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ISSACHAR6 Is the Beast at the Door, While the Watchmen Sleep? by Joel Richardson
While on a return visit to northern Iraq earlier this year during “Nowroz,” the Persian and Kurdish new year, I was once again overcome by the absolutely stunning beauty of Kurdistan. Each year, after a few very damp and bone chilling winter months, the rugged Kurdish mountains burst to life, covered by a sea of vibrant green...
BEREAN13 The Origin of Evil by Dr. Chuck Missler
Evil is something we understand by nature. We see Sauron or Darth Vader, and we recognize that they are evil. We understand without being told that the bad guys are those who slaughter innocent people. They are the utterly selfish - those whose greed overwhelms them. They prize power and revenge over forgiveness and mercy. We understand this instinctively, even as small children. Nobody thinks that orcs are the good guys - not even the orcs...”
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HANCES ARE, Jesus isn’t who you think He is. No matter what you may have read before about this first-century rabbi from Nazareth, there’s
a good possibility that you’ve been misinformed. In fact, maybe you’ve been wrong from the start about the most amazing man who ever walked the surface of the earth.
Many people who knew Jesus understood Him well enough to admire Him, to respect Him, and to love Him. Others were terrified of Him. Some of His own relatives said He was out of His mind. But the politically and religiously intolerant leaders of first-century Israel hated Him. So they murdered Him. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Not by a long shot.
Today, more than twenty centuries later, respected Bible scholars Dr. Chuck Missler and Dr. William Welty bring Jesus of Nazareth to you in the most unconventional way possible… by bringing Jesus of Nazareth to talk in His very own words about Himself, His purpose, His nature, and His mission.
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In this issue of the Personal Update Joel Richardson gives us a glimpse into some of the struggles people face not only in Iraq, but the whole Middle East and cautions us on prophetic presuppositions or bias.
We also launched the new Koinonia Institute forums for past and present KI members (forums.studycenter.com), and we are therefore closing our KI Facebook Group. The reason for this is that while Facebook can be useful, it has many shortcomings and often lacking when it comes to facilitating healthy discussions. Anyone and everyone could post to the group, so it attracted SPAM, Internet Trolls and posts from many who do not support, nor have an interest in our ministry. We found most posts had to be continually monitored and deleted by our group admin, and unfortunately, because such posts appeared on our KI Facebook group page (even for a short time), many misunderstood this as Koinonia Institute's endorsement of such posts.
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HANCES ARE, Jesus isn’t who you think He is. No matter what you may have read before about this first-century rabbi from Nazareth, there’s
a good possibility that you’ve been misinformed. In fact, maybe you’ve been wrong from the start about the most amazing man who ever walked the surface of the earth.
Many people who knew Jesus understood Him well enough to admire Him, to respect Him, and to love Him. Others were terrified of Him. Some of His own relatives said He was out of His mind. But the politically and religiously intolerant leaders of first-century Israel hated Him. So they murdered Him. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Not by a long shot.
Today, more than twenty centuries later, respected Bible scholars Dr. Chuck Missler and Dr. William Welty bring Jesus of Nazareth to you in the most unconventional way possible… by bringing Jesus of Nazareth to talk in His very own words about Himself, His purpose, His nature, and His mission.
Jesus of Nazareth Speaks in His Own Words about Himself, His Purpose, His Nature,
and His Mission
Dr. Chuck Missler
Dr. William Welty
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While on a return visit to northern Iraq earlier this year during “Nowroz,” the Persian and Kurdish new year, I was once again overcome by the absolutely stunning beauty of Kurdistan. Each year, after a few very damp and bone chilling winter months,
the rugged Kurdish mountains burst to life, covered by a sea of vibrant green. For about a week, families and entire villages begin flocking to the countryside to celebrate spring, enjoy picnics, to dance and to be with family and friends. Almost immediately on the heels of
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Nowroz, much of the near neon green grasses begin to intermingle with the equally vibrant reds of the poppies. Few people realize how strikingly beautiful northern Iraq can be. The majesty of the countryside however, is surpassed only by the beauty of the peoples who live there. Whether the Yezidis, the Muslim Kurds, or the Assyrian Christians, its hard to visit this place and not fall in love with the various peoples who live there. This makes it all the more painful to me when I consider the endless atrocities that have shattered countless towns, villages, churches, families, and lives throughout region over the past three years.
The first time I visited northern Iraq was in January of 2015, roughly six months after ISIS had swept across the nation. Knowing that the light of Christ shines brightest in the darkest places, we took a team to visit with a ministry that was building micro refugee camps. Each camp would house a dozen or more families. The ministry we visited would build the camps and minister to many of the displaced peoples who were then scattered throughout Kurdistan. One day, we visited with a group of Yezidi families who had escaped from Mount Sinjar during the early days of the ISIS blitzkrieg. These were excruciating days for them. In the chaos of their escape from the assault on their ancient homeland, everyone had
lost family members, neighbors, and friends. Despite fears of the worst, many held out hope that perhaps some had survived, perhaps hav ing e scaped to
BIOJoe l R i c hards on Author, Mideast Beast: T h e S c r i p t u r a l Case for an Islamic A n t i c h r i s t a n d Why We Left Islam Joel Richardson is a New York Times bestselling a u t h o r, f i l m m a k e r, and in t e rna t i ona l l y recognized teacher. Joel lives in the United States with his wife and five children. With a special love for all the peoples of the Middle East, Joel travels and teaches on the gospel, living with Biblical Hope, and the return of Jesus. He has been featured on, or written for numerous radio, television and news outlets across the world, and is the author, editor, director, or producer of eight books and documentaries.
