Greetings Don~another spot on article, but hard to digest. We are struggling in trying to find a church that will preach the Word without all the other stuff creeping in. We are about to exit, however, we are not sure we will find anything better. If you try to show people that certain teachings, books, preachers, etc., are false, you are the one with a problem. Everyone should just go along to get along is the attitude. We are not encouraged with the political atmosphere. It is a dark time for our country & that of the whole world, and mostly for the ‘church’. Thank you for your ongoing commentaries, they are appreciated.

Hello Don, (I did say greetings originally then noticed someone just used it. Don’t want to look like a copy cat)

Great article! Lot of deep stuff, wish I could just rap like that.

Wish my dad was alive to have him read your articles. We would sit up late talking about heavy stuff that for most would go right over their head. Your work is solid.

Bill

Don,

Sonce I’ve been reading your blog, I have become much more astute at spotting apostates and their fellowship…you have certainly made me much more aware.

Its been good for me to broaden my discernment of such things as most Christian teachngs refuse to address such things.

Also, as far as finding a church that teaches Scripture accurately, I have been lucky to find ‘Chapter by Chapter’, ‘Verse by Verse’, Genesis thru Revelation teachers…many through the Calvary Chapel network.

It is a pet peeve of mine, personally, to listen to Verse and Chapter jumpers who jump all over the place in Scripture to make Scripture say what they want, out of context. I don’t know how people can learn that way in the first place, I can’t.

Anyhow, thanks for another thought provoking article that gives us the tools to look at Chrisitan theology with discernment.

Hey Don, great article. I enjoyed reading Dave Hunt through the years and am thankful for your truthful, to the point analysis on these issue now that he’s at complete peace.

I find great comfort these days with the following words of Jesus.

God blessings to you,
Jeff

John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Great article Don, a great deal of food for the soul. We must be reminded of the word’s of Jesus in Matt. 7:13-14. Perhaps some of those practicing shamanism in the name of Christ require some of the truth as the son’s of Sceva found in Acts 19:11-20. May the Lord Bless your blog and as my late son always said “Until all have heard”.

Just wanted to tell you how grateful I am for your continued discernment, and for your posts. It’s pretty lonely here where I am – I’ve personally lost most of my “Christian” friends in the last year to gay-affirming emergent churches (I’m now a “hater”), or to the NAR movement. One of them is leading SOZO intervention workshops now. (Have you looked into that? Contemplative prayer meets New Age psychotherapy. It’s creepy.)

I’m so ready for Jesus to take us home. I don’t recognize this place at all anymore.

Hello Don and friends. It’s very comforting and relaxing to hear the truth. No flashing lights, no hysteria, no bull. I have found a few souls who still read our Book and I am grateful for that refuge in the spirit.
Indeed it’s (if possible) getting wilder out there. I am a singer and I sing for the Lord. I am finding now that there’s many obstacles, whether from the spiritual realms, or what to impede my worship. To stop my ability to do my mission thru real music, no hype, no flashing lights. I pray everyday that the Lord will hold me close as I experience the ongoing slings and arrows. I do love Ps 91. My fear is that I will lose sight of this precious filament of truth. But then I remember God is stronger than dirt.
Anyway thank you for beaming some light around.

The song I am working on now is called Door of Everything. It’s about rolling that rock away and not being afraid, leaving the tomb. Cause Jesus did it for us already. We will roll in waves of holiness. But not petacostally!

Prayers out for all of us seeking the truth. In Jesus name.

On a related note,

I have been seeing a falling away of those who used to believe in a pretribulation rapture. Alot of preachers have been switching to the post tribulation after decades of being pretrib. Why the sudden change?

Hi,
My question after reading this article is: How does a belief in a pre-millennial rapture change matters significantly for Christians?

