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Fellowship: Great Apostasy

Maranatha Ministries

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  1. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the fellowship today. I

  2. am outside. And I'm very upset that I never realized

  3. before this summer that I could do this, that I

  4. could just bring my laptop outside and get on my

  5. phone and trudge and do a fellowship from outside. So

  6. this is great. I love it. But anyway, welcome to

  7. the fellowship. If you've never been here before, everybody is welcome.

  8. Everybody's encouraged to be born again. And I caught a

  9. lot of flack yesterday. I did a fellowship and had

  10. a scurry of bad responses to that because I was

  11. really harsh. Whereas before, I said I wasn't going to

  12. do that anymore. I said that I was making a change,

  13. but that was... And let me clarify. The reason why

  14. I did that is because individuals think that without supporting

  15. the ministry and hating my guts, and more importantly, hating God,

  16. being an enemy of God, they could still have their

  17. questions answered about their curiosities about arithmetic. So these particular

  18. people wanted to know, about this coming... I just got

  19. to say it. A lot of people worked up because

  20. this 9-11 is the Feast of Trumpets and these people,

  21. they have themselves as thoroughly convinced that the sky is

  22. blue and water is wet and that this is somehow important. So,

  23. they knew to ask me certain questions that only I

  24. could answer, such as, would the divine ratio or pi

  25. be associated with the triggering of a pre-trib rapture? Okay?

  26. So anyway, that's why I had a harsh response, because

  27. they were, they were going to listen. Okay? To get

  28. their answer. And of course they were very upset. When

  29. I didn't give them the whole answer. They were very

  30. upset that I didn't give them. Every instance. And I

  31. only gave them one example. Because there's more examples. Than

  32. just the Alev Tav. Being the 401. Ratio for Pi.

  33. With 1260. It's in there many times. It's in there

  34. hundreds of times. Without the use of. Of the Aleph Tav.

  35. As the 401 for the integer. But anyway. So I'm

  36. sorry about that. So. That's the only reason why I

  37. had that.

  38. Well.

  39. I mean. I preached the fire out of them. They

  40. don't like that. They don't like to be told they

  41. can't sin. They don't like that at all. So. Just

  42. take note. That's not going to be a. Tonight's not

  43. going to be a continuation of that. Let me get

  44. something to drink before this gets out of control. So anyway,

  45. tonight we're going to talk about the Great Apostasy, but

  46. because this is a fellowship, we may not talk about

  47. the Great Apostasy. That's just what direction we might go

  48. unless the Spirit leads us elsewhere. So, does anybody have

  49. any questions or comments or anything they want to talk about? Anybody? No?

  50. Let me ask a question myself. Tammy, are you hearing

  51. the wind as I walk back and forth? Because I

  52. do have a slight breeze here. Is that causing a

  53. problem with the audio? Sorry, no. I'm kind of busy

  54. with David right now, so I don't hear a problem.

  55. I hear the wind, but it's not a problem. Okay.

  56. All right. Thank you. Thank you. All right, sorry for

  57. that incursion there when you're dealing with David. If anybody

  58. doesn't know, Tammy needs lots of prayer for her family.

  59. She's got things going on everywhere, and they just happen

  60. to be going on all over the planet. So she

  61. certainly needs prayer if you all can afford the time.

  62. So the great apostasy. You're probably expecting me to cover

  63. it a certain way. And that's probably not going to happen.

  64. Because it has been perpetuated on the children of God.

  65. It's been perpetuated on Israel. Those of us who are

  66. born again in Jesus Christ. Through the baptism of the

  67. Holy Spirit. It has been perpetuated upon us that the

  68. great apostasy is external. It's not an apostasy. It's persecution.

  69. This is absolutely not the case. Now many of you

  70. don't have the linguistic aptitude to deal with the Greek

  71. and understand its very, very, very complicated language. I would

  72. say in my estimation that according to Greek what the

  73. Bible was written is, is the most complicated language. You

  74. can literally say exactly what you mean in Greek. So

  75. I understand many of you can't don't have the time

  76. or the resources to come to grips with with the

  77. complexity of that language because it is not your native tongue.

