulle is twee aspekte van dieselfde ding] --terwyl daar geen ander is nie; behalwe dat daar sommige mense is wat julle in die war bring en die evangelie van Christus wil verdraai.”


    [Met ander woorde wanneer jy die mense wat in hierdie dinge gevang is vra: “Glo jy dat Jesus Christus vir jou sonde gesterf het en dat Hy uit die dood opgestaan het om vir jou die ewige lewe te gee?” Dan is die antwoord: “O ja ons glo in dit.” Hulle sal nie ontken dat hulle dit altyd geglo het nie terwyl dit wat hulle glo so verdraai is dat dit ‘n ander evangelie geword het. Hulle kan dit net nie sien nie. Dit gaan verder, hulle moet ‘n ander evangelie kry terwyl hulle nie besef dat as jy ‘n ander evangelie ontvang het dan is jy deur God vervloek.]


2Kor. 5: 5: “Maar Hy wat ons juis hiervoor toeberei het, is God, wat ons ook die Gees as onderpand gegee het.”


2Kor 3:17: “Die Here is die Gees, en waar die Gees van die Here is, daar is vryheid.”


Let op vers 17 bevestig eerstens die Godheid van die Heilige Gees. Maar ‘waar die Gees van God is daar is vrede,’ - wat beteken dit? Beteken dit vryheid van ‘n godsdienstige en wettiese gebondenheid? Ja. Maar dit beteken ook vryheid van die Wet, watter wet? Die wet van sonde en dood.  Jy is nie langer ‘n slaaf van sonde nie.


Hierdie kerk het begin omdat ‘n pastoor en sy vrou, belydende Christene, geskei het omdat dit nie gegaan het oor onbelyde hoerery nie, hulle het getrou en gedink dit was heel aanvaarbaar om aan te gaan in die bediening terwyl die Nuwe Testament, Jesus sê so ‘n huwelik is ‘n hoerery. “Wel ek kan haar nie nou verlaat nie”- hulle is in ‘n gebondenheid. Hulle het hulself in ‘n gebondenheid gebring waaruit hulle nie kan kom nie; ons het kinders, ’n familie, ja maar as hulle deur die Gees van die Here gely was sou hulle nie in hierdie gebondenheid beland het nie. Wel jy het ‘n ander gees en die Evangelie vra van jou om sonde belydenis te doen. Jy het ‘n ander evangelie, en so beland ons in die moeilikheid. Die volgende wat gebeur is die kerk beweeg met die lyn af na die volgende program.


2Kor. 5:10:”Want ons moet almal voor die regterstoel van Christus verskyn, sodat elkeen kan ontvang wat hy deur die liggaam verrig het, volgens wat hy gedoen het, of dit goed is of kwaad.”


As ‘n kind iets baie verkeerd doen dan beteken dit nie sy ou mens gaan hom laat vrykom nie, hy moet nog steeds verantwoording doen. Dit beteken sy vader is nog steeds sy vader en hy sal nie ophou om hom lief te hê nie, maar as gevolg van dat die ou mens nog lief is vir die kind, gaan die ou mens sekere toepaslike aksie neem. Nou, God gaan nie in die wêreld wat kom met ons sonde deel nie, Hy deel nou met ons sonde. God oordeel die sonde van die ongelowiges in die wêreld wat kom. Nietemin, daar sal ‘n dag van oordeel wees wat gaan bepaal wat ons ewige loon gaan wees, of nie gaan wees nie. Daar is mense wat ons vertel dat ons hemel toe gaan as gevolg van wat Jesus gedoen het, maar hulle werke gaan verbrand; dit wat hulle in die vlees doen, die slegte dinge wat hulle gedoen het is in die vlees, tensy hierdie dinge bely is anders gaan dit teen hulle tel in die dag van oordeel.


2Kor. 6:14-16: “Moenie in dieselfde juk trek saam met ongelowiges nie, want watter deelgenootskap het die geregtigheid met die ongeregtigheid, en watter gemeenskap het die lig met die duisternis? En watter ooreenstemming het Christus met Bélial, of watter aandeel het die gelowige met die ongelowige?  Of watter ooreenkoms het die tempel van God met die afgode? Want julle is die tempel van die lewende God,-”


Roomse Katolisisme is afgodery, hoe kan jy pro- ekumenies wees? Hoe kan jy deel wees van ‘n denominasie wat beide gelowige en ongelowige leiers het? “O’ ons vikaris is weergebore, hy is waarlik gered.” “Ja maar die vikaris in die ander gemeente is ‘n homoseksueel, hoekom is jy deel van hulle?” Hoe werk jy dit uit?