Hi Don,
Thank you for your reply to me. I will be looking at your links about the pre-millennial rapture. I am thinking that many errors in the church and its’ teaching has been the result of the current falling away of the believer in our day. This great falling away is prophesied in scripture for the last days.
The believer has not dealt with their sin through the power of the Holy Spirit. They have not been taught the necessity of doing this. Paul’s teaching was concerning the ‘Day of the Lord’ (some in his day were saying this had already taken place.) There is quite a bit of teaching about the kingdom of God in the gospels. There is teaching of a resurrection at the coming of Christ. There is no specific reference to a ‘rapture’ as such but a bodily resurrection in Thessalonians. Jesus does not mention it. His concern was for people entering the kingdom. Righteousness was a huge requirement for the kingdom. Being born again was Jesus’ teaching to Nicodemus to enter the kingdom of God.

To live in the presence of God does not require a premillenial position for the rapture. Any believer can cultivate this in their lives by speaking to God throughout the day and involving him in their decisions and actions. The fault here in my mind is the church leadership. They have changed the teaching over time in the church as a result of popular ideas and political correctness. The church leadership are the ones who have set themselves up on pedestals or allowed believers to view them in this way. They are the ones who have excluded apostles and prophets and other ministries from among them and have taken on the full responsibility of leading and maturing the saints. They have taken full authority for most things in the church to their own detriment and certainly at the expense of the Christian believer.

It is the church leaders who entered into materialism by looking to numbers and nickels as the priority in church growth. They are building their own kingdom and I believe are largely ignorant of what they are doing. They are not approachable and they are not teachable in large part. However, it seems that this is changing somewhat. I am hearing more teaching from leaders on the radio about the need to live righteously. Of course this must occur in the power of Christ which requires believers to lay down their old life and its own goals and desires to take on the image of Christ. To do away with their former life.
These are some of my thoughts at the present time.

“They have changed the teaching over time in the church as a result of popular ideas and political correctness”

This was intentional. To infiltrate the church w/ error to eventually make it not matter in the future & that future is here. Billy graham was a 33 degree mason in the Illuminati. Many of our church leaders are Free Masons. Illuminati created the CIA as well as most of the Bible seminaries in order to propel their agenda to weaken the church.

Hi Don,
Jesus instituted the bread and wine covenant at the last supper. He says that these represent his body and blood which he gives for them. The Bible is written for Jesus’ disciples. If we are to doubt that any part of the Bible was not written for believers we are in trouble. There is an onslaught against the validity and trustworthiness of the Bible in our day.
Jesus says that if we deny him he will also deny us before the Father. There is teaching about the Jews being removed from the branch (Christ) and we are exhorted as followers of Jesus that if we do not remain in the branch or if we do not bear good fruit we also will be cut off. It states that if the Jews do not remain in unbelief they will be grafted back into the branch.

Jesus did not come through the line of the Mosaic priests but the kingly line of David through the tribe of Judah. The law is entirely righteous and true but the hearers were unable to keep the law. The law’s rightness will stand forever in the work of the Holy Spirit who has or will write the law in our hearts and minds the Bible says. We are now under the law of the Spirit of Christ. This law or covenant is not unconditional according to scripture. There are many conditions in the word ‘if’ used before a teaching. The Bible states that faith is a gift from God, and there is a condition for salvation, we must believe. Just once at our conversion? I don’t think so. Otherwise faith would not be taught as it is in Hebrews chp. 11. It was through faith that these believers suffered and triumphed in Christ. I agree that we cannot earn salvation but through obedience to Christ. Christ says that we must be born again, this is a requirement.

We can use the Old Testament scripture for teaching, admonition, encouragement, the scripture says. We look at the natural children of Israel coming out of Egypt. Because of their unbelief they wandered 40 years in the wilderness. All who were over twenty? died in the wilderness and it was their children that went into the promised land. The scriptures say that they died because of their unbelief. They did not enter God’s rest because of their unbelief. This is an example for us. God says that his people perish because of unbelief.

The glory of God is Christ in us. Where is the true Church of God? Is it not mingled within the institutional churches? Where does one go when they are born again to find fellowship? To church to gather with other like-minded people. Do these somehow obtain teaching that other people there don’t? No,they all sit under the same leader and teacher. They are all subject to the same errors.