An Iraqi flag flies from the top of the heavily damaged Church of St. Ephraim, a Syriac Orthodox church, in Mosul, Iraq, in the months after this part of Mosul was taken from ISIS. The ISIS emblem was painted on the front of the building during the ISIS occupation of Mosul.
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another part of the country. Sad to say, if they had fully known all that we know now, they would have been even more distraught. Since Sinjar mountain has been liberated, the mass graves have begun to tell the full story of what happened to tens of thousands of innocent Yezidis.
Before ISIS came, the Yezidis in Iraq numbered around 400,000. Before 2014, Christian missiologists categorized the Yezidis as completely unreached and unengaged. This is to say there were no known Christian missionaries or established church planters working among them. They had no true effective witness of Jesus and His coming Kingdom established in their midst. As the mass graves continue to be unearthed and the bodies counted, some estimates suggest that as many as one-fifth of Iraqi’s Yezidis were massacred under the exceedingly cruel hand of the ISIS Caliphate. The stories that are now being told by some survivors will take your breath away. While most of the women and young girls were taken as sex slaves, in order to save bullets, the ISIS soldiers would line up sons behind their fathers, place them on the berms of mass grave trenches and shoot them all together. Father and sons would die together in a heap at the bottom of the pits. One survivor, a young man, tells the story of having been hit by a fragmented bullet but surviving after his dead father fell on top of him. Eventually he crawled out of the ditch and escaped to tell of the atrocities. Exactly what “sin” did the Yezidis commit that would bring such unthinkable cruelty? The answer is simple: They were not Muslims.
On another trip, on September 11, 2016—the fifteen anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks—just several kilometers north of Mosul, I found myself in the small, yet ancient Christian village of Alqosh. This is believed by many to have been the home of the Hebrew Prophet Nahum who prophesied the looming judgment and fall of Nineveh, the capitol of the Assyrian Empire. Today the city of Mosul sits on top of ancient Nineveh. For three years, Mosul was the Iraqi heart of the ISIS Caliphate. Satan’s stronghold in the region. During the ISIS occupation, besides
Exactly what “sin” did the Yezidis commit that would bring such unthinkable cruelty?
The answer is simple: They were not Muslims.
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Alqosh, several other significant Assyrian Christian majority villages fell to ISIS. Today the numerous hollowed and burnt out churches testify to the suffering of the Christians throughout the region. Like the Yezidis, the Christians who escaped testify of unspeakable atrocities. Countless survivors have fled to other nations. Now, repeated reports speak of Christianity virtually disappearing from the Iraq and Syria.
In the Book of the Prophet Daniel 7:7, we read of the system of the Antichrist. It is described using the metaphor of a beast, “dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong.” After its initial assault on its enemies with its iron teeth, it continues to trample even the residual survivors. Its hard not to see this being fulfilled right now throughout the Middle East. After Muhammad died and his successors burst forth out of Arabia, they rapidly conquered the whole Middle East and North Africa. Within ten years the very heart of the ancient Christian Church was ripped out. All of the great former missionary sending capitals were conquered: Ephesus, Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria. Yet while a smaller minority of Christians managed to hang on in those cities, they have forever since been a struggling minority among their Muslim neighbors. Now the residue is even being trampled.
Vehicle traffic is seen on a street in Mosul, Iraq, in a part of the city liberated from ISIS months earlier. In the distance, smoke from ongoing battles rises into the sky near the old city, a part of Mosul yet to be liberated. May 2017.
Within ten years the very heart of the ancient
Christian Church was ripped out.
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Yet despite the gravity of what is unfolding before the eyes of the world and the global church, I genuinely don’t think that most Christians have truly put the prophetic pieces together. Before I continue, I need to make something very clear. I am a protestant, an evangelical, through and through. Yet, while I am indeed a child of the Reformation, and while I indeed reject many of the unbiblical Roman Catholic “traditions of man” that Luther and so many of the other great reformers rejected, there is one enduring legacy of the Reformation that I reject. That is to say, I simply do not believe there is any solid biblical basis to continue to cast the Roman Catholic or the Orthodox Christian churches as the fulfillment of the Antichrist beast system, or the Great Harlot. Let me repeat, I am no apologist for the Roman Catholic Church. There is however, a fairly vast difference between saying that as an evangelical Christian, I fundamentally disagree with numerous Catholic doctrines and practices, and another thing entirely to say that Roman Catholics are the collective body of “the Great Whore,” the greatest embodiment of satanic false religion that mankind will ever know. In light of all that has transpired around the world, and all that is continuing to transpire, I believe it is now long past high time that those of us who are diligently studying the words of the prophets and watching the signs of the times get past the excessive anti-Catholic polemics of the past and recognize that a beast far greater than Pope Francis and his crew has emerged. I am still mystified when a village of Chaldean Catholic Christians are decimated because of the name of Jesus, simply because they are not Muslim, and some American prophecy teachers and watchmen continue
to claim that it is the Catholics who are the real threat. Could it be that the eastern beast is now knocking at the gates of the city while far too many of the “watchmen” are either determinedly perched on the western wall looking in the wrong direction,
or are asleep entirely? Of course, time will tell, only God truly know what tomorrow holds, and thus we must all remain humble. The way things are moving however, I truly believe we may be far closer than most think. Let us all repent, for the Day of the Lord is indeed at hand.
