JOE OLSON - Executive Director of Hope for Health Intl. - Retired

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Jeremiah 27:18 “But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the...
01/04/2026

Jeremiah 27:18 “But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.”

Jesus is telling these so-called prophets in Jerusalem, to pray that the sanctuary tools and implements will not go to Babylon! Of course Jesus has already decided what would happen, and He told Jeremiah to let the people know of their punishment. These false prophets and messengers have no power, to stop God’s plan to save His people!

They can’t make Nebuchadnezzar leave behind the vessels of the sanctuary, and not carry them to Babylon. These prophets are weak and worthless. Jesus wants the people to see their lack of preventing anything!

When God decrees what will happen, it will work out exactly as He has foretold. His children need to understand this reality! These liars can say and pray and insist all they want, but nothing will happen, unless God allows it.

When the people of God see the vessels going to Babylon, they will finally understand that Jeremiah knew the truth, and that these false prophets and teachers and preachers, were all liars! Then Jeremiah will be vindicated and the people will know who was telling them the truth. All those liars will be exposed.

But none of this had to happen if they would have only listened and obeyed! When the prophet told them to repent and cleanse their hearts and minds from sin, God would have been able to bless them! But they loved their sins and selfishness and would not give them up! It had to get bad enough to let those pet sins go.

This has always been the case in this world. We will only avoid sin when those sins take away our freedoms and happiness! Jesus has been saying this from the very beginning. But his prophets were being ignored or denied or hated!

The people wanted to hear smooth words, and comfortable words so that they could keep their sins, and God would take them home anyway! And those false prophets and speakers are more than willing to lie to them.

So Jesus tells them to prove their power or their promises! If they are so wise and know how to keep the vessels from going to Babylon, show us! And as usual, they are found out to be deceitful from the very beginning. They had no power at all. So the people will finally see that they were lying to them! But in order for them to get this, all of the sanctuary’s vessels had to be taken in front of their very eyes!

We cannot imagine this kind of devastation and destruction. Their sanctuary was the pride of the people! It was so huge and magnificent and God lived there! Nothing could ever happen to this glorious edifice, or so they thought. And the liars were insisting that this could never happen! But Jeremiah said different. Who was telling the truth?

Would the vessels stay or be taken? Would these false professors be telling the people the truth, or were they lying? Jesus will let the people see the truth, all by themselves. Jeremiah doesn’t have to say anything, just let things play out.

So the people wait and watch:

Jeremiah 27:18 “But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.”

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:17 “Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”Je...
01/03/2026

Jeremiah 27:17 “Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”

Jesus does what He always does—quietly and gently expresses His love by warning and foretelling their futures!

This is what is going to happen to you if you choose this path. You are going to die and your city will be laid waste. Don’t rebel and don’t ignore my words of light and truth! If you reject them and listen to liars, you will suffer.

No loud pronouncements or further sufferings. Just light and love, quietly urging them to not die. No further denunciations or extra railing upon their disobedience or sins.

These words of God from Jeremiah seems almost like they are getting weaker or meeker or and less insistent. Like God knew that it was almost pointless.

Now these words of warning were not even for them anymore. It was for the ones who read these words and compare them to the Jew’s history. The Jew’s future has now been decided. They have chosen to listen to the wrong speakers. Their sins and selfish desire and ways, have created their terrible outcome. There was no more need to cry out and show them their sins anymore. Amen? The future has been created by each choice and rejection. Now the rest that God through Jeremiah says, is for us!

We are to see and recognize that whatever God tells us to do or not to do, through His prophets, is truth! To ignore or reject those words is to die and to lose everything.

We too hear plenty of liars, who insist that we can keep going our own ways and eat our coveted food and watch our desired shows, and we will live anyway! Not according to the words of God, here in Jeremiah.

Every time we are being rejected or ignored or marginalized, we tend to get quieter and less insistent and adamant. Like Jesus, we finally let them have their ways. Why would they die knowing what path they should trod on? Finally you back off, and gently respond by simply confirming their futures. You will die, you will lose, you will suffer. Why will you pick that loss?

You can almost perceive this sad and broken-hearted anguish, knowing what awaits them. Amen? There is no point in talking anymore. They are lost and they have chosen it. All you can do now is hope someone else will observe and learn, and make a better choice!

At this time, Jeremiah, and Daniel and his friends, were the only ones who choose the correct path. Out of an entire nation, five people.

