Which Messiah Will You Trust?
By Mike Taylor
“I am come in my
Father's name, and
ye receive me not:
if another shall
come in his own
name, him ye will
receive” (John
5:43).
The passage where
this Scripture is
quoted in John
chapter 5, recounts
the words of Jesus
as He attempted to
persuade the people
of His day of who He
really was. All
through the gospels,
especially the
Gospel of John,
Jesus shows them
miracle after
miracle and gives
them reason after
reason to believe on
the “One whom God
hath sent.” But as
any Bible student
knows, the people
were blind and deaf
to the reality that
He was standing
right in front of
them. The people
were looking for a
warrior king, much
like their ancestor
King David, to unite
and restore the
nation of Israel to
its former glory and
remove the standing
Roman army from
their land.
Israel was
sub-servant to the
power of the Roman
Empire and their
hopes were pinned on
the Laws given to
Moses and could not
see past the rituals
that shadowed the
coming Messiah. To
them, Messiah meant
a deliverer King, a
fighting man with
near supernatural
ability to defeat
the Romans and expel
them in defeat. Who
was this carpenter’s
son that thought of
Himself so highly
that he spoke near
blasphemy in their
minds and in their
hearing?
This was not what
they envisioned.
They did not want a
poor man of lowly
means that had no
power of making war.
Here was a Man who
fit every prophecy
of a coming Messiah
to the letter,
something that the
religious
authorities and the
people had been
waiting for over 400
years and knew every
last detail of His
coming and His
family ancestry,
based on the clear
words of the Torah
and the prophets,
and they didn’t
recognize Him, nor
accept Him.
If you look back at
Scripture, to when
Jesus rose from the
grave and appeared
to the apostles and
many others, even
the men who followed
Jesus for 3.5 years
still did not
understand the
reason for the
coming of the
Messiah. As Jesus
spoke with them,
just before He
ascended to heaven,
the disciples asked
Him in Acts 1:6-7:
“Now those who had
come together began
to ask him, "Lord,
is this the time
when you will
restore the kingdom
to Israel?” He
answered them, “It
is not for you to
know what times or
periods the Father
has set by his own
authority.”
At this time, even
these men who lived,
ate, and slept near
the King of kings
while He was a Man
on earth, still did
recognize His
mission. Not yet,
but they would when
the day of Pentecost
came and would be
filled with the Holy
Spirit and the
ability to speak out
boldly of who Jesus
Christ really was,
what His mission had
been, and revelation
of what He had
accomplished; being
salvation to the Jew
first, then to the
Gentiles, as Paul
eventually took the
message to the
Gentile nations in
Asia Minor and the
world.
From that humble
beginning, the Word
of God has spread
like wildfire to
cover all the earth.
Men have died to
speak God’s Word and
the Word has
flourished over
every nation. If you
read the New
Testament, coupled
with the Old
Testament prophecies
of the coming
Messiah, the four
gospel accounts give
you everything you
need to know to make
a rational decision
that Jesus Christ is
the Messiah and the
Son of the living
God Almighty. But
why is there still
doubt and a
disbelieving world
that rejects this
core of the very
being of the
Christian heart?
Because just as God
is working full
time, over time, and
every second of the
day to win men’s
hearts to God and
justify them because
of His Son’s
sacrifice in blood,
His adversary, Satan
the devil, is
working just as hard
to deceive, to lie,
to tempt men to give
into their sinful
nature and deny the
need for a Savior.
When Thomas doubted
that Jesus had
risen, but believed
when he saw Him with
his own eyes, what
did Jesus say? Read
the surrounding
verses that come to
this one thought
about faith in John
chapter 20:29:
“Jesus saith unto
him, Thomas, because
thou hast seen me,
thou hast believed:
blessed are they
that have not seen,
and yet have
believed.”
We, who live in the
last days of the age
of grace, believe by
faith and not by
sight. We believe
because the Holy
Spirit has revealed
this truth to us in
our hearts and minds
and by faith, we
have accepted Jesus
as our Savior and
Lord of our life. In
our hearts, Jesus
reigns supreme (or
should) and we
follow Him and His
footsteps and model
His behavior while
on earth. You and I
embrace the truth
that Jesus is the
Son of God, born of
a virgin, lived and
ministered on earth
and was rejected by
His brethren, the
Jewish people. We
believe that He was
falsely accused,
beaten, and
crucified on a Roman
cross and buried in
a rich man’s
tomb…But the most
glorious of it all,
we believe that He
arose again 3 days
later and is now, as
I type, seated at
the right Hand of
Power, of Almighty
God our Father,
waiting to return to
set up a glorious
1000 year reign of
peace, finally, upon
the earth.
