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Pamphlet #1052

Are you plugged into the true vine?
John - Chapter 16

If you have been plugged into the True Vine
long enough to have received nutrition from most of the other books of Bible,
then you will be able to easily see the parallels between

"then and now"

when Jesus is talking to His disciples.

In other words His teaching was not only directly to them,
but directly to you and me,
if we be His disciples.

Even the sending of the Comforter to speak in the multi-cloven tongue that needs no interpreter back then,
will be sent again in these last days to speak that which is recorded in Joel.

In John, Chapter 16, Jesus warns the disciples to be mentally and spiritually prepared for the trying times just ahead,

He is at the same time warning us to be ready for hour of temptation just ahead of us.

That's why He has taught us these things.

Here are His own words:
John 16:1 These things have I spoken unto you,
that ye should not be offended.

These things have I spoken unto you that you should not be "tripped up" or "enticed",
i.e. fall away as in the great apostasy (II Thes. 2:3).
He wanted them then, and He wants us now, to BE PREPARED.

Here's what the word "offended" means:
skandalizo, skan-dal-id'-zo, Greek 4624; ("scandalize"); from Greek 4625 (skandalon); to entrap,
i.e. trip up (figurative stumble [transitive] or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure) :- (make to) offend.

Satan is the master of scandal. (I know what that word makes you think of.)

Yes, he and his own are heavily into Politics.
He and his own are the devisors of the New World Order scandal.

And don't forget the other three hidden dynasties:

(2) Economics: he and his own are the devisors of the debt system, central bank, scandal.
(3) Education: He and his own control curriculum texts, publishing, entertainment and main stream media. Talk about scandalous! And of course
(4) Religion: He and own now sit not only in the seat of Moses, but on the boards of most major religions. They control the puppets in the pulpits. Scandal indeed!)


Here at the American Wisdom Series our goal is to make you think about and question the wisdom of the current:
doctrine of many of our Christian churches, (The Man on a White Horse)
political direction of our country, (The Man on a Red Horse)
economic direction our country has taken, (The Man on a Black Horse)
and teachings of our schools and media. (The Man on a Pale Horse)
The Four Hidden Dynasties of the New World Order Revelation 6:1-8
"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
Click #1848, & #1011 or #1012 to learn more.

[2] They shall put you out of the synagogues:
yea, the time cometh,
that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

And the time is just ahead when His disciples will be delivered up, for His name sake.

Mark 13:9 But take heed to yourselves:
for they shall deliver you up to councils;
and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten:
and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake,
for a testimony against them.

Do you realize that when the spurious messiah (Satin) shows up in the temple, performing miracles,
and claiming to the world that he is Jesus,
that many of our loved ones will believe he is in fact Jesus?

Therefore, because they love him
(though they know not who they worship)
and their families too,
they will deliver their loved ones to him,
to be saved (remember his name is death) believing that they do a good thing,
"that they doeth God service".

Mark 13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death,
and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents,
and shall cause them to be put to death.

They do these things because they don't know the True Vine.
They have been scandalized by Satan.

John 16:3 And these things will they do unto you,
because they have not known the Father, nor me.

They don't have the spirit of truth because again,
they have never been fed His nourishment,
for they are hanging on a dead vine.

[4] But these things have I told you,
that when the time shall come,
ye may remember that I told you of them.
And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,
because I was with you.

Not only would they not have understood at the beginning of His ministry,
before the miracles, etc., but He wants to tell them now,
just before He goes away.
And be sure "the time shall come" for His elect of this day,
the end times,
so remember what He has said.

[5] But now I go my way to him that sent me;
and none of you asketh me,
Whither goest thou?

[6] But because I have said these things unto you,
sorrow hath filled your heart.

They didn't get the big picture.
If they truly had known Him, as He said before, they would not have been so sorrowful,
for they would know that the "I AM" cannot be killed.
He IS Life!

[7]Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart,
I will send him unto you.

Again, it is a good thing that He goes away.
He must pay the price else there would be no Comforter.

[8] And when he is come,
he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Reprove means to convince or convict.
Notice the three parts of this verse: sin, righteousness, and judgment.
Here then are "becauses" of each conviction:

[9] Of sin, because they believe not on me;

[10] Of righteousness, because I go to my Father,
and ye see me no more;

[11] Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

The prince of this world has been judged.

He was judged in the "world that then was" (II Pet. 3) and sentenced to die (Ezek. 28).