  78. But I'm here to tell you, the great apostasy comes

  79. from inside the church. It comes from inside, not outside.

  80. Persecution comes from the lost. Persecution comes from those who

  81. do not believe. That's where persecution comes from. The apostasy

  82. comes from inside. the church and unfortunately Jesus Christ come

  83. right out and told you that but you have been

  84. misled in one of the most important aspects of your

  85. physical mental and spiritual reality you have been indoctrinated into

  86. believing that that the church is a building. It's not.

  87. In Greek, it's assembly. In Greek, the church, that Greek word,

  88. is ecclesia. That ecclesia means a gathering together of people.

  89. That's the church. So you can just imagine, those of

  90. you that have the wherewithal to understand it, This was

  91. a way to erode the foundation of the Christian psyche.

  92. It was the perfect plan. This plan was devised by academia.

  93. Specifically by theologians. This was the perfect thing to do

  94. so that now, here today, in this final generation, If

  95. you go up to anybody of any denomination of any

  96. of the seven branches of clericus, and let me define that.

  97. If you want more information about that, go to YouTube

  98. and look in my playlist and you'll see it. Clericus

  99. is the seven different branches of Christianity. That's what it is.

  100. This is common knowledge. If you go to any of

  101. those branches... and you ask one of God's children what

  102. a church is, they'll tell you it's a place, a building,

  103. where you go to worship God. No, it's not. No,

  104. it's actually the exact opposite. It is a person in

  105. who God's Spirit dwells. That's what a church is. Now

  106. what I just said, it probably took you by surprise,

  107. but it struck a chord in you, didn't it? It

  108. rang true with you, didn't it? So we're going to

  109. talk about the simple fact that the first thing that

  110. has to happen is not anything to do with us.

  111. Nothing to do with us. Of course, most of you

  112. believe now, all depending on which side of the fence

  113. you're on, because unfortunately there is a fence. I mean,

  114. when it comes to Christianity today, everybody's either dispensationalist or

  115. they're preterist. I mean, this is literally a fence down

  116. the middle of Christianity. They have both on both sides

  117. of the fence. Completely misled... Everybody... About what's coming... How

  118. it's going to come... When it's going to come... And...

  119. When you're so confused... And don't even realize that... It is...

  120. It is physically impossible... For someone... Who... Is a Muslim...

  121. To be in the great apostasy... It's a little hard

  122. for me to relate to you the truth. But a

  123. Muslim cannot apostatize he never believed in Christ. The apostasy

  124. comes from people who believe in Christ, but they do

  125. not follow him. This type of individual is specifically mentioned

  126. in the most important chapter that you should memorize according

  127. to Bible prophecy. I've been mentioning it here for the

  128. past two years. Before then, I did not mention it

  129. very often. But for you, the person that has been

  130. born again, that find yourself in one of these buildings

  131. every Sunday morning, it is imperative that you memorize but

  132. one chapter, and that's Hebrews chapter 10. That explains to

    Hebrews 10 chapter mention

  133. you what you're doing. It explains to you what you're

  134. waiting on. It explains to you what you're waiting for.

  135. But more importantly, in the latter verses, Of this chapter.

  136. It explains to you emphatically. Where the great apostasy. Is

  137. going to come from. And. Once you. Are able to

  138. come to grips. With that. Generally speaking. I have come to. Learn.

  139. This upsets people. And they all say the same thing.

  140. Well I've read that a hundred times. And I. I

  141. just didn't see it. Really. You can give me. A full. Rundown.

