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This is the second of seven messages Pastor Doug Riggs gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow recorded November-December 2011. Here are my notes: o This installment of messages deals not only with individual believers’ need for repentance from dead works and from sins we commit, but also the church in general. o Doug addresses how we quench the Holy Spirit by our dead works in the old man,, and how we grieve Him through our disobedience and sins. o “The measure in which we learn to abide in Jesus and to appropriate His life daily, appropriate His character, His patience, His love, His righteousness, His sanctification, that is the process of being conformed to the image of His Son. The Holy Spirit is there to help us.” o “In order to repent from dead works, we gradually come to see that anything we do apart from Him is dead works.” o Doug addresses examples of church discipline which requires repentance on the part of the offenders as well as repentance if the church needs to make adjustments. This requires exercising apostolic authority as given in the word. o What was Jesus’s last call for believers to repent? It is what will be required for the church to be raptured in these last days. o “Revelation 2 and 3 – the whole emphasis is repentance; to be a prepared people for the Lord’s return.” o John the Baptist’s ministry was to prepare Israel for the 1st Advent and make ready the way for the Lord to come; the ministry in these last days of the church is to prepare for the 2nd Advent and to make ready the way for the Lord to return. Both require repentance. o “When Jesus Christ returns for His church, judgment will have already begun at the household of God. It will have reached a point where only that which is Philadelphia is left.” – These are ‘those who are alive and survive’ (1 Thessalonians 4:15, 17). “There’s going to be a reduction.” o Doug gives a very helpful understanding on what Jesus meant when He admonished the church at Ephesus that they had left first love. As we are to love Jesus Christ, we also are to love what He loves – the church, His body. o Loving what Jesus loves – “to endure, to suffer with Christ until Christ is fully formed in His people. You can’t have a corporate love for Christ as just some separate thing without loving the members of His body… and that love is sacrificial, and seeks the other’s highest good and best, even at the expense of his own well-being.” o “You can have an orthodox fundamental bible church and not necessarily be a light that reveals Christ in your midst… It’s got to be more than just sound doctrine. It’s got to be Christ in evidence in His people corporately as raised from the dead, the testimony of Jesus – the lampstand revealing the innermost character and nature of Christ to the world – and when we gather together. It’s ‘Christ all and in all.’” o “If Christ is first love, we’re going to love what He loves most, and that is preparing His bride. We cannot just love Christ and make Him our own private object of devotion, unless we’re loving what He loves.” o Doug’s prayer: “Grant me the grace to repent every day for the rest of my life; teach me how to walk in repentance every day so that it’s not I – but Christ living in me.” Resources recommended: https://www.dougriggs.org/Videos.html The Blessed Hope; The Day of Visitation; The Final Revelation of Jesus Christ T. Austin-Sparks: Stewardship of the Mystery (read Vol. 2 first) https://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/stewardship_of_the_mystery_volume_2_the.html https://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/stewardship_of_the_mystery_volume_1_the.html Ruth Paxton: The Wealth, Walk, and the Warfare of the Christian https://www.lulu.com/shop/ruth-paxson/the-wealth-walk-and-warfare-of-the-christian/ebook/product-12vkgk6n.html?q=The+Wealth%2C+Walk%2C+and+the+Warfare&page=1&pageSize=4 Watchman Nee: Sit, Walk, and Stand https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sit+walk+stand+watchman+nee&crid=1ZS2H33N86AKC&sprefix=sit+walk+s%2Caps%2C72&linkCode=sl2&tag=tausspaaud-20&linkId=dd6d5d38b2df05fe357a04dca63d9d6a&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

This is the first of seven messages Pastor Doug Riggs gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow recorded November-December 2011. Here are my notes: o My first thought as I begin the challenge to edit and condense this 7-part series on repentance: How in the world could anyone teach 7 hours on repentance. Just change your thinking and follow up with a change of your behavior. Isn’t that what repentance is all about? As we proceed (me with editing and you with hearing), I believe we’ll all be in for a surprising and bountiful buffet of spiritual meat and refreshment. o Doug distinguishes between the preaching of repentance for Israel by John the Baptist in preparing the way for the Messiah to come – First Advent – and the call for repentance for the church in these last days in preparing the way for the Messiah to come for His bride – and subsequently the Second Advent. o There is the repentance that leads to salvation – and there’s the repentance we need as Christians which moves us forward in our sanctification. o To those who present the gospel to unbelievers and require that they repent of their sins (plural), Doug corrects this false teaching and points to the fact there is only one sin we need to repent of, and that is the sin of unbelief. Then once we repent and are born-again, we can address sins we need to repent of. If you are presenting the gospel and require your listener that they have to repent of all their sins, how in the world are they going to do that? Do you remember every sin you ever committed??? “I repent of all my sins… I’m sorry for all my sins…” – that doesn’t do anything. o Repentance is believing and obeying… and you cannot have revival without repentance. To have true faith, there must be repentance; if there’s true repentance, then there’s faith. Turning to God involves repentance and faith. o “If all that Jesus Christ did was die on the cross for our sins and remove the penalty of sin, that is not enough to qualify for you and me to live with God forever… There must be something positive imparted to us, imputed to us, to qualify us to live with a righteous and holy God forever… He pronounces and declares us righteous – that’s justification.” o “The devil has access to people who have not repented” … not only unbelievers, but believers. Resources recommended: The Case for a Creator with Lee Strobel: https://vimeo.com/20197160 The Case for Christ with Lee Strobel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abLATf6Q9Ls (I’m not positive this is the original) God of Wonders (video): https://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Religion-and-Spirituality/Christianity/God-of-Wonders/79054 www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

