Ray McCauley - May Commit Same ‘Sin’ Again!

In 2000 - Pastor Ray McCauley at Rhema Church in South Africa said he did not ­believe in divorce and called it a sin and then divorced his first wife, Lyndi.  The dust had barely settled when Ray McCauley married his new wife, Zelda and now it seems they might be getting a divorce as well. 

I wonder, if after the second divorce, if ‘the board’ will ask him to step down as a minister, as a minister is supposed to set a good example based on the Word of God.  Or is the board of directors quite happy to keep him there for they themselves (incl. Ray McCauley) want the congregation led astray? 

http://www.news24.com/City_Press/News/0,,186-187_2250924,00.html

“A SECOND divorce seems imminent for Rhema Bible Church leader Pastor Ray McCauley (57).The widely publicised marriage between McCauley and his wife Zelda seems to have hit rock ­bottom and the couple have separated.Sources say Zelda has instructed her lawyer, Kevin Hacker, to ­institute divorce proceedings against the wide-chested pastor. Hacker and McCauley’s lawyer, Billy Gundelfinger, were this week locked in meetings to map a way forward.Rhema Church and McCauley’s spokesperson Vusi Mona is not giving away much.

Tape 7 - The Secret Society at the Church of Laodicea

* If this is your first time reading these 7 articles I would advise you start at the Introduction.

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by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“ 

Turn in your Bible to Revelation 3:14-22. I’ll be reading from the old King James version.

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Laodicea means “the people speak or the people rule.” It’s opposite of Nicolaitane where the priesthood rules. So powerful was the Protestant Reformation against Nicolaitanism that the pendulum of political rule in both government and the church swung to the opposite extreme. Hence, the Laodicean church is ruled by a democracy of the people in stark contrast to the autocracy of the priesthood in the Thyatira church period. Walter Scott in his exposition of the Revelation of Jesus Christ wrote that Laodicea also means “the people’s rights” which is essentially what was won by the political revolutions during the Sardis and Philadelphia church period. With these rights came individual autonomy, not only politically but also spiritually. In our day and with few exceptions, the congregation rules in most Protestant churches, not the priest, pastor, elders, deacons nor the board. Every decision made in most Protestant churches is finalized by a majority vote of the congregation. The people speak, or in today’s vernacular, the people express their voice through their vote. As a result, we find a vicious individualism in Laodicean assemblies that sometimes split churches or we see a constant movement of people from church to church which was prophesied by the apostle Paul to occur during the time of the Laodicean church period. I quote Paul’s prophecy found in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 — “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”

Tape 6 - The Secret Society at the Church of Philadelphia

* If this is your first time reading these 7 articles I would advise you start at the Introduction.

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by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“  

Turn in your Bible to Revelation chapter 3 verse 7-13. I’ll be reading from the old King James version.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Philadelphia means “brotherly love.” In the year 189 BC, King Eumenes II of Pergamos completed building the city of Philadelphia in honor of his loyal brother Philadelphus who he deeply loved. King Eumenes selected the location of the city for its strategic position of being a natural crossroads and planned for Philadelphia to be a gateway to the ancient world for spreading Greek culture throughout Asian provinces. During the time of the apostles, the strategic position of Philadelphia enabled the local church to evangelize the known world and those from distant lands traveling through the city came into contact with the Philadelphia evangelicals. Some were saved, discipled and commissioned to take the gospel back to their homeland and establish new churches.

Tape 5 - The Secret Society at the Church of Sardis

* If this is your first time reading these 7 articles I would advise you start at the Introduction.

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by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“  

Turn in your Bible to Revelation chapter 3. I’ll be reading verses 1-6 from the old King James Version.

“And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”

Sardis means “those escaped.” Two historic events occurred at the ancient city of Sardis which reflect its name. First was five centuries before Christ when King Cyrus of Persia conquered Sardis in a surprise attack. Those who escaped said that Cyrus came as a thief in the night and caught the city unprepared. The second event was 17 years after Christ was born when Sardis was devastated by an earthquake. Those who escaped returned later to rebuild the city through the kind assistance of Emperor Tiberius. The church at Sardis when broadened to the Sardis church period represents those who escaped the Inquisitions of the Catholic Church. Two historic terms characterize this period of church history: Reformation and Protestantism. The Reformation was an attempt by righteous and faithful Christians to reform the Catholic Church. Protestantism on the other hand incorporated more than just Christians, it involved heads of state, secret societies and Christians who together politically and militarily protested against the temporal power of the Catholic Church. Walter Scott in “Exposition of the Revelation of Jesus Christ” explained it this way: “We distinguish between Reformation and Protestantism; the former was a divine work, the latter a human system.”

