Is Jesus Suddenly Appearing to People All Over the World or Is it the Promised End Times Deception?
If it were possible for the average Christian to be the recipient of visible and audible appearance of Jesus, I am quite sure that our apostle Paul, as well as John and Peter, would have left us something in the Bible to make us aware of that. But instead, we see just the opposite.
“Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before.” Matthew 24:23-25 (KJV)
From claimed appearances of Jesus everywhere from Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, all the way over to the Arab world and down to Africa, people are saying they are “seeing Jesus” in dreams and “waking visions”. But is Jesus really appearing to thousands of Muslims in dreams all across the Middle East? Is Jesus really showing up at random church services? What are we to make of these incredible claims?
Well, if we are Bible believers, we do this:
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1 (KJV)
“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” Isaiah 28:10 (KJV)
When someone tells me that they “had a vision”, “had a dream”, or that “Jesus appeared to them”, all I can do is take what they say at face value. I have absolutely no way of any kind to verify their story in any way at all. But what I can do with absolute certainty is to compare what they are claiming with what the Bible says to be true. So with that, here are a few easy to digest bullet points about reconciling “appearances” of Jesus with Bible doctrine and Bible truth.
- JESUS APPEARED TO SAUL AND JOHN, WHY NOT TO ME? One line of argument that people who make claims of “seeing Jesus” like to use is this one. After His resurrection, the Bible says that Jesus appeared to Saul on the Damascus road, and to John on the isle of Patmos, so He should be able to appear to them as well. Well, Jesus did appear to Saul who became Paul, but the vision was so intense it made him go blind. “At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.” Acts 26:13 (KJV). Jesus did appear to John in Patmos, and when John saw Jesus it was so overwhelming that he fell at His feet as “if he were dead”. Yet, in 2018, when the same Jesus “makes an appearance” it’s all soft and fuzzy, maybe some tears are shed, but it’s nothing like accounts in the Bible of when the risen Jesus appeared to people. “And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:” Revelation 1:17 (KJV). Also keep in mind that after Jesus appeared to John, John wrote the Gospel of John, 1,2 and 3 John, and the entire book of Revelation. After Jesus appeared to Paul, Paul writes everything from Romans to Philemon. From this we may safely conclude that when the risen Jesus appears to someone, it is always for a very distinct reason and purpose to be recorded in the Bible. Yet, every story I hear from modern “appearances” seem to accomplish no Biblical purpose at all.
- THE DETAILS DON’T EVER SEEM TO MATCH UP: Pastor Stovall Weems, in describing his fantastical “waking vision” that took place on the Friday before Easter told the audience about what Jesus looked like. He mentioned very specifically that Jesus’ hair was “dark brown”, even repeated it two or three times for maximum effect. But a quick trip to Revelation shows that not to be the case. This is what Jesus looks like right now, and this should have been the Jesus that Pastor Weems saw, but somehow did not. “His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.” Revelation 1:14,15 (KJV). In the book “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven“, published as a gushing miracle of a boy who died, went to Heaven and came back, the boy Alex Malarkey described what he saw in great detail. The book was lapped up by charismatics all over the world right up to the moment the boy repented of the lie he and his father concocted and admitted it was all fake. But Bible believers knew it was fake long before they confessed. How? Because in the book the boy describes a multicolor rainbow around the throne of God, but that is not what Revelation says it is. The Bible says that rainbow is green, hmm. Who do you believe? “And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.” Revelation 4:3 (KJV). Stovall Weems seems like a decent person, and it is our hope and prayer that, like the boy and his dad that got carried away with telling a phony trip to Heaven and back, that Pastor Weems will think long and hard about his claims, walk them back and admit he got overwhelmed with emotion and that Jesus didn’t actually appear to him. No one will fault him for that, in fact, that would be a great living example of showing how a Christian lets the Bible correct them. But if not, then unfortunately he will have to be placed into the false teacher category.
Jesus made no promises of any kind to appear to anyone except at the Rapture of the Church and then at the Second Coming
If it were possible for the average Christian to be the recipient of visible and audible appearance of Jesus, I am quite sure that our apostle Paul, as well as John and Peter, would have left us something in the Bible to make us aware of that. But instead, we see just the opposite. Please note the following:
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” John 1:18 (KJV)
“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)” 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” John 1:18 (KJV)
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)
“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:8,9 (KJV)
On top of that, Jesus takes great care to point out to us that after He ascended up into Heaven, He would leave Someone here in His place to lead us and guide us. And no, that someone is not, never was, and could never be the pope of the Catholic Church. This is Who He left for us:
“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. 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. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” John 16:7,13-15 (KJV)
That’s how the Bible says God gives truth to the Christian, not through “manifestations of Jesus” but by the administration of the Holy Spirit. Search the New Testament for as long as you like, and you will never find anywhere one single verse that says Jesus will appear to anyone outside of the Rapture of the Church and at His return at the Second Coming. And that brings us to our last point today. The end times deception.