This is the fourth of four messages Doug gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow. Here are my notes: o Doug explains the illustration Jesus gave of the grain of wheat that needs to go into the ground and die – and how that applied to Jesus – and how it applies to us. o One thing I noticed, especially in this fourth interview, is the weakness Doug must have been dealing with, especially in the beginning. But he gets more and more animated as we listen, so full of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, he can hardly hold back his exuberance and enthusiasm as he goes from one end of the Bible to the other, and back and forth countless times, making his point. I think this series was one of the very first he did with GeorgeAnn Hughes, so this was a new outreach opportunity for him to teach. Up to this point it was primarily to our small assembly he taught face-to-face. o “Unless there’s a death to who we are by nature, who we are by natural birth, then that germ that is within us as divine life, it cannot come to full fruition and fulfill the purpose for which God has redeemed us.” o Notice Doug doesn’t preach sermons. He was a Bible teacher, not a preacher. These are Bible studies, not homilies and stories to entertain the listeners. He took the stewardship God gave him very seriously for over 40 years. There were few times I can remember coming out from a bible study and thinking, “Wow, wasn’t that a wonderful message.” – however, there were some I still remember that I did come away with as such. o Doug corrects the error taught that it was Jesus’ physical blood that saves us – Jesus offered Himself – His soul – His Person was the offering for sin. It’s His soul that was made sin. The antitype of the blood is the soul. Jesus’ blood on the cross was the type – Jesus’ soul was the antitype, that which is what the blood points to. Similarly, ‘the lamb of God’ is the type; Jesus as the sacrificial lamb is the antitype, the fulfillment of the type. o “All three Persons (of the Godhead) are completely interdependent for the self-revelation and the self-realization of each Member, and all three Members make up one Godhead and share the same essence. But for that essence to function in a personal way, there’s a tri-unity, and that tri-unity is an interdependence – a consubstantiality – a co-essentiality.” o Doug explains the difference between two Greek words, morphē and schema, both translated ‘form’ or ‘appearance’. What has helped me understand the difference: morphē is like a Hersey’s Kiss – what you see on the outside is what is on the inside; schema is like an M&M, what you see on the outside is not representative of what’s on the inside. They’re both candy, but not the same. Think of that when you hear Doug teaching on Philippians 2, Jesus ever existing in the form (morphē) of God (verse 6), taking the form (morphē) of a bondslave, was found in the appearance (schema) as a man (verse 8). o “The Father is wholly and completely dependent upon the Son for His self-revelation; the Son is wholly and completely dependent upon the Father for His self-realization; and the Holy Spirit is likewise wholly dependent upon the Father and the Son for who He is as the revealer of God in our lives and in our hearts.” (Chaw on that for a spell… - wow!) o “Every Theophany in the Old Testament is in reality a Christophany, a manifestation of Jesus Christ in His preincarnate form.” o “How many people have heard this, ‘Family is above all!’ Well Jesus puts a sword right through that. Family is not number one.” As Jesus did not come to bring peace, He came to bring a sword – and that at times it is against family, soul and blood ties and attachments. Loving our family is subservient to loving the Lord our God. o Doug challenges our willingness to be not only born-again believers in Jesus, but to be His disciples. There’s a cost for that. o In confronting those who like to listen to cross-less messages by preachers who make you feel good, “If you’re offended – you need to be offended.” o We need to have a surrendered soul daily to be a disciple of Jesus. o “If we’re going to know Christ as our life, we have to know how the life of The Disciple, Christ, functions as humanity.” o How do we gain Christ? We have to lose our soul-life… “so that soul-life through death as a grain of wheat might come out into resurrection life-union with the Lord Jesus Christ.” Resources recommended: The Forgotten Father by Thomas Smail The Giving Gift by Thomas Smail The Mystery of Godliness by Maj. W. Ian Thomas The Complete Green Letters by Miles J. Stanford Bone of His Bone by F. J. Huegel www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

This is the third of four messages Pastor Doug Riggs gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow. Here are my notes: o Doug once again presents the foundational truths on how we are to live this impossible Christian life. only Christ can live that life in and through us. o Jesus Christ as God is the law-giver; Jesus Christ as the Son Man is the law-fulfiller. o “Our biggest problem is not that we are weak – our biggest problem is that we’re too strong.” o “The measure in which we’ve been broken, the measure in which we’ve experienced conformity with Christ in His death, where that flesh (which is the old Adamic nature) has been practically and experientially crucified, to that measure and that degree the life of Christ can be released and there can be effective ministry.” o Doug takes on the challenge to explain and help understand the trinity – the one God expressed in three Persons – with helpful illustrations. o “If we’re to know Christ as our life, we have to know Christ as the living Word.” o If what we are doing is not coming out from Jesus Christ as our source, it’s dead works. As Jesus Christ was entirely dependent on the Father, so too must we be dependent on Christ as the source of the life that will please God and produce fruit. o “We are nothing! And the sooner we settle this, then God is free to use us, because we’re not occupied with ourself anymore. And that’s what the cross will do. If we allow the Holy Spirit long enough to bring us through various circumstances into conformity with Christ in His death, that liberates us from the slavery and the limitations of that old humanity, and brings us into Christ our life.” o Doug clearly spells out the correlation between the absolute dependence of Jesus Christ on His Father and our absolute dependence on Him as our life. o “Jesus in His humanity is the only man who has ever pleased God.” o Doug’s take on Romans 11:36: “From Him – the ultimate source, God the Father; through Him – Jesus Christ, the only means and the divine agent; and to Him – that is in and by the Holy Spirit; glory to God.” o Doug’s take on Ephesians 4:4: “One God and Father who is over all, through all - in the Person of His Son; and in all - in the Person of the Holy Spirit.” o …on 1 Corinthians 12:4 ff: “One Minister, the Holy Spirit; we have one Person, the Father who actuates all this (gifts of the spirit); and the Holy Spirit, the one who is distributing these various actions in the body of Christ as He wills.” o “If God is working, it’s always present tense Three in One acting One in Three.” o “Jesus must be discovered daily as The Way in your life and mine.” o “We come to know The Truth by knowing Christ as The Way, because He as The Way leads us to The Truth as it is in Jesus. And as we come to know The Truth as it is in Jesus, we know Jesus as the Life; Way – Truth – and Life. The goal is Life.” o (John 14:10) “Jesus, in His sinless humanity, is in the Father, and the Father is in Me (Jesus) – there’s the key to the Christian life right there.” o “The Christian life is just more and more the Word becoming flesh in your life and mine.” This is why we endure and learn from the trials, tribulations, suffering, and child discipline we go through. o “As we become one with Him in His sufferings, then the life of God is released.” o There’s a whole lot of washing of water with the Word in this message (and series). o At Pentecost, Jesus “in the Person of His other Self (the Holy Spirit) comes to be the Life of our life; the Action of our action; the Source of our activity; the Cause of His own effect; the Power of everything that God demands; the Secret behind all obedience.” o “It takes Jesus to live to God; it takes Christ to be our life, to life a life to the interest and to the pleasure of God.” o “The Christian life is Jesus right now in resurrection life, in the Person of His other Self, the Holy Spirit, living out the power of God in us in the midst of our weakness… We know that power when we are in our weakest moments, because when we’re weak, then we have to depend on the grace of God. We have to know that apart from Him, we are nothing.” o This life of God is not a life of imitation – it’s a life of derivation. “Our life is out from God as a source, out from Christ as the source through the Person of the Holy Spirit.” Resources recommended: Thomas B. Smail’s The Forgotten Father: https://amzn.to/3NiWcrp T. Austin-Sparks: The School of Christ: https://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/school_of_christ_the.html Link to Doug’s message on an excerpt from this book: https://dougriggs.s3.amazonaws.com/Assemblies/The+Forgotten+Father+by+Thomas+Smail.mp3 The Giving Gift by Thomas B. Smail: https://amzn.to/44hJGiB