Tape 4 - The Secret Society at the Church of Thyatira

* If this is your first time reading these 7 articles I would advise you start at the Introduction.

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by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“ 

Turn in your Bible to Revelation chapter 2, I’ll be reading from the old King James version.

The book of Revelation is a prophecy of the end-times as revealed to the apostle John in a vision given him by Jesus Christ when John was exiled to the island of Patmos about the year 96 AD. The apostle was to write down what the risen Saviour showed him and send the messages to seven select churches in the Asia Minor cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. Why were these seven churches selected in this order to receive our Lord’s prophetic end-time message? Bible prophecy scholars have concluded that Christ chose these seven cities to represent the future church age for within the defined name of each city, and within the characteristic nature of each church, we recognize seven historic church periods from John’s day to our day. Each church will have its own broader time slot for future domination as well as its own future Western headquarters. Christ’s prophecy also reveals that all seven church periods will be plagued by secret societies which will attempt to impede the progress of spreading the gospel worldwide. So far we have witnessed the fulfillment of this prophecy in the first three church periods that have spanned the first 600 years of church history. What is most significant in our study is that at the end of each letter Christ personalizes his message to individual Christians with this statement “to him that overcometh I will give” a specific eternal occupation. This suggests that not only are there seven church periods within the church age with seven distinct characteristics, there are also seven types of Christians defined with these same characteristics who are being prepared to manage God’s creation throughout eternity.

Our study of each of the seven churches is therefore divided into three segments: (1) we shall discuss the historic characteristics of each local church in each Asia Minor city, (2) we shall connect those characteristics to a church period that from our perspective today we can prove historically had those same characteristics, and (3) we shall apply those characteristics to individual Christians. As a Christians where do you fit into the prophetic picture? The answer is found in your Christian characteristic, therefore, of that characteristic which best fits you in your own spiritual walk with our Lord and Saviour, take particular note for that characteristic is developing you for your eternal occupation in the New Heaven and New Earth so long as you overcome the obstacles that the secret societies have placed before you to hinder your part in the spread of the gospel.

Tape 3 - The Secret Society at the Church of Pergamos

* If this is your first time reading these 7 articles I would advise you start at the Introduction.

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by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“ 

Turn in your Bible to Revelation chapter 2. We’ll be reading from the old King James version.

In our last study we learned that the Smyrna church period suffered almost 300 years of martyrdom under ten Roman emperors beginning with Nero in 67 AD and ending with Diocletian in 303 AD. The apostle John suffered during the second wave of persecution under Domitian in 81 AD. Christians brought before this emperor were given a chance to live if they would renounce their faith. John refused and was sentenced to be boiled in oil. Miraculously John survived and was exiled to the island of Patmos. It was on Patmos that he wrote the book of Revelation in 96 AD as revealed to him by the risen Savior.

In Revelation 1:11 Christ told John to send the book to seven churches in Asia Minor which were located at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. Many Bible scholars believe that hidden within the names of these seven cities and manifested in the characteristics of the seven churches in these cities are prophesied seven distinct church periods from John’s day to our day. So far, we have confirmed this in our study of the first two churches. There we witnessed by scripture and in history that persecution was the result of the failure to evangelize. In the first century Ephesian church, preaching the gospel was their first love so Satan sent false apostles to infiltrate the church to slow the progress of evangelism. These deceivers belonged to a secret society of Gnostics who not only denied the deity of Christ but taught pagan licentious living as a way to gain salvation. During the latter half of the Ephesian church period the Gnostic crisis was so great that the church forsook evangelism to defend the faith. Defending the faith at the expense of evangelism closed the first church period and opened the second. This was prophesied by Christ when he warned the first church that if it did not return to its first love of evangelism, he would take away their candlestick. The Smyrna church period was fulfillment of that prophecy.

Tape 2 - The Secret Society at the Church of Smyrna

* If this is your first time reading these 7 articles I would advise you start at the Introduction.