Wel hulle kan dit nie Bybels uitwerk nie, so hulle werk dit listig uit.


Eers kom die duiwel om te mislei maar dan mislei hulle hulleself. Hulle verdraai die Woord van God en hul eindig met ‘n ander Jesus. Wanneer jy die Woord van God, die Logos verdraai “Doloo” dan eindig jy met ‘n ander Jesus, en wanneer jy vir jou ‘n ander Jesus opgestel het dan kry jy ‘n ander gees van Jesus, en dan moet jy ook ‘n ander evangelie kry. Die JW’s het ‘n ander Jesus, die Mormone het ‘n ander Jesus, die Katolieke het ‘n ander Jesus.


     Daar mense wat sê hulle is weergebore maar hulle spring in die bed saam met Mormone of Katolieke en tot met Moslems wat ook ‘n ander Jesus het. Wat se gemeenskap het die lig met die duisternis?


Hulle kan in die bed spring met mense wat ‘n ander Jesus het omdat hulle self ‘n ander Jesus het.


Ek is net so in staat om ‘n ander Jesus te ontvang en al wat ek moet doen is om listig te werk te gaan met dit, en wanneer listigheid intree dan begin ek die Woord van God verdraai om dinge te regverdig, en as ek die Woord van God, Jesus is die Woord, verdraai het dan het ek ‘n ander Jesus en dan kom die ander gees en ‘n ander evangelie. Alles is baie eenvoudig, dit klink ondenkbaar maar dit gebeur. Prediker na prediker, leier na leier het al in die bed gespring met mense wat heel duidelik ‘n ander Christus het.


Maar wat van ons? Wat van my? Het ek altyd die ware Christus of het ek somtyds my eie Jesus? My eie Jesus kan baie soos die ware Jesus lyk, behalwe dat my eie Jesus vir my knik as ek sondig.


Omdat die oordeel van God nie altyd dadelik val vir dinge wat verkeerd is nie word my eie Jesus ‘n Jesus wat my laat wegkom met sonde wat dan die idee skep dat daar geen nagevolge gaan wees nie. Die nagevolge egter is Hy het aan die kruis gehang om te betaal vir wat ek gedoen het. Jy kan nie voordeel trek nie maar jy is baie goed om ‘n voordeel daaruit te trek. Ons skep ons eie Jesus en ons trek voordeel uit hom. Wanneer dit gebeur, dan kry ons ons eie Heilige Gees. Hy is nie langer meer die Heilige Gees wat jou aankla oor jou sonde nie, hy is die Heilige Gees wat ons net laat goed voel oor onsself. Of soos in  2Korinte, Paulus sê die Heilige Gees laat ons sleg voel oor onsself sodat Hy miskien ons kan laat goed voel oor onsself. En dan ‘n ander evangelie.


Elke keer wanneer ek of jy te ver gaan dan moet ons net die spyker onthou wat in Jesus se gewrig in geslaan was. Jy dink dit kom sonder ‘n prys? Kom ek wys jou wat het dit gekos. Dit is die ware Jesus, dit is hoe ernstig dit is wat jy nou net gedoen het. Moenie jou eie Jesus skep nie, kom ek wys jou die ware Jesus.


Daar is Hy aan die kruis, sien jy Hom? Hy het nie net vir ons almal gesterf nie, Hy het vir elkeen van ons gesterf. O’ ek kan my eie Jesus skep, ek kan listig te werk gaan met my eie Jesus. Wel ek het gesien wat gebeur wanneer mense hulle eie Jesus skep. Of hulle bekeer hulle en maak dit reg of hulle eindig in die afvallige kerk, of hulle eindig in die bed saam met die Mormone of met Rome, of met Belial. Dit is wat gebeur as ons ‘n ander Jesus skep.


‘n Duidelike ander Jesus is die Katolieke een, of die Mormone of die Moslem een, maar dit is nie die ander Jesus wat my pla nie, die ander Jesus wat my die meeste pla is die een wat ek uitgevind het. Dink daaraan-- daardie listigheid van Satan is besig om in almal van ons te werk. Ons kan net so listig wees soos hy.


Dit is ‘n goed dat jou gemeente die afvalligheid van die kerk insien vir wat dit is. Dit is ‘n goeie ding dat jou gemeente vir Mormone, Jode en Katolieke getuig. Almal van hulle het ‘n ander Evangelie, of ‘n ander wat ook al, ons weet dit. Ons sien hulle probleme, hulle ander gees en hulle ander Jesus, en ons sien hulle ander Evangelie. Ek wens net ek kan my eie sien.


