Why I Am No Longer A Christian
Gary sent a letter to a beloved family member explaining why
he could not be a Christian anymore. This letter is a very good way
to introduce you to the Remnant Bride truth, as it lays out the problem
of what has been taking place in the kingdom of God for 2,000 years,
as well as introduces the solution. We hope its expression of love and
its insight will be helpful to you in your pursuit of truth and life,
as well as encourage you to read more here at The Remnant Bride.
Dear family member,
Please allow me the
opportunity to explain why I can no longer be any part of Christianity or
be called a Christian. Even though I have for many years been faithful in
Christianity, it is my devotion to Him whom I now call by His Hebrew name,
Yahshua, that dictates this important and seemingly unusual change.
Because of both the
uniqueness of what I will share, as well as what I see as its grave importance,
I must provide a degree of explanation that adequately addresses
this. I hope you will be patient to fully hear me out. But actually,
this in itself is only a brief overview, for there are many hundreds
of pages of supporting information on The Remnant Bride web site.
First and very importantly,
I want you to know that I continue to be a part of the church; but
what makes me different now and necessitates that I take the position
of not being a Christian, is that I now see that the church is not just
a one-part work, but clearly must be a two-part work. For years I was
a faithful part of the body of Christ, but it is clear from the Scriptures
that even as Yahweh (the name of the Father) said after creating Adam -
"It is not good for the man to be alone," equally it is not good for the
body of Christ to be alone. What then is the solution for the body? The
same solution as it was for Adam - to put the body to sleep and take out
a rib to form a Bride!
Even as Yahweh created
male and female in the garden, so He will create male and female
works in His kingdom - the body of Christ and the Bride. This is necessary
for several reasons, including the need to "be fruitful and multiply"
in His kingdom, as well as to fulfill the law for being clean. In Leviticus
11:3, we read that in order for an animal to be clean, one of its requirements
was that it had to split the hoof. In other words, the hoof had to
be two-part. This "split" work is what Yahweh had in His original creation.
There was the "split" - male and female. Equally, there were two trees,
not one - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of
life. (Significantly, Eve's name correspondingly means "life, or lives.")
I said all of this
not to get complicated, but to show in the simplest form I know how
that the kingdom of God, the church, must be a two-part work. For many
years I was a faithful part of the masculine body of Christ and its members
who are called Christians; but now I have come out of the body and am
part of the feminine work of the Bride. It is utterly impossible for the
body and the Bride to be one work, since we clearly see that the Bride must
come out of the body to be a separate yet fulfilling helpmate. The Bride
coming out of the sleeping body is equally and very importantly seen when
Yahshua was similarly put to sleep on the cross, His side was then likewise
opened, and out came blood and water, or the Bride. The message here is
inescapably clear, for we see that the "first Adam," as well as the "last
Adam," Yahshua, were both put to sleep and their sides were opened, making
it possible for the Bride element to come out.
May I digress on
this so you can see more clearly and even more thoroughly what I am
saying?
Ecclesiastes 1:9
says, "That which has been is that which will be, and that which has
been done is that which will be done. So, there is nothing new under
the sun." A good example of this is the sacrifice of Yahshua. His sacrifice
for our sins was foretold many times in the sacrifice lamb. The crucifixion
of Yahshua on Passover had been revealed many times before in foreshadowing
pictures. Thus, that which had been was that which would be. And as
vitally important as the church is, this will unquestionably be true
with it as well. That which would take place in the church, would equally
be foretold many times and in many ways before the church would ever come
about. Let us look at only one of these testimonies as it relates to what
I have already shared.
We have already seen
the church pictured in the original garden of Eden with two-part Adam and
Eve, as well as the two trees. But that which makes the testimony of these
two works so particularly unique, is that the Bride must come out of the
body. Though you might not see right away the obvious application of this
next testimony, please allow me to develop it fully; I hope you will see
its truth.
Even as Eve came
out of Adam, even as the blood and water came out of Yahshua, so we
see that likewise the remnant of Judah came out of Babylon. As you will
see, Babylon is in many ways, most of which cannot even be covered in
this letter, a foretelling prophetic picture of Christianity.
First though, there
are many, many ties that can be found between the book of Daniel and
the book of Revelation, one augmenting and expounding upon the other.
One of these similarities is this matter of Babylon. In Revelation 17:14
and 19:16, we find Yahshua twice being identified as "Lord of lords, and
King of kings." And in unique correlation, back in Daniel we find this
same title being applied to the head of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar.
In Daniel 2:37 we read - "You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the
God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory."
Of course this statement is unmistakably similar to that declared in the
last verse of Jude, immediately before Revelation, where we read - "to the
only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion,
and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."
Why is there such
replete and striking similarities between these two who were each
given "the kingdom"? Because King Nebuchadnezzar and the nation he formed,
prophetically represented the body of Christ, which is Christ on this
earth.