The Bible says that in the end times, there will be a worldwide deception that will take place, and people will be deceived into thinking they have met Jesus Christ when in fact they have actually met Antichrist. Now we know that this will take place during the time of Jacob’s trouble after the Rapture of the Church, but could it be that the Devil is getting a jump start on things by manifesting himself even now?
“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:” 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 (KJV)
Do you see what the Bible says that the Devil will deceive people with? With “signs and wonders”, exactly what the Charismatic crowd is so desperate to have right now. On top of that, the “Jesus” that is appearing to people now is not aligned with what the Bible reveals to be what He actually looks and sounds like.
If Jesus was going to appear anywhere it would be to His chosen people the Jews, and it would be in His holy land of Israel. On the same Friday evening that Pastor Weems claimed to have “met Jesus” personally, Israel was under attack from Hamas in the Gaza Strip. So instead of appearing to His chosen people, we are to believe that Jesus appeared at Celebration Church in Florida, and didn’t have a message for the world when He showed up? I think not!
When you judge your experiences by the Bible, you will be lead into truth every time. When you judge the Bible by what you experienced, that’s where you fall off the path and slip into first error, then heresy, and finally into full-blown apostasy.
Don’t trust your feelings, dreams and “visions”, trust the one thing in your life that cannot lie to you. The Bible.
- READ PART #1: CONGREGATION SHOCKED AS JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA MEGACHURCH PASTOR CLAIMS FACE TO FACE VISIT WITH JESUS CHRIST
- READ PART #2: CELEBRATION CHURCH PASTOR IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA STOVALL WEEMS DOUBLES DOWN ON CLAIM TO HAVE ‘MET JESUS’ PERSONALLY
- READ PART #3: IS JESUS SUDDENLY APPEARING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD OR IS IT THE PROMISED END TIMES DECEPTION?
- READ PART #4: THE PROPHECIES MENTIONED IN JOEL 2 ABOUT ‘DREAMS AND VISIONS’ BEING POURED OUT IS NOT FOR CHRISTIANS IN THE CHURCH AGE
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“Is Jesus Suddenly Appearing to People All Over the World or Is it the Promised End Times Deception?’ The key word here is DECEPTION.
The JEWS must destroy the Christian Faith and the best way to do that, is to promote an end time theology that is DESIGNED TO FAIL! Jesus warned us many times about the Jews and Jewish fables, but alas we have not listened and are still NOT LISTENING.
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What about all these rayelians? Boy are they some pretty fart smellers. I mean if they fall for that knucklehead, what are they gonna do when a real false prophet comes calling?
Paulp…how are ya fellow nucklehead??
Don’t listen to the trolls in the comments. Don’t listen to the false christs said Jesus.
When Armageddon breaks out the Messiah arrives in mid-air and stops the missiles going both ways!
Here’s the truth: on the day after Obama’s election, the lottery in his home state drew 666 777 9.
That makes Obama the Antichrist because the probability of seven numbers occurring right when the US president is elected – (and in his home state) – are impossible because 666 is the number of the Antichrist, 777 is the number of God completion and 9 is the number of God’s judgement.
The Messiah stops the missiles in mid-air so here’s the truth: Obama’s 3d cousin in Kansas says he’s really named Barry Parks, born in Topeka, Kansas.
That’s the Apocalypse.
It’s now.
The meaning of 666 is that just like lotteries mean money, Antichrist-Obama’s Mark of the Beast of 666 that he puts in our hands and foreheads is that he’s bankrupted us by the money he’s stolen from us and so he tripled the debt in just eight years.
For the REAL Mark of the Beast go here: https://saxonmessenger.christogenea.org/pdf/illuminati-exposed-beware-mark-part-1
The Mark of the Beast is 666.
It’s the money Obama’s bankrupted us with by stealing OUR Money.
That’s because 666 showed up in the lottery in his home state the day after his election so 666 means money.
I saw Jebus in the Dairy Queen yesterday. He was buying one of those ice cream cakes.