But though he has been judged,
his death sentence isn't carried out until after the judgment of everyone else,
even after the great white throne judgment.
Meanwhile, he is the "messiah" of this world.

[12] I have yet many things to say unto you,
but ye cannot bear them now.

[13] Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.

Yes, He will pour out His Spirit on his servants and handmaidens
and they will "see visions", better translated "see the visions", i.e.

He will cause you to understand [see] the prophecies [visions],
THINGS TO COME.

It is so written in Daniel 12 that Daniel's "sealed" words would be understood in these last days,
by the wise,
those who will have the spirit poured out on them.

How does it feel?

Do you SEE?

And the time is coming when He will once again send the Comforter to speak through His elect,
as was done on that 1st Pentecost Day.

Has that happened yet.

No it has not,
for you see it was a sample of the time that the prophecy of Joel pertained to,
and that was not Pentecost Day.

It is the time of the Locust Army and the reign of Instead-of-Jesus, Satan, the false-christ.

What a time that will be.

Can you imagine it?

And since the Comforter will do all the speaking,
there's no need,
in fact DON'T worry or premeditate about you're going to say.

Mark 13:11 But when they shall lead you,
and deliver you up,
take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak,
neither do ye premeditate:
but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour,
that speak ye:
for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

Back to John and the words of Jesus concerning the Comforter.

John 16:14 He shall glorify me:
for he shall receive of mine,
and shall shew it unto you.

[15] All things that the Father hath are mine:
therefore said I,
that he shall take of mine,
and shall shew it unto you.

This is a phenomenal statement.
Remember John 3:35?

John 3:35 The Father loveth the Son,
and hath given all things into his hand.

Therefore what the Father reveals unto them,
even us,
through the Comforter,
is of Christ.

Now this next statement that Jesus makes to His disciples,
which causes a private
"what the..."
discussion amongst themselves,
and then Jesus' subsequent address to them,
has quite an element of humor in it.
(Or maybe I stand alone in how I picture this occurring,
but you know some of these disciples were "characters", like Peter.

And even in the face of the momentous events about to occur,
even in the face of His own crucifixion and death,
Jesus tried to comfort these men and even,
shall we say,
get them to lighten-up a little,
for though this is all very serious,
He wants them to see the positive aspect of it.)

When we get to verse 19,
it will document that Jesus knows exactly
"How"
He is wording what He is about to say.

In other words,
He KNOWS that this statement will "torque" these "geniuses"
and they will huddle together with all the wisdom they can "muster up"
and try to figure out what He just said.

Don't forget,
we know He was crucified and rose again and appeared unto the disciples.

They don't know all that yet.

Here'
Jesus giving a little "double-talk" to His friends:

John 16:16 A little while,
and ye shall not see me:
and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me,
because I go to the Father.

"What? Huh?"
This will confuse the disciples.
Of course they did see the miracle of the raising up of Lazarus,
who died,
and they saw him no more,
and then He came back to life,
and they saw him again.

OK, conference time!

John 16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves,
What is this that he saith unto us,
A little while, and ye shall not see me:
and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me:
and, Because I go to the Father?

[18] They said therefore,
What is this that he saith,
A little while?
we cannot tell what he saith.

You read this next verse at what ever level of sobriety you wish.

Here's how I see it:

"Now Jesus KNEW they were "just dying" to ask Him what He meant."
(You have to ask yourself why they didn't come right out and ask Him, huh?)

"Are you guys trying to figure out among yourselves what I said...?"
(Now you know He KNOWS what they are talking about,
we just read He knew they wanted to ask Him.)

So why the question?

It is a most effective way to get one's attention,
because as it is written they are now "desirous", i.e. they REALLY want to know,
and that's good,
because He wants them to pay real close attention to what He has to say!

John 16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him,
and said unto them,
Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said,
A little while, and ye shall not see me:
and again,
a little while, and ye shall see me?

Verily, verily is like saying "Truly, truly" or "Now listen carefully".

[20] Verily, verily, I say unto you,
That ye shall weep and lament,
but the world shall rejoice:
and ye shall be sorrowful,
but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

The world,
which crucified Him,
will rejoice at His death,
while the disciples will be sorrowful,
until they see Him again.

What a thrill that will be!

Hey, wait a minute!

We are in the generation of the fig tree,
the Baby Boomer generation!

That's the generation that will see His return.

What a thrill that will be!

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