As we get closer and closer to the end, what do we think the percentage will be? Will their be more people choosing God and His way and words, or less? We are to read this history that God has preserved for us, and prepare ourselves for the truth! Don’t be surprised when almost everyone of the Seventh-day Adventist church does not make the right decisions!

Jesus is preparing us so we won’t be devastated by the overwhelming numbers who refuse to follow Him! All we can do is to question this insanity:

Jeremiah 27:17 “Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:16 “Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the word...
01/02/2026

Jeremiah 27:16 “Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.”

Jesus gently revealed to His people, that they were not coming back from Babylon for a long time!

There were all sorts of false prophets and teachers, who were telling them lies and false promises, to make the people feel like they would be okay soon. That they would overcome Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon’s armies, and bring the sanctuary’s gold and silver vessels to continue to offer sacrifices in the holy sanctuary!

Basically, these liars were telling the people what they wanted to hear. And the people were listening to them, instead of God’s true prophet. This has never changed in the world.

If you don’t like the words of God, go to someone who tells us words, that we do like. We gravitate to those who tell us what we want to hear, amen? And if there are those who tell the truth, we avoid them!

Jeremiah was telling the people, that they have to change their sins and life and plans. That was too inconvenient and too negative. So they ignored Jeremiah and wanted to hear someone else.

And the devil has plenty of false teachers and preachers. They will tell you whatever you want to hear! Even while things are going bad and working out exactly like God’s true prophet told them it would.

The sanctuary vessels were now in Babylon! Nebuchadnezzar won the war and the Jew’s lost everything! In other words, Jeremiah was telling the truth the whole time. And he told them, that God said it will be 70 years until these vessels and the people will come home. The people did not like that timeline.

It reminds us when God told the people that it would be 40 years until they entered the promised land. They didn’t like that timeline so they decided to go fight by themselves. Of course, they were defeated. Because they were not fighting the people in the promised land. They were fighting against God Himself!

We are to read these words and understand the futility of not following God and His words. Don’t fight, submit! Don’t listen to liars, listen to the truth! Don’t expect any other outcome, but the ones Jesus told us through His prophet! Figure this out and have a much better life for yourself.

Don’t want to pay attention, because you like your sins, or food, or shows, or sports, or politics? 40 years, or 70 years is a very long time!

Maybe if we accept God’s words and follow them, we will have a more exalted and comfortable life, like Daniel and his three friends? They were listening to God’s true prophet and humbly acquiesced. And as a result they were exalted by God, in Babylon of all places! Amen? Seems like a much better choice to me!

Don’t listen to the ones who tell you the opposite of what you are reading in God’s word, and the words of His true prophet! They are all lying to you:

Jeremiah 27:16 “Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.”

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:15 “For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out...
01/01/2026

Jeremiah 27:15 “For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.”

Jesus told His people to not listen to these lying prophets and messengers and teachers. And our new study verse explains why. Their plan is to let God’s children die!

This has always been Satan’s goal for all of God’s children. Amen? Jesus protects His children, and won’t give Satan open access to do what he wants. The devil can only tempt, lie and suggest. If we will listen to him, then Jesus lets us do what we want. If we choose to sin, Jesus cannot be in our presence.

Remember when Jesus was talking to His people at Mount Sinai? It was too much for them, and they begged God to speak to Moses, and Moses could talk to them. They felt if God continued to talk to them, they would die! Exodus 20:18,19 “And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

What was Moses’ response? Exodus 20:20 “And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”

Don’t be afraid, God is come to you! God wants to be in our presence, amen? This is His plan and desire! When He comes to us, He will “prove” or test, or try us, to see if we can exist in His presence! Pay attention here!

Do you want to go to heaven? Jesus lives in heaven, amen? In order to go to heaven, we have to be tested, or “proved.” If we can’t handle His presence, we can’t go to heaven. Doesn’t this make sense? What would be the point, of bringing people up to heaven who could not, or would not, want to be in the presence of God?

And why would we feel like this? We are told, “That ye sin not.” Sin causes this fear. Remember Adam and Eve? Why did they hide from God? Genesis 3:10 “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

Adam disobeyed the words of God to not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And all of a sudden, he was afraid! In other words, he knew he disobeyed! And that knowledge made him to want to get away from Jesus!