Could it be that the “watchmen” are either looking in the wrong direction, or are asleep entirely?
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EXCERPT
Dr. Chuck Missler Founder, Koinonia House and Koinonia Institute
THE ORIGIN OF EVIL
Deliver Us From Evil
Evil is something we understand by nature. We see Sauron or Darth Vader, and we recognize that they are evil. We understand without being told that the bad guys are those who slaughter
innocent people. They are the utterly selfish - those whose greed overwhelms them. They prize power and revenge over forgiveness and mercy. We understand this instinctively, even as small children. Nobody thinks that orcs are the good guys - not even the orcs.
Of course, evil is not relegated to stories. Real life evil is trickier and hides in better clothes. It might be perpetrated by anybody. People who look pretty, who have good jobs, might be just as likely to do some horrible thing as those with ugly faces and broken cars. We understand that sociopaths are naturally dangerous. But even people who desire to do good, to be kind and loving and generous - even the best of people can do evil things on occasion. We are all capable of cruelty and selfishness, impatience and destruction.
We can scar our consciences so that evil no longer shakes us. We can call evil “good” because it’s what we want to do. Still, deep inside us, we recognize the difference between right and wrong, good and bad. If we stop to be honest about it, we know.
BIODr. Chuck Missler Founder, Koinonia H o u s e a n d Koinonia Institute After a distinguished military career and more than 30 very successful years in the corporate business environment, Chuck was led to pursue a l i f e - long endeavor of teaching the Bible on a full-time basis . He founded Koinonia House, an organization devoted to encouraging people to study the Bible. He also founded Koinonia Institute to enable people to have a Kingdom effect on the world today.
We are all capable of cruelty and selfishness,
impatience and destruction.
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Why? Why is there evil in this beautiful world? We watch the sunset over the mountains and we wonder about this. How can there be evil in a world where daisies grow wild in meadows? It doesn’t fit.
Satan
We generally avoid the topic of evil. We like telling scary stories around the campfire, but few people enjoy discussions about the reality of wickedness in our world. The subject is fraught with controversy. We can rejoice when Charles Manson is caught, but we don’t want to deal with trouble closer to home. We don’t want to admit our own rottenness, the foulness in our own hearts. Many people are afraid to talk about the source of evil. They might believe in God, but they don’t believe in Satan or Hell.
It’s vital that we do talk about evil and its origin. We must never forget that we are in a spiritual battlefield, and knowing how to protect ourselves and our families is so vital that Jesus included it in the prayer He taught His disciples. What did he teach them? “Deliver us from evil.”1 To be more precise, He said, “Deliver us from the evil one.”
Who is the evil one?
In The Far Side, cartoonist Gary Larson often portrayed Satan as a respectable sort of goblin with horns and a pitchfork, ruling over Hell. That’s the media’s favorite representation of the Devil, but it’s not accurate biblically.
The Bible tells us that Satan is an angel, and Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 11:14 that Satan can appear as an angel of light. Satan doesn’t come to us looking ugly. He’s the great deceiver, the father of lies. Jesus describes him succinctly in John 8:44, speaking to the Pharisees:
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
1 Matthew 6:9-13, esp. v.13
It’s vital that we do talk about evil and its origin.
We must never forget that we are in a spiritual
battlefield...
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truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Satan has many titles. Jesus calls him the “prince of this world” several times in John.2 Names have great meaning in the Bible, so consider this list of designations given to Satan:
• The god of this world: 2 Cor 4:4• The prince of the power of the air: Eph 2:2• The wicked one: Mat 13:19, 38; 1 Jhn 2:13-14, 3:12, 5:18• The enemy: Mat 13:39; Luk 10:19• A murderer: Jhn 8:44• The father of lies: Jhn 8:44• The tempter: Mat 4:3• An adversary like a roaring lion: 1 Pet 5:8• The great dragon: Rev 12:9• The serpent: Gen 3:1; Rev 12:9, 20:2• Beelzebub: Mat 12:27; Luk 11:18
Satan came to Eve in the garden and convinced her that she couldn’t trust God the Creator. Satan doesn’t appear to us ugly and scary.3 Instead, he offers to us everything we think we want. It’s only when he’s got his claws in us that we realize what a horrible mistake we made in letting him open our window.
Who is Satan? What can he actually do, and what are his limitations? Where did he come from, and most important, how do we protect ourselves from his desire to destroy us? These are the questions we seek to answer.
Evil in our World
As Genesis 3 opens, we find Adam and Eve living in the Garden of Eden, a pristine paradise where God had deemed everything “good.”
2 John 12:31, 14:30, 16:113 Ezekiel 28: 12-17
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In Genesis 2:20, Adam named all the creatures. God brought each one to him, and we understand from Genesis 9:2-3 that the animals did not fear humans before the Flood. Adam and Eve lived in harmony with the natural world. It was only after the Flood that God gave Noah and his sons the freedom to eat meat - and the fear of man subsequently, where he is called into the instincts of the animals.