Jacob Prasch / Moriel / vertaal--A different Jesus.


Groete in Jesus

Circling the Wagons

By David Passmore • July 14, 2026
Circling the wagons Ruben Rothler LLB, LLM Israel is a society riddled with tension and division. It is sociologically, if not politically miraculous that a country drawing Jews from all over the world is able to exist at all. The army affords a degree of integration as a melting pot. But this is only a marginal source of national unity in the overall scheme of things. More so are the myriads of external threats that face this small country. In the former generation the Ashkenazi (Jews of European descent) - Sephardic (Jews of Oriental descent) divide was far more pronounced. The dominant Ashkenazi establishment held the reins of political and economic power which was resented by the Sephardim. However, due to a combination of inter-marriage and political accommodation much of the chasm that separated these distinct groups was forged. Menachem Begin (an Ashkenazi politician) in 1970 successfully ran on the Likud Party ticket with a campaign that brought Sephardic Jews under his conservative political umbrella. Later the immigration of Russian Jews following the end of Communism would add a whole new dimension to the Israeli demographic milieu. The younger generation of these immigrants tended to adapt well to Israeli society and contributed much to the economy. The wider division in Israeli society that crosses ethnic lines concerns that between religious and secular Jews. This can be further bifurcated to the clash between the secular and specifically ultra-orthodox Jews (Haredim) as distinguished from the national religious Jews (Dati Leumi). The Secular and the Religious generally part on what they envisage a Jewish State to entail. Religious Jews desire the State to strictly adhere to the stipulations of Jewish Law (Halacha), while at present Halakhic influence is largely limited to certain areas of Family Law concerning Jewish citizens. Wider considerations of promoting a socially conservative political agenda would also be forefront amongst the religious mindset broadly. Secular Jews view the imposition of such proposed measures as a serious infringement of their civil rights. With regard to the Haredim, the bone of contention looms larger, in that this group is fundamentally opposed to participating in society at large. This is acutely manifested in diminished contribution to the work force and a refusal to be conscripted into the army. The 2023 judicial reform protests posed a significant threat to social civil order. The nation appeared to be bitterly divided into two opposing camps. This split reflected broader divisions concerning visions of how the country should be governed. The judicial reforms would have weakened the Supreme Court's ability to render the Executive branch accountable. However, the Supreme Court was also accused of using its considerable powers to promote a socially liberal agenda. Left wing secular Israelis tended to oppose the proposed reforms while those on the right (which included the majority of Religious Jews) supported the reforms. Every weekend droves of protesters were brought onto the streets causing major disturbances to traffic. The polarising nature of this impasse threatened the future of Israeli democracy. It was the October 7th attack that brought a swift end to this public debate and civil strife. The nation instinctually united in response to this common existential threat. The judicial reforms were shelved for a future point when the urgent security threats subsided. However, as the war dragged on the enduring issue of Haredi refusal to conscript into the army became more pronounced. Mounting casualties combined with ever increasing manpower demands to field troops on the multiple theatres of action on which the IDF is engaged has depleted the ranks, and the army is now in much need of fresh conscripts. Haredi belligerent refusal to participate in the pressing national defence has escalated from being a political debate to a matter of very practical vital importance. Overall we can observe that the challenges to national unity in successive generations since the establishment of Israel has recurrently been ameliorated by the common necessity of defence towards outside threats. Most recently we can see this happening with regard to the global anti Semitism and anti-Zionism that has been raging since the October 7th atrocities. These hostile attitudes have paradoxically acted as a force which promotes nationalism and a sense of national cohesion in Israel that otherwise might not functionally exist.  (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).

