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Rev 13:12-18, 16:13, 19:20, 20:10), who is the pre-Last Judgement second beast
(Rev 13:12) and false prophet (Rev 19:20) but is not Judas (John 17:12). The
default position is that devil spirits do not repent, are aware in Hell, and will be
condemned (2 Peter 2:4). The Son of Perdition is the false prophet of Revelation
but is also a generic category for all Man (Gen 1:26, 3:5, 22, Rom 1:20, 2 Thes
2:4) and especially those guilty of the unforgivable sin (2 Thes 2:3-4). This
description covers the desire to be God that expresses itself as a desire to come
under the Law (Gen 3:5, 22, Rom 3:10, 20).
Christ is our Passover as the lamb of God (1 Cor 5:7) and as such whatever we eat
is His body and blood (John 6:27, 35, 48-58, 1 Cor 11:20-21, 24-26, 29, Rev 3:20).
This is also established as the Passover lamb was to be completely eaten as far as
possible (Exodus 12:9-10).
The ‘gospel’ was periodically preached in Old Testament times and was an explicit
alternative to the Law, and is a mystery (Col 1:23, Heb 4:2, 6). The Tree of Life,
the salvation of Christ and eternal life, God does not allow with Man to be mixed
with the Tree of Knowledge, the Law (Gen 3:22). (Even though, as a mystery, God
is simultaneously both.) That is those under the Law must die (Gen 2:17) in
accordance with the prime principle. Man by nature makes a bid for independence,
to be his own god by 'vanity' (Gen 3:5, 2 Thes 2:4). As God does not change (Mal
3:6) and compromise what he is, specifically, Light (1 John 1:5), and Love (1 John
4:8), He set the Law as the necessary qualification for such a disobedient choice
thereafter to yet become righteous like Him (Gen 2:17). This is a secondary will
alternative that Man can not meet (Rom 3:20). Death was instituted under the
prime principle to bring Man to God (Gen 2:17).
Christians Are Saved
There are three doctrines taught currently, which detract from the message of
salvation for Christians by effectively denying it. The following counter-acts these
deceptions.
1. Christians are never forsaken by Christ (2 Cor 4:9, Heb 13:5) whatever sins they
commit as Christians, or committed before being Christians (John 8:34-36).
God does not forsake the righteous (Deut 4:30-31) and if Jesus was not righteous
on the cross, despite having all our sins upon him, then our faith is in vain. Jesus
was perfect on the cross (Isaiah 53:9) and is and was both fully God and fully man
in one Person, indivisible as the Hypostatic Union teaches us. God forsook God
(Mat 27:46). God the Father forsook God the Son on the cross without changing as