In like telling regard,
three times in Jeremiah (25:9, 27:6, and 43:10), Nebuchadnezzar is identified
as "My servant." This seems a rather unique title for a man who would violently
take the remnant of Judah into captivity and burn Jerusalem. But, as the
prophetic representative of the body of Christ, which is Yahshua's "servant"
on this earth, "My servant" is most applicable and appropriate and equally
revealing.
Babylon's representation
of the body of Christ is extensively revealed in the original Babylon
as well, which I will not attempt to fully address now; but basically,
Christianity is an earth-based work that reaches to God in heaven, in
the same way that the tower of Babel was earth-based and reached to
the heavens. Babylon divided men by different tongues, and Christianity
began by speaking in tongues understood by these various divisions. Likewise,
the word Babylon means "confusion," and with 22,000 sects and denominations
in Christianity saying 22,000 differing and much divided things, Christianity
is indeed an extremely divided work that speaks many divisive and confusing
tongues. Thus we clearly see once again, Christianity is Babylon.
Furthermore, and
the testimonies like this are almost endless, as I said already, Babylon
represented the body of Christ from which a remnant must be brought
out to rebuild the destroyed temple of Yahweh. This remnant is, once
again, the Bride that comes out of the Babylonian body of Christ.
But in further testimony
of this much supported truth, let us now turn to the companion book
of Revelation and see what it says regarding Babylon. In Revelation,
Babylon is called "a mystery, 'Babylon the great, the mother of harlots
and of the abominations of the earth'" (17:5). Beginning in 16:17 and
continuing throughout chapters 17 and 18, Babylon the great, "the great
city," is addressed in this book of parables. I will not, of course,
even begin to address the book of Revelation here, except to point out
the application once again of mystery Babylon to Christianity.
To begin with, even
as Yahshua said that Christianity/the kingdom of heaven would be three
measures of meal that were entirely leavened (Matthew 13:33), so in
equal testimony in Revelation 16:19 we read that "the great city" of
mystery Babylon was "split into three parts." I will say more on these
three parts shortly.
This brings us to
one of the most telling and decisive points in what I would like to
share here with you. While it is far more pleasant to think of the Bride
coming out of the body when picturing, say, Eve coming out of Adam,
the testimony that this parable in Revelation adds presents a message
that, while being very telling, is also very uncomfortable for many.
As has been pointed
out that Daniel and Revelation are obvious companion books of the Bible,
we see in Daniel 9 Daniel's own supplication to Yahweh for the remnant
of Judah, that they would return to Jerusalem following seventy years
of bondage (which was fulfilled), while in Revelation 18:4-5 we find
a like call to come out of mystery Babylon.
And I heard another voice
from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you may not
participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues;
for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered
her iniquities."
Here is the hardest
part of what I have to share, because it takes a hard and honest look
at Christianity. The testimony seen here once again in this "voice from
heaven" is that the Bride must come out of the body of Christ, but more
clearly because as the "mother of harlots," Christianity's sins "have
piled up as high as heaven." I do not think anyone can dispute the fact
that the sins of Christianity are exceptionally great!
Maybe one of the
best ways to characterize the sins of Christianity is to quote from
Christians themselves. I will refer to only two quotes that were readily
available to me. The first comes from a fairly recent book by David W.
Bercot titled Common Sense, and the second from a
book that has been around since 1924 - Halley's Bible Handbook by Henry H. Halley. I will
begin with Bercot's succinct observations concerning the division
of the body of Christ into numerous schisms (pages 3-4). And let me
say, Mr. Bercot is unabashedly Christian and entirely pro-Christian.
His comment here is simply an honest and salient observation.
If you think that Christ
doesn't object to His body being fragmented into thousands of schisms,
think again. The primary thing on His mind before He was arrested was
the unity of the Church. He prayed, "Neither pray I for these alone,
but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they
all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also
may be one in us" (Jon. 17:20,21 KJV).
Yet, we Protestants think
nothing of tearing off another chunk of flesh from Christ's body. We
don't recognize factionalism for being the perilous sin that it is.
Paul lists it as one of the "deeds of the flesh ... of which I forewarn
you just as I have forewarned you that those who practice such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God" (Gal. 5:19,21). He told Titus, "Reject
a divisive man after the first and second admonition, knowing that such
a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned" (Tit. 3:10,11 NKJV).
Perhaps that Scripture condemns all of us Bible-believing Christians
today. We are "divisive" men and women. We are "warped and sinning." And
we and our predecessors have made a mess out of the body of Christ.