A Divided Nation

By David Passmore • July 8, 2026
A Divided Nation Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM The Haredi community has had a complicated, paradoxical relationship with the State since its founding. Rooted in a Talmudic precept that the Jews are forbidden to resettle the land of Israel en masse by force before the coming of the Messiah, the secular democratic State of Israel presents itself as blasphemous by its mere existence. Yet due to practical considerations such as the need to obtain funding for its religious academies the Haredi leadership reached a settlement with the State's founders that exempted Haredi men from being conscripted for military service. This was at a time when the Haredi population in Israel was relatively small. Over the past decades this demographic ballooned until the point that soon the majority of Jewish children in Israel will be born into Haredi families. Such a situation is clearly unsustainable. Recently the Knesset's (Parliament's) Haredi parties have pressured their coalition partners in government to codify Torah Study as part of the Country's Basic Laws. This was purposefully done to elevate the status of their institutions to be on parity with service in the IDF. Israel is yet to promulgate a written Constitution, so legislation classed as a Basic Law holds Constitutional status for all intents and purposes. These moves by the religious parties represent a back door power grab to enshrine in law very significant hurdles to prevent the enlistment of Haredi men. The burden of Israel's defence is comparatively massive for a country its size and it is vastly disproportionately shouldered by the secular population. Until now there have been political initiatives to conscript the Haredim. But given the huge manpower shortages emerging in the wake of near continual conflict on multiple fronts since the events of October 7th this matter has become urgent and not merely a theoretical discussion of what is fair and equitable. It is important to draw a distinction between the Haredim and national religious Jews (Dati Leumi). The Haredim adhere to a lifestyle entirely committed to observance of Jewish Law and Talmudic study. This is embraced to the exclusion of gainful employment and participation in wider society. They are either outrightly opposed to Zionism or consider themselves non-Zionist. Conversely, followers of the national religious movement in Israel although being observant of Jewish law and learning would alongside this pursue secular professions. Furthermore, they are ardently Zionist and disproportionately serve in IDF combat units. This is often done within the framework of a program called Hesder Yeshiva that combines religious learning with military service. Efforts to cater a similar model for accommodating Haredi participation in the IDF have so far failed to make substantial gains. Such measures designed to override Haredi objections to service based upon modesty concerns by strict segregation of the sexes in these specially formed units have failed to appease the Haredi leadership. For them, any form of military service is considered a dereliction of their duty to fully devote themselves to a Torah lifestyle. They argue that their Talmudic learning and prayers are in itself a form of national service and act to protect the Jewish people spiritually from enemy attack. It is as if two parallel societies exist within Israel. And the trajectory of separation between the two is only growing. The Haredim are cloistered away in their Yeshivas, immersed in lives devoted to adhering to the stipulations of Jewish law. While the particulars of actually running the State is left to the Secular. The Haredim desire all the benefits of subsidizing their lifestyle without contributing to society. What we really have going on here at source is two profoundly different and opposing ideological visions of what is important in life and what is the purpose of a Jewish State. At the State's founding these divergent perspectives were more manageable. Ben Gurion only had to contend with one religious party –the National Religious Party. Later in 1970 Begin aligned with the NRP to form a coalition government that also brought Sephardic Jews under the Likud umbrella which had the effect of bringing unity to the country by bridging the Ashkenazi-Sephardi divide. However, over time Israeli politics has seen a proliferation of religious parties, gaining further leverage as king brokers in forming governments due to the proportionate representation voting system which secular Israelis not uncommonly view as political blackmail. (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).

Why Is It Always Israel? | Zechariah 12 Is Happening Before Our Eyes

By David Passmore • June 29, 2026
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Pray for South Africa!

By Mea Fredrickson • June 23, 2026
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Disclosure - A Christian response