This is so simple, yet so important, for us to understand. Sin, or disobedience, causes us to avoid God! If you want to be in heaven, where God lives, you have to remove sin in your life! How many sins? Any of them! Just one bite of one fruit. Amen? Diet is a biggie! And this is the one temptation that Satan loves so much. Of course he can use pride, and power, and fame, etc. But food? Oh that works so well for almost all of us! All it takes is just one bite!

Satan doesn’t have to get us to sin a lot, or be a prodigal. He knows that one bite will make us afraid of God! So Jesus has to drive us away from Him, because we will die! He knows this and the people knew it too!

Adam was afraid, the Jews were afraid, and any sinner will be afraid too! So Satan has only one single plan. Lie to us, so we will disobey God!

If we listen, and then disobey our God, Jesus has to drive us away from Him. It won’t take too much, because we would be ready to hide anyway! This is the plan of Satan. Read it, learn it, expect it! If anybody tells you that sin, any sin, is okay. That Jesus will take you to heaven, while you keep sinning. They are lying to you! Especially if it has anything to do with food and diet! Amen?

Jeremiah 27:15 “For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.”

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:14 “Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the...
12/31/2025

Jeremiah 27:14 “Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.“

Now we are beginning to understand why the Jews and other nations are unwilling to humble themselves and obey Nebuchadnezzar. False prophets and teachers and preachers are lying to them! They are saying that the people do not need to heed or hear the words of God, through His true prophet and messengers!

It is the same old story, from Satan. God tells His people, or even His angels, to obey His words so they can live! Satan tells everybody "to not worry about God’s words. He is just trying to ruin your life, and stop you from enjoying yourself. You can do whatever you want, and still have a wonderful and fulfilling life! If you want to obey God, you will have to humble yourself and deny what you want. But if you want to follow your own plans and ideas for your life, then just listen to me!"

Unfortunately, Satan does not look like an evil angel, or even a heavenly one. He uses other men, who look like humans, and can even sounds more kind and wise. They will point out how many times you have gotten away with your sins and selfishness, and still you are okay! See? No need to worry. They will use the large armies and strong embattlements and a rich treasury.

Look how many other nations are against Nebuchadnezzar! He can’t fight against all of us! The problem is that the fight is not against Nebuchadnezzar. It is against God Almighty! It is not Nebuchadnezzar’s words or threats. They are God’s promises! And God never breaks His word, or His promises!

So the issue here is not Nebuchadnezzar, or even God. It is us! We listen, to whomever we want to listen to. Satan can only win if we listen to him! But to listen to God means to deny self! To humbly acquiesce, and obey God’s plan for our lives, is to quit doing what we wan, and do what He wants. And self is a terrible foe!

Self wants, what self wants. Amen? And to deny self is a much harder fight than battling Nebuchadnezzar! We are more willing to let him die, than to kill self!

But Jesus is explaining that if you deny self, or kill your own plans and ideas, means it to live! Just humble yourself, and let Nebuchadnezzar rule! If you do that, you can live in your own comfortable home, and on your own land. But to do that, you have to deal with self! You have to say to self, “you will not get what you want now.” However, if you give in to self and fight against God’s words and will, you will die!

Why will ye die? The answer is, because I don’t want to kill self, or deny self! Even if self is willing to kill God, so self can keep living!

We are back to the same opportunities, from the very beginning. Listen to God, or listen to Satan. Listen to God’s true prophets and messengers, or Satan’s messengers and false prophets. One messenger says to deny self, and obey God. The other messenger says to let self have its way, and disobey God. Of course that plan, will result in your death!

Why will ye die? Because we do not want to deny self! Even though, that means death! Not much of an option to me. I plan on listening to Gods word through His true prophet. Even If it means denying self!

The devil always lies. Jesus is helping us to not listen to that liar:

Jeremiah 27:14 “Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.“

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:13 “Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD ha...
12/30/2025

Jeremiah 27:13 “Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?”

Jesus points out the truth, that everyone has to understand. It was not not Nebuchadnezzar or his army being the enemy. The “enemy” that the Jews and surrounding nations were dealing with or fighting against, was God Himself! Nebuchadnezzar was simply His servant, and Jesus pointed that out specifically.

To fight the Babylonians, would be to fight God. In other words, they could not possibly win! You can’t fight the weather, or plagues, or God’s will. Yet sin causes people to lose their minds. They can’t think or reason.

Even when they are told Who the enemy is! They still cannot comprehend the light. Amen? The ones who get it, and decide to obey God, understand Who is in charge. The others continue to fight and suffer and die.

