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Another way this question can be asked is: Can one sin one's way out of grace? In the Circumcision evangel, the answer is "yes." But in Paul's gospel of the transcendent grace of God, the answer is clearly "no." Never is it more important, then, to recognize the differences between the Israel gospel and the gospel to the nations, than here. But even when considering the Israel gospel, Christianity insists that the penalty for going afoul of the law is eternal damnation. What? No. One simply exempts oneself from the thousand-year kingdom. For all of our Lord's threats while on earth, the penalties thereof pertained to the Millennium only. Never is one's eternal loss at stake, as there is no such thing, in Scripture, as eternal loss. Of course, only a knowledge of the proper translation of the Greek adjective "aionion" will inform one of this. An ignorance of said adjective is the foundation for nearly every doctrine of demons. Presently, I am being accused by a member of a Baptist church that I am making light of sin. Why? Because I believe, via Romans 5:20, that grace is more powerful than sin. Where one begins one's salvation in Paul's gospel via the spirit of God overwhelming the sin (Exhibit A: the apostle Paul), how is it that sin could then derail that salvation? For isn't the salvation predicated upon missing the mark? This argument is put to the test in the Galatian ecclesia, when our apostle discovers that members of the Circumcision have been spying out the freedom of the Galatians and insisting that, while their salvation may have begun in spirit, it must be completed in flesh. Hm. Let's see what Paul has to say about that. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1407_Is_Proper_Behavior_Necessary_to_Preserving_Salvation.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

"Where sin increases, grace superexceeds" (Romans 5:20). This is objective truth. The fact that Paul then says, "What, then, shall we declare? That we may be persisting in sin that grace should be increasing? May it not be coming to that" (Romans 6:1) does not cancel out the previous fact. It is just a warning to not abuse it. It's the same in Galatians 5:13. Paul warns the saints, "Do not use your freedom as an occasion for the flesh." This is instructive. Paul's answer to reports that, yes, there were probably some saints taking advantage of their freedom, isn't to withdraw the freedom or to punish the abusers of it, but rather to simply say, "Stop taking advantage of it" We are told that we are not to trust too many people with our grace and freedom message. (That is, with PAUL'S grace and freedom message.) "It's too dangerous," we're told, "to give this kind of grace and freedom to people LIKELY to exploit it." Paul heard this as well. The fact that Paul's answer to this is simply, "Stop doing it," tells us clearly that 1) the grace and freedom message will OF COURSE be likely to be taken advantage of by some, 2) the message itself is as opposed to law as can be, as there is no punishment mentioned for those who do exploit God's grace, and 3) nothing will make Paul rescind the truth, not even the presence of people abusing it. MP3: Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.comhttps://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1406_Nothing_Rescinds_Our_Freedom_in_Christ_Not_Even_Those_Abusing_It.mp3

Waiting for good things to happen in this life, or waiting for exciting prophecy to be fulfilled, is a literal drag. It's like we're being slowly pulled through the mud of time. This is why a fruit of the spirit is patience. The better we are able to endure waiting for something, the more joyful we will be. Will we need patience after being made immortal? That's a tough question. I say, "no." The need for patience implies a potential for anxiety. Will anxiety even exist for a perfected saint? Again I say, "no." Even in this life our apostle tells us, "Be anxious for nothing" (Philippians 4:6). Anxiety is clearly negative. Being such, it has no place in a world of perfected understanding. In this edition of MZTV, I consider how this works during the millennium between our snatching away and the Great White Throne Judgment, when many of our loved ones will still be dead ("...the dead do not live until the thousand years are finished," —Revelation 20:5.) Will their absence affect us then as it does now? ZWTF 7.31: The Truth About the Second Death. https://martinzender.com/ZWTF/ZWTF7.31.pdf MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1405_How_Will_Time_Feel_After_We're_Made_Immortal.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Sometimes you just have those days when it hits you extra hard: I just don't belong here. MZ/IB Archive - WCCD Grace Cafe' Series: Truth Brings a Deeper Experience of God (June 7, Hour 2): https://youtu.be/2Ndtf2GC5_0?si=jk1FEvMe-Gl2RMHU MP3 https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1404_We're_Not_Made_For_This_Planet.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

