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U N T I L W E H A I L T H E R A D I A N T D A W N I N G • A n d l i f t u p t h e g l a d n e w s o n g“It is finished” means the atonement for sin wasmade on the cross not in hell. 15 The real Jesus didnot go to hell to redeem man. He did that on thecross. The cross is where he suffered, not in hellafterwards.[Editorial comment: Ephesians 4:8–10 and 1Peter 3:18–22 presents Christ as going to “hell”(Greek “hades”, Hebrew “sheol”; the place of thedeparted) not as a victim or sufferer, but as a victorto proclaim His triumph.]a counterfeitresurrected from hellJoyce Meyer’s word-faith Jesus was resurrectedfrom hell by the power of God. The Bible says a lotabout the resurrection but one cannot find anywherein scripture where Jesus was resurrected from hell.Word-Faith teachers misinterpret and take out ofcontext other scriptures such as 1 Peter 3:18-19:For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteousfor the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He wasput to death in the body but made alive by theSpirit, through whom also he went and preachedto the spirits in prison……….The false teachers of the Word-Faith movementinterpret this to mean that Jesus was put to deathbut His spirit went to hell where He suffered andwas tormented by Satan and his demons and thenreborn from the pit of hell as the first born man bythe power of God. They misapply and take out ofcontext Paul’s statement in Romans 8:29:For those God foreknew He also predestined tobe conformed to the likeness of His Son, that Hemight be the firstborn among many brothers.Remember the scriptures say Satan wants to be God.You said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven;I will raise my throne above the stars of God; Iwill sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, onthe utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I willascend above the tops of the clouds; I will makemyself like the most High” (Isaiah 14:13-14).Is it surprising then that Satan’s servants also wantto be God. They are just like their master.For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen,masquerading as apostles of Christ. Andno wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as anangel of light. It is not surprising then, if his servantsmasquerade as servants of righteousness.Their end will be what their actions deserve (2Corinthians 11:13-15).This is exactly what the word-faith false gospelteaches, man can become a god. The hereticKenneth Copeland teaches this:You’re all God. You don’t have a God livingin you; you are one! ... When I read in the Bible15 “‘It is finished.’ The implication of the Greek word is ‘Thisis complete.’ This is redemption complete. You can’t add toit. You can’t subtract from it. It doesn’t need something thepriest says added to it. Jesus made a perfect redemptionfor men. His blood was shed. It’s more than all the blood ofbeasts. Because again, it says in Hebrews 10:9, ‘If the bloodof bulls and goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling theunclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How muchmore shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternalSpirit offered himself without spot to God, purge yourconscience from dead works.’ He not only paid the totalsum of human sin, He nailed it to the tree. That’s whatHe did.” Leonard Ravenhill, “It Is Finished”, 1994, , cited 23 August 2006.28where God tells Moses, ‘I AM,’ I say, ‘Yah, Iam too!’ 16Like all word-faith teachers, Joyce Meyer’s teachingon Jesus is a rehash of much of Copeland’s, and hismentor Hagin’s, blasphemy. Word-faith hereticshave to demote the real Jesus to the level of a sinfulman who suffered in hell and had to be born againby the power of God. Jesus has to be brought downto their level so He can become like them and theylike Him, God. This is why the word-faith ministers(heretics) twist the Scriptures, taking Romans 8:29totally out of context.For those God foreknew He also predestined tobe conformed to the likeness of His Son, thatHe might be the firstborn among many brothers(Romans 8:29 NIV).