This is the second of four messages Doug gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow. Here are my notes: o “As we face the days ahead, we’re really going to need to know where our security is, so that as the world is falling apart, at least temporarily, in preparation for the reign of antichrist, which is a preliminary and a prelude to the return of Jesus Christ to settle the score and to cleanse this earth by judgment to establish His reign on earth – we need to be a people who know the times…” o “If we, both collectively and corporately and on a personal basis, are going to know Christ our life, that will be in direct proportionality to who we are in Adam no longer living.” o “Even though judicially and positionally all that we are as Christians have been put to death in the death of Christ; experientially, there’s so much often in us as Christians that has not yet been conformed to His death… experientially, every Christian is at a different place in our transition from Adam, our old humanity, to Christ, the new humanity.” o Jesus “now lives in us to become our life, to save us from the indwelling power of sin. The saving life of Christ is that life that indwells every Christian through new birth and the Person of the Holy Spirit, who indwells us, to deliver us from the power of sin… it’s the life of Christ that delivers us from the power of sin.” o “We cannot live the Christian life. If you as a Christian are not living a victorious Christian life, it’s because God never intended you as a Christian to live a victorious Christian life apart from Christ – because the Christian life is Christ. The Christian life is Christ our life.” o “It takes a Person for us to make the experiential transition from Adam to Christ.” o “The only thing that makes us of any kind of value to God is the measure in which Christ has been formed in us and is now operational in us and through us in the person of the Holy Spirit.” o “’The Creator did not create junk; He did not redeem junk; and He does not wear junk.’” o Philippians 3:11 Exanastasis – “… a moral and spiritual resurrection that lifts me out from among the dead. That moral and spiritual resurrection is knowing the saving life of Christ in fulness…” o Doug addresses the gnosticism that Paul confronted in his day, not unlike what is included in some of the new age teaching today, a neo-gnosticism. o Baptism is explained as the Christian counterpoint and definition of Jewish circumcision. It is the picture and demonstration of what happens when one is identified with Christ in His death and resurrection as we are identified with Him and He with us; we are incorporated into Christ in His death and resurrection. o “The only access Satan and the evil host have with the human race is through uncrucified flesh. Satan’s connection with this world – his rulership over this world as the prince of the power of the air – is through human agents that are living out from Adam. The only power he has over a Christian’s life is the degree that the Christian is living out from the natural man – not just sinful man – but the natural man… Satan has no access to the new creation resurrection identity – zero access; he cannot touch it.” o “Christ our life becomes more and more an experiential reality when that fleshly nature is put to death in us – it’s already true in Christ, our representative; but it must be true in us.” o “Our victory, over not only sin, but over all that which represents the enemy’s influence in our life, is through the cross! The blood is that which provides justification from the penalty of sins; the cross delivers us from principalities and powers.” Resources recommended: Ruth Paxon: Life on the Higher Plane https://amzn.to/3XlZCyj https://amzn.to/3PnUpUs https://amzn.to/3NckWBm F. J. Huegel: Bone of His Bone: https://amzn.to/42U2fIB Miles J. Stanford: The Complete Green Letters: https://amzn.to/3NnWEVe T. Austin-Sparks: In Christ: https://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/in_christ.html T. Austin-Sparks: The School of Christ: https://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/school_of_christ_the.html T. Austin-Sparks: The Great Transition From One Humanity to Another: https://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/great_transition_from_one_humanity_to_another_the.html www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