Adam and Eve lived in a beautiful garden, and they walked and talked freely with the LORD their Creator. Then came the day the serpent entered their lives:
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:1
Here we find Satan at the very beginning of humanity, where he is called merely, “the serpent.” We know from Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 that this “old serpent” is indeed Satan, the dragon.
The word for serpent is - נחש - nachash - “the shining one.” The same root is the basis for the word נחש - nechash - “brass.” Thus, we find a play on words in Numbers 21:9 when Moses creates a brazen serpent on a pole. He makes נחש nachash נחשת nĕchosheth - a serpent of brass. It was called Nehushtan by Hezekiah, who had it destroyed in 2 Kings 18:4 because the Israelites had started to worship it.
The same root letters can mean “enchantment” or “enchanter” and so we find the serpent here to beguile Eve. He appears in the Garden and begins speaking with Eve, who is neither frightened by him nor surprised to find an animal talking to her. Eve has no experience with deception or fear or evil. She only knows good company and good food, warm days and cool nights.
The serpent approaches Eve, and the very first thing he does is to draw Eve’s attention to the forbidden thing.
He’s already setting her up. Of all the trees in the garden, only one had been prohibited to her and Adam. Satan immediately gets Eve to put
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her attention on this one tree, ignoring the wide array of beautiful trees and delicious fruits freely available to satisfy her:
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:2-3
In Genesis 2:16-17, God had warned Adam against this single tree. He hadn’t mentioned touching the tree’s fruit, but He made clear that Adam would die if he ate that particular fruit. Eve was created a few verses later, so we assume she had heard the commandment from the mouth of her husband.
Satan then makes his bold move: he teaches Eve to doubt God’s word:
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:4-5
Here Satan calls into question God’s character and works to persuade Eve that God cannot be trusted. First, he calls God a liar by saying, “Ye shall not surely die.” Next, he offers an alternate explanation for the commandment: God has been holding out on her and Adam. Satan mixes truth with a lie here, because it is true that the tree will give them knowledge of good and evil, but it’s not what Eve thinks. Satan insinuates that God doesn’t want what is best for them and is keeping her and Adam from greater knowledge. That’s the lie Satan tells Eve, and she falls for it.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:6
Satan mixes truth with a lie...
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Eve is deceived. Adam gives in. Both die spiritually that day, and they began to die physically.
If Adam and Eve had been able to look through time and see the rolling avalanche of destruction and suffering caused by that little rock kicked over the mountain, they’d have certainly never touched the fruit of the tree. They would have run and hid their faces in the folds of God’s robe. They had no concept of evil - no understanding. They only had knowledge of God’s goodness, and they allowed themselves to believe Satan’s lie over the righteousness of their Creator.
We are in the same position today. We also choose - every day - whether we will trust God’s character. We decide whether we will trust Him to love us, to be faithful to us, to have our best interests in His heart. When things don’t go our way and we don’t get the things we desire, we can either reject God or we can trust in His goodness. We can forcefully take the things we want, or we can choose to thank Him for His faithful love and wait for His wisdom and guidance.
Genesis 5:5 tells us that Adam lived to be 930 years old. He lived into the lifetime of Lamech, the father of Noah, which means he was able to see some of the long-term consequences of his disobedience. Adam and Eve grieved over the death of their son Abel at the hand of their son Cain, and watched their descendants grow increasingly wicked and violent. It’s easy to imagine the anguish in the hearts of Adam and Eve as they saw the once-perfect creation deteriorate. Certainly, a multitude of days passed by in which they wished they had never gained the knowledge of evil.
Of course, there were immediate consequences of their sin. Here in Genesis 3, they suddenly realize that they are naked:
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden
We also choose - every day - whether we will trust God’s character.
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in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself
Genesis 3:7-10
Adam and Eve have lost their innocence and feel the embarrassment of exposure. They immediately seek to make themselves clothing. Then they hide, because they feel something new. They feel shame.
I suspect that an enormous change took place at the moment Adam and Eve disobeyed God. There are indications that Eden was not simply a location on the planet Earth, but that our first mother and father had access to the additional dimensions that we consider the spiritual realm. After all, they walked with God in the Garden. We learn in Revelation that the Tree of Life still exists in Heaven.4 We no longer find it here on earth, and mighty cherubim were sent to guard it.5 It may be Adam and Eve lost access to those additional dimensions, they lost the clothing of the glory that surrounded them, and they realized they were naked. This is just a conjecture on my part, but we do recognize something important; the world we experience today is wholly unlike the one Adam and Eve knew on the Sixth Day of Creation.
And He said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:11-13
Adam and Eve both know they have done wrong, but their first response is to start pointing fingers. Adam tries to pass the blame to both God
4 Revelation 2:7; 22:25 Genesis 3:24
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and Eve. “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me-” Eve, in turn, places blame on the serpent who deceived her.
And so, Satan has succeeded in corrupting the human race from the very beginning.
