END TIME: Part 1, The Overcome and What They Must Overcome

After finishing the series on the events that mark the end of our age, I began to understand even more fully why overcoming is what we must do NOW if we desire to be part of the “better resurrection.” Promises of Eternal Life were made to the overcomers. Who are they?

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This may turn into a Bible study series, and if so I do not apologize because at least for me it will be worth it, and my hope is that it will be so for you, too.

The book of Revelation uses the word “overcome” 17 times. The name “Israel” means, “an overcomer with El” or one who prevailed to victory with El. Hence Jacob’s name was changed to reflect this great success. Prophecies foretell of one nation that will consist of “overcomers” when Eyahuwah returns to the earth. And Ezekiel, given the vision of the valley of dry bones, saw the “whole House of Israel” raised from the dead at beginning of the next age!

But along with the “whole House of Overcomers with El” (Israel) are people from every tribe, nation, and language who overcame the world during their lifetime in the first seven ages and became separate, clean, and worthy.

What more can be said about the importance of being an “overcomer” and not someone who has been “overcome?”

If you are not an overcomer, then you may find some offense in what I am about to write, but the Book of Revelation emphasized that the promises of power and authority, immortality, and all good things were made to overcomers!

What are the characteristics of someone who is overcome?

First, there is a fanatical view of one’s importance in the world. He or she is at the center of a universe around which all else revolves. These are overcome by the importance of their own thoughts. Every idea that passes through their mind is sacred. If someone tries to challenge these ideas, notions, and musings, the owner is deeply offended and accuses the challenger of arrogance. The retort is, “How can you say that about me?” Pride, greed, envy, hatred and such like, can overcome and conquer the person and cause anyone so afflicted to be cut off from the Spiritual resources available through Eyahuwah and the Elahim. Therefore, we must overcome these things that will overcome us, if we allow them to do so.

Second, there are those who have been overcome by scholarship and research. Not that these are bad things, they are not. But the person is not overcome by that but rather by the headiness that these bring. I said in another post that degrees are a trap. I know, I have them. But it is not simply a degree that seems to overcome people, rather it is the society and peer pressure that overcomes people. I had a friend who pursued his degrees with ardor and finally arrived at the point of getting his doctorate. Much to his dismay, he found that his judges were the most snobbish, “superior” faculty members and among the worst of the scholars. For them to be satisfied you had to kiss their you-know-whats, and do and say things that you know were not true and lacked integrity. Because of the hypocrisy, cronyism, and the sheer unreal-ism of the process, he had to walk away and fore-go his Ph. D. Rather than be “overcome” by them, he chose instead to be an overcomer. Yes, overcoming sometimes requires that you walk away from the world.

Third, religion of any size or shape is one of the greatest overcomers of the world. All religions are of the world. This includes churches, denominations, sects, cults, and all the “isms.” Hard to believe, but Scriptures and real life experiences prove this to be true. I wrote in another post about how the religions will be destroyed before the end of this age. There will be no “Catholic” religion in the next age of right doing. Neither will there be Judaism or Islam. There will be no Christian Conventions, revivals, Sunday School, or “sacred” rituals. Neither will there be the name “Jesus” or “church” or “God” or “Eucharist” or other such-like religious names or vocabulary.

Why?

Because these are the overcoming tools that are used to conquer (overcome) the minds of the followers.

During the time of the eighth age, we will learn new words, new songs, and most importantly, the truth. But the best thing that one can do now is to overcome and personally conquer the “conquering” influence of religion in one’s life.

There is more to said about the conquering influence of family, friends, peers, neighbors, poker clubs, lodges, media, in fact, about anything in this world that we can join or are already a part of. Each group from family into which we are born to the country we belong to that can conquer and overcome each of us individually. And if we decide to not follow their unprofitable ways, they may rather see us dead than alive. Attempting to reason with those who have been overcome is impossible. They appear to be in a deep sleep of hypnotism. Anything that tries to bring them out of their stupor is like playing with matches in a fireworks warehouse.

My hope is that through this Bible study series each of you will have a clearer view of the reality that exists apart from the world’s. The place to start, believe it or not, is the Book of Revelation, in spite of some who although part of this world, think they have a better way.

Why would the Book of Revelation place so much importance on overcoming?

Let’s find out.

To be continued …

P. S. This is the third time I felt that I had to change the headlines of this series. The first because if appears that “overcomer” is a verbalism to many readers. The second time I changed from “eternal life” because it dawned on me that most people think they have eternal life through a supposed “immortal soul,” which they don’t. Equating eternal life with the deceitful doctrine of the”immortal soul” is a gross mistake through all Christianity. So I changed to “end-time,” which is a main thread running through the Book of Revelation and the rest of the Scriptures.