This is the eighth of eight messages Doug gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow. This installment takes a look at the predominant characteristics of the condition of the church, especially here in the west, known a the church of Laodicea. Here are my notes: o “God will have in His church the glory of Jesus Christ. He is going to prosecute and bring to conclusion in this last final generation that which will bring the church into conformity to the image of His Son. So in the midst of this darkness, in the midst of this falling away of Laodicea, God’s provision is a Person, Jesus Christ, the Amen, the faithful and true Witness… God’s provision for all declension, for all falling away from His full thought is a deeper and more full revelation of Jesus Christ.” o I grew up in the church under some very good teaching – but for decades believed lukewarm members of the church of Laodicea that were going to be vomited out were unbelievers – ‘nominal Christians’ we called them – those who went to church every Sunday but weren’t really saved. Therefore I missed the truth that these are Christians – not unbelievers – who need to repent, or otherwise be removed in judgment prior to the rapture. o Doug gives a very detailed helpful explanation of what it means for us to buy gold refined in fire. “And what is the money? I’ve suffered the loss of all things… it’s the very self-life rooted in Adam that must die. So, to purchase gold – we must die. Everything about us that’s not according to Christ must go through the cross; it must die.” o Doug clearly defines the difference between positional (imputed) righteousness and experiential (practical) righteousness – who we are in Christ and that with we put on, the righteousness of Christ – the righteous acts of the saints. o Though ‘putting on the full armor of God’ individually may remind us what it means to be clothed and protected in Christ, the passage in Ephesians 6 specifically teaches us it is a corporate putting on of the armor. For example, the shield of faith is not only for personal protection, but as we are joined together for battle as a phalanx, we also cover and protect those around us as our shields of faith are interlocked where the fiery darts become impenetrable. o This whole message is chock full of detailed scriptural instruction on how to turn from apostacy and return back to first love, the beginning to reverse Laodicea and find ourselves in conformity to the church of Philadelphia. o “Union and communion prepares us for throne union… Sharing His sufferings, sharing His glory. They are interdependent and interrelated.” Resources recommended: Great Fathers’ Day message (not just for fathers) by Eric Ludy: Lessons from the Storm - https://ellerslie.com/lessons-from-the-storm/ The Cross and Higher Ground by T. Austin-Sparks - https://bookministry1.s3.amazonaws.com/books/The+Cross+And+Higher+Ground.pdf www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

This is the sixth of eight messages Doug gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow. Here are my notes: o “The framework of the coming day of visitation as an eschatological conclusion of the church age – those have not been properly integrated theologically and exegetically into the text (of Revelation 2 and 3).” o God is going to break in and deliver His remnant at the end of the church age – the surviving remnant. o “Only the Holy Spirit of God can begin to open up to us the meaning and the significance of the Person that he (Apostle John) sees. It’s the Person.” o “Can we say that we are here for the testimony of Jesus?” o “The church, in a representative way, not so much in the physical aspects, but in the moral and spiritual glory, this testimony (of Jesus as the bright morning star) will be at the end, and therefore eclipse all that took place in the Book of Acts. Whatever took place in the Book of Acts, at the end, God will transcend. That has not yet happened. And this is the result of the day of visitation.” o “’The morning star arising in your hearts’ – plural; that’s the result, the effects of the day of visitation.” o “To the degree that you and I are progressively conformed to His death, there will be a commensurate and corresponding to Christ in His resurrection. And as we’re progressively brought into conformity with Christ in His resurrection, that means victory over death and victory over sin that is the power of death, and victory over the sin nature that’s still in our body.” o “As we go on in the Lord, that is as we come more into union with His death progressively, and therefore gradually more and more into union with Christ in His resurrection, that is the staging for us to come into ascension union with Him. Ascension union is victory over the powers of darkness.” o “At the end, in the day of visitation, there will be a company of people who God has dealt with – dealt with – dealt with; as God vomits out of His mouth the lukewarm Laodicea, and judgment begins at the household of God, through that there’ll be a company that He’ll lay His hand on. When He lays His hand on that people, they’re going to rise up and they’re going to be in the good of Philippians 3:11 exanastasis – out-resurrection from among the dead in a mortal body. That’s the morning star testimony.” o “The reality of who Jesus Christ in a people at the end will be so great, that the Adversary will be driven back!” o “Anyone who has not repented in coming in to the potentiality of this reality, they are not going to be among those who are alive and survive unto the coming of the Lord (1 Thess. 4:17). We have to be right with the Lord; we have to get right now!” o “It’s only when we are dead men that resurrection can occur.” Resources recommended: a further study of the name and original revelation of God as He revealed Himself to captive Israel as The I Am, listen to Eric Ludy’s recent message: Clothed in Rainbow (June 4). T. Austin-Sparks: “I… For the Testimony of Jesus” https://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/002989.html www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

