The colors green, white and red may spell spiritual death, and more so if put together. Green as in greed for the material actually comes first. Then, white for false religion as a means for green to come by. Finally, red as in sin to keep the whole thing going. As in false churches, these three support and fortify each another in a cyclic manner to be able to thrive. But whatever the arrangement, the end is still the same: spiritual death.
GREEN is for the Love of Money . . . . . and Lust
Money, money, money – all for the love of money.
Green is the color of a stable currency, and thus carries a strong connotation to money, wealth, and materialism.
WHITE is for living in the world of lies
Among these three colors, it is the white that plays it big, the white horse symbol in Revelations. White is for living in the world of lies, made possible by false religions through their teachers. False teachers have crept into the fold and drawn followers to themselves, since Christ founded the Christian Church. This is evidenced by what is observed as fruits – the supposed “Christians” that have been formed out of their teachings for ages. This has continued until today, as heresy after heresy infiltrated the doctrines of the church – with so many “Christian” churches warring at each other for differences of doctrines. With these many differences, one can tell there is lying, there are lies, and there are liars.
Apostle Paul warned of false spiritual leaders as "speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron.” These are preachers with consciences that have become so calloused, they are no longer sensitive to the hypocritical nature of their existence. Having lied so long, they are desensitized to lying.
There are those who parade themselves as representing God, when in fact, void of the knowledge of God and the salvation they say they proclaim. Starving, they supposedly offer true bread, and warn other men of a hell that they themselves will populate. Many appear to feed and cloth the flock of God while in reality they ravage them, and for a pretense they make long their prayers.
False teaching is a mixture of truth and error. Thus, people may at the same time be encouraged and nourished by some things that are true but unknowingly accept error along with it. But even a small amount of error may be dangerous.
A lot of these false preachers are said to be on television networks. Their sermons are so strong, with seemingly interesting topics, deceiving even the very elect, if possible. Some are said to falsely mistake smiles, handshakes, fine clothes and money, discipline, attendance records, and smooth talk for love, spirituality, holiness, blessings and Biblical preaching. Education is so important to them, not as much wisdom; and church promotions have taken over seeing to others’ burdens. Hard, straight Bible preaching and teaching is unheard of.
One described television Christianity as producing a theatrical church whose job is to entertain, excite, please and gain - a characteristic of a false church - instead of to enlighten, rebuke, correct, and produce Bible believers. In fact, all false churches can be said to teach liberal theology that almost rejects the bible as being the divine Word of God. Although they use Christian jargon, and at times share principles with true Christianity, these groups severely twist and contort the message of the Gospel. Basically, their ministers make it easy for their members to stay on. In summary, false churches have the following habits -
1) Adding to and subtracting from the word of God
2) Subtracting from the Person of Christ usually by denying the fact that He is God.
3) Putting trust in the Organization instead of God
RED is for sin
Red is the color of power. History has it that strict clothing regulations were enforced in Europe up to the times of the French Revolution. Pure colors were reserved exclusively for the rich nobility. Wearing red coats was the exclusive right of the nobility in medieval times and the red robes of kings, cardinals, judges and executioners announced their power over life and death. In Christianity, the red rose is associated with the cross and the bloodshed.
The beauty of being with God’s nation is that one’s past life of sin is forgotten, having been washed and forgiven at baptism. As written in Isaiah 1: 18 –
“Come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be scarlet, they shall be elite as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
There have been testimonies of worldly lives from all corners in the Church of God International, given the lack of knowledge that God’s doctrines could provide. But after having been taught the doctrines and the supposed life of a Christian, one is expected to behave properly. Adultery, immorality, all forms of carnality when found in a child of God gives enough reason for the Presiding Minister, Bro. Eli Soriano, to expel him. With God’s mercy yet, the putting away is not arbitrary but with the purpose of teaching God’s children not to blaspheme. In the Church history, there have been some expelled.
But where have they gone to? For being put out because of immorality or adultery and being accepted somewhere says a lot of their new-found group. The Ang Dating Daan does not tolerate immorality. God’s nation does not, and God warns in Rev 2: 19-21 –
“I know thy works, and charity…. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit fornication…and I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.”