By David Passmore • June 22, 2026
THE CAPTION AT THE HEAD OF THE POSTER IMAGE FOR THE MOVIE ‘DISCLOSURE DAY’ BOLDLY DECLARES ‘WE DESERVE TO KNOW’ Indeed, we do need to know the truth. But will we find it in Stephen Spielberg’s new movie ‘Disclosure Day’? Could it just as well be entitled ‘DECEPTION DAY’? In an interview with USA Today Spielberg says that evidence of non-human contact has become “overwhelming” to him. He has suggested that his film could raise significant theological questions for Christians. But will it? For us Christians - No, not on our watch! The movie raises no questions for those who accept the proven accuracy of God’s Word, the Bible. The film, which is capturing the imagination of the public, only confirms exactly what scripture tells us about what are in fact extra-dimensional beings. ALIENS OR FALLEN ANGELS? God inhabits the heavenly realm along with a vast array of angels. Because Lucifer, a created angel, wanted to usurp God as ruler of the universe, he was expelled to another realm outside of our time and space, along with one third of the angels who rebelled with him. These fallen angels manifest themselves as demons who can appear on earth and disappear at will. Spiritual hosts of wickedness exist in heavenly places, wherever this realm is, it is not the place where God dwells. ARE ALIENS BENEVOLENT? In the movie, the ‘aliens’ are portrayed as friendly beings who want to help mankind in a time of crisis. If the aliens are really demons, not visitors from outer space, this is a dangerous delusion. Whitley Striber in his book ‘Communion’ writes on encountering ‘aliens’; ‘I felt an indescribable sense of menace. Whatever was there seemed so monstrously ugly, so filthy, so dark and sinister. Of course they were demons. They have to be.’ Many others have reported similar malevolent experiences. During the movie, Daniel claims to have had an encounter with extra-terrestrials during which he received a special gift of empathy, which is regarded by him as the ultimate superpower. However, there is only One who completely understands our human frailty. We read this concerning Jesus: ‘For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet he did not sin.’ (Hebrews 4 v 15). Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11 v 28) END TIMES DECEPTION Before he was crucified, Jesus warned his disciples about these last days in which we are living. The first words he used in this context were: “Watch no one deceives you. For many will come in my name saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.” Deception was top of the list! Later, the Apostle Paul wrote about these days: ‘The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.’ (2 Thessalonians 2 v 9) Have you received the love of the truth? Have you received Jesus who is the way, the truth and the life? If not, you are in great danger. Perilous times are here and they are only going to get worse as man turns more and more away from his maker. Things will only change when Jesus returns soon to establish his own Kingdom on earth, where justice and peace will rule. JESUS, OUR ONLY HOPE! The Bible says all human beings are sinners. The message of Jesus is simple; repent and believe the good news, that God wants humanity, his highest creation, to be reestablished in relationship with him. His plan was simple: to give his life in unconditional love for every human being that has and ever will live, by shedding his blood on a Roman cross. In doing this, we can receive forgiveness of sins. Our old life will then be buried with him, giving us new life with the hope of an eternal future of true peace, love and joy, with freedom from pain and tears. Why ignore such a great gift of salvation? If you do, your fate will be sealed for eternity in hell, which is a real place without God, and thus without love, to face only eternal consequences of punishment. We condemn ourselves to such a fate. REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! Jesus loves you and asks that you repent and believe in him. It would be the best and safest decision of your life! If you commit your life to him, he will give you a new heart, you will be a new person inside. You will also gain a new desire for all that is right and true. And his Holy Spirit will give you an ability to discern the lies of the age we are living in. ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave us his only son, that whosoever believes in him, will not perish, but have eternal life.’ (John 3:16) FINALLY, A RECOMMENDATION  All that is described in this leaflet has been open, in the light for millennia. On the other hand, the theory of extra-terrestrial life has been hidden in darkness, awaiting ‘Disclosure Day’. Which would you prefer to believe, the Word of God, or the word of Stephen Spielberg? I made my choice years ago, and have never regretted it! If this message has spoken to you, just call upon Jesus in a short prayer. Confess to him that you are a sinner in need of salvation. Ask him in sincerity to forgive you and to fill you with his Holy Spirit. You will then become what the Bible describes as being ‘born again’. (John 3 v 7) Then you need to seek a Bible believing church where you can be baptised and become part of a group of believers who can help you get to know Jesus more and more fully. “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8 v 32)

Prayer request for Teerth Sond

By David Passmore • June 20, 2026
Prayer request for Teerth Sond Petitioned Prayer-Supplication/Personal Prayer/ Collective Prayer/Thanks Giving Prayer Our Dear brethren in Yeshua, my family & myself Teerth request your prayers in The Spirit that the latest drugs Ramicirumab & Pacilitaxel will destroy the cancer cell in the Authority Of The Lord Yeshua in The Power of The Holy Spirit. Targeted Petition: Please stand with us in prayer & fasting; The Lord will target the 2cm legion & that it will be cast out of my Liver in the love (agape), compassion, kindness, grace, mercy of God. I do not deserve it because of me- but By His Stripes we are healed for His Glory. This will allow the main operation to go ahead (which should have been done 18 months ago). Step by Step in the leading of The Holy Spirit and the in the Lord Step by Step, as our beautiful sister Beryl said, has worked on my Spiritual man- thank you Lord for waking me up. Lord raise me up for your glory forever because of your love to me, the family & fellowship- an unworthy sinner saved by your grace & love. Email sent to my Oncologist & my Local MP: Greetings Natasha & Dr Mano Joseph Hope All Is Well Thank you for our meeting today. At our meeting we discussed my MRI & CT scans which were done in May 2026. We discussed the operation on my oesophagus which I believe is the best option. (This should have been done 18 months ago). My Kidney operation will be done- non evasive- Lord willing within the next month. Will you be talking to Mr Chacravaty about this? The liver must be targeted first- this is wisdom and the latest radiotherapy treatments available- proton therapy-radiotherapy atezolizumab and bevacizumab sorafenib lenvatinib regorafenib cabozantinib durvalumab and tremelimumab At the meeting we discussed the next CT & MRI scans to be held end off July. Wouldn't it be to better to have them in August so by then I've had 4 full treatments on the latest medication. Also we have Zolbetuximab on compassionate usage- all glory to The Lord. After all the past wrongs I have no doubt now Dr Joseph you will pursue the best for me and family. Dear brethren- King Manasseh, David, Hannah, The Church For Peter, James, The Lord Jesus Christ for example made petitions onto the Lord. We pray as one body to cast off the illness in the Power of The Holy & The Authority Of Yeshua. The Great Physician who came for the ill. To lay out raised hands 🙌🏽 upon the head of our Lord. ABBA/Daddy/Lord in your mercy have mercy on us. Love you all in Yeshua our Lord & God. Teerth, Family & Fellowship