This is the fifth of eight messages Doug gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow. Doug recaps previous messages while reminding us of very important things we need to remember, especially as the days get darker, and the day of visitation is here. Here are my notes: o “There are prophecies embedded (in Revelation 2 and 3) that will not be fulfilled until the day of visitation.” How many Bible teachers and prophecy teachers proclaim this? o “A morning star company at the end of the age, that will overwhelm the powers of darkness; Satan will be overwhelmed! He will be terrorized! His instruments will shrink back in shame.” o The church is where people come to see Jesus. “If the local church is anything other than the revelation of Jesus Christ, it becomes something of (fallen) man. The local church is the representation of the universal corporate body of Christ.” o Doug gives a good synopsis on the vision of the chariot of God in Ezekiel – no, it wasn’t a UFO. o Old Testament “prophets were raised up because the priests failed to communicate the word of God.” o The messengers (pastors) of the local church: “He’s not to be the messenger of his agenda; he’s not to be the messenger of some denominational head; he’s not to be the messenger of the pope!... He’s to be the messenger of the Lord. And what characterizes him? … to teach the word of God; to be true to the word of God; to present the word of God to the people.” o Revelation 1 – “This is the concluding revelation that will bring the church age to completion; this is the revelation of Jesus Christ as the bright morning star… Have we seen Him? Is we have seen Him, we will fall; and it’s when we fall, then and only then can He raise us up to be what we need to be in this final closing hour of the church age.” o In all the years I’ve been editing and producing Doug’s messages, there has never been a time of such resistance and physical challenges that have seemed to fight every inch of accomplishing each installment. I stand into all prayer covering and support as I choose to continue fully assured the He who began a good work in me will bring it to completion. www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Pastor Doug Riggs continues his 8-part series first aired on the ByteShow podcast with Georgann Hughes. This session is definitely seminary-level teaching, so it will require lots of attention and focus. I really enjoyed hearing so much about the testimony of Jesus and what that looks like, especially here and now in these closing days of the church age. I was encouraged to hear how we have the opportunity to bear the testimony of the risen Christ and to express His life in practical ways. Here are my notes: o There are as yet unfulfilled prophecies in Revelation 2 and 3 that will happen prior to the rapture in the day of visitation, the great shaking that will deal with what is not of Christ in us individually and corporately in our local churches. I find it interesting (and frustrating) that I don’t hear anyone teaching that from the pulpits, especially those that adhere to the belief of a pre-trib rapture. o The revelation of Jesus Christ and that apostolic prophetic proclamation of that revelation is the basis for which He is building the church. o We individually and corporately (as assemblies) will be weighed in the balance to determine what is of Jesus Christ. The judgment on the church will deal with what is not. o To the degree God’s word has been fleshed out in us, that is what He is looking for. o When God wanted to communicate with us, He didn’t just send a messenger with His word; He sent His Son, who IS the Word. o Jesus’ prayer for our unity is another prophecy yet to be fulfilled prior to the rapture of the church. Who’s teaching that? o The day of visitation will be God’s final intervention during the church age to answer Jesus’ prayer for our unity with each other and with the Godhead. o Jesus now “embodies the full revelation and the consummate (complete, perfect) revelation of all of God’s thought and purpose for man as it relates to Jesus Christ.” o The Revelation of Jesus Christ “gathers up all the Old Testament prophecies and brings them in a confluent (merging) manner to its consummate (complete, perfect) prophetic goal.” o The first three chapters of The Revelation of Jesus Christ is speaking to the church. o “The only way to understand The Book of Revelation is a thorough understanding first and foremost of Daniel … and the Book of Zechariah… then the rest of the prophets that are the background to John’s thinking.” o “Setting forth the evidence – the testimony – with great power; that’s the testimony of Jesus; that’s what needs to be recovered in these last days.” o Doug shows us how the Apostle John used incorrect Greek to describe who God is… so be prepared for a little lesson in Greek grammar. o God “will always be increasing in our understanding. He remains the same, but heaven will always be an increase of the revelation and the experience and the knowledge of God.” o You’ll hear the answer in this message. o Why does God reveal Himself as ‘the I Am of the Exodus?’ o What will be the explanation for why the church was removed (i.e.: the rapture)? o What is the parallel of God delivering His people from Egypt in Exodus to God delivering His people today from this world? o What is the 7-fold ministry of the Holy Spirit? o “God has made provision for every believer to be an overcomer and share in His royal dominion.” o “The church in God’s purpose is the royal scepter or the imperial staff of the King of kings and the Lord of lords from the church’s translation in the heavens; and then when Jesus returns, the church especially as manifested through the overcomers throughout the church age – He will manifest His royal dominion through His church, through Israel to the nations.” o “The Book of Revelation is God saying, ‘I am on My throne and I’m going to bring everything all the way through to consummation!’ … His heart is wholly invested in bringing to consummation all that He had begun in the apostolic period.” o What is God looking for at the end of this age? “It’s not about numbers; it’s about having a representation in His church of this same Christ through the fulness of the Holy Spirit of a faithful witness – a witness to who He is – in His character; in His nature… The world, and principalities and powers, will see in the church Jesus again as the faithful witness.” o “The church… is about to pass into the darkest hour of its history, in John’s day, and prophetically, in our day.” Where do we hear this warning preached today? www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Several years ago, Pastor Doug Riggs gave a series of interviews with podcaster Georgeann Hughes posted on her website The ByteShow which I used to create the ByteShow Audio Page (https://www.dougriggs.org/AudioFiles.html). I then edited and created video versions of many of these podcasts and posted them on the Video Page (https://www.dougriggs.org/Videos.html). Recently I decided to edit and condense more of these podcasts, and this is the first of an 8-part series of messages Doug gave that will have as much relevance today as they did those years back. Here are some notes from this session 1: o “Revelation takes us beyond mere hearing to the realm of the unveiling. You must see by divine enablement – by divine illumination. And that is the key to revelation; it is seeing… The seeing will produce the manifestation, the shining forth of Christ.” o “Seeing is the result of revelation.” o Doug gives us the keys to understanding the Book of the Revelation. It’s a prophecy and describes what is and what is to come. o Three categories that make up The Revelation: 1) the things you (John) have seen (Rev. 1); 2) the things which are (Rev. 2 - 3); 3) the things which must take place after these things (Rev. 4 – 22). o Chapters 2 & 3 are not only historical at the time of the writing of The Revelation, but are a prophecy of the sequence of predominant distinct characteristics of the entire church age leading up to the rapture. o God the Father through the Holy Spirit reveals Christ to us; the Lord Jesus Christ reveals the Father to us. o “The measure in which we have the revelation of Jesus Christ will be the measure in which we’ve gone through unexplained suffering, unexplained ordeals and difficulties in life, that which is unfair.” o The church that Jesus Christ is building is based upon the apostolic revelation of Jesus Christ and the proclamation of that revelation (Matt. 16:16- 17). o We can’t be satisfied with hearing about God; we need to see who He is. o We need the revelation of Jesus Christ IN us, not merely TO us – ‘That’s the core of genuine Christian experience and reality.” o The key to understanding the pre-tribulation of the church is to understand the mystery given to the Apostle Paul directly from Jesus Christ. This understanding only comes by revelation by God (see Ephesians 1:16-21). o The final revelation of Jesus Christ will be manifest in and through the church, His body: o Phase 1: the day of visitation o Phase 2: the Bema seat judgment o Phase 3: the 2nd Advent o Are we a people prepared for the Lord? o John the Baptist prepared a way for the Lord – to clear a path so He could come. o How? By getting a people ready; those with ears to hear, a people brought to a state of preparedness. o There is a voice like that crying in the wilderness today. o When it comes to communicating the things of God, we’re overloaded with entertainment. o What is the Spirit saying to the church today with the revelation of Jesus Christ? o “It’s the revelation that produces the manifestation – the appearing – both subjectively and ultimately to the entire world, and the universe.” o Jesus “will always remain incomprehensible – and yet approachable.” o “This God in the infinitude of His condescension, seeks fellowship. But we must be rightly related to Him through Jesus Christ.” www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