A variety of verses throughout the Bible confirm our understanding that the serpent is indeed Satan himself. Jesus calls the Devil “a murderer from the beginning” and “the father of liars” in John 8:44. John clears away any possible confusion in Revelation, clarifying that the dragon is “that old serpent” known as both Satan and the Devil.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12:9
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Revelation 20:2
Here in Genesis 3, God gives us the first hint of Satan’s future destruction:
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Genesis 3:14-15
This famous prophecy about the seed of the woman gives us hope for the Messiah even here at the very beginning of the Bible, immediately after sin enters the world - and death through sin. Satan will strike at His heel, but He will crush Satan’s head.6
6 Revelation 12:12 tells us that the Devil’s wrath will be great toward the end because he knows his time is limited.
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In the meanwhile, life will become much more difficult for both the woman and her husband:
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:16-21
They have succeeded in obtaining the knowledge of good and evil. Congratulations, they will now have to deal with evil in their new world. The woman will now face great pain in her bearing of children. Her relationship with her husband will change as well; she will want him, but he will rule over her. That wasn’t God’s original plan. His plan was one of equality: God had made the woman from the rib of Adam as his partner and helpmate. As a result of sin, she will have to face his domination, but she won’t want to leave him.
The man is held to the greatest responsibility. God had given Adam the one commandment directly, and he chose to follow his wife’s offer over the word of their Creator. He was created to be in harmony with nature; he will now have to battle it to produce his crops. He will have to work hard to make food grow from the ground, fighting thorns and thistles until he dies and returns to the ground from which he was made.
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Their new situation has been pronounced; pain, hard work, and death. Yet even here, God demonstrates His own purposes and plans. They attempted to clothe their naked bodies with leaves - which might only last a day or two. God takes the situation in hand and makes clothing for them from skins. Right here at the beginning, God gives us a picture; He will cover our nakedness and our shame, and He will do it through the sacrifice of an innocent.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 3:22-24
Eve was curious about the fruit from the forbidden tree. She wanted greater knowledge. She and Adam now both know good and evil, and they can no longer be allowed to access the Tree of Life. They are expelled from the beautiful garden and sent into the world to work for their livelihood.
These things answer the question, “How did evil enter our world?” However, they don’t explain the source of the evil itself. Clearly, evil already existed by the time Adam and Eve walked into the picture. It existed in the heart of the serpent who sought to corrupt God’s new creation.
This excerpt is from Dr. Chuck Missler’s new book The Origin of Evil. Available in as Paperback and eBook formats from https://resources.khouse.org.
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This raises the whole issue of the origin of evil. And why hasnt God simply wiped him"and sin"out completely? It is also disturbing to recognize that Satan tempted Jesus by offering him the kingdom, power and the glory in the temptations recorded in Luke 5 How could Satan lay a legitimate claim to these?
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Dr. Chuck MisslerFounder of Koinonia House & Koinonia Institute
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Bob CornukeBiblical Archaeology Investigator
Bob Cornuke is a Biblical investigator, international explorer and author of nine books. He has participated in over 60 expeditions around the world searching for lost locations described in the Bible. Bob has appeared on National Geographic Channel, CBS, NBC’s Dateline, Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ABC, History Channel and Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Bob was the President of the Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration (BASE) Institute and is now Lead Research Specialist at Koinonia House. He also serves as special advisor for the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools and was invited by the President’s staff to conduct a Bible study for White House personnel. Bob has earned a Masters of Arts Biblical Studies and a Ph.D. in Bible and Theology from Louisiana Baptist University.
October 26-28, 2017 Featured Speakers
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William FedererPresident of Amerisearch, Host of American Minute
William J. Federer is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage. Bill’s AMERICAN MINUTE radio feature is broadcast daily across America and by the Internet. His Faith in History television airs on the TCT Network on stations across America and via DirectTV. A former U.S. Congressional Candidate, Bill has appeared on: CSPAN, FOX, Hannity & Colmes, O’Reilly Factor, NPR, MSNBC, and ABC-Time Warner affiliates to name a few. www.americanminute.com
Skip HeitzigSenior Pastor, Calvary Albuquerque
Skip studied under Chuck Smith at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California, until 1981. In 1982, Skip began a home Bible study, which eventually grew into Calvary Albuquerque. In 1988 and 1989, Calvary Albuquerque was considered the fastest growing church in America. Today, Calvary Albuquerque ministers to over 15,000 people every weekend. Calvary Albuquerque has been instrumental in planting other churches, including several in Arizona, Colorado, and other parts of New Mexico. Skip holds a BA, MA, Doctor of Divinity, and a PhD in Philosophy, Biblical and Theological Studies from Trinity Southwest University. He has been awarded a doctor honoris causa from GFA Biblical Seminary. He currently serves on several boards of directors, including Samaritan’s Purse. Skip reaches out to thousands across the nation and throughout the world through his multimedia ministry, which includes a TV broadcast and nationwide half-hour radio program, The Connection. Some of his recent books include The Daily God Book, Church? Who Needs It, and How to Study the Bible and Enjoy It (revised). He has also published over two dozen booklets in the Lifestyle series, covering aspects of Christian living.