The End of an Extended Honeymoon – Are Trump and Netanyahu Parting Ways?

By David Passmore • June 19, 2026
The End of an Extended Honeymoon – Are Trump and Netanyahu Parting Ways? Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM  The Israeli public had high hopes for Trump. Unlike his predecessors, he consistently endorsed Israeli measures of self-defence in the different theatres of conflict in which it had to contend. Further to these ends Trump shared in Netanyahu’s determined agenda of preventing the Iranians from pursuing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. During Trump's first term he tore up Obama's negotiated settlement with the Iranians concerning enriched Uranium, echoing Netanyahu’s position that it didn't go far enough. Now in his second term Trump partnered with Israel in a war with Iran that turned out to lack clearly defined goals. The campaign required resolve on the part of America that it wasn't willing to commit. After an initial lightning blitzkrieg that decapitated the Iranian leadership, the Persians dug in and the conflict became a protracted war of attrition hinging on Iran's stranglehold on the straits of Hormuz that could only be realistically lifted by placing boots on the ground or an intensified air war directed against Iranian coastal positions and the destruction of Kharg island, or at least the viable threat to obliterate Kharg island if Iran did not acquiesce. It transpired that Trump and Netanyahu underestimated the resilience of the Iranian regime, thinking that it had already received a near mortal blow during the prior popular demonstrations. So now we are left with a situation where Trump is exasperated with this protracted endeavour and appears to be aiming his frustration towards Netenyahu. A sticking point is Israel's continued occupation of Southern Lebanon. Iran is insistent that Israel withdraw its forces from there as a precursor to fully committing itself to a final status agreement with the U.S. to put an end to its nuclear aspirations. With the midterm elections looming Trump seems to be desperate for an exit strategy from this war. From Israel's perspective the fight against Hizbollah is an inextricable part of the Iranian equation. The IDF has invested massive resources and personnel in the hopes of quashing the Iranian proxy once and for all. Netanyahu is determined to build on the momentum achieved after the spectacular pager attack in 2024. After the catastrophic Hamas massacres of October 7th, the majority of the Israeli public is unwilling to tolerate a capable hostile force on its borders. Trump's proposed solution to this dilemma unrealistically suggests that Syria should take on the role of disarming and removing Hizbollah from Lebanon. In the ultimate reckoning of international relations, America doesn't have iron clad allies, but rather interests like any other nation. If, (as appears to be occurring now) U.S. and Israeli interests fail to align the two countries will cease to act in unison and there may be a rupture in relations on the not-too-distant horizon. Trump has indicated that Israel owes him big time. He has asserted that were it not for his decisive actions they would have been obliterated by Iran's missiles. This is nothing to say of the robust diplomatic support Trump has lent Israel in such forums as the United Nations Security Council and sanctioning officials of the International Criminal Court. Netanyahu is acutely aware of what may be next after Trump. The way public opinion is turning against Israel it is unlikely that the next administration is going to be any way near as friendly as Trump has been thus far to Israel. Trump too of course is mindful of this turning tide opposing Israel. The Iran war has been unpopular to his domestic audience, and the President has been caricatured as Netanyahu’s stooge doing Israel's bidding. Another major consideration for Trump is the colossal impact that the war has had on his other major regional allies: the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia. They have received the brunt of the Iranian backlash that has effectively targeted their energy infrastructure and trading routes. They, along with the Europeans have been exerting pressure on Trump to end the conflict and reopen the Straits of Hormuz regardless of whether the most favourable terms of Iranian capitulation are achieved. Israel, however important a strategic asset and technological powerhouse will not override these broader concerns that are endangering global energy markets. An unspoken factor is Trump's propensity for a belligerent severing of his relationship with allies in the political sphere. His public displays of hostility with former political allies such Senator Ted Cruz, Governor Ron Santos and Elon Musk demonstrate a temperament that the same kind of falling out could invoke with strategic allies as well as those political. Both Trump and Netanyahu are approaching the sunset of their political careers and are naturally inclined to deeply consider the legacies they will leave behind. In the international sphere Trump projected himself as a peacemaker from a position of strength. But as many commentators have pointed out, the war with Iran demonstrated the limits of U.S. power. Trump appraised Iran as low hanging fruit that could be swiftly toppled like Venezuela. However, when push came to shove and the only prospect of landing a decisive blow demanded a massive ground offensive on the scale of the Iraq war, he bottled out and sued for a premature peace that will leave Netanyahu in the cold. Netanyahu is anxious to rehabilitate the injury inflicted on his reputation of the greatest disaster to have occurred in Israel's history having happened on his watch. Eliminating Iran as the great regional adversary pulling the strings of its proxies would have done much in this regard. Neither leader is able to craft their legacies as they would have wanted. Trump is choosing the perceived option of mitigating the damage done to his legacy in foreign affairs. He is trying hard to sell his Iran deal as being more than what Obama bargained in terms of guaranteeing a nuclear free Iran. But as further details of his proposal are leaked this is becoming a tall order. Netanyahu is faced with October elections and he may decide to stay the course in Lebanon as otherwise he will seem weak to most voters. Should this happen, we will be in uncharted waters as it will thwart Trump's designs for an immediate end to this affair.