And Jesus asks them, “why do you want to die?” He is not asking this, because He doesn’t know the answer. Amen? He is using this question, to help the people recognize their insanity, or their sinfulness. Once they admit that they want their sins, they can at least figure out their problems! Ohh… my suffering and death is because of my sins!

Once you know the problem, then you can work on it. Get rid of sin, get rid of your problems! Obeying God’s words, improves your life!

The Jews looked at Daniel and his three friends and thought they were “lucky.” No they weren’t, they were obedient! They listened to God’s prophet and decided to acquiesce to God’s will. To deny self, and choose to obey God’s words, makes you a vessel God can use!

It started with a compliance or a willingness to obey God’s plan for their lives. It continued, by desiring to continue God’s meal plan for them too. And it culminated, in being blessed and promoted and preparing for heaven! Meanwhile of course, the devil did not back off. Amen? The fiery furnace, the lion’s den, etc. But because they had “purposed” in their hearts, to obey their God, even in dietary commandments, they were successful!

Not lucky, blessed. Not dead, alive. Not sick, healthy. And not disobedient, but faithful to the words coming from God’s prophet!

They were the only ones, that were signally elevated by Nebuchadnezzar. Why? Because Nebuchadnezzar, was God’s servant! In other words, Nebuchadnezzar did not elevate Daniel and his buddies. God did! Amen?

God told the king of the Jews and the people, and the rest of the nations, to obey His servant, Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel did, his friends did, and they lived. The others would not. Why?

Ask yourself this question, in your own life. Why would I not obey the words from God’s prophet? To disobey is to die.

Jesus wants all of us to ask ourselves this same question:

Jeremiah 27:13 “Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?”

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:12 “I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the ...
12/29/2025

Jeremiah 27:12 “I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.”

While Jeremiah sent all these yokes and halters to the kings and kingdoms surrounding Jerusalem and Israel, he made a special plea and warning to Zedekiah, the king of Judah too!

Jesus was trying to save everyone, and make them as comfortable and and things as less painful as He could. If only they would listen, and learn and submit! Amen? Each warning and plea and command, was used to save them and bring them back to Him, so they could live!

Once anybody, whoever they are or whatever place they live, would understand this truth, they would always have a better life and positive outcome.

The Creator is striving to help us live! All of His rules and regulations, have been designed to improve, heal, protect and support our lives. These rules are not just for the Jews, or the Christians, or the Seventh-day Adventists.

These laws are for humanity, and even the heavenly inhabitants! These are the ways to live, and not suffer and die. Read them, learn them, apply them in our lives, and we will be much happier and holier and healthier!

The Jews were specifically chosen to learn these rules and live them, so the rest of the world could figure this out and improve their own lives. Of course, they refused to follow, so Jesus had to use someone else, who would keep His commandments and testimonies!

Here comes the Christians in Antioch. The devil goes after them to make sure they would not obey either! Now we have the Seventh-day Adventists!

Satan always goes after the ones who will listen and learn and live, so they would be God’s witnesses and workers. And he has done a great job, telling us to not follow all of God’s commandments and His testimonies. Amen? But Jesus brings new prophets and new messengers or new people who will listen, to try and get His world to come back to him! So Satan will attack them too. The devil has to get rid of anybody who will tell the truth!

He has to quiet them, remove them, or marginalize them. No matter, those efforts makes God’s true followers to come closer to Jesus as a result! Each one that gets closer, is filling up Jesus’ numbers! Once His number is fulfilled, He is ready to come. And when He does that, we will live forever and ever! Hallelujah!

To submit and to deny self and to obey our Leader, will cause us to live. Same for the Jews, same for the surrounding nations, and same for each one of us!

Jesus’s message has never changed:

Jeremiah 27:12 “I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.”

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:11 “But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I...
12/28/2025

Jeremiah 27:11 “But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.”

Jesus does all He can to make everybody’s life as easy and comfortable as possible. Yet, with all of His blessings and benefits and protections, the people were getting more and more selfish and sinful. Both the Jews and the “Ites” were doing the exact same thing. Not listening, not learning, and not letting God lead them! They all were getting more selfish and self-centered, and were refusing to be controlled by anyone, especially Jesus.

So Jesus created this plan to help them recognize that they are not their own, and they need a guiding and directing hand. Jesus is there, willing to provide exactly what they need! But they think they are on their own and can handle life themselves. Jesus has to remind them, that this is not the case.