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Joel RichardsonAuthor, Mideast Beast: The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist and Why We Left Islam
Joel Richardson is a New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and internationally recognized teacher. Joel lives in the United States with his wife and five children. With a special love for all the peoples of the Middle East, Joel travels and teaches on the gospel, living with Biblical Hope, and the return of Jesus. He has been featured on, or written for numerous radio, television and news outlets across the world, and is the author, editor, director, or producer of eight books and documentaries. More info.: www.joelstrumpet.com
Joseph FarahWorldNetDaily
Joseph Farah is founder, editor and CEO of WND and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators News Service. He is the author or co-author of 13 books, including his latest, The Tea Party Manifesto, and his classic, Taking America Back, now in its third edition and 14th printing. Farah is the former editor of the legendary Sacramento Union and other major-market dailies. More info.: www.wnd.com
Jay SeegertCreation Education Center
Jay Seegert is an author and international speaker. He holds degrees in both Physics and Engineering Technology and is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Creation Education Center. Although he gives many talks regarding the creation vs. evolution controversy, the primary focus is always the inspiration and ultimate authority of Scripture. He has been speaking over 30 years and has given over 1,800 lectures to a wide-range of audiences. Jay also serves on the Board of Directors for Logos Research Associates and is a Representative Speaker for Ratio Christi. More info.: www.cecwisc.org
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Spike PsarrisCreation Astronomy
Spike Psarris has a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and has done graduate work in Physics. For a number of years, he was an engineer in the U.S. military space program. He went into the U.S. military space program as an atheist and committed evolutionist, and came out of it as a young-earth creationist and Christian. He is now a Consultant, which enables him to spend more time with his family, home schooling his sons, and doing Creation ministry. More info.: www.creationastronomy.com
David McAlvanyAuthor, Intentional Families: Reverse Engineering Your Family Legacy from Finish to Start
David McAlvany is CEO of McAlvany Financial Companies, with an extensive background not only in finance, but also in third world development and business start-ups. He is a featured speaker on national television programs including CNBC, Fox News, Fox Business News, and Bloomberg, as well as radio programs and financial seminars. David is an avid reader and a new author, with his first book being released this summer. He has a keen passion for cycling and mountaineering, but also thoroughly enjoys skiing, hiking, and enjoying the mountains of Colorado with his wife and children. David can be heard weekly on his market commentary with world leaders, bankers, economists, and renowned investors at mcalvany.com.
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Tim RemingtonSenior Pastor, The Altar
In 1984, Tim became a Pastor in Loma Linda, California. Tim and his wife Cindy also ran a coffee house called “Supreme Bean Coffee House” for years and served the streets of San Bernardino. It was there they became interested in street ministry and the people that are typically ignored; those who have problems with drugs, alcohol, and perversion. In 1985 they began taking people into their home to help them. That has since grown into their Mentor Home Ministry and Good Samaritan Rehabilitation. The street ministry days, from San Bernardino to L.A., taught Tim more about drugs and alcohol than all the education he ever had. Since that time he received his degree in counseling. To Tim however, the degree is much less meaningful than actually leading an addict to Jesus. Now his life consists of Victim Offender Mediation, Family Mediation, and Drug and Alcohol Counseling. He is an executive member of the Community Christian Coalition, and Director of Good Samaritan Rehabilitation drug and alcohol residential facilities.
Dr. William WeltyExecutive Director, The ISV Foundation
William Welty is Executive Director of the ISV Foundation, producers of the Holy Bible: International Standard Version. He is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School of Deerfield, Illinois and holds a Ph.D. from Louisiana Baptist University. Dr. Welty also serves as Research Analyst in Advanced Communication Technologies and Adjunct Professor of Middle Eastern Studies on the faculty of Koinonia Institute. He and Chuck co-authored the book, I, Jesus: an Autobiography. William has been on the Board of Directors of Koinonia House since 2009. More info.: www.williamwelty.com
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Chris CorlettDeputy Provost and member of the Koinonia Institute Advisory Board.
Chris Corlett is a long-time KI member who serves in several volunteer capacities. Among his activities, Chris is the Academic Advisor to the Koinonia Institute Advisory Board. He relies on his journey and perspective as both a KI member and as an experienced educator to advise the KIAB on reliable teaching strategies and techniques as well as emerging technologies and research. Throughout his professional career, he has balanced the advice found in Jeremiah 6:16 (“consider the old paths”) with that found in Matthew 9:17 (“don’t put new wine in old wineskins.”)
Ron MatsenPresident of Koinonia House and Koinonia Institute
With over 40 years in the pastoral ministry, Ron has taught verse-by verse through the Bible many times, hosted a live two-hour TV programme broadcast across Europe for more than two years, and taught extensively on the subjects of evangelism, leadership, and end-times topics. Although Ron and his wife are native Californians, they moved to England in 1992 and in 2011 immigrated to New Zealand where they now partner with Dr. Chuck Missler at the ministry base, The River Lodge. Ron is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Koinonia House and Koinonia Institute.
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Leadership for the End TimesRon Matsen
Leadership for the End Times” serves as the NEXT STEP in equipping ourselves with the tools and insights we need to be a guiding light to a world coping in the Last Days darkness of chaos and deceit. This follows the wonderful success of the “Weathering the Coming Storm”
Church in the End TimesDr. Chuck Missler
What are Christians called to do during these turbulent times? How can you make a difference in your family, among your friends, and within your community? This follows the wonderful success of the “Weathering the Coming Storm”
Weathering the Coming StormDr. Chuck Missler & Ron Matsen
Soul Survival – Keeping your “lamp full” during the hard times ahead. Join Dr. Chuck Missler and Ron Matsen in the Executive Briefing Room ofThe River Lodge, New Zealand, in an intensive summary outlining what liesahead and how we can prepare for the coming storm.