“God … predestined [them] to be conformed tothe likeness of His Son” is twisted to mean thatthey are predestined to become gods, and “thatHe might be the first born among many brothers”is twisted to mean Jesus had to be born again fromhell, becoming the first man to be reborn. Word-faithdoctrine has to bring Jesus down to the level of asinful man so the word-faith heretics can be just liketheir Jesus and call themselves gods. Their Jesusbecomes like they are. Sinful in need of spiritualrebirth. It is interesting to note that the word-faithheretics who call themselves gods are committingthe original sin all over again.The woman said to the serpent, “We may eatfruit from the trees in the garden, but God didsay, You must not eat fruit from the tree that isin the middle of the garden, and you must nottouch it, or you will die.” “You will not surelydie,” the serpent said to the woman. For Godknows that when you eat of it your eyes will beopened, and you will be like God, knowing goodand evil” (Genesis 3:2-5).The true Jesus made atonement for sin physicallyon the cross (not in hell) and was resurrected bodilyfrom the tomb. He died once, on the cross:For Christ died for sins once for all (Romans 6:10).He died on the cross and was resurrected by theHoly Spirit from the grave:He was put to death in the body but made aliveby the Spirit (1 Peter 3:18).And by that will, we have been made holythrough the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christonce for all (Hebrews 10:10).Jesus mentions His bodily crucifixion and resurrectionin John 2:18-22Then the Jews demanded of him, “What miraculoussign can you show us to prove yourauthority to do all this?” Jesus answered them,“Destroy this temple, and I will raise it againin three days.” The Jews replied, “It has takenforty-six years to build this temple, and you aregoing to raise it in three days?” But the templehe had spoken of, was his body. After he wasraised from the dead, his disciples recalled whathe had said. Then they believed the Scriptureand the words Jesus had spoken.That Christ died for our sins according to theScriptures, that He was buried, that He wasraised on the third day according to the Scriptures(1 Corinthians 15:3-4).16 The Force of Love - Tape BBC-56.According to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, theangel who appeared to the women who arrivedat the tomb after the Sabbath said to them “Hehas risen!” (The angel did not say “He has risenfrom hell!)Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrectionof Christ, that he was not abandonedto the grave, nor did his body see decay. Godhas raised this Jesus to life, and we are allwitnesses of the fact (Acts 2:31-32).Jesus was resurrected bodily from the grave notfrom hell.And having disarmed the powers and authorities,he made a public spectacle of them, triumphingover them by the cross (Colossians 2:15 NIV).the destruction ofthe counterfeit ChristLike all word-faith false teachers, Joyce Meyerbelieves in another Jesus. Her Jesus does notmeasure up against scripture. He is a counterfeitchrist, a christ who will lead the lost into hell. Hetoo will perish there in the very hell he proclaimshe suffered in, to redeem mankind. He is spokenof in scripture.And the devil, who deceived them, was throwninto the lake of burning sulphur, where the beastand false prophet had been thrown. They willbe tormented day and night for ever and ever(Revelation 20:10).Unfortunately this counterfeit christ 17 will take manywith him who have foolishly put their faith in himfor a false salvation. Unless they repent and turnto the true Lord Jesus Christ these foolish ones willhear on that day the chilling words of our GloriousLord Jesus Christ:I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers(Matthew 7:23).Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, willenter the kingdom of heaven, but only he whodoes the will of my Father who is in heaven.Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord,did we not prophesy in your name, and in yourname drive out demons and perform manymiracles? Then I will tell them plainly, “I neverknew you. Away from me, you evildoers (Matthew7:21-23).Behold I am coming soonMy reward is with me, and I will give to everyoneaccording to what he has done. I am theAlpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,the Beginning and the End. Blessed are thosewho wash their robes, that they may have theright to the tree of life and may go through thegates into the city.Revelation 22:12-14 (NIV)REFERENCES: Scripture from The New International Version,1985. Bible.org Word-Faith quotes from: http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/copeland/general.htmhttp://www.pfo.org/preacher.htm17 This Counterfeit Christ is in essence a Substitute Christ. Itis worth noting that the Greek preposition “anti” does notnecessarily have to mean “opposed to”, or “against”, but“substitution, instead of”, or “in place of”. Consider this now,in regard to Word-Faith’s “Christ”, and the coming Anti-Christ.