Now consider an amazing
observation by the highly respected teacher and author - Henry Halley. This
quote is exactly as written in his book; no emphasis has been added. Here
we find from this teacher within Christianity a salient list of indictments
against the church that surpasses even what I have ever shared. The
author then concludes with an exceptionally bold statement, emphasized
by his use of all capital letters (something very seldom done in his
book), making this even more significant. From his Bible Handbook (page 733, Twenty-Forth
Edition) per his comments on Revelation 18, we read:
"Babylon the Great Harlot"
may be Heaven's Name for Apostate Christendom as a Whole.
Even in our own country,
where we think we have the Purest Form of Christianity known since
the days of Primitive Persecutions, while there are vast multitudes of
Devoted Saints, and countless True and Faithful Churches, Seminaries,
Organizations and Movements, headed by Pastors and Leaders of Unwavering
Loyalty and Unquestioned Faith, YET, on the other hand, our Churches so
generally are so thoroughly Humanized, so full of Worldliness, Indifference,
Half-Heartedness, Pleasure-Seeking, all kinds of Evil Indulgence, so
much Unbelief in Pulpits and in Seminaries, so little of God's Word in
the Preaching, so little of Christ in the Services, so much Lifeless
Formalism, so much Professionalism and Ecclesiastical Pomp, so little
of the real spirit of Christ, so much Ignorance of God's Word, and such
Indifference to it in the Pulpit - All This makes it look as if the Church
as a Whole HAS NOT YET COME ENTIRELY OUT OF ITS GREAT APOSTASY.
Both David Bercot
and Henry Halley are precisely right in their observations and conclusions!
David accurately said - "Perhaps that Scripture condemns all of us
Bible-believing Christians today. We are 'divisive' men and women. We
are 'warped and sinning.' And we and our predecessors have made a mess
out of the body of Christ." And Halley's conclusion written nearly a
century ago is as true today as it was then - Christendom as a whole has
still not come out of its great apostasy, and as such bears the name, "Babylon
the Great Harlot."
But it is at this
juncture that I part from these two men, for the true outcome of
Halley's conclusion, as well as Bercot's, is one that must lead to
and even demands the conclusive warning and instruction given in Revelation
18:4-5 - to "Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate
in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; for her sins
have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities."
This is the only option available for escaping the ill consequences of
corrupt Christianity.
Christians tend to
have short memories when it comes to the sins that take place in the church;
but Yahweh does not, for He says that they have piled up as high as
heaven and He remembers them. For the sake of recalling just a few of
these sins, may I digress on some of them, and even then only some of
the ones with which I am personally familiar?
Actually, what I
am about to write, I do not like doing for several reasons. But it
seems this is necessary in order to look at things the way they really
are, the way Yahweh, a righteous and jealous God, sees them. Honesty and
truth are always of value, even when they hurt. Also, these examples,
even these sins of Christianity that have piled up to heaven, demand a
conclusion, as we have noted in Revelation 18:4-5. But, more on this after
taking this honest look. I hope you will bear with me, for frankness here
is necessary.
In the latter 80's
and early 90's, I worked with a pastor of an inner-city church that
helped drug addicts and alcoholics, providing for them housing and the
opportunity for a new start. The pastor's associate, an ex-drug addict
himself, invited his old buddy to come and be a part of this work,
not only to help this work, but more importantly because his buddy was
having marital problems. He came, but it was not long before the pastor
began having sexual relations with the man's wife. The associate's buddy
and his wife came there to find much needed help from this man of God;
but to the contrary, their marriage was totally destroyed and ended in
divorce. The pastor's wife, equally shaken by this, also obtained a divorce,
dividing the family and three children.
Another pastor I
worked with at that time began a new church work in the same city,
but this church was not to the down and out in the inner-city, but in
contrast was located in one of the most prestigious areas. The new pastor
was well known, well liked, trusted, respected, and had previously been
highly successful as a minister. Thus this new church took off like a
rocket and people were thrilled with and moved by its ministry, led by
this most capable man of God. But shortly after its beginning, it was revealed
that the pastor had (admittedly) lied to the congregation, had set his
own salary at an unbelievable amount of $165 - $175,000, and on the founding
documents forged the signature of the third and only other board member
outside of his wife and himself. Those who were a part of this work that
began as an anticipated "move of God," were shocked and dismayed by the
pastor's cloaked actions, and resulted in about two-thirds of the now expansive
following and most of the pastoral staff, to leave with great hurts and
bewilderment. These followers had turned to this man and his work to find
help and to secure a knowledge of God, but withdrew in disappointment,
anger, and great hurt.
At approximately
the same time, the pastor of one of the largest and fastest growing
mainline denominational churches in that same city, left his church
when it was revealed that he, similar to the inner-city pastor, was in
an adulterous relationship with a woman. Here was a man who was one of
the leaders of the kingdom of God, and even while preaching righteousness
from the pulpit, was committing adultery.