The Battle for Israel's Reputation

By David Passmore • June 17, 2026
The Battlefield for Israel's Reputation Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM Israel has enjoyed strong U.S. support since its founding. Within eleven minutes of Israel's Declaration of Independence Truman recognized the Jewish State. Under the Kennedy administration the Pentagon sold advanced missile systems to Israel. However, it was the 1970 attempted PLO takeover of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan that demonstrated to the U.S. Israel's regional prowess and indispensability for implementing Washington's agenda. During Arafat's attempted Coup Syria mobilized its forces on the Jordanian border in support of the PLO's bid to dislodge the ruling Hashemite dynasty. Upon Washington's direction the IDF also mobilized its army upon its border with Jordan, thereby deterring the Syrians from taking further action. From then, the Pentagon and U.S. military planners invested heavily in promoting Israel's defence. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War disaster Nixon's massive air lift came to Israel's aid. For decades U.S. diplomatic and military support for Israel was a non-partisan issue. Both Democrat and Republican members of Congress voted nearly unanimously in support of measures concerning Israel. However, in the mid 2010's this began to change. To the extent that now 80% of Democrats hold views in opposition to Israel and this is reflected in how their representatives are acting. It is difficult to praise an exact moment when this turning point occurred. For years Democrat grassroots activist groups across the nation were lobbying their local representatives about their attitudes to Palestine and the mass student protest movements following the Gaza war built upon this momentum. The dual standards by the academic establishment were riddled with hypocrisy as if by the same criteria Israel is condemned for its responsive self-defence counter attacks in Lebanon and Gaza, Britain and America would be similarly indicted for what they did to Dresden, Hamburg and Berlin in response to Hitler. This is facilitated by the funding of Western Universities by Qatar and other Islamic interests associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. There is alienation between Israelis and the traditional left-centre Jewish Diaspora in the U.S. with a third of New York Jews voting for Mandani a vehement anti-Zionist in the New York Mayoral election. This is counterbalanced by a growing Jewish Right in America led by Ben Shapiro, David Ruben, Dennis Prager, Mark Levin and Trump advisor Steven Miller who are in political harmony with the Evangelical Right. The Republicans are also approaching a crossroads. Just as the Democrats have been hijacked by the Woke Left there has emerged a virulently anti-Zionist Woke Right led by Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and Candace Owen who are also attempting to hijack the Republicans. What is alarming here, is the fact that the majority of young Republicans under forty now hold an unfavourable view of Israel. So, it is very much a matter of fighting for the future of the Republican Party. The growing populist movements in Britain and Europe may counter the anti-Zionist and anti- Semitic political activities of the Muslim vote and their left-wing allies. In any eventuality, even if the least favourable trajectory of U.S. public opinion were to further materialize it is unlikely to dismantle the massive military and intelligence sharing cooperation between the U.S. and Israel. The Pentagon views Israel as far too big of a strategic asset in a volatile region to cut ties with. (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).