經 The Weird Christian Podcast 許可在此重新發佈。道格·里格斯牧師 (Pastor Doug Riggs) 有一個非常獨特的事工。 他為因撒但儀式虐待 (SRA) 而患有解離性身份障礙 (DID)（以前稱為多重人格障礙）的個人提供心理輔導和内在醫治。 在本專訪中他分享了他的個人見證關於上帝如何向他啓示真正的興奮不是來自致幻藥物，而是來自遇見至高無上的上帝。 我們談論他的輔導事工、DID 的來龍去脈、現代拿非利人育種計劃等等。 由 Samuel Delgado 於2021 年 3月 26日採訪。 https://anchor.fm/theweirdchristianpodcast --- March 26, 2021 podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfzneUZ1KQrs4r1I3LbYtw www.dougriggs.org

經The Weird Christian Podcast許可在此重新發佈。道格·里格斯牧師 (Pastor Doug Riggs) 有一個非常獨特的事工。 他為因撒但儀式虐待 (SRA) 而患有解離性身份障礙 (DID)（以前稱為多重人格障礙）的個人提供心理輔導和内在醫治。 在本專訪中他分享了他的個人見證關於上帝如何向他啓示真正的興奮不是來自致幻藥物，而是來自遇見至高無上的上帝。 我們談論他的輔導事工、DID 的來龍去脈、現代拿非利人育種計劃等等。 由Samuel Delgado於2021 年 3月 26日採訪。 https://anchor.fm/theweirdchristianpodcast --- March 26, 2021 podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfzneUZ1KQrs4r1I3LbYtw www.dougriggs.org

This is Session 2 of a 2-part interview presented on GeorgeAnn Hughes' podcast The ByteShow (https://www.dougriggs.org/AudioFiles.html). Pastor Doug Riggs takes a deep-dive into each of the components of the armor of God we are to have taken on so we can stand firm in the coming day of visitation. Did you know when you were born into God's family, you were born into a war? Jesus is described as a "Man of war." (Exodus 15:3) As members of His body, we are called into battle - not against flesh and blood - but against principalities and powers. "A struggle is to be maintained with no visible human enemy, but with superhuman and invisible forces of evil. And for this conflict a divine strength is needed. God's New Man must be clad in the very armour of God. But our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” If the church is ignorant of the necessity to dispossess these entities from their heavenly places, the enemy continues to hold us in captivity and keeps us from gaining the inheritance God promised us. On the other hand, we keep Him from gaining His inheritance in us. God gains His inheritance in us as we gain our inheritance in Him. This requires conquest – fighting – warfare – engaging the powers of darkness in mortal combat – a fight to the death (their defeat or ours). J. Armitage Robinson "His triumph has to be realised in His Body the Church. He was pictured by the prophets as the Divine warrior who came forth clad in Divine armour to battle with iniquity. In the same armour He goes forth again in the person of His Church, 'conquering and to conquer'. Hence the Apostle never contemplates the possibility of defeat: he is but pointing the way to a victory which needs to be consummated." I believe we need to consider the requirements of laying hold of our inheritance as it involves two domains: 1) who we are; and 2) what we need to do. Staying an infant or remaining carnal in our spiritual life for decades will prohibit us from becoming the warriors we need to be to fight this fight. Remaining in the wilderness, not allowing the cross to deal with our self-life, old humanity, will keep us from entering our promised inheritance in Christ. That’s the ’who we are’ component. The ‘what we need to do’ has to do with engaging the principalities and powers squatting on our inheritance, dispossessing them and taking it for ourselves and for our brothers and sisters in Christ. This means war! In this second session, Pastor Doug Riggs delves deeply into the background of the Apostle Paul's admonition for us to "put on the full armor", drawing heavenly with passages in the Old Testament. Why? So Jesus Christ can return for His church! He's waiting for us! He's waiting for the church! The body of Christ clothed and protected in Jesus Christ as the armor of God is what will bring an end to the rule and reign of satan as the prince of the power of the air, and his tool, the antichrist soon to take authority over the whole earth. We have a great opportunity and calling to rule and reign with Christ in the coming millennial kingdom, but the final warfare must be accomplished to bring this to fruition. This warfare, a life-and-death hand-to-hand combat, is not carried out individually. It requires body life - being related to and cooperating with other members of the body of Christ - being united in purpose, vision, and effort, together as a phalanx, each in their place in order and symmetry, fully protected from our enemy by our carefully positioned shields of faith. As we wield the sword of the spirit, the word of God, we defeat our ancient enemy. Prayer warfare is a corporate calling, and any local assembly that does not have a corporate prayer ministry is not functioning as each local church is mandated. There is coming a day - very soon - called 'the evil day' - the day that is exceedingly evil, a day specifically related to the last days of the church age just prior to its rescue (i.e.: rapture). We need the full armor of God to be able to resist the onslaught of the adversary and to hold our ground and stand firm. www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Session 4 of 4: Pastor Doug Riggs presents the Hope of the church in this invigorating four-part series. Be prepared for solid Bible teaching that breaches the controversy of the Rapture (the return of Christ for the Church) and His 2nd Advent (the return of Christ WITH His bride, the Church, for Israel and the Gentile nations).

Session 3 of 4: Pastor Doug Riggs presents the Hope of the church in this invigorating four-part series. Be prepared for solid Bible teaching that breaches the controversy of the Rapture (the return of Christ for the Church) and His 2nd Advent (the return of Christ WITH His bride, the Church, for Israel and the Gentile nations).