New revelation is not being given but new understanding is being given of the scriptures in our day. Things that we could not understand before are becoming clearer. This is partly happening because we can see what is happening in our world and we know that we are very close to the return of Christ to the earth. Close might mean a couple of years or several decades. We don’t know the day but we can recognize the times.
This is partly happening because God does give ‘revelation’ or ‘an understanding’ to people who are ready to receive it. This is a gift. This understanding or experience is confirmed by the scripture.

As there are false pastors there are also false prophets and apostles. A gift from God can still be operating in an individual even if they have embraced error. We see this in scripture when Balaam tried to curse the children of Israel.
Perhaps what we are learning from our day and time is that we must be prepared to change our thinking, our theology, and our teaching if need be. It is clear that the church and believers have been stumbling around in error for the past twenty years or more. God is working individually in our day with believers and we need to follow and obey what he says to us.

Good to see u back Don.

I don’t kno what to believe then if u say it’s not true. I googled a lot of different references in that article that checked out. I was just watching one of Grahams reruns (3 weeks ago) thinking he was a good man. Later I was listening to Fritz Springmeier & Timothy Alberino these guys & their peers do a lot of in depth study & on site research.

I don’t consider these guys nut cases at all. Why would they want to spread bullshit and spend loads of money doing it? Like Alberino says, With all the different conspiracy’s out there never just take any one of them as gospel truth. The only gospel we stand on 100% is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.. THATS IT!

A lot of interesting things checked out but I just need to make sure that I am grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ He is the only one that is for certain. As far as Man goes you can’t really trust anyone. There is a reason that apostasy (the other meaning) has grown in the church to make the church not matter. Infiltration.

God bless Don

Okay Don I’ll take your word and disregard then.

But actually I wanted to more to point to the possible reason for the church’s decline, the church has definitely been under attack by satan using what ever tools he can at his disposal.

You do keep it real my man. How’d the move go?

It (Canaan Analogy) certainly appears that way.

God had His “replacement” for the Canaan land, His Covenant People, The Israelites. There isn’t any replacement for the world this time, except Biblical Prophecy (His Prophetic Promises & Judgments).

As far as the Baal structures being erected or not as originally scheduled for April 19th…it’s like every other evil, it might be temporarily thwarted, however, it is likely a future endeavor with much worse to come.

Also Don, in regards to “things to come”…I have been reading your Revelation Commentary, it is giving me much greater understanding of things to come Prophetically…thank you for putting together such an awesome Verse-By-Verse Revelation Commentary.

Hi Don,

Yea that’s sad kinda funny too, can’t even read. really couldn’t read?

When u list your place price it at a odd number like.. instead of $149,900 try $149,887 stands out from others in that price range.

Here’s even a better tip, people qualify in variances like a block of $120 to $150 and $150 to $180 etc. find out the increments for your area & price it to get both groups of qualified buyers. You can stretch out the price to overlap the ceiling & floor of both groups.

A lot of realtors don’t get this find a seasoned realtor that does.

My wife is a realtor she does this & increases the flow of qualified buyers for her clients & she knows how to create a bidding war some how she’s the pro not me but I’ve picked up over the years.

De-clutter big time almost down to nothing (show room) fresh paint smell, lots of lights on, open drapes sunlight.. she’ll even play barely able to hear music you’d be surprised.

When a buyer needs money for closing they can add it to the price of house and that comes back to them for closing cost. All kinds of stuff u can do.

Aside from that but what about this ‘Bathroom Law’?? Then u have the Boss cancelling his gig because the Governor not passing it. Your a ‘Guy’ but ‘Feel’ like a women on the inside so that allows u to use a girls bathroom. Insane. My interpretation correct? Right? Am I evil or have hatred because I don’t want my little girl or wife exposed to a pervert wearing a dress & some makeup walking into her bathroom?

There should be some burly looking men w/ beards & all on purpose to demonstrate the foolishness of this law & go around willing to get arrested, put on makeup & go into women’s bathrooms across the country until there’s an uproar about it. Pick court houses & Washington DC to do this.

Would that be a good idea? probably wouldn’t help.

I hear ya, man. I’ll comment more tomorra outa time right now.

Loved your post! Funny.