These are events
with which I was personally familiar at that time, the first two occurring
in works with which I was directly associated. But this is not all,
of course. The evangelist through whom the Spirit of God had anointed
and moved, leading me at the age of twenty one, along with hundreds of
others at that time, to seek and serve Yahshua, at about the same time
as these other occurrences, was invited to the church where I was then
attending. You can imagine my excitement in seeing once again this man who
had provoked the dramatic change in my own life some eleven years prior.
But under suspicion by one of the pastors, inquiry into his expenses at
the hotel where he was staying revealed that he was viewing pornographic
movies, and clearly during the evangelistic services was lying about events
in his own life. This was the man who had led hundreds, and possibly thousands,
to Yahshua, and equally was a representative of the kingdom of God.
But again, this was
not all that occurred in that brief period about which I am referring. For
example, it was during that same time, with great embarrassment to Christendom,
that the aberrant actions of mega-ministry leaders Jim Bakker and Jimmy
Swaggart were revealed. These, once again, were the leaders, high profile
leaders, of the kingdom of God.
How many more hundreds
or thousands or tens of thousands of cases could be cited in example
after example of men and women representing the kingdom of God, who
in fact by their deeds and words have not represented or accurately reflected
the will of the King? The examples I have just cited here are only
a minute sampling of the vast aberrant actions of Christian leaders,
and those within only a brief period of time and in the limited scope
of one pair of eyes. Indeed, many more equally tragic cases could be
cited. Today, one of Christianity's most acclaimed prophecy teachers
(who espouses to know what God is going to do next), during this same
subject period of time divorced his wife to marry a younger lady, with
whom he was reportedly having an affair; but the church doesn't mind and
continues to follow him and his teachings. Multiplied other cases that
have been exposed could be mentioned, and vastly more would come forth
should the window shades cloaking secrecy be thrown open.
One of the most
respected Christian ministries today had in its monthly magazine an article
concerning a youth pastor who was sent to prison for an affair with one of
the young girls (a minor) in his youth group. Can you imagine the horror
this was to those parents? They trustingly placed their young daughter under
the guidance and care of a man of God, representing the kingdom of God, and
he sexually violated her! And once again, this breach of confidence resulted
in his wife divorcing him.
Even as I write this
letter, the Catholic Church in America is under tremendous criticism and
pressure for the moral aberrations that take place among their priests.
Homosexuality is not uncommon among Catholic priests, along with incidents
of child molestation. One priest engaged in sexual acts with four girls
in a Cape Cod rental, all of whom were planning to be nuns. Following are the comments
from this man who, once again, is a leader and representative of the
kingdom of God. "What I was trying to show them is that Christ is human,
and you should love him as a human being," said the priest. "I felt that
by having this little bit of intimacy with them that this is what it
would be like with Christ."
Far too often men,
women, and children have placed their trust in men of God representing
the kingdom of God, only to be hurt, disappointed, violated, and otherwise
misdirected from the truths and the ways of the King of the kingdom.
And these cited examples are only moral aberrations. What about knowledge
aberrations? What about the teachings of men of God who often confidently
claim that what they present is truly God's word and will?
The teachings of
22,000 denominations cannot all be right. Some (and surely all) are
in fact not representing the King of this kingdom when they speak on
various matters, though all of them claim and think they are. The reality
is, most of the teachings of Christianity are a mixture of truth and expressions
of man's own flesh and natural intellect, or even more so the deception
of the serpent. These erroneous teachings, of which there are many from
the mere fact that Christians hold to such a variety of beliefs and practices,
are of little consequential difference (relative to the purity of the
kingdom) from the cases of immorality, financial greed, and lying that
have been pointed out. Think about it - How many millions of pieces of
false information are given out by the church in a single day? The gross
failure of Christianity to be Babylon/confusion and not present one common
message and truth, is a clear and valid indictment against it that it does
not accurately represent the King of the kingdom. Yahshua is not divided in His teachings, as is
the body of Christ kingdom of God church.
All that I have
mentioned thus far is with reference to our present time. But, the church
is not just what we see around us today. The church, it must be remembered,
is a 2,000 year old body! Essentially, there are 1,500 years of Catholicism
and 500 years of Protestantism/Catholicism mix (including all the other groups
like the Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses). Christianity in any of its varied
forms includes a string of beliefs and people 2,000 years long! Thus, one
has to realize that when God (who spans these 2,000 years) looks at the
church, He does not just see today, but He sees far more than what we can
see even in a lifetime. Certainly the sins that
have piled up to heaven that God sees, amass a 2,000 year old pile!
Even from the vantage of our own eyes, we find that Christianity is
replete in its corruption. Can you imagine what He sees? Oh sure, there
is good in the church, but how much evil has there been? Who can account
all the atrocities of the Catholic Church for 1,500 plus years? The Crusades
were carried out by the church where in the name of Jesus they slaughtered
Jews and even their own in the eastern church, looting and pillaging the
people as they went. Or what of the inquisitions and gross tortures and
burnings that took place in the name of the church? And remember, Christianity
has been solely Catholic for seventy-five percent of the church period,
and all of this is added to this quickly escalating and burgeoning pile
of sins.
