Figuring out who gets to be in the Kingdom and who does not get to be in the Kingdom could take a whole lifetime to figure out, right?
Who could know such things?
What if I said I could answer this question using only three bible verses? Let’s get to it!!
Revelation 14:12 tells us who the saints are, those referred to as ‘the elect’ in scripture, the ones who are saved. What does it tell us?
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of Elohim and the faith of Yeshua Messiah.
Two criteria are given.
1. Keep the commandments of Elohim (these are in the Torah)
2. Keep the faith of Yeshua Messiah
Easy enough, right?
OK, moving on…
Revelation 22:14 tells us exactly who is in His Kingdom:
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
There we have it. Plain and simple, and straight out of our Messiah’s mouth, some of the very last words He left for mankind.
Once again, we are told to keep the commandments.
And finally, Revelation 22:15 tells us exactly who is not in His Kingdom:
But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
It is the final criteria here that peaks my curiosity…
What does it mean to love and practice a lie?
Well, if you reject the truth of scripture in favor of the teachings of men, then you are loving and practicing a lie.
If your pastor teaches against keeping the commandments of Elohim, then that is a lie. Those who follow such a lie are in for a rude awakening one day…
Just to supplement this premise a bit…
Here is another quote of Messiah, referring to those who do not keep the commandments:
Matthew 7:21-23
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
Jeremiah even predicted that in the last days, our churches would teach nothing but lies. Can you believe that?
Jeremiah 16:19
O Lord, my strength and my fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”
Oh boy, that isn’t good, is it?
Ezekiel feels the same way:
Ezekiel 22:26-27
Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain.
Even Paul gets in on the action in his letter to Timothy:
2Timothy 4:2-5
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Be careful who you listen to and what you believe.
Yahuah (God) said His Torah instructions, the law, are forever, for all generations, never-ending, a perpetual covenant.
Mainstream doctrine says they are not.
Who are you going to believe?