Hi Don,

I couldn’t put on makeup but I could dawn a wig by making it look Jimmy Fallon-ish and have my wife record me walking into a women’s powder room at the courthouse at lunch time then say.. “well I think it would be cruel and deemed hatred at heart to make me use the men’s bathroom because I’m feeling a little femy today”. lol

I know she wouldn’t dare let me do that but I would in a minute! Damn straight. Get outa jail and go march right back and do it again.

We need to make a damn stand against these liberal commies.

PS Actually the bathroom not just powder room. Fancy places have actual powder rooms just before the bathroom. Interesting place to hang out if your single & chasing tail. I did that on purpose in my hay day & the babes were giggling, they loved it. 🙂 I did too!

At that establishment is how I met my wife, really.

Hi David,

I would agree that’s why I say do it in a Jimmy Fallon funny kinda way, just to illustrate the point of ridiculousness of the bill.

God bless

Hi Don,
This site is for believers or others to express their comments and thoughts about what you have posted. I don’t think it is beneficial to accuse commentors of being in this camp or another camp. There is error in all the camps. Otherwise those in a particular camp of theology in our day would be prospering spiritually and physically. We do not see this to any noticeable extent associated with a church name that believers are affiliated with. There are those who are victorious and many others who are failing in all the Christian camps of theology. The rapture camp has as many Christian believers failing as any other camp of thinking.

What I mean by ‘those who are ready to receive it’ are those believers who have ears to hear. We can become hard of hearing adhering to particular doctrines. This is the case with the Pharisees in scripture. They absolutely refused any information or theology that did not line up with what they believed and taught the people. Anyone who contradicted them they persecuted, excommunicated and in the case of Jesus – crucified him to death. He was not teaching what they believed the scriptures to be saying.

In this same way we as believers can miss what God is saying and doing in our day.

Hi Don,
I say that you can tell who is prospering spiritually, as does the scriptures. We can judge them by their fruit, the Bible says. Believers are to judge and they are to test the spirits, this is also scriptural. If you require the scripture book and verse for this idea of believers judging and testing I will provide it.
You are interpreting what I post here through colored glasses. You already have it all figured out in your mind and you are closed to anyone challenging you. Having looked over one of the links you provided me for the ‘rapture’ doctrine, your reasoning is very flimsy based on interpreting the word ‘fall’ in Thessalonians as meaning ‘rising’ . This is suspect, Don. You have to have more than that.

Amen! Don,

I’m glad u posted your write up on the rapture. I’m reading it.

Ya, the new age pagans are even preparing for it w/ their lies trying to claim credit for the missing souls that will suddenly vanish, then they say, don’t worry if your not part of this first group… Insane

Here’s a quote, I saved some of them.

“There is a method and great organization in a detailed plan already near completion for the purpose of removing souls from this planet, in the event of catastrophic events making a rescue necessary…”

“The Great Evacuation will come upon the world very suddenly. The flash of emergency events will be as a lightning that flashes in the sky…”

“So suddenly and so quick in it’s happening that it is over almost before you are aware of it’s presence…”

Wow.. Here’s this one.

“Do not be concerned nor unduly upset if you do not participate in this temporary lift-up of souls who serve with us now…”

“This merely means that your action in the plan is elsewhere, and you will be taken for your instructions or will receive them in some other manner…”

“Do not take any personal affront if you are not alerted or are not a participant in this first phase of our (ya right) plan. Your time will come later, (Most likely will be in the lake of fire) and these instructions are not necessary for you at this time.”

If there is NO Rapture then why are the New Agers talking about it so much???

To ensure that u are part of this elite group of souls in the “lift-up” align your heart w/ Mathew 5:8

Hey Don,

You think that was interesting? Check out this nonsense..

http://starchildren.info/star.html

Yes I would say we are getting close. Praise the Lord.

They take my comments down because I tell people how to receive Jesus & that Jesus is Lord & is coming & so forth.

Hi donni,

So many people are completely lost & anything that has a resemblance of truth they grab onto it but reject thee truth. Maybe because it’s too simple? I think it’s more of people want their cake (sinful life) & eat it too. (Have happiness) It’s really getting crazy out there.