Session 2 of 4: Pastor Doug Riggs presents the Hope of the church in this invigorating four-part series. Be prepared for solid Bible teaching that breaches the controversy of the Rapture (the return of Christ for the Church) and His 2nd Advent (the return of Christ WITH His bride, the Church, for Israel and the Gentile nations).

Pastor Doug Riggs presents the Hope of the church in this invigorating four-part series. Be prepared for solid Bible teaching that breaches the controversy of the Rapture (the return of Christ for the Church) and His 2nd Advent (the return of Christ WITH His bride, the Church, for Israel and the Gentile nations). With the world on the brink of war and self-annihilation, the unrelenting unrest in the Arab world, the persecution of the Church, and terrorism becoming a way of life - what is the biblical basis for the hope of our final deliverance as Christians? Is the world coming to an end? Are we living in the last days? Is the Apocalypse the only thing left on the horizon of human destiny? Is the church the true Israel? Is God finished with Israel? The Blessed Hope faces the controversy head-on and reveals the revelation of the blessed hope for the church. www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Edited from a ByteShow podcast, Pastor Doug Riggs gives an in depth deep-dive into what Christian spiritual warfare is, and how we as the church are to be equipped and enabled to fight not only demons, but principalities and powers who are against the church attaining to its calling and destiny in Christ. Why are we saved? Is it fire insurance to keep us from an eternity in hell? Is it so we can go to heaven and live happily ever after? Why aren’t we told about an inheritance offered to every born-again believer that must be taken by warfare? We are given the free gift of eternal life, but the inheritance requires conquest. This means WAR – and the warfare we are called to requires us to dispossess a very formidable enemy, the rulers, powers, world forces of this darkness, spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places, spheres and dimensions. ‘The kingdom of God is taken by storm! Violent men seize it for themselves!’ (a paraphrase from the original – Matthew 11:12). There are many misconceptions and interpretations that are cleared up in Session 1. What is the real meaning of ‘adoption’? Are we individually called to put on the full armor of God? What is ‘praying in the Spirit’? What is the difference between demons and fallen angels? What is the ‘mystery’ the Apostle Paul revealed? What is God’s ‘eternal purpose’? What are ‘the heavenlies’? Are all Christians supposed to be fighting a spiritual war? Why do we need to be a part of a local church? Can’t we just fellowship using YouTube, Facebook, Zoom, etc.? What does it mean that we wrestle against principalities and powers? Aren’t all Christians going to rule and reign with Christ? Isn’t the church going to be delivered before bad things start happening? What is the ‘evil day’ we will be going through? Are aliens from other planets? Are UFOs from other planets? Who are the aliens? What is the helmet of salvation?

Sinister barely begins to characterize the hidden agenda of the Angel of Death, Josef Mengele. In this week's Hot Seat, I interview (with the welcomed help of Pastor Doug Riggs) Dan Webb, a SRA/DID survivor with an incredible story to tell. Pastor Doug Riggs had counseled hundreds of people to integrate their parts into 'singularity' i.e., the presenter (the wholeness objective). But Dan Webb is the only gentleman I've met that 'grew up' in the community of Morning Star Testimony Church, where Doug has pastored for over four decades. Dan Webb, like Nadine, was conceived during the deep ritual conducted in 1943. But, like several women in the project, Dan would not be born until May 14, 1948. His birth certificate would show 1952, and he would be made a son of a couple in Missouri, ultimately for further abuse creating a 'surface' layer of dissociation to hide the deeper levels of his programming. This process is known as placing the target individual into a "surrogate family." But between those times, Dan spent a great deal of time in the "care" of Josef Mengele. Mengele programmed Dan in a very unique way (as far as we know). He was to become a Christian as an infant, then be programmed via methods used in Satanic rituals and methods developed at Auschwitz. Ultimately, his programming would involve Dan learning to extend his being outside of himself -- attempting to shield those whom Mengele labeled "his responsibility." What Dan didn't know was that he wrapped his "subject" into a "web of death." The nature of this death would eventually be disclosed as an unheard of attack on the Church of Christ. But Dan's story expounds on numerous factors ultimately to gain the authority to apply his "skill" in the Church. In essence, Dan was being prepared as an Anti-Christ to the Church -- to steal the 'morning star' promised to the Church. What does that mean? You need to watch. One of the most amazing facets of the story is Dan's experience at Neuschwanstein Castle (the picture above is that castle.) You will learn Dan was being coronated as King George VII (the last George was the sixth). He would stay at the castle for two weeks. After this, he would be taken to Westminster Chapel for another ritual, a public one, establishing him as a defender of the "Queen." He was being prepared for a key role in establishing the final One World Government. The three previous Hot Seat shows deal with this same realm. You can watch those shows in any order, but the calendric pattern (shows progressing in order, from 8-11, 8-18, 8-25, and this show, 9-1). https://faith-happens.com/mengeles-gambit-to-capture-the-churchs-morning-star/ www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Blurry Creatures - Ep:62 Doug Riggs joins the show for the first time in Episode 62. Pastor Doug Riggs comes highly recommended by a number of previous guests and fills us in on his work with humans who have been groomed for hybrid reproduction via satanic sex rituals. He recounts firsthand experiences with Nephilim host mothers and exposes a worldwide hybrid breeding project. This episode gets heavy. We get into DUMBs, a Nazi occult strategy, and secret places in the earth where cryptic creatures are birthed and housed. What has Doug been told by people who've been groomed by Satan himself? The answers take us deep into the shadows. Guest: www.dougriggs.org Rebroadcast by: www.bookministry.org contact: blurrycreaturespodcast@gmail.com Music Kyle Monroe: tinytaperoom.com Aaron Green: https://www.instagram.com/aaronkgreen/ Mastering: ironwingstudios.com Outro Song: TimeCop1983: timecop1983.com

