Amen (ah-men), Aum (Om), Ammon
In Revelation 3:14, Jesus calls himself, “the Amen, the faithful and true witness.”
From The Global Oneness Commitment: “In Hebrew, Amen is formed of the letters A M N = 1,40,50 =91,and is thus a simile of “Jehovah Adonai”=10, 5, 6, 5 and 1,4, 50,10 =91 together; it is one form of the Hebrew word for “truth”. In common parlance Amen is said to mean ‘so be it‘.
But, in esoteric parlance Amen means ‘the concealed.’ Manetho Sebennites says the word signifies that which is hidden and we know through Hecateus and others that the Egyptians used the word to call upon their great God of Mystery, Ammon (or “Ammas, the hidden god “) to make himself conspicuous and manifest to them.
Bonomi, the famous hieroglyphist, calls his worshippers very pertinently the ‘Amenoph,’ and Mr. Bonwick quotes a writer who says: “Ammon, the hidden god, will remain for ever hidden till anthropomorphically revealed; gods who are afar off are useless”. Amen is styled ‘Lord of the new-moon festiva.’ Jehovah-Adonai is a new form of the ram-headed god Amoun or Ammon (q.v.) who was invoked by the Egyptian priests under the name of Amen.”
7: Dispensation of the Righteous Reign of Jesus Christ
Primary source for this discussion: Ankerberg Theological Research Institute
Author: Dr. Renald Flowers
“The seventh dispensation will begin after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and will end immediately before the release of Satan from the abyss and his final revolt. ” Revelation 20:1-6.
“It appears that the seventh dispensation will have three ruling factors which God will use to govern the world: the human conscience, human government, plus the righteous, theocratic rule of Christ. Since the seventh dispensation will be the final one for this present earth, it will be characterized by the final fulfillment of the promises which God made to Abraham and his descendants. Once promises are fulfilled, they cease to be promises. Thus, promise will no longer be a ruling factor in the last dispensation. In addition, although salvation from the penalty of sin will continue to be by grace throughout the seventh dispensation, grace will not function as a ruling factor. The evidence for this is the fact that, during the theocratic rule of Christ, those individuals who rebel against that righteous rule will be executed (Isaiah 11:3-4; 29:20-21), and those nations which refuse to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King and celebrate the Feast of Booths will be punished (Zechariah 14:16-19).
The most significant ruling factor during the seventh dispensation will be the righteous rule of Christ over the entire earth (Isaiah 11:1-5; Zechariah 14:9-10). * The world will have a theocratic government in which the rule of God will be administered worldwide through His representative, Jesus Christ.”
6: The Dispensation of Grace
Primary source for this discussion: Ankerberg Theological Research Institute
Author: Dr. Renald Flowers
“The sixth dispensation of God’s rule extends from the death of Jesus Christ to His Second Coming. This is the majority view concerning when the present dispensation will end. Some Dispensationalists believe that the Tribulation period will involve a separate dispensation, but the majority have held that the sixth dispensation will not terminate until Christ’s Second Coming; it should be noted that the restraint of lawlessness by the Holy Spirit will be removed as a ruling factor when it is time for the Antichrist to be revealed near the end of this dispensation (2 Thessalonians 2:7-8).” Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:50, and John 19:31 through Revelation 19:21.
“The fifth dispensation demonstrated that mankind would not obey God on the fivefold basis of the human conscience, the restraint of lawlessness by the Holy Spirit, human government, promise, and the Mosaic Law. As a result, God began a sixth dispensation by instituting His grace as a new ruling factor.
As a ruling factor for the believer, grace consists of two things: a confirmed favorable disposition toward God (the law of God in the heart, Romans 7:22; 2 Corinthians 3:3-11; Hebrews 8:8-12) and the indwelling Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).”
5: The Dispensation of Law
Primary source for this discussion: Bible Study 102
Author: Virginia Marin
“The fifth dispensation covers the period of time from Moses receiving the Law at Mount Sinai to the cross of Calvary. At the death of Christ, the Law was ended.” Exodus 19:1 through Matthew 27:56, Mark 15:41, Luke 23:49, and John 19:30.
“The five tests are trials of conscience, restraint by the Holy Spirit, human government, promise, and the Mosaic Law. As usual man will fail these tests, too. All five of them.”
“The Law was never given to the Jews, or anyone else for that matter, as a means of salvation. It is impossible for anyone to keep the Law. Moses could not keep it. Aaron could not keep it. We today cannot keep it. The only one who has ever been able to keep the Law is the Messiah Jesus Christ. Well, why did God give the Law to begin with if no one could keep it? The answer is found in Galatians 3:19 -‘The Law was given to reveal that we are sinners.’ Paul continues the thought in verse 24, ‘. . .the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.'”
4: The Dispensation of Promise
Primary source for this discussion: Bible Study 102
Author: Virginia Marin
The fourth dispensation begins after God confounded the language, while Abraham was still in Canaan, the Land of Promise, and continues until Moses receives the Law on Mount Sinai. Genesis 12 through Exodus 18.
“Conscience failed. Promise will now be tried. The idea behind promise is that if God makes a promise, it will become a guiding force or ruling factor in the lives of those to whom the promise was made.” WIIFM: What’s In It For Me? We all listen to that radio station… We are all willing to give or obey or do something we don’t want to do if something we like is reciprocated.
“There were four charges, tests, or responsibilities given to Abraham and his descendants in this dispensation. These tests were restraint by the Holy Spirit, conscience, government, and promise from God. What were the promises?