What those star children really are is Genesis six in modern day. The children of the Nephelim being fallen angels which is the Rephaim’s . They even admit and boast that they are not 100% human which they are not.

We are living as in the days of Noah. Literally.

Lindam – Sigh! I wasn’t accusing you of being a victim of the new age crap. I was accusing you of having little knowledge of the Bible. If you are a true born again you are on the milk bottle but think you are a meat eater.
I urge all of us to pray for you and you also pray to God that he soften your heart and open your heart to the truth and mysteries of the Bible. I have been studying the bible for 10-15 years and I am still learning. There are few gifted men such as Don out there. I feel God has led you to him for a reason. Google any subject and then Don Koenig and you can read one of his many articles. He is spot on and knows the scripture. Another good teacher that teaches the Bible verse by verse from Genesis to Revelation is lesfeldick.org.
Don – I am so sorry I am off topic. If you do not approve this comment I get it (it is my last one on the subject).

Don,

My sister ignorantly bought a painting she found at a garage sale of a temple of Hathor from a guy that stayed in India for 3 months to paint it. She’s Mesmerized by it & likes to stare at it supposedly.

She’s a Christian listens to her Bible every day but yet goes out & buys a goddess temple painting. Out of lack of wisdom obviously.

I haven’t spoke to her yet about it but I’m wondering what to tell her specifically w/ out going all over the place on it causing her not to heed my warning. How would you say specifically with scripture about how that’s a bad move? If u would help me out here please.

Thanks you,

B

Hi Don, Ann Landers… heehheeehhee that was good. I loved it.

I hear ya. Not a good idea, probably was more so attracted to the building design etc. But that just shows how people lack discernment and that’s how the devil slithers himself in nonchalantly, harmlessly.

I think I may of preached enough of ‘WARNING’ to my mom when she told me about it. I guess I’m over the top in the things of God because I was appalled a Christian would bring a pagan temple (painting) home and not even think nothing of it.

Thanks Don. God Bless you brother.

PS. Those options to click to notify of responds are not showing up for some reason now? That’s why it was a few days to respond this time I didn’t get a notice in my email.

Hello Bill,

I think pagan symbolism is all around us.

Look at the Nike “Swoosh” symbol.

It is a design supposedly from the wings of the Greek goddess for Victory.

On the other side of things, common sayings like…”read the writing on the wall” (Babylon), head on a silver platter” (John The Baptist), and many more popular sayings come from ancient Biblical facts.

That’s what I thought but I was just wondering if they’ll try and make people do a mandatory National Registry w/ chips in hand. That’s where I would sit her and other people down and be explicit.. You Are Not taking It!

Hi Donni,

Thank you. That’s a good idea to gradually switch like u explained. I’ve thought about it too. The way I’ve been handling it was to get my sermons from 3 individuals on tv Sunday morning.. David Jerimiah, Michael Youssef, Charles Stanley. I got a basket of other preachers I enjoy. Then let her go to church, she sits and listens to them w/ me most of the time. They help me w/ end times, she hears it from those guys.. kinda helps me.

I do need to start pressing it a little though…

I hafta check out for tonight, go eat. take care everyone.

List of passages to accompany my comment as promised.

John 6:44-45
Galatians 1:15
1 Corinthians 12:3
1 cor 2:14
Eph 2:1
Eph 2:4
John 5:21
John 15:16
John 15:5
Acts 16:14
col 2:13
1 john 5:20
rom 8:5
Phil 2:13
Rom 3:10
Rom 8:7-9
Rom 10:17
Rom 9:10-21 (very sobering passage, puts humans in their rightful place of complete submission and humility)
Heb 12:2
eph 3:16-17
matt 16:15-17 (great illustration of His work being done in us, not faith of our own will, our faith comes from Him)
I Cor 2
John 14:6-21
I pet 2: 9
2 pet 3:3
1 pet 1:2
Rom 1:7
I Thes 1:2-4
I thes 2:4
Acts 4:28
Rom. 8:29
Eph. 1:4-5
Eph. 1:11
John 13:18
1 Corinthians 1:18 
James 1:21

Thanks Don – the links were appreciated.