And let's not overlook
the indictment against Christianity for its emphasis upon, its amassing
of, and abuse of worldly wealth. How many countless souls have been
turned off to or turned away from the kingdom of God by the church's
quest for money? It is common today to find those who have either ceased
attending a church or who will not turn to the kingdom of God, because
of the many offenses from the church's appeals for and inappropriate
use of money. And this does not even address the elements of the church
that emphasize the pursuit of wealth, uniting the test of faith with one's
ability to acquire the things of this world. Truly, even as a crown of
thorns was placed upon the head of afflicted and tormented Yahshua, for
nearly 2,000 years the body of Christ church has likewise worn a thorny
crown - the thorny crown of "the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, and the desires for other things," spoken of by Yahshua (Mark
4:19).
Please do not grow
weary of this needed analysis, for there is a conclusion to be shortly
drawn from it.
During the Middle
Ages the church advanced its power so as to rule over the nations of
this world, amassing vast sums of wealth and building imposing edifices.
It sold its religious positions and offices for financial gain. A man
could become a bishop merely if he had enough money (not to speak of men
and women today who are placed on church boards because of their wealth
or prestige). Still more coins were added to the coffers by marketing the
forgiveness of sins through indulgences. And even today, Catholicism, the
Mormons, television evangelism, Charismatics, denominations, all amass
wealth for the prestige, comfort, influence, and furtherance of their organizations.
Ever since Peter,
James, and John were on the mount of transfiguration with the glorified
Yahshua and His two witnesses, and there, after coming out of their
sleep, responded to that marvelous event with the idea of a building
program (which was fearfully interrupted by the voice of God), the church
has continued to follow in and now carry out its quest to respond to the
move of God by building earthly edifices. (And might I say here that per
this account, we once again see the vivid testimony of the three-part body
of Christ sleeping, while the glorified Bride is brought forth.)
Even the world is
weary of and turned off by the gimmick money-raising attempts from
churches and Christian ministries, many of whom have full time or hired
professional staff whose sole job is to obtain money from sympathetic
people. They know all the techniques on how to get into people's pockets.
One minister boasted - "You have to learn how to get into the back pockets,
and not the front pockets." Are all ministers and churches this way? No.
But to one degree or another, they are all a shame to the kingdom of God
in the area of money.
Did I say all of
this just to bash Christianity? Far from it! But I point this out to
see Christianity for what it really is - a corrupted work of the kingdom
of heaven. Yahshua Himself forewarned that the kingdom would be entirely
corrupted. He said it would be like a field of wheat in which tares would
be sown, or a mustard tree in which the birds of the air would nest, or
three measures of meal that would be completely leavened (Matthew 13:24-33).
Clearly, this has been and is today the true state of Christianity.
Furthermore, and
this is most important and revealing, clearly Christianity is a Pentecost
work, insomuch that its roots began at Pentecost. What does this mean
and what implications does it hold for Christianity? Even as Pentecost
was the feast of leavened bread in which two loaves of leavened bread
were waved before Yahweh (Leviticus 23:17), but could never ascend up to
Him as a burnt offering (Leviticus 2:11), so we find that Christianity is
2,000 years (two loaves) of a Pentecost leavened work that cannot ascend
to Yahweh as an offering, but must remain a part of this earth. Christianity,
in keeping with its beginnings, is a leavened work. Like the three measures
of meal that were equally leavened, or corrupt mystery Babylon that was
divided into three parts, and even the three earthly minded disciples who
slept when Yahshua and the Bride representatives were glorified, Christianity
corrupts the kingdom of heaven, the church.
All the things I
have pointed out here are merely a minutely small sampling of the examples
of the leaven that has completely leavened the last 2,000 years of
Christianity. And these items listed here are only with regard to the
leaders of Christianity. How infinitesimally greater would this list/pile
be if the grievous ills of the common lay individuals were added to it,
who of course occupy the vastly greater mass of the body of Christ?
And if Christianity was given another 1,000 years, it too would be equally
leavened, even as Yahshua said all three measures (3,000 years) of meal
were leavened.
Hopefully you would
agree at this point that Christianity is indeed entirely leavened,
even as Yahshua clearly stated. But frankly, this conclusion is not
too hard to come to, even as Bercot and Halley pointed out in their own
way. However, it is the next conclusion that is the more difficult for
most, and that is the outcome or consequence to Christianity for this
corruption. Halley concluded that the whole of Christianity was "Babylon
the Great Harlot;" but during his lifetime, Halley lacked the option
that is the critical response to being in Babylon - to come out of it!