Urgent prayer request - India

By David Passmore • June 10, 2026
MAJOR PRAYER REQUEST - STEVE MITCHELL MORIEL ORPHANAGE (Andar Pradesh, INDIA) Please read the enclosed missions report from Moriel Missions Branch India: Our children need us and we put a lot of money into buying and then expanding the Moriel orphanage to take in more children. These precious orphan children are coming to Christ and the devil is angry. Until now we had opposition from radical Sheikhs at the Moriel Horeb church we built in Punjab, but the Hindu Authorities in Andar Pradesh have largely until now left us alone. The BJP government is however as wicked as Hamas or Hezbollah - only Hindu (I was in India when radical Hindus burned the Australian missionary family alive in their car; these are the ones who wanted to murder Steve Mitchell when Moriel helped to quickly get him out of the country some years ago). Some pastors have been murdered again in West Bengal. (Samuel, who oversees the Moriel orphanage went to Bible College with one of them). Because our orphan children are Dalet (treated as subhuman 'out casts' by the Hindu caste system), or from Muslim backgrounds, we have largely been been left alone and some of the local officials liked us. This is obviously not a good situation. Prayer is urgently requested. Please pray for Mark Masih particularly that they will not cancel his visa. They are now forbidding us from bringing any more bibles into the country. What would happen if Britain, Australia, or America outlawed Hindus from bringing the Bhagavad Gita into England, Oz, or the USA? MARANATHA Come Quickly Lord Jesus  "You Will Be Hated By Men For My Name's Sake" Matthew 10:22

Staying the course amidst isolation

By David Passmore • May 30, 2026
Staying The Course Amidst Isolation Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM Living in Israel one gets the feeling that the metaphorical walls are closing in. Israel's reputation is being tarnished all over social media and the mainstream media, and this is reflected in massive public disdain towards this country. We are constantly told that there is near consensus amongst academics and commentators that a genocide was committed in Gaza. The very legitimacy of the state is brought into question. The majority of Americans are now hostile towards Israel. There is real fear that the next U.S. administration will turn against Israel. Even if this were to happen passively, by the U.S. refraining from exercising its veto power towards Security Council Resolutions condemning Israeli actions this could be catastrophic. Internally it is a fractured society leaning increasingly right wing which further alienates Israel from world opinion. An example in point is how Ben Gvir mocked the most recent participants of a global aid flotilla to Gaza. Such conduct further agitates outrage at Israel. The left-wing media presents the ruins of Gaza as a mortal wound in Israel's side. When the world observes this level of carnage no degree of public relations can ameliorate the sense of indignation towards Israel. We can liken the situation of Israel to that of a depressed person. All he sees is hopelessness and gloom. But this isn't the first time that the Jewish nation has been faced with such darkness. Things change and we don't know how the geo-political map will reconfigure in the future. We need to ride out this storm and keep going. On a historical note, the situation is reminiscent of what our ancestors faced when we returned from the Babylonian exile to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah was faced with constant lies and conspiracies designed to entrap him by hostile actors: Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab. They employed deception, slander and ridicule in order to maintain their political eminence. There was also a certain sense of abandonment amongst the Jews in Israel then as in our own day. We read in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah about the anguish of the leadership in Israel concerning the lack of assistance from the Babylonian diaspora towards the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and the Temple. Only 20% of the exiles returned to the land. It was largely the poor who returned. Most of the affluent, established Jews remained in Exile. This is a continuing theme in Jewish history. It is also important to observe that from its very beginnings there were bible believing Christians who spearheaded the return of the Jews to their land. The idea of organizing a return of the Jews to Israel began as a Protestant Restorationist objective that can be traced to 17th century Puritan England. The protagonists of the Cromwellian Republic viewed themselves as the new Israel fighting the Papist forces of Satan. Alongside this, interest grew in the notion that biblical prophecies pertaining to the return of the Jews to Israel were a necessary precursor for the return of Christ. The growth of the British Empire in the 19th century lent political clout to Christian Restorationism with specific missions to the Jews established. Although there had been a longing to return to Israel as written in the thrice daily Amidah prayer, Jewish Zionism arose in the midst of mid nineteenth century nationalism and was further fermented by European antisemitism. It was an altogether secular enterprise. Although Israel's situation appears rather stark, we can draw strength from the Providence afforded to our ancestors in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah when they too were faced with defamation. This is also an opportunity to grow closer to our natural allies in the evangelical world who from the beginning of Zionism were steadfast supporters of the project to establish a Jewish homeland in Israel.  (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).