The Next HolocaustDr. Chuck Missler
Jesus warns the dwellers in Judea that when they see the "Abomination of Desolation" - a desecrating idol installed in the Holy of Holies of the Temple - to flee to the mountains. In this study, Chuck explores some of the less familiar prophecies of the End Times, the Tribulation, and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
The Spiritual GiftsDr. Chuck Missler
The apostle Paul told the Corinthian Christians, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.”Sadly, today many people are confused about the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
Death of DiscernmentRon Matsen
Of all the end-time themes discussed in the Bible—such as global disasters (Mat 24), the rise of the global super-state, the identity of the Antichrist, the mark of the beast, and the Magog invasion (Ezek 38-39)—“deception and apostasy in the church” is listed more times than any other end-time “sign of the times.”
Entire Bible on MP3Dr. Chuck Missler
‘The Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed and the New Testament is the Old Testament concealed.’ Now available in a single package—the entire Bible on MP3 PC DVD-ROM. This comprehensive verse-by-verse collection will provide hours of uplifting and transforming discoveries and insights.
Return of the NephilimDr. Chuck Missler
This subject has not gone away. On the contrary, much new evidence has surfaced with global implications. Chuck explores the Biblical relevance and disturbing agenda of the apparent extraterrestrial life forms that have been forcing themselves into our global consciousness and reveals their most disturbing agenda.
Angels, Volume I: The Angelic RealmDr. Chuck Missler
For thousands of years most of us have either had or still hold to misconceptions, myths, legends, or traditions about angels and our own reality. In this study we will deal with these fascinating entities.
Angels, Volume II: The Invisible WarDr. Chuck Missler
Volume two of a two part series, this DVD deals with these and many of the questions you may have such as:What is Hell, Hades and Gehenna?How do Demons differ from Angels and what's their limitations and agenda?What is Satan's origin, agenda and destiny?What is the Age of Hybrids?
Angels, Volume III: The Denizens of the MetacosmDr. Chuck Missler
Volume 3 explores the contradictory behavior of UFOs and other demonic deceptions characteristic of the End Times. Explore these topics in more detail in this two-hour briefing, Angels Vol 3: The Denizens of the Metacosm.
GolgothaBob Cornuke
Maybe it’s time you learned the truth about the true location of where Christ was crucified. Golgotha makes a captivating case that Jesus didn’t die where tradition tells us he did.
The Feasts of IsraelDr. Chuck Missler
We live in a skeptical environment, where even the very existence of truth is questioned. Lately, the Bible - and even the Lord Jesus himself - has been under attack.
Critical ThinkingChris Corlett
How do we separate reliable information from unreliable information?How does the quantum of proof differ in the court of public opinion from the court of competent jurisdiction?How does the Bible sharpen our discernment?
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Colossians (8 sessions) CD034 29.95 CDC21 44.95 DVD74 44.95
I & II Thessalonians (8 sessions) CD032 29.95 CDC24 44.95 DVD83 44.95
I & II Timothy/Titus/Philemon (8 sessions) CD014 29.95 CDC13 44.95 DVD51 44.95
Hebrews (16 sessions) CD016 39.95 CDC11 69.95 DVD54 69.95
James (8 sessions) * Now as DVD * CD013 29.95 CDC07 44.95 DVD168 44.95
I & II Peter (8 sessions) CD024 29.95 CDC18 44.95 DVD64 44.95
I, II, & III John (8 sessions) CD029 29.95 CDC22 44.95 DVD78 44.95
Jude (8 sessions) * Now as DVD * CD010 29.95 CDC08 44.95 DVD169 44.95
Revelation (24 sessions) CD005 44.95 CDC03 89.95 DVD26 89.95
Minor Prophets Set on MP3 CD-ROM CD054 99.95
Entire Old Testament on MP3 CD-ROM CDOTEST 499.00
Entire New Testament on MP3 CD-ROM CDNTEST 399.00
Entire Bible on MP3 PC DVD-ROM DVDMP3BIBLE 550.00
Comprehensive Study Workbooks # Price Qty Total
Cosmic Codes Comprehensive Workbook BK124 14.95
Hermeneutics 101 Workbook (How we Got/How to Study Bible) BK136 14.95
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours Comprehensive Workbook BK123 14.95
Prophecy 101 Comprehensive Workbook BK122 14.95
Genesis Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK120 14.95
Numbers Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK144 14.95
Proverbs Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK137 14.95
Daniel Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK127 14.95
Prophets to the N. Kingdom Comprehensive Workbook BK167 14.95
Prophets to the S. Kingdom Comprehensive Workbook BK168 14.95
Prophets to the Gentiles Comprehensive Workbook BK169 14.95
Matthew Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK143 14.95
Mark Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK183 14.95