If you want to know
who Jesus Christ is,
and who He was while
on earth, my reader,
you can get no
better explanation
that to read the
book of John of the
four gospels
beginning the New
Testament. We do not
cling to the law, as
the law condemned
us, but Jesus has
delivered us from
the penalty of the
law and its
requirements of
sacrifice, by being
the sinless
sacrifice required
by God to forgive
each and every one
of us our sins that
we cannot help but
commit. So why did
Jesus come? To
supply a way back to
the Father in Heaven
and have His blood
cover our sins, each
and everyone who
believes by faith.
FALSE MESSIAH COMING
Down through the
last two thousand
years, there have
been many false
prophets and many
who have proclaimed
to be the long
awaited messiah the
unbelieving world
has waited for and
especially the
Jewish people, who
to this day, do not
believe in Jesus
Christ, save a few
blessed of God to
receive their
spiritual sight and
believe in their
Messiah. But by and
large, the nation of
Israel and the
Jewish people are
still in unbelief
and waiting for that
warrior king to
deliver them from
their enemies.
At this time we
could go into the
history lessons of
the dispersion of
the Jews from 70 AD
up to this modern
day era, but for
brevity sake, we
know that the nation
of Israel has been
reformed again,
against all odds in
1948, but is
besieged by enemies
from all borders of
their country who
wish nothing more
than destroy them
and push them into
the Mediterranean
Sea. There is no
peace when you speak
of Palestinians and
any words spoke of
real peace is an
utter lie. You know
it, and the wise
person who believes
his Bible, knows it
as well. The current
“peace process” that
our defacto dictator
and his lacky, the
Secretary of State,
John Kerry are on a
date with
destruction for the
nation of Israel and
furthering the aim
of the enemies of
Israel to step
closer to Israel’s
eventual destruction
(at least in their
minds). There has
been prophecy, after
prophecy concerning
the coming “lawless
one” who will make a
treaty with Israel
for 7 years.
I have seen attempt
after attempt by
past American
presidents to bring
a so-called peace
process to Israel
and their neighbors
to ultimate failure.
I read about the
current push for a
two state solution,
which on the
Palestinian side is
another attempt at
lying words to mask
their true intent
and that is to
destroy Israel and
its Jewish heritage.
This latest push
began last June to
last 9 months and to
bring to the table a
set of clear
objectives for a
permanent peace deal
seen at this J-post
link:
http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/US-official-Permanent-peace-agreement-could-be-reached-by-April-336734
The article starts
with these words:
WASHINGTON - US
Secretary of State
John Kerry hopes to
narrow differences
between Israelis and
Palestinians in
peace talks this
week that are
intended to guide
the sides toward a
deal in April, a
senior State
Department official
said on Tuesday.
Now I recall from my
Bible study that
there will be a
peace treaty that
will be signed when
the Antichrist is
revealed and I’m not
saying that this is
that peace treaty,
but the framework is
there. Remember from
your reading of
God’s Word what the
real peace treaty
will do, when Daniel
the prophet wrote in
Daniel chapter 9:27:
And he shall confirm
the covenant with
many for one week:
and in the midst of
the week he shall
cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to
cease, and for the
overspreading of
abominations he
shall make it
desolate, even until
the consummation,
and that determined
shall be poured upon
the desolate.
Now many have
postulated that
Obama is the
Antichrist and I
have not bought into
that theory
YET…..but it has
come to my attention
and I’m studying its
source by doing
online searches, and
it would do well
with each of us to
search and line-up
events that are
forming right now in
our political and
the world’s economic
woes. It is reported
that there is a
parchment found in a
clay jar, outside a
nuclear reactor
announcing the
coming of the 12th
Imam, known as
AlMahdi. From all
indications that
Mahdi and the AC
have striking
similar prophecies
associated with them
in Christianity and
well as Islam.