  142. Of eternal security. But you've. You've never actually. Processed. Hebrews

    Hebrews 10 chapter mention

  143. chapter 10. You've never processed it. You've just read it

  144. like it was a little golden book. Now. I've had

  145. this said to me from academics. They had been so

  146. indoctrinated with this garbage from seminary that they had never

  147. literally independently studied the Bible for themselves. They had went

  148. through high school with the intention of going to seminary

  149. to be a preacher. the entire time not thinking that

  150. they actually were smart enough or had the resources to

  151. study the Hebrew and the Greek for themselves. So they

  152. waited until they got to college and they only learned

  153. what their professors taught them. What I'm getting ready to read,

  154. you need to understand. This tells you who it is

  155. that tramples... the Son of God. I took you by surprise,

  156. didn't I? Yes, it comes out and tells you who

  157. it is that tramples the name of Jesus. Surprisingly enough,

  158. just like you, they couldn't tell me the answer. Well,

  159. surely you know. So someone who worships an idol I

  160. don't know. I literally don't know. You literally don't know.

  161. We're going to pick it up here in verse 26. Okay?

  162. Need to be perfectly clear with everybody. If you have

  163. not been born again, this is going to upset you.

  164. And I do not want you to sin against me. Okay?

  165. So I'm going to talk about things that's going to

  166. upset you. So if you've not been baptized in the

  167. Holy Spirit, please just go listen to something else. Or

  168. go watch some other video. I have no desire to

  169. do something that will provoke you to send me curse

  170. words and messages. You're sinning against me. I have not

  171. done anything to you. I would literally give you the

  172. shirt off my back. I mean, I would literally give

  173. you all the money in my pocket if it was

  174. the last money I had. And as a matter of fact,

  175. I have done this before. So, there's no reason for

  176. you to call me curse words, get mad, you know,

  177. Get so upset that you throw your phone and break

  178. your phone. You're not going to like what this says.

  179. But it's going to tell you that if you're doing

  180. these things, you're trampling Jesus Christ. And it tells you

  181. that God is going to have his recompense upon you.

  182. So this isn't my fault and I'm not here to

  183. preach to you anymore. I'm just not. So, you probably

  184. ought to leave if you haven't been born again. But

  185. I'm not going to say anything that's my opinion. This

  186. is straightforward. And I'm sorry if you didn't know this

  187. was here. And I'm sorry if you've written a dissertation

  188. to get your degree on eternal security. I'm sorry about that. Anyway,

  189. please don't attack me. Please don't sin. Because I've shared

  190. with you God's word. Now let me say something. I've

  191. also been receiving messages that that that other people are

  192. coming on saying that they are sharing a word from God.

  193. That's not what Maranatha Ministries does. You're never going to

  194. hear me say that. Unless God actually gives me a

  195. message to give to you. I never do that. This

  196. is what I'm doing. This is what I've always done.

  197. It's what I always will do. I'm going to share

  198. with you God's Word. So don't get upset that I

  199. said that. Somebody caught me saying that the other day

  200. and they thought that I was saying Well, you said

  201. you were sharing a word. No, don't lie. Surely as

  202. the Lord my God is my own witness. No, I've

  203. never said that. I share with you God's word, not

  204. a word. God is not given Matthew Miller this. No, no, no, no, no.

  205. Be rest assured. The book of Hebrews has been in

  206. the Bible. It's been in the canon the whole time.

  207. So the I'm just sharing to you God's word. This

  208. is what he said to everybody. He hasn't said it

  209. to me. He said it to everybody. So, from the

  210. New King James Version. Hebrews chapter 10, starting in verse 26.

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  211. For if we sin willfully after we have received knowledge...

  212. Of the truth. There no longer remains. A sacrifice for sins.

  213. But a certain. Fearful. Expectation. of judgment and fiery indignation

  214. which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who rejected Moses' law

  215. dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  216. How much worse punishment Do you suppose will he who

  217. will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son

  218. of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by

  219. which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the

  220. Spirit of grace? Why do I got a feeling you

  221. didn't understand what it just said? This is not talking

  222. about a Muslim. It's not talking about a Buddhist. It's

  223. talking about someone who practices sin willfully. Having been a believer. Okay,