Luke Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK177 14.95
John Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK182 14.95
Acts Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK178 14.95
Revelation Commentary Comprehensive Workbook BK131 14.95
Bundles # Price Qty Total
Ancient Texts Bundle: (DVDs) Ancient Texts, How We Got Our Bible * NEW * BUNDLE015 44.95
Finding Truth Bundle: (DVDs) Jude Commentary, What is Truth? Critical Thinking * NEW * BUNDLE014 69.65
The Four Horsemen Paperback Bundle (White, Red, Black and Livid books) BUNDLE003 19.95
Genesis Study Set (DVD, Notes, Workbook) BUNDLE011 100.00
Mary Bundle: (DVD, Paperback book) BUNDLE013 29.95
Revelation Study Set (DVD, Notes, Workbook) BUNDLE012 100.00
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours # Price Qty Total
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours DVD set (24 hrs.) - Chuck Missler (Incl. Free Video Download) DVD25 89.95
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours Book BK107 19.99
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours on Audio CD - 24 CDs + CD-ROM CDA10 89.95
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours CD-ROM CD105 44.95
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours Study set (DVD, Handbook, Workbook, Free Video Download) BUNDLE004 100.00
Books # Price Qty Total
America’s God and Country - William J. Federer * NEW * BK216 20.00
Alien Encounters - Chuck Missler & Mark Eastman BK056 16.95
Angels: Volume 1 - Cosmic Warfare - Chuck Missler * NEW * BK217 5.95
Angels: Volume 2 - Messengers from the Metacosm - Chuck Missler * NEW * BK219 5.95
Behold a White Horse - Chuck Missler BK195 5.95
Behold a Red Horse - Chuck Missler BK196 5.95
Behold a Black Horse - Chuck Missler BK197 5.95
Behold a Livid Horse - Chuck Missler BK198 5.95
Beyond Coincidence - Chuck Missler BK205 5.95
Beyond Newton - Chuck Missler BK207 5.95
Beyond Perception - Chuck Missler BK206 5.95
Beyond Time and Space - Chuck Missler BK204 5.95
Cosmic Codes - Chuck Missler: Revised & Expanded! BK119 19.95
The Christmas Story - Chuck Missler BK199 5.95
Daniel's 70 Weeks - Chuck Missler BK194 5.95
The Feasts of Israel - Chuck Missler BK209 5.95
Footprints of the Messiah - Chuck Missler BK210 5.95
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Books Continued. # Price Qty Total
Fulcrum of the Entire Universe * NEW * BK218 5.95
Hidden Treasures - Chuck Missler BK100 5.95
How We Got Our Bible - Chuck Missler BK203 5.95
I, Jesus: an Autobiography (Hardcover) - Chuck Missler & William Welty, Ph.D. BK188 19.95
Israel and the Church - Chuck Missler BK214 5.95
The Kingdom, Power & Glory - Chuck & Nancy Missler BK150 18.95
Mary: Ten Test Questions for the World's Finest Woman - Dr. William Welty BK208 14.95
The Origin of Evil - Chuck Missler * NEW * BK220 5.95
Prophecy 20/20 - Chuck Missler BK139 13.99
The NOW Prophecies - Bill Salus BK213 15.95
The Rapture - Chuck Missler BK193 5.95
The Romance of Redemption - Chuck Missler BK202 5.95
Spiritual Gifts - Chuck Missler BK215 5.95
The Trinity - Chuck Missler BK200 5.95
Robert Cornuke Book Price Qty DVD Price Qty
Golgotha - Searching for the True Location of Christ’s Crucifixion * NEW * (DVD approx. 2 hrs)
BK212 14.95 DVD175 19.95
In Search of the Lost Shipwreck of Paul (Hardcover) BK211 22.00
Mountain of Fire - The Search for the True Mount Sinai - (Approx. 1 hr) DVD171 14.95
On the Trail of Discovery - (Approx. 2 hrs) DVD163 19.95
Search for the Ark of the Covenant - (Approx. 1 hr) DVD172 14.95
Search for the Lost Shipwreck of Paul - (Approx. 1 hr) DVD173 14.95
Search for Noah's Ark - (Approx. 1 hr) DVD174 14.95
Temple BK191 12.00
The King’s High Way Series - by Nancy Missler Book Price Qty DVD Price Qty
Against the Tide: Getting Beyond Ourselves -- Book BK105 5.95
Be Ye Transformed BK020 14.95 DVD16 49.95
Be Ye Transformed Leader's Guide -- Notebook BK023 19.95
Faith in the Night Seasons BK087 13.95 DVD17 49.95
Faith in the Night Seasons Leaders Guide -- Notebook BK095 19.95
Hope Against Hope -- Book BK189 18.95
Never Give Up! -- Book BK129 6.95
Private Worship: The Key to Joy -- Book BK114 10.95
Re-Igniting the Passion - DVD (4 hours) DVD39 34.95
Reflections of His Image: God's Purpose for Your Life -- Book BK140 12.95
The Choice: Hypocrisy or Real Christianity? -- Book BK102 6.95
The Key: How to Let Go and Let God -- Book BK098 6.95
The Kingdom, Power & Glory BK150 18.95 DVD57 59.95
The Kingdom, Power & Glory Leader's Guide -- Notebook BK155 19.95
The Way of Agape BK016 17.95 DVD10 49.95
The Way of Agape Leader's Guide -- Notebook BK019 19.95
Tomorrow May Be Too Late -- Book BK118 6.95
Why Should I Be The First to Change -- Book (Introductory) BK015 6.95
Conferences # Price Qty Total
Strategic Perspectives 2016 DVD Set KIDVD30 60.00
Strategic Perspectives 2016 Audio CD Set KICDA12 60.00
Strategic Perspectives 2015 DVD Set KIDVD29 60.00
Strategic Perspectives 2015 Audio CD Set KICDA11 60.00
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