SEPT 25, 2021 In Part 2, Doug Riggs continues his interview of Michelle, whose testimony is that she was the mother of a hybrid who will soon be revealed to the world as the False Prophet. This personage will play the role of supporting the Antichrist and force all the world to worship him. Both are described in Revelation 13. Part 1 gave a detailed background of her growing up and the circumstances around the interaction with Josef Mengele, Nadine (the mother of a hybrid destined to be the Antichrist), and Satan Himself. Like Nadine, Michelle was a major part of The Hitler Project, which culminated in 1989. Also, like Nadine, Michelle was programmed by Mengele and lived five years in her early life. They were conceived in 1944, implanted and 'birthed' in 1962, twined (in incredible ultra dimensional ways), gave birth to their hybrid sons at the age of 12. At 26, they were married to their hybrid sons, increasing the complexity of the relationship (and possibly mirroring the legends of Nimrod whose mother and wife was allegedly Semiramis). I encourage you to watch Part 1 first (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmuieOyYFyo&t=6s), and if possible, the interview I did with Nadine several weeks back. The material is highly complex and controversial. Indeed, it is mind blowing. I encourage the viewer to make a determination as to the veracity of the testimony of these two women and Pastor Doug Riggs who counseled these SRA/DID survivors. Consider whether "someone could make this stuff up" and whether they could be as intelligent and sincere as both of these women. They have endured torture and 'splitting' in the most traumatic of circumstances. Personally speaking, I have known Pastor Riggs and many of his community members (those others who have also been key participants in the events described in this series of interviews). It is revelatory. Over the years, I've witnessed the work and listened carefully, well aware of the incredible stories and 'cosmology' implied by the experiences of members of the Morning Star Testimony Church that Doug Riggs pastors. After 10 years, and learning of the new information concerning Nadine and Michelle, it was my determination to broadcast their story. I believe it deserves serious consideration by the prophetic community. In my book, Power Quest Part 2, I document the historical background to the entire story, taking it all the way back to Auschwitz, Mengele's mentor, von Vershuer, at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, and the CIA programming using SRA/DID techniques to create Manchurian Candidates. It is most interesting that the researchers who discuss the various tools attempted to create an assassination whose will is defeated and whose exploits lie behind an amnesiac wall, never discuss DID. I discuss why this is so in the Power Quest books. www.faith-happens.com www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

BANNED on YOUTUBE: Policy violated Misinformation Content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the U.S. 2020 presidential election is not allowed on YouTube. Recorded 12-13-20 at Morning Star Testimony Church in Syracuse, NY - Pastor Doug Riggs addresses current affairs that clearly parallel the early 1st century. The patriots of the day were the insurrectionists - and this is what we are now facing. www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Re-posted with permission from The Weird Christian Podcast Pastor Doug Riggs has a very unique ministry. He counsels individuals who have developed DID - Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder) as a result of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA). He shares his testimony of how God showed him that a true high doesn’t come from a hallucinogenic drug, but from an encounter with the most high God. We talk about his counseling ministry, the ins and outs of DID, the modern day Nephilim breeding program, and much more. Interview by Samuel Delgado 3/26/21 https://anchor.fm/theweirdchristianpo... www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Doug Riggs - Interviewed by Douglas Woodward: The Hot Seat Episode of 8-14-21 will be more than memorable - it will be transformative. In this week's interview, I talk with Pastor Doug Riggs for 97 minutes on the subject of the Genesis 6 Project, the King's Roundtable of 12 women, and their astonishing experience in 1943-44 in which their eggs were harvested to begin the preparation for the person of Antichrist. For the next 30 years, frozen embryos would be implanted that had been fertilized through the bloodlines of "the King's of the earth" (Psalm 2). The first implantation was in 1947 and hundreds of others followed, with the goal of creating a large number of genetically engineered offspring, to be brought forth during the late 1940s and over at least 4 decades. In the same vein as the 1978 movie, "The Boys from Brazil" the actual creation of these descendants of Hitler is a tale far more sinister than the movie ever ventured. The coding for these offspring would be the handiwork of Satan himself, converging the 'super-powered' bloodlines (DNA) from Nimrod to Hitler, culminating in creating 'the seed of Satan.' These individuals are actually hybrids because they include specially coded DNA of a noteworthy cherubim: Lucifer. The witnesses to the project are the survivors of the trauma inflicted on them decades ago, through the DID programming of one Josef Mengele. The plot could not be any thicker. The account comes from the counseling work of Pastor Riggs over the past 35 years. Riggs has worked with hundreds of persons in South Africa, Germany, England, and the United States. all who are survivors of SRA/DID. But the community that he leads consists of a unique group that shares a lineage of royalty including members of the Windsor bloodline (formerly Battenberg and even earlier Coburg). The witnesses have virtually the same remarkable story detailing the methodology and project blueprint put in place at the birthing of the nation of Israel, May 14, 1948. For those that have read my book, POWER QUEST 2: THE ASCENDANCY OF ANTICHRIST IN AMERICA, the amazing story of this video will trigger memories of what I documented so carefully almost ten years ago in 2012. Join me in learning what appears to be the true story of the conception and propagation of multiple Antichrist candidates kept 'waiting in the wings' until the right moment for one of them to ascend to the throne prepared by Satan to usher in the end of this age. https://faith-happens.com/beyond-the-x-files-the-conception-of-the-antichrist/ www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org

Wow what a show!! My Guest Douglas Riggs breaks down the supernatural nature of what is going on in the world today. Is there an ongoing Seed War to destroy mankind and humanity? Was the Genesis 6 account just the first “event” in this war? Is there an agenda to annihilate our DNA so there will be no one left to save? What will the mark of the beast be? How does Satanic Ritual Abuse, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Trauma Based Mind Control, and Hitler fit into the overall picture? Did Hitler commit suicide? What role does the Occult play and how are portals opened that influence society and individuals? Do the Global Elites have King Nimrods DNA? All of this and more! Many Thanks to Doug Riggs for joining me today! Much Love to all and God Bless! Originally aired: https://tfrlive.com/hitler-trans-humanism-the-occult-and-gen-doug-riggs-87578/ www.dougriggs.org www.bookministry.org