The Bible is a wonderful and valid confirmation of the life of Christ and our place within His kingdom. It is also away to give “some” indication as to the validity of our spiritual experiences. If a similar spiritual event is not written about in the Word then we should hold on loosely to its validity as a sign from heaven. However that in itself is not enough of a gauge. If we once again were confronted by someone other than Moses creating a parting sea or confronting a burning bush then should we automatically give credence to their experience? No
Since new life with Christ is about a “spiritual” new life we also need a connection with the Spirit of God to bring confirmation. So as we move forward in the faith we want “Spirit and truth” to be our guide. Both forms of discernment are necessary in order to maneuver the validity of any spiritual experience.
by god gordon or ah,er,satan?who cares…another insane bible thumper on a rant like he/she knows something…nothing but a fool like all the other fools–even god laughs at this nonsense..they been ranting about since the beginning of time–we are still here–but,in a 100 years 99.9 percent of the idiots on this planet today will be gone! o my god!!! the end is near!!!!! morons—insane rascals…god has no law–only stupid,immature,petty,human control freaks have laws,rules–if god has one question when you get to the other side its “how did you love?”–god is love–god knows exactly who,what you are–idiotic humans have been saying the same crap since the beginning of time,like the taliban,direct decendents of satan like most bible thumpers,christians–jesus told us in his day that salvation is for ALL–no hail marys or forgiveness needed–the bible thumpers of his day killed him because he threaten their power,$$–the bible thumpers of today would do the same being the evil,hateful,judgemental bastards they are,guided by satan…christianity is the deception as is the bible–
these self proclaimed salvation experts talking like they are god themselves–delusional–using a man written book inspired by satan–spiritual hell is being a bible thumper,christian—god would not touch any of that crap with a 1000 ft pole cause god does not read the bible–never has,never will–was not written by god either–some insane homeless dudes in a cave wrote it inspired by satan–the word of men not god—the bible is the book of wrath and judgement–god has no wrath,nor judgement–only petty,weak,immature evil hateful,judgemental humans have wrath and judgement like bible thumpers,christians–jesus told us in his day that salvation is for everybody–but the bible thumpers of his day did not like that so they killed him–the bible thumpers of today would do the same—god loves all his stupid humans,even evil,hateful,judgemental bible thumpers–god knows who,what we are..would you as a parent turn on your children for being unwise little stupid kids?no,unless your evil–god is the same–get over yourself and your insane evil book–god is not like your stupid self–god is above the fray–your job to to rise above all that bible thumping nonsense–its a long shot—-humans have been the same stupid bastards since the beginning of time–bunch of evil morons–the bible,the book of satan,not god…
Hard to say, voice to skull and bluebeam and other stuff like it. A very good question, thanks for bringing it up.
NO RELIGION IS REQUIRED! THERE IS NO HELL OR SATAN! 80% OF THE BIBLE IS FALSE! THERE IS NO JUDGEMENT! EVERYBODY GOES TO HEAVEN TO BE WITH GOD! EVEN LUCIFER IS IN HEAVEN! THERE WILL BE NO RAPTURE! TIBERIUS JULIUS ABDES PANTERA WAS THE FATHER OF THE BASTARD JESUS BY RAPING AN UNDERAGE MARY! IF WE END ALL LIFE ON EARTH, GOD OR JESUS WILL NOT STOP IT! WE TAKE WHAT WE CREATE!
Are you . . jewish . . ?
There are some seriously sick minded folks out there who support war and chaos because they have been taught that this increase will cause Jesus to return.
After thousands of years of violence and death, nations torn apart, unimaginable crimes against humanity, and yet, nothing. It is all a clever script, and most never dare question what it is they believe and follow, mostly out of fear. They refuse to stop for a moment and evaluate the god they say they trust, even though its violence and genocidal tendencies can be quite bold, out of fear they cannot entertain reason. A multitude of religious superstitions have blinded many, that will likely never change until we realize we have been fooled by a god created by men in their image in order to achieve their agenda of power and control, their “dominion” over others.
Rather than focus upon treating others as one desires to be treated, too many focus upon the fringe elements, the dark hollywood style of divine drama, thinking they play some manner of role within the mind rape. It is illusory, yet religion remains the most powerful force because it is wrapped in the fear of unspeakable torture and punishment if one does not submit to its god.
From the very outset, those who can think for themselves should realize the motive behind anything that threatens you if you do not submit such as Christianity, Islam and other religions is religious tyranny and human oppression. Yet? Majority will always follow along with the narrative of “god loves you but will destroy you if you do not accept that love”. How sick and sad it has all become, few understanding genuine love would never treat its creation in such a manner.
Correction of a wayward child by a loving parent never includes the kind of threats that the religious faithful tolerate, and this should cause them to pause and wonder what manner of beast they follow who loves you one day and is ready to tear you to pieces the next day.
Fear and guilt…they can accomplish anything.
THINK and QUESTION everything…or someone else will manipulate you and think for you, and we see how that has unfolded…religion tends to be controlled by psychopaths and sociopaths, not much difference between the two, their goal is always the same…use fear and guilt to keep humanity inside their box and never question the actions of their so called spiritual leaders.
Christians are so dogmatic that if anything occurs they are not expecting, they assume it is fake. If Jesus did appear to one of them, they might think it the devil disguised as Jesus and tell him to begone. The same Christians if they lived during the time of Jesus would most likely reject him as a nut case and stick to whatever religion they had to begin with. A closed mind is not a good thing. Be open to any an all possibilities.