In order to come out of Christianity, or "Babylon the Great Harlot," timing
is critical, even as Daniel and the remnant of Judah were keenly aware.
Coming out of Christianity dictates that it be the right timing, and that
timing is the period in which the Bride is to come out of the body of Christ.
I believe that the mere fact that these Remnant Bride truths are now,
for the first time ever, being revealed, as well as it being time for
the return of Yahshua and the establishment of His Millennial reign,
the time for the fulfillment of this "come out of her" invitation is
indeed now!
This is why I now
have no part of Christianity. As commanded by Yahshua, I have "come
out of her," so that I do not "participate in her sins" and "receive
of her plagues; for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has
remembered her iniquities."
Furthermore, Bercot's
conclusions regarding Christianity's guilt of factionalism has far
more consequences than the mere indictment of being "warped and sinning"
and having "made a mess out of the body of Christ." As we read from his
own quote, the church is forewarned that the practice of factionalism
(as well as other sins in which the church shares guilt, including immorality,
impurity, enmities, strife, jealousy, disputes, and dissensions) dictates
the sober consequence that they will be rejected and not inherit the
kingdom of God - "I forewarn you just as I have forewarned you that those
who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Christianity
has had the kingdom for nearly 2,000 years; but the fact is, they as a
whole are entirely factious with their 22,000 denominations and sects,
and will thus lose the kingdom, their practice of factionalism being only
one justification for this just judgment.
Keep in mind here
as well that leavened Pentecost bread cannot ascend to Yahweh, and
even as we see that the gross factions of the body of Christ entirely
dictates that it not inherit the Millennial kingdom of God, so we see
that the two loaves, or 2,000 years, of Christianity cannot and will not
be "raptured" to heaven to return with Yahshua for the Millennial reign,
as they think. The mere fact of their leaven forbids this! Yahweh must instead do precisely
what He said He would do with specifically the sheep of the Shepherd,
who was struck, and that is to purify them with fire during the Millennium.
Following that familiar
verse we all know regarding striking the Shepherd and the sheep being
scattered, we next read in Zechariah 13:7-9 that two parts, or 2,000
years (two loaves), of those sheep would be cut off and die (which is
precisely what has taken place with the sheep for 2,000 years), and
the final third part of the sheep (or during the final 1,000 year Millennial
reign) would be purified by fire (which is how you stop leaven). They
will then call on Yahweh's name, and He will call them His people. Without
any question, the Shepherd and the sheep here are Yahshua and Christians,
and the fate of the sheep is not at all what Christians believe today.
While Christians
would not agree with me and would quote to me scriptures that have
to do with the atonement power of the blood of Yahshua, they fail to recognize
there is indeed corporate liability for what they do wrong! Their sins
do pile up to heaven, and the God who sees them does merit out consequences
for them, even corporate consequences. For example, Yahshua does not tritely
dismiss the sins of the churches in the opening chapters of Revelation
as being covered under His blood. Rather, He says that if they do not repent
and change, He will remove their lampstand out of its place, give them
"great tribulation" and "kill her (Jezebel's) children with pestilence;"
He will come like a thief to them if they will not wake up, and even spit
them out of His mouth! All of this was written to the church; and clearly,
as we see here, there are indeed great consequences for their ill actions
which pile up to heaven before Him, and this includes corporate consequences.
What is to be one's
response today to this corruption of the church? There have always
been people who think they can stay within a corrupt work and change
it from within, while there are a remnant who believe they must depart
from the corrupt in order to form something better. In past history, these
were the Puritans and the Separatists. The Puritans stayed in England
and never really changed the church, while the Separatists came out
from them to America and began a new land. This is precisely that which
must take place now. Yahshua aptly forewarned that you do not "put new
wine into old wineskins" (Matthew 9:17), and Christianity's 2,000 year
old wineskin cannot and will not receive the new wine of the restored
kingdom. That wine can only be placed into the new wineskin of the new
work of the Bride.
The call of Yahweh
is always to come out from among the whole. Even the word "church"
means "called out ones." While Christianity is the tithe out of mankind
whereby Christians have become the "church" out of the world, of necessity
there must be a tithe out of the tithe as well whereby the Remnant become
the "church" out of Christianity. The law of Yahweh that requires
the tithe, equally requires the "tithe of the tithe" (Numbers 18:26). Thus
once again we see that a Remnant tithe of the tithe must come out of the
tithe of Christianity - the rib Bride coming out of the body.