Transciption of seven 1-hour audio cassette messages
by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“ 

Turn in your Bible to Revelation chapter 2. We’ll be reading from the old King James version.The book of Revelation is a prophecy of the end-times as revealed to the apostle John in a vision given to him by Jesus Christ when John was exiled on the island of Patmos about the year 96 AD. The apostle was to write down what the risen Savior showed him and send the message to seven select churches in Asia Minor. The cities were Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. I believe, as do many prophecy scholars, that Christ selected the seven cities to represent the future of the church because within the defined name of each city and within the characteristic nature of each city, are hidden the characteristics of seven distinct church periods from John’s day to our day. In other words, the seven letters to the seven churches is a prophecy of the church age which is now about 2,000 years old. Each of the seven churches was infiltrated by a pagan secret society.

In our first study we witnessed that the Ephesian church successfully excised the secret societies but at the expense of evangelism. With the church of Smyrna, which is our current study, we shall discover the retaliation of the secret societies. Of the seven churches three were both commended and condemned by Christ, two were commended by our Savior without finding any fault in them and two were condemned without giving them any praise. What is most significant to us is that at the end of each letter Christ personalizes his message to individual Christians with this statement “to him that overcometh.” This suggests that not only are there seven distinct church periods within the church age with seven characteristics, there are also seven types of Christians defined by these same characteristics.

Tape 1 - The Secret Society at the Church of Ephesus

* If this is your first time reading these 7 articles I would advise you start at the Introduction.

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by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“ 

Turn in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 2. We’ll be reading from the old King James version.

The Apostle John, the last surviving apostle, wrote this last gospel, this last letter, this last book in the New Testament.During the early years of Roman persecution of the Church, John had been exiled to Patmos, a rocky island in the Mediterranean. There he saw a vision handed down to us as the book of Revelation. The date of writing was approximately 96 AD. When Jesus Christ gave John this revelation, he told the apostle to write what he saw and send it by letter to seven churches in Asia Minor. Today the country of Turkey takes in the territory of ancient Asia Minor.

Why these seven churches? There were others that Christ could’ve selected to receive this message. For example, below Laodicea was Colosse. In Greece there were three churches: Philippi, Thessalonica and Corinth. There was also the church at Galatia and there were churches in Hierapolis and Troas. Why were the seven churches at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea selected in this order by Jesus Christ to receive John’s prophetic end-time message? Within our century, that is the 20th century, Bible prophecy scholars have concluded that these seven churches in Asia Minor were in fact prophesies of seven distinct church periods from John’s day to our day. I accept this view for this simple reason: the inherent characteristics of each of the seven contemporary churches of Asia Minor can be recognized in seven distinct church periods throughout the past 2,000 years of church history. In fact, from John’s day until our day, as the seven church-types marched West together, each would have its own time slot for domination, each its own Western headquarters and each its own infiltration by a pagan secret society.

Introduction - Secret Societies and Their Infiltration of the Seven Churches of Revelation

I must say that this has indeed been an eye opener for me and also possibly one of the best Biblical History lessons I’ve ever read.  And through reading these articles it has made me come to realise a few things in my life that I need to repent for.  Strangely enough one thing in particular that has been on my mind for a few weeks now, while reading these articles I found the answer to. 

Please read this - get yourself a cup o’ coffee and enjoy.  I definitely think you will benefit!!

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by John Daniel, author of “Scarlet and the Beast“  

Introduction

Biblical text: Revelation 1-3

Why These Seven Churches?

Kobus van Rensburg – A Self Anointed Prophet

Kobus van Rensbrug is a ‘prophet’ from South Africa.  He follows the word of faith doctrine and dominion theology.  I have watched him a few times on TV and all I can do is just shake my head in dismay - he is one of those preachers that can talk for hours but says nothing.  When he gives a prophecy it rhymes like a poem!  And he views himself in a very good light as being extremely sought after to bring the ‘good news’ to the nations.

KOBUS THE PROPHET: 

Kobus van Rensburg has appointed himself as a prophet and Kobus van Rensburg has a ‘pace setting church’.  I ask, how can one set the pace of Christianity?  No human can determine the future of the Church.  I think what Kobus means by this statement is that he (along with many other so called ministers) are setting the pace for deception and the ushering in of the Anti-Christ. His church’s main focus is signs and wonders - interestingly enough these signs, miracles and wonders appear without the preaching of salvation. Miracles only ever happened in the New Testament after the Word was preached, to confirm God’s Word of salvation, never before.