3: The Dispensation of Human Government
Primary source for this discussion: Ankerberg Theological Research Institute
Author: Dr. Renald Flowers
The third dispensation extended from the Noahic Flood to the call of Abraham. Genesis 8:20-11:32.
“Shortly after Noah and his family left the ark, God ordained capital punishment for murderers (Genesis 9:5-6).
Capital punishment requires a human government agency to investigate the murder, and then apprehend and try the murderer, and administer the sentence of execution. God commanded that the murderer’s blood be shed by mankind. Thus, when God ordained capital punishment, He thereby instituted human government as a further restraint against the lawless rebellion of mankind. In Romans 13:1-7 the Apostle Paul indicated that human governmental authority derives its existence from God, that it was ordained for the purpose of restraining evil, and that it functions as the minister of God when it administers capital punishment.
Romans 2:14-15 and 2 Thessalonians 2:7, together with other passages, indicate that they continue as ruling factors even into today’s dispensation. Thus, the third dispensation had three ruling factors which God used to administer His rule over mankind: human conscience, restraint of lawlessness by the Holy Spirit, plus human government.”
2: The Dispensation of Conscience
Primary source for this discussion: Ankerberg Theological Research Institute
Author: Dr. Renald Flowers
The second dispensation of God’s rule extended from the fall of man through the Noahic Flood. Genesis 4:1-8:19. There were two new ruling factors for the second dispensation: the human conscience and restraint of lawlessness by the Holy Spirit.
“In Genesis 4:3-7 God accepted Abel’s blood sacrifice but rejected Cain’s bloodless sacrifice. This implies that the special revelation which God gave to mankind for the second dispensation was that mankind was to approach God only by means of a blood sacrifice (cf. Hebrews 11:4). Sinful mankind, no matter how sincere, could not come to God in their own way. They could come only in the one way that God had ordained.”
In dispensational logic, we see in the future that God sacrifices his first-born son in blood, no longer requiring blood sacrifices from us; we are to understand through Jesus’ ministry that the true work we must do in bettering ourselves is within our minds and hearts. Here, as mankind, we learn to differentiate between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law; we move from being toddlers, who understand only corporal consequences (such as: hot stoves can burn, falls from bed can bruise, obedience because mom/dad says so), to adolescents, who understand the natural/spiritual consequences behind God’s (mom’s/dad’s) rules.
The Scientific Method
This introduction to “The Scientific Method” is from an unknown author at the University of Rochester:
“The scientific method is the process by which scientists, collectively and over time, endeavor to construct an accurate (that is, reliable, consistent and non-arbitrary) representation of the world.
The scientific method has four steps
- Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena.
- Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena.
- Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations.
- Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments.
If the experiments bear out the hypothesis it may come to be regarded as a theory or law of nature. If the experiments do not bear out the hypothesis, it must be rejected or modified.
It is often said in science that theories can never be proved, only disproved. There is always the possibility that a new observation or a new experiment will conflict with a long-standing theory.
The Kurosawa Cancer Protocol
Overview from Grouppe Kurosawa:
“This protocol uses both prescription and non-prescription drugs, and natural medicines. It is NOT our intention to promote ONLY the use of natural medicines or alternative medicines when many generic drugs might be more therapeutically effective. Our goal is to develop a synergistic treatment protocol for the treatment of breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, brain cancer and acute and chronic leukemias.
Some of the drugs referenced below require a prescription. Many fine, open minded physicians read this blog and the website. These blogs are written, and documented, so these physicians have a scientific rational for using these drugs in their practice. Of course, we also want to encourage individuals to read these essays if they intend to treat their own diseases. However, in order to change how medicine is practiced in America and elsewhere, we must reach out to the medical community. They are the ones who must pass the word to their colleagues about the efficacy of our treatment protocols. If you do not have an open minded physician, find one. So-called alternative physicians advertise in the telephone book in the US. If this doesn’t work, you can often get a prescription from Internet Online Pharmacies.
There are two distinct phases to our cancer/leukemia treatment protocol. In phase 1, we are attempting to directly kill the cancer cells. This is especially important if a person is burdened with a large tumor or leukemia mass. In phase 2, we will attempt to activate the immune system against the cancer. This is classic cancer immunotherapy. These phases are NOT compatible, i.e. you cannot activate the immune system and attempt to directly kill cancer cells at the same time.
Each phase is 6 weeks in length. The cycle repeats itself until the cancer or leukemia is controlled. At that point, only phase 2, the immunological phase, will be used. At least, this is what we would like to see happen.”
Creation Science vs. Evolutionary Science
- Coal: Evidence for a Young Earth” Evolutionary theory requires millions of years in the formation of coal in order to afford time for the development of living organisms whose fossils…CONTINUE
- Evidence for Creation (10 brief reasons)
The Fossil Record…Evolutionists have constructed the Geologic Column in order to illustrate the supposed progression of “primitive”…CONTINUE - The Earth’s Magnetic Field
Many people know that the earth has a magnetic field, but few are aware that this field is shrinking. This decrease has been measured over a period of 150 years…CONTINUE - Our Created Earth: Uniquely Designed for Life
Of all the lessons which the Earth continually teaches us, perhaps the most obvious…CONTINUE - Scientific Problems With Macroevolution: (Karl Popper’s definition of the scientific method )…CONTINUED
- Mammoths
The largest quantities of woolly mammoth remains are found in Arctic and sub-arctic…CONTINUED - Carbon Dating
A less-common form of the carbon atom, carbon-14, is used today by scientists…CONTINUED - Evidence for Creation
- Scientific Allusions in Scripture
The Wandering Mind 