This coming out at
either occasion (out of the world or out of Christianity) is seen in Hebrews
13:11-14 where we are instructed to go outside the camp to Yahshua
where He suffered, that we might find a lasting city. In Exodus 33:7,
we see in like testimony that Moses pitched the tent of meeting outside
the camp, even "a good distance from the camp," where Moses and the
people sought Yahweh. But remember, both here with Moses and in the
case of Hebrews 13, the camps being addressed were not the world,
but were the people of God! Truly, as long as one stays in Christianity,
the very best one can hope to accomplish is to be a Puritan and simply relocate
within the camp. But the call is to come out of the camp in order to seek
Yahweh, to be a Moses and speak face to face with Him, and this requires
that which is declared in Revelation 18:4-5 and Hebrews 13:11-14 - to come
out from among them and not participate in their sins and receive of their
plagues. And once again, this opportunity is all a matter of timing; and
the timing is now.
And might I add here,
even as the remnant of Judah came out of Babylon as a foreshadowing testimony
of the Remnant Bride coming out of Christianity, so the sons of Israel were
a like testimony. While we see that Christianity is mystery Babylon, we are
told in Revelation 11:8 that mystery Babylon is equally mystical Egypt, and even mystical Sodom, where in each original
case a remnant was likewise called out. Thus the remnant of Judah coming
out of mystery Babylon, or the sons of Israel coming out of Egypt,
or even Lot coming out of Sodom, are all one and the same testimony -
the Remnant Bride coming out of Christianity.
Please allow me to
provide a summary of these remarkable and revealing identically concluding
testimonies.
What clearer, consistent, and more replete testimony could
there be of the Remnant coming out of Christianity? And this is only
a partial representative list! (Oh to elaborate on bride-representative
Rebekah, who came out of Nahor [meaning "piercing," or piercing the
side of the body of Christ], to be the bride of the son of Abraham, Isaac!)
And let me acknowledge
here once again that there is a great deal of good that Christianity
has done and does today, but the problem is that the good they do does
not nullify all the evil that piles up before Yahweh. And unfortunately,
even as Paul warned against in 2 Corinthians 10:12, Christians tend
to evaluate themselves by comparing themselves with each other, or even
by comparing themselves with the world, and this is not sufficient and
is a great pitfall, resulting in practicing many things they think are
good, but are in fact to Yahweh nothing more than evil. Even as Paul thus
concludes, by making these types of comparisons, "they are without understanding."
Likewise, any group,
religious or otherwise, in order to justify itself can make the same
claim of doing good. Mormons could justifiably boast more than most
other Christian groups concerning the good they do. And as far as that
goes, so could, and likewise do, atheists, or even other religions.
The Masons are set up with the primary purpose of helping others, and
could certainly boast of many good works, as well as other charities. Thus,
citing good is not justification for all the evil that likewise occurs.
Plus, Christians will be judged by a much higher standard, for to whom
much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48).
Likewise, there is
even a caution in thinking that just because someone preaches from God's word
in a church, or even prophesies or performs all kinds of miracles or casts
out demons, this too would prove Christianity's acceptability to Yahweh. Yahshua
specifically warned - "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord,
did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in
Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never
knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness'" (Matthew 7:22-23).
Or as we read in the similar, less "Charismatic" warning/parable - "Then
you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught
in our streets'; and He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are
from; depart from Me, all you evildoers'" (Luke 13:26-27).
With such a grave
warning that obviously applies to those who think they are doing
the work of Yahshua and are being taught by Him, ever so much caution
should be exercised to understand to whom He is speaking. Obviously
He is speaking to Christians, in whole or in part, and undeniably in
whole. (This is examined in a writing on The Remnant Bride web site
titled Upon What Foundation Will You Build?.)
So how can so much
"good" in the church be discounted? Because it is nullified by the
evil they do likewise! Even as good Abel, whose offering was acceptable
to Yahweh, was killed by evil Cain, both of whom were in the same house,
so the good within the house of Christianity is killed by all the evil
that has likewise occurred over the last 2,000 years. Also, even as
there was good Jonathan in the house of Saul, who rejoiced over David
and even made a covenant with him, when it was time for judgment to come
on the house of evil Saul, good Jonathan died with him. While we are
instructed to overcome evil with good, in fact the evil that Christianity
does before Yahweh overcomes the good that they do, and when the house
of Saul falls, the good will die with it.
It is most revealing
that like Christianity, Saul too began his reign on Pentecost (during
the wheat harvest); and even as men prophesied on Pentecost and were
changed into new men, so Saul likewise prophesied and was "changed into
another man;" and even as those on the day of Pentecost were accused
of drinking wine, so Saul met men carrying wine; and even as Pentecost
is the feast where the two loaves of leavened bread were waved before
Yahweh, so Saul was given two loaves of bread to confirm his reign (1
Samuel 10:1-8). In every way, starting with this graphic and telling beginning,
Saul's reign was one continuous testimony of Christianity. And even as
Saul's reign was followed by the reign of David, so the period of Christianity
will end and be followed by the reign of the Remnant Bride with Yahshua.
And even as Saul in the end killed himself, so in the end Christianity
kills itself by all of the evil that it performs. As in the words of Titus
quoted by Bercot regarding the consequence of factionalism, Christianity's
sins cause it to be "self-condemned," even self-afflicting in its own death.