I don’t put any
stock in Islam’s
prophecies, but if a
section of a
particular people
believe it, then
that’s dangerous and
could lead the world
into more perilous
times. I ask that
each of you read and
search for the
following discovery
that purports to
identify who this
12th Imam is, known
as the AlMahdi. The
Ayatollahs in Iran
are in firm belief
that the man is
alive and well
today. This
discovery is known
as the Arak Codex
#190001 and it
correlates with the
long held belief
that the Muslim
world has believed
for a long time. In
this Codex, It
describes this man
who is believed to
the be the AlMahdi…I
take this quote from
PJ Media at this
link
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2014/01/05/the-return-of-the-twelfth-imam/2/
Notice the
similarities of a
president of these
United States and
the description of
the AlMahdi? But
what makes me
wonder, and should
you, are the
prophecies coming
from Muslim writings
pertaining to this
AlMahdi?
Now this could be a
ruse, and I’m fully
aware of that, as
where did this Codex
come from? Did it
come from an
archeological
discovery, or a
planted discovery?
What I have read is
that nobody outside
of the rulers of
Iran knows of its
existence, save a
few that have
examined it on pain
of death to its
revealing to the
media. But the
amazing thing is
that prior writing
of the Sahih Muslim
Book under various
book numbers and
pages, all talk
about this coming
Mahdi in the same
context and
description. I would
also be a point of
interest to
understand that when
the church is
removed, that the
dominate religion on
earth will be ISLAM.
What better way for
Satan to destroy
Israel than for the
AlMahdi and the
Anti-Christ to be
one and the same?
THE COMING MAN OF
SIN, FALSE MESSIAH
What of this coming
man of sin? The
Bible deals with
him, as quoted from
Daniel chapter 9,
and Paul spoke of
this false messiah
in 2 Thessalonians
2:3-4:
“Let no man deceive
you by any means:
for that day shall
not come, except
there come a falling
away first, and that
man of sin be
revealed, the son of
perdition; Who
opposeth and
exalteth himself
above all that is
called God, or that
is worshipped; so
that he as God
sitteth in the
temple of God,
shewing himself that
he is God.”
Jesus spoke of this
time in Jewish
history future, in
Matthew 24:15-16:
“When ye therefore
shall see the
abomination of
desolation, spoken
of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in
the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let
him understand:)
Then let them which
be in Judaea flee
into the mountains.”
OK, SOME LIBERTY
HERE
What has happened up
to this point?
Remember when I said
that the Jews were
looking for a
warrior king that
would deliver them
from their enemies
and give them the
peace and safety
they longed for, and
restore the glory of
the Kingdom of
Israel once more?
Thinking out loud
and taking Scripture
for what it says,
what if a powerful
leader of the
world’s lone
superpower with
military might that
was unsurpassed in
its ability to wage
war were to bring a
promise of peace and
safety to Israel by
making a treaty with
a framework of two
nations living
alongside one
another “in safety
and security”…Sound
familiar? It does to
me, as that is the
talking point of the
U.S. involvement in
pushing for a
so-called peace in
the Middle East for
the last 40-plus
years. It has all
been elusive, but
this latest push for
a two-state solution
is being pushed by
any means available
whether through the
use of extortion,
bribery, or threat
of economic
sanctions….not
against the
Palestinians, but
against Israel.
SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS
I had a sister just
ask me about these
coming blood moons
and those tetrads
coming on God’s Holy
Days of Passover and
Tabernacles in the
next two years and
the significance of
those events. As I
have written before
and it seems many
ministers are
picking up on it
with their own
variation, these
coming signs seen in
our heavens, based
on previous blood
moons in the past,
have dealt
with the nation of
Israel and the
Jewish race. Are the
coming frameworks
for a peace treaty
with the deadline
coming in April,
alongside the first
blood moon to be
seen right around
the Jewish Passover,
have any
significance in your
mind? Let’s take the
clues that we have
covered so far and
recap with some
suppositions:
-A push for a Peace
Treaty in Israel
scheduled for April.
-A transformation of
a Republic into
something that none
of us recognize, the
USA.
-Iranian belief that
the AlMahdi is on
the scene and alive
today and the man is
pushing for a Muslim
Caliphate to rule
the world.
-The discovery of
this Arak Codex
#190001 and its
description of the
AlMahdi.
-The long held
belief by the
Muslims of who the
Mahdi will be
written in the Sahih
Muslim books.