  224. let's finish the thought. If this is the case, what's

  225. going to happen? Verse 30. For we know him who said,

  226. vengeance is mine. I will repay, says the Lord. And again,

  227. the Lord will judge his people. I'm going to say

  228. this again. I'm sorry if you were under the impression

  229. you've been misled that the great apostasy comes from outside

  230. the church. No, that's a lie. Verse 31. It is

  231. a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the

  232. living God. But recall the formal days in which after

  233. you were illuminated... you endured great struggle with sufferings. Now,

  234. from this point, I'm going to cease. It's said that

  235. if you continue to willfully sin after having been illuminated

  236. in the knowledge of the truth of the Son of

  237. the Living God, you continue to willfully sin, you are

  238. trampling his son. Now it goes on to describe what

  239. should have happened to you once you were illuminated with

  240. this truth. For immediately, the whole world would have become

  241. opposed to you. It goes on to say that from

  242. this point forward, society and its machinations would never work

  243. in your favor. You would never be able to ascend

  244. the corporate ladder. But I'm not going to discuss those things.

  245. I'm just driving home the simple fact it was very

  246. clear that it was those who had been illuminated with

  247. the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ that continued to

  248. willfully sin, it is they and they alone, not Muslims,

  249. not Buddhists, okay? It is they and they alone who

  250. have trampled the Son of God. And God is going

  251. to get in your face about it. And I need

  252. to be very forthright with you He is so mad

  253. that he's going to tell death to flee from you,

  254. and then he's going to put you in an uninhabitable environment.

  255. That's what he's going to do. So, Those of us

  256. that's been born again, I really feel sorry for you

  257. that I'm not there with you because most of the

  258. time when people that have been born again that are

  259. a part of these buildings, sometimes they get sick to

  260. their stomach. There's been times where I had to Call

  261. a break in the class. So that being said. You

  262. need to understand. What all they've done to you. These

  263. church goers. They were never Christians. That went to these seminaries.

  264. And have taken over. The denominations. They're not Christians. You

  265. need to know that. You need to know if they're

  266. teaching you. That you can continue sinning. And enter the

  267. kingdom of heaven. It's because they are not a Christian.

  268. And they're telling you. trample the Son of God. There's

  269. no such thing as once saved, always saved. There's no

  270. such thing. I'm going to read this again. And the

  271. reason why I'm going to read it again is so

  272. that those of you that's been born again, you begin

  273. to understand this. These people that you're going to church with,

  274. they're going to make a martyr out of you. They're

  275. going to make a martyr out of you. This is coming.

  276. And I must prepare you for the great apostasy. And

  277. Jesus Christ told you where they were going to turn

  278. you into. Jesus Christ gave that word for the building.

  279. That word in the Bible is not church. Church is

  280. not in the Bible. The word that the Bible uses

  281. for the building is synagogue. Did you know that? The

  282. name that the Bible uses for the building is synagogue.

  283. That usually takes people by surprise. And sometimes they have

  284. a hard time reckoning in their minds what's being talked

  285. about in the scriptures But Jesus Christ did warn you

  286. that this is exactly what they were going to do.

  287. They are going to turn you in to the authorities

  288. from the buildings. This is no joke. You need to

  289. know this. Now, with that being said, now we can

  290. go to the chapter that you've all been thinking that

  291. we were going to go to from the beginning, 2

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  292. Thessalonians chapter 2. And that is where this lesson is given.

  293. It is how the chapter begins. But now you know

  294. who it's talking about. It's talking about water-baptized churchgoers. They're

  295. going to make martyrs out of you. They are going

  296. to follow... the man of sin. They will rally behind him.

  297. Just like the Sanhedrin was taking their marching orders from

  298. the Herodotans, this is the same way. The entire clergy

  299. will get behind the man of lawlessness. Just like the

  300. Pharisees and Sadducees got behind Herod.

  301. 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, very first verse.