I know what I just
shared concerning Saul might at first be difficult to understand, but
the similarities between him and Christianity as two like Pentecost
works are so striking, they cannot be overlooked or dismissed. Even further,
Christianity's primary teacher was equally Saul, whose name was changed
to Paul. The relationship of all of this is too evident to not bear
highly relevant meaning, especially in light of all that has thus far
been noted in this letter.
In like revealing
testimony, King Josiah was the greatest king in the history of Judah,
who turned entirely to Yahweh, and as prophesied, wholly cleansed
the land of its corruption and idols (2 Kings 23:25-27). Yet even so,
Yahweh did not repent of the wrath He planned for Judah for all the sins
they had committed in the past, the sins of Manasseh; and Josiah was killed
and Yahweh removed Judah from His sight. Thus we see that at some point,
no matter if a work as pure as a Josiah comes along and seeks to restore
the kingdom, the sins of the past are too great, have piled up too high,
to avert His plans for judgment. Such is the case with the church today.
No matter how "good" one thinks the church might be today, no matter how
great a Josiah one might think is on the scene, the sins of the past dictate
its final fate.
Thus we see in conclusion
that, as foretold in the parallel message of Daniel and Revelation,
the handwriting is on the wall for mystery Babylon Christianity. Like
ancient Babylon, Christianity has been numbered and put to an end, it
has been "weighed on the scales and found deficient," and the kingdom
has been divided and given to the Bride (Daniel 5:25-28). Beyond any shadow
of doubt, that which has been is that which will be, and mystery Babylon
Christianity's days of corruption and deception have been foreshadowed and
now lived out before our very eyes. Hindsight now reveals precisely what
Christianity was always destined to be, insomuch that the pure kingdom of
heaven was given to corrupt flesh man and inhabited by the deceiving serpent,
Satan. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil with the serpent dwelling
in it has now been fulfilled on the higher kingdom level, and its fulfillment
is Christianity. It is now time for the kingdom to be divided and given
to the Remnant Bride.
As you know, from
1971 through 1994 I was a faithful Christian, actively serving in everything
from Sunday School teacher and Education Director, to a brief time
of being a pastor and for twelve years founding and serving in a ministry
to the poor. I never rebelled against Dad or Mom, nor did I ever rebel
against society in the 60's. I never rebelled against any pastor or elders,
but always proved myself submissive in every regard. Rebellion has never
been and is not now a part of my nature. I have been, and am today, highly
respectful of all authority. And that which I am saying now is not in any
way out of a spirit of rebellion, but rather out of zeal for the house
of Yahweh that, even as it proved with Yahshua, provokes me to do something
that seems completely out of place and calls me into suspect. Yahshua
taught mercy, forgiveness, and meekness, yet zeal for His Father's house
caused Him to do something that was seemingly inconsistent with that which
He taught. Likewise, in fulfillment of that living prophecy or parable
that He demonstrated, zeal for His house today is causing Him to begin
a work that requires the seemingly "excessive" qualities characterized
by zeal. This is the zeal that causes me to do something that is seemingly
not consistent with authority (but in fact it is), nor a regard for not
causing an offense.
In June, 1994, during
the time that we were living at the ranch home that we built for
displaced women and children, the Spirit of Yahweh came upon me and
an earthquake took place in my beliefs. Things that I had never ever
even thought about anytime before, suddenly in one split moment became
crystal clear to me. I could ask Yahshua anything and He would tell me
the answer. It was incredible! I was spending endless hours in the Scriptures,
from which He showed me vast evidence that both revealed and thoroughly
supported all that He was telling me and opening my eyes to see. And
from then until this day, that revelation of sound evidence and truth
has never ceased, and has truly been a well of living water that has never
run dry!
He showed me then
that the Bride of Yahshua is a two-part work, a two-part Bride, even
a Leah and a Rachel. This is likewise the two olive trees in Zechariah
4 where they are called the two "sons of fresh oil," or the two works that
are established by the former rain and the latter rain (the fresh oil).
The testimonies concerning this two-part Remnant are absolutely endless,
and I will not even attempt to address this, for the purpose of my writing
you is simply to let you know why I am not a Christian and will not have
anything to do with Christianity.
I hope this letter
helps you in some measure to understand what has taken place in my
life and why I do what I am doing today. Again, I am not removed from
the church, but only from the body of Christ. The church has to be a two-part,
groom and bride, "split hoof" work, and I am called to take a bride out
of the side of the body of Christ. When I was born, Dad and Mom gave me
the name "Gary," and "Gary" means "sharp spear." I am simply being that
which I was named to be - a sharp spear that opens the side of the sleeping
body of Christ and brings out the Bride.
With love and appreciation
for you,
Gary
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