By this world’s standards, it is not surprising that those being expelled would group together where they are tolerated. As bonus for them, they get the chance to tell the world in their own terms that they are innocent, in effect making their excommunication appear an injustice. From their appearances alone on television one could tell, they have gone back to the ways of this world – cutting their hair, using make up, dressing immodestly, and from their mouths speak out lies about those they said they believed in before. Rather than engaging in self-introspection to see where they have gone wrong and in humility ask pardon from God, they have preferred to attend to what this world would think about them, never mind God. Now come the cosmetics to supposedly blot out or suffocate the reasons why they were expelled. In so doing, they resort to all sorts of shenanigans.
The first target would be the preacher – that he is this, that he is that. He is fair game to those paid to destroy him, and like actors sent to deliver a part, the players play their game, after which they collect. They are media men now, of the AC-DC type. This is referred to in journalism as attack-collect, defend-collect, but of the employment type. They attack Bro. Soriano for a pay, and they defend their new-found group for a pay. In effect, although they feel like heroes on television, licking their wounds to the world with worldly sorrow, they have become basket cases in terms of salvation.
Not content with that, they share inside information that they twist to be able to earn. They become point men to recruiters, making a list of those who could take a bite of their moneyed fate. They join the activities of those tearing apart the organization they once belonged to – including those bloody plots and plans.
But at the end of the day, if conscience is still there, there may be that gnawing, unknown sadness they alone could feel. They have sold their souls. They have gone back to where they came from.
Taste for blood. The first ones to be defensive about their false religion are those trained ready to kill for their leader. The taste for blood is part and parcel of the package of salvation. It is the mindset of those wanting to be martyrs, no different from the suicide bombers. But this is easier done by those earning their keep as paid ministers. Should their religion go kaput, there go their salaries down the drain, their houses, and their properties. And so defend to the max their leader they go.
In so doing, they also put out teachings of their own, subverting in the process what set of teachings they should have – to pitch in for a leader who keeps away from the eye of the public. To defend what teachings they had through the years, they resort to going beyond what is necessary to do – like fraternities bonding for unity, and not for truth.
2007-04-10 08:19:22
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answered by yana 4
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Well lets see: The color red is found to describes natural objects in the Bible,such as Jacob's stew (Genesis 25:30); the sacrificial(red) heifer found in(Numbers 19:2. Then there's the reference to the color of wine in(Proverbs 23:31); Also the newborn Esau was discribed as red in(Genesis 25:25). Judah's eyes (Genesis 49:12); and the eyes of the drunkard are red in (Proverbs 23:29). In prophecy the great serpent(Satan) dragon is red (Revelation 12:3).
Finally the color of blood is red and it often symbolizes life but it can also suggests bloodshed in the carnage of war, like in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalyspe! See Rev. 6:1-10
Now the color white is found mostly associated with purity or righteousness. It is also representative of the color of animals. See (Genesis 30:35). The color of manna that the hebrew children eat in the desert was white. See(Exodus 16:31). Certain garments worn by important people, like priests, in the Bible were described as being white in color. See(Ecclesiastes 9:8, Daniel 7:9). Horses are sometimes white in color as they represent righteousness or purity!(Zechariah 1:8). The white horse of Revelation 6:2 in which one of the Four Horsemen rides is white!
Then there's simple things described as the white of an egg in(Job 6:6); the shining garments of angels (Revelation 15:6) and the grand celestrial vision of the transfigured Christ in(Matthew 17:2); And last but not the least, the great White Throne of judgment mentioned in (Revelation 20:11)!
The color green has many meanings in the Bible. However, normally it describes vegetation, and is used of pastures (Psalm 23:2); herbage in (II Kings 19:26); of trees in general in (Deuteronomy 12:2; Luke 23:31; Revelation 8:7).
Then there's the figurative meanings like the reference to the marriage bed ( Song of Solomon 1:16). Green is used to describe a hypocrite, by comparing them to a papyrus plant in(Job 8:16). Grass is obviously green mentioned in (Mark 6:39). A word meaning "greenish" describes plague spots (Leviticus 13:49, 14:37) as well as the color of gold.
Lastly, the
'pale' horse of the Apocalyspe is actually a greenish-yellow color, and symbolises sickness, plagues, and even death!
2007-04-10 08:46:26
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answered by Old Truth Traveler 3
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