All of us are to read this experience and learn from their mistakes! We are told that we are sheep. Amen? Sheep need a Shepherd. We are unable to figure out where to go or how to eat or when to go home. And for most of us, we hate this concept! We bristle at the truth that we need help! We can do it ourselves, amen? We don’t “need” anybody!

Really? From the very beginning, God knew we have needed help: Genesis 2:18 “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”

We have been created, to have someone help us! Understand this reality and you will be much better off in life. We are not our own! We did not make ourselves, and we cannot sustain ourselves. We have needed help right from the beginning! Amen?

The devil consistently whispers to us, that we do not need anybody controlling us! No one can tell us what to do! This had gotten so bad, that Jesus had to intervene. They all needed to grasp the truth that they must accept that they can be led and ruled, and must humble themselves and obey!

Enter Nebuchadnezzar! Jesus uses him, to teach everybody a lesson. If they will learn and submit, they will live, and live their lives in their own homes. If not, they will die. If they continue to rebel and refuse to be led by anybody, there is no point in letting them live.

If they will allow Nebuchadnezzar to rule, Jesus can work with them! If they are wiling to be led and taught and trained, God can finally bring them to the point, of having Him control them. Pay close attention to this teaching moment here! All of us need to understand this reality!

We all need help as to how to live and eat and work. Don’t want to, and insist on doing it on your own? Start learning how to pronounce Nebuchadnezzar! We are lambs! Luke 10:3 “Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.”

Not only are we lambs, but there are wolves around us! We need help! Figure it out! Submit to this reality, and you can live, and live in comfort and peace. To deny this means to suffer and die:

Jeremiah 27:11 “But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.”

~Joey Olson

Jeremiah 27:10 “For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and...
12/27/2025

Jeremiah 27:10 “For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.”

This is the plan for Satan and his minions. Pay attention to this light, Jesus is revealing to all of us!

The devil wants to make us lose our home and land, that Jesus wants to give to us! And when we leave Him and His home for us, we will die! All of God’s holy angels and prophets and messengers and teachers and preachers who love Him and His word, are trying to help us go to our home that Jesus has prepared! All of Satan’s workers and evil angels are doing their best to prevent this from happening. Everything in this world, surrounds this truth.

Jesus trying to save, Satan trying to kill. When you understand this truth, you will begin to understand why things happen in our lives! Life, death, problems, sickness, joy, peace, anger and frustration.

Depending upon which side you choose, you deal with one side’s blessings or curses, or the other. The hard thing for us to comprehend, is that sometimes the ‘good” side brings pain and suffering, to help save us. And the other side might bring us joy and peace, to make sure we will die!

So Jesus gives us His words and the Holy Spirit, to help us determine which is what. Without the Holy Spirit, the Bible is nothing but meaningless stories and contradictions. People read it without asking God to help them to understand His words, and they are clueless. Humanity will never understand Divinity! Darkness will never comprehend the light!

The disciples could not understand what Jesus was doing: Matthew 13:10-15 “And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”

Jesus is revealing the truth, if we would hear it! All of His words, or parables, are written in secret code! So only the ones who really want to understand, and come to Him for help, will get it! Everybody else, will think it is gobbledygook and contradictions!

Jesus said it was “given” to His disciples to understand and be saved. Why for them and not the rest? Because they chose Him and wanted to listen to Him, and wanted to be with Him! The rest just wanted food or eternal life only.

Do you want eternity or holiness? Do you want to understand the truth so you won’t die? Or do you want understanding so you won’t sin? There is a radical difference here, if you can see it. This is why so many people on this planet, and in our own church, do not comprehend the light! Even within our own family members, or neighborhoods. Some get it but most don’t. And Jesus explains why.

Jesus always tells us the truth. Satan always tells lies. We get to listen to whom we want to hear. Adam and Eve did, Cain and Abel did, the Antediluvians did, etc.

Heaven is sinless and holy. If you like your sins and self, heaven is not for you. It is not “given” to you. Sin makes you “wax gross,” meaning thickened or calloused. You don’t understand, because you don’t want to!

Even when the plain words of Jesus are given to us. We still don’t get it, because we want to sin! We want to hear that we can keep sinning and still live eternally! But that is a lie. If you believe it, you will die:

Jeremiah 27:10 “For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.”

~Joey Olson

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