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  302. Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

  303. and our gathering together, to Him we ask you not

  304. to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by

  305. spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us,

  306. as though the day of Christ had come. Let no

  307. one deceive you by any means, for that day will

  308. not come unless the falling away comes first. And the

  309. man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition. This

  310. just said that this man of sin was going to

  311. be the leader of the great apostasy. This is who

  312. they're going to follow. And by them, Let me make

  313. sure I'm very clear with you. Not Muslims. Not Buddhists.

  314. Water-baptized churchgoers. When this man of sin starts being able

  315. to manifest great signs and wonders... even perform acts of Elijah,

  316. like calling fire down from heaven, all the clergy will

  317. follow him. They will. They will follow him wholesale. And

  318. in the end, he will make a transition and perform

  319. the abomination of desolation, declaring himself to be, The Messiah.

  320. Declaring himself. To be the Passover lamb. He does this.

  321. Because the devil. Has offered him. His great power and authority.

  322. Just like he did Jesus. He's going to do the

  323. same thing. And this man of sin. once he accepts,

  324. becomes the son of perdition. That's what happens. Verse 4,

  325. who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called

  326. God or that is worshipped, so that he sits as

  327. God in the temple of God, showing himself that he

  328. is God. This takes place during the birth pangs. If

  329. Jesus Christ was crucified in 30 A.D., These things are

  330. getting ready to get kicked off by my estimation. And

  331. I could be wrong. But by my estimation, come about

  332. October the 1st. This year. As in October the 1st, 2026. Because,

  333. let me give you God's Word. God's Word states that

  334. it takes Him... 2,300 days before his temple is built.

  335. Now that's what he says. I don't care what the

  336. dispensationalists say. I don't care what the preterists say. That's

  337. what God says. So you need to be made aware.

  338. They are going to make martyrs of you. Now, I

  339. know I've been talking about this again and again and again,

  340. but I'm going to have to talk about it once more.

  341. They're going to make a martyr of you only for

  342. one reason, just one. Now, you've been taught something else.

  343. You've been taught all about the holy wars, right? Or

  344. maybe the church wars. They're commonly called the wars of religion.

  345. Most importantly, the Reformation. Where Catholics would kill Protestants and

  346. Protestants would kill Catholics. No, that's not the reason. I

  347. assure you that Catholics will kill Catholics. I assure you

  348. that every branch... Christianity, all seven branches, they will be

  349. responsible for their own martyrs. So any Catholic that's been

  350. born again will be martyred by them. But when they

  351. martyr you, it's only going to be for one reason.

  352. It's not because of your denomination. the Bible always come

  353. right out and told you, but it's incredible to me

  354. that when I've asked this question in public, nobody knows.

  355. I will have doctors, literally doctorates of theology in front

  356. of me, and they do not know the answer. How

  357. is that possible? When the Bible comes right out and

  358. tells you, there's only one reason why They kill you.

  359. It's because you begin to say, no, your traditions do

  360. not supersede God's word. For in the beginning was the word.

  361. Revelation chapter 6, verse 1. When he opened the fifth seal,

    Revelation 6:1

  362. I saw under the altar those souls who had been

  363. slain for the word of God and for the testimony

  364. which they held. They hold to only one testimony, the

  365. word of God. So you should naturally know in your

  366. heart that when you put everything I've said together in

  367. one place in this fellowship that the testimony of the

  368. Word of God is that you cannot continue to willfully

  369. sin once you've been illuminated in the knowledge of the

  370. Son of God. Well, that was a mouthful, wasn't it?

  371. You wasn't expecting me to say that, were you? But

  372. that is that is the statement for this episode. And

  373. I need to prepare you for these things. I've already

  374. prepared Catholics and Orthodox and Methodist and Wesleyans and Baptists,

  375. I have prepared them all. And now I'm preparing you.

  376. You need to know that these water-baptized churchgoers are going

  377. to turn those buildings into kill boxes. And they will

  378. make a martyr out of you. And now you know why.

  379. Though you've been in your church your whole life, right?

  380. And no one ever told you. why they were going

  381. to kill you. You thought they were going to kill

  382. you just for the simple fact that you're a Christian. No.