-Signs of the blood
moons coming to
Israel and has been
associated with
Israel in every
instance of past
Blood Moon Tetrads,
with the first sign
coming in April of
this year coinciding
with this “peace
treaty” that Kerry
and Obama are
pushing.
-The suspicions of
many people of who
this president
really is, as we
know nothing about
him, except he reads
a good teleprompter.
-Our president’s
Muslim roots that
pander to the nation
of Islam but
slanders anything
that smacks of
Christianity. Oh, he
says he’s a
Christian, but the
first law of Islam
is to lie to the
infidel until he be
subdued.
Am I saying that
Obama is the
Antichrist? Not yet,
I’m not, but if he’s
not, then he is
paving the way for
the real deal.
Everything the man
does is
Anti-American and
designed at
destroying our
Republic and he is
totally against
Israel, no matter
what he says. But
let’s just for
conjecture and
theory decide Obama
is the real deal,
based on the above
reasons. What may be
Israel’s response in
light of the opening
verse of this
message spoken by
Jesus?
I propose
that the media and
the art world have
done everything in
their power to build
an aura around this
man and christen
him, the new
messiah, in word,
print and art
renderings. Israel
has longed for a
“savior” or someone
to deliver them from
their enemies;
someone to give them
a sense of peace and
security that they
have prayed for the
last 66 years to
arrive. Would they
embrace a “false
messiah” who gives
them a false sense
of security? Is the
Pope Catholic?
They want to
believe, they are
primed for it, and
they just might
accept a deal with
the devil thinking
that this is their
long awaited
“warrior king”…to
give them what they
have desired, their
land without fear, a
new Jewish Temple of
worship on Mt.
Moriah, the Temple
Mount and a 7 year
treaty of lies that
claim peace. Israel
has been blinded to
believe their
Messiah was a
suffering servant
come to take away
their sins (as
temple sacrifices
did that, in their
mind), but a King
David, fully man
not
necessarily divine,
that would deliver
them to regain what
they had lost, the
splendor of
Solomon’s reign.
Only when
the prophecy spoken
by Jesus in Matthew
24 comes to fruition
about the
abomination of
desolation standing
in the temple
claiming to be God,
it is then that they
will know they have
made a pact with the
devil. Then this
false messiah will
attempt to destroy
everything Jewish
and the nation of
Israel will be
trampled upon.
Two choices of
either MESSIAH or
messiah:
It comes down to
this: Which one will
you follow? Will you
follow the true
Messiah, Jesus
Christ, the Son of
God, or will you
follow a charlatan
with the title of
“new messiah.” He
may be the president
of the USA, he may
not. He will be the
Antichrist, or by
implication, instead
of Christ. He will
also, most likely be
Muslim and the
embraced AlMahdi by
association, or what
he will stir up, so
they believe he is
their leader to
bring the reign of
the Caliphate come
to pass and Islam as
the universal
religion. The world
will be ripe for
deception. Carnage
will be the name of
the game, as many
people will
die…maybe even you.
This will happen
when suddenly, many
people from every
nation that have a
true Christian
population disappear
and there is no sane
explanation from
anyone left to sort
out the details of
the event. If you
have read all the
surrounding reasons
of what is happening
during the next few
years, then you will
have to decide if
the events are close
time wise and if
they are reasonable.
The false messiah
could be on your TV
screen at any given
evening speaking
lies to the
unsuspecting masses
of disbelievers.
With signs becoming
more prominent and
exploding on your
news cast, night
after night, then
any sane person
would have to
say….the Antichrist,
the Almahdi, the
lawless one, is
alive and well today
in our time.
Who do you put your
trust in? Do you
have to see with
your eyes, and hear
with your ears to
believe? Remember
what Jesus said:
“Blessed are those
who have not seen,
but believe.” How
will you find the
true Messiah? By
faith you will see
Him, feel Him, and
His Holy Spirit will
call you in a still
small voice to
repent of what you
have been doing.
Turn around and fall
into the arms of
Jesus Christ, my
Lord who wishes only
to save you and
deliver you from the
wrath to come. Call
upon His name and
with remorse and
tears, call out,
“Jesus save me.” You
know what? He will
do as you ask.
This is Pastor Mike
Taylor, praying for
you. Should you need
counseling, prayer,
or just a listening
ear, then email me
at
realteam1999@sbcglobal.net,
or visit me online
at
www.churchofgod-usa.org.
God bless you all,
until we meet at
Jesus’ feet.