  383. Most people who hold that title only have that title

  384. to trample it underfoot. That's the only reason why they

  385. hold to that precious name. They only hold on to

  386. it so they can continue sinning in whatever way they want.

  387. That's the only reason why they claim Christ. Do I

  388. need to read it for you again? I probably do

  389. because you've never heard of it before, have you? Even

  390. though you've read through the Bible, right? You're on these

  391. yearly Bible reading programs and you read it every year,

  392. but yet you never, you never listen to what it said.

  393. Even though those of you out there that's been born again,

  394. you never articulated these things, but you realized there were

  395. people in your congregations That were clearly not acting like Christians.

  396. But nobody ever said anything about it. Even though when

  397. these people have had. Affairs with other members of the. Congregation.

  398. And they weren't kicked out of the church. And everything

  399. just goes on as normal. And you're just confused. And

  400. you keep it quiet to yourself. Whenever you have potlucks.

  401. You kind of. set by yourself and just nobody really

  402. has too much to do with you and sometimes the

  403. nice people will come set with you, right? They're going

  404. to make a martyr out of you because when the

  405. time comes you will not be able to dance to

  406. their tune because their tune will be sung By the

  407. son of perdition. Hebrews chapter 10 verse 26. For if

    Hebrews 10:26

  408. we sin willfully... after we have received the knowledge of

  409. the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

  410. but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation

  411. which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses'

  412. law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or

  413. three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose,

  414. will be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of

  415. God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which

  416. he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit

  417. of grace? For we know him who said, Vengeance is mine,

  418. I will repay. Thus says the Lord. And again, the

  419. Lord will judge his people. It is a fearful thing

  420. to fall into the hands of the living God. So

  421. take note. These people who call themselves Christians... God just

  422. called them adversaries. So, the great apostasy is coming. And

  423. I'm sorry if you've just heard this Over and over

  424. and over and over and over and over and over again.

  425. That you're never going to see in a great apostasy.

  426. Just take note. The ones that convinced you of that.

  427. Are God's adversaries. This is why they've told you that.

  428. Because they're setting up. A kill box for you people.

  429. Don't you understand that? Don't you get it? I mean,

  430. you know, there's really no further point in me going

  431. any further with this. Today I've shared with you God's Word.

  432. I am just pointing out to you what He's told everybody.

  433. And now you know why they spread this garbage of

  434. a pre-trib rapture. Or this garbage that there is no tribulation.

  435. There is no millennial reign of Christ. the person in

  436. your pulpit, he's reigning for Christ. Those are all lies.

  437. And you need to come to grips with that. You

  438. need to come to grips with it. They've not been

  439. born again. And it tells you why they never got

  440. baptized in the Holy Spirit. It came right out and

  441. told you. Let me read it for you again. Verse 29.

  442. How Much worse punishment, do you suppose, will be thought

  443. worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted

  444. the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified,

  445. a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace. This

  446. is why the Spirit of truth never came upon them

  447. and baptized them. It comes right out and tells you

  448. in this verse. And I know you've never heard it before.

  449. But I'm here to tell you. You must be born again.

  450. You must be baptized in the Holy Spirit. So, with

  451. that being said, let's go ahead and open the floor again.

  452. Is there anything anybody wants to talk about this evening? Yes,

  453. it can be off topic. We're not on topic because

  454. we're in a fellowship, so we can talk about anything.

  455. All right. Going once. Going twice. All right. Going three

  456. times and gone. Those of you that's watching the video

  457. in the archive or listening to the audio on Spotify

  458. or wherever you get it from, know this. You can

  459. come into the fellowship. When we're done, I stop recording

  460. and we continue to talk if anybody needs to talk.

  461. So if you're afraid to come on air, you don't

  462. have to. You can just wait until after we stop

  463. recording and then you can come on and we can

  464. discuss whatever you would like. But until next time, ladies

  465. and gentlemen, God bless. Godspeed.