God revealed Himself using words. With these words, God composed sentences. These sentences contain nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Being the poetic type, God employed many figures of speech. He invented all of this primarily for the purpose OF revealing Himself—although "Innocents Abroad" was a pleasant side-effect. Why did God do it this way? The answer is extremely important and is the key to understanding God. God chose words and sentences because, as with the physical world, words and sentences (and certainly figures of speech) follow immutable laws. This is the kindest cut imaginable. Imagine there were no laws. There could then be no revelation. Then the One bent on revealing Himself would be found clawing air, for all intents and purposes rendering Himself mute. Since immutable laws are essential to the grasping of a language-loving Deity, would it not follow that learning and abiding by these laws would become the surest and safest route to a proper understanding of God? And that disregarding the laws would lead inevitably to chaos and mistakes of the most embarrassing kind? Atlanta Conference: May 32-June 2: https://martinzender.com/May-June_2024_Atlanta_Body_of_Christ_Salvation_Conference.pdf MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1403_Safeguarding_Truth_With_Laws_of_Language_and_Rules_of_Scriptural_Interpretation.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

It is always good policy to rely on God's declarations rather than one's private opinions, but this becomes hugely important when considering spiritual events—events that one would deem to be uber-fantastic: the snatching away, the future glory of the body of Christ or, in our most recent considerations, the lake of fire and the second death. A lake of fire into which people are cast, by God, so as to keep the fifth eon from their experience is something so foreign to us that any normal person, upon hearing of it, would straightaway shut up and listen carefully as the very Author of the thing paused to explain it. But no. For some reason, human beings, hearing of the lake of fire, are quite prone to (and strangely comfortable with) elbowing God out of the way (or just grabbing the microphone from Him) to tell the world what THEY think about it. ("Ladies and gentlemen, as you can plainly see, the Deity was primed and ready to lend us a firsthand explanation of the lake of fire, but, um, Freddy here....") And so the insanity begins. My thing? Shutting up and letting God talk. So here is my response to the man who wrote me after the Willard, OH conference—the man who was quite disappointed and extremely saddened by God's explanation of the lake of fire (it just didn't excite or amaze him), preferring the explanation of a guy from Corydon, Indiana named Phil Scranton, who sprinkled enough fairy dust and planted enough petunias around the lake of fire that it finally became, to the objector, a thing of beauty, desirability, and (let's not forget) amazement. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1402_Believe_God_Rather_Than_Rely_On_Your_Own_Understanding.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Witness the sorts of objections waged by second-death deniers as I read a letter from a man who attended the Willard, Ohio conference of 2007. Where does the three year-old come in? You will see. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1401_A_Three-Year_Old_Weighs_In_on_the_Second_Death.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

There are some who are so enamored of their personal theory that the lake of fire and the second death are some sort of divine reform/training school for human beings that, even if you were to show them the literal lake of fire, they would not believe it. The law of the metaphor is a beautiful thing in that, whenever we find a metaphor in Scripture (or anywhere else), we can be certain that the two nouns that make up the metaphor are literal. EVERY TIME. As God would have it, Revelation 20:14 ("This is the second death, the lake of fire") is provably a metaphor. Thus, the lake of fire is literal (yes, it is a literal lake of fire) and the second death is literal (yes, no one will be found alive in the second death.) But again, these things just won't matter to some people. They are too proud of their own opinions. One of these people is Phil Scranton, a friend of mine who has written a book on the lake of fire in which he stubbornly insists (law of language be damned; Scriptural laws of interpretation be damned; flawed premises be damned) that the lake of fire will be a wonderful learning experience for millions of people. In fact, even parents who failed as parents on earth will get an opportunity to re-raise their failed children in the lake of fire! The most sickening aspect of Phil's belief is the human supposition that God is not able to judge human beings who have not lived for a long time (young children and aborted babies are included in this group). To solve this twisted, self-invented problem, Mr. Scranton twists and re-invents the lake of fire until it becomes a place where these short-lived individuals can go on and live extended lives so that God is finally able to properly judge them. Phil's book was based on a report by a Hollander named Oosterhaus, which was passed on to another Hollander named Fred Niemeyer, which was then passed on to Phil Scranton, who made hay of it—that is, until the hay is incinerated at the dais of Christ. Until that time, it is my honor to demolish this God-defiling, death-glorifying theory. To all who have ears to hear, the lake of fire is exactly what God says it is: the second death. And death is exactly what God says it is: the opposite of life. As God is so clear on these matters, what strange power compels humans to fight Him every step of the way? 1) FALSE IDEAS CONCERNING THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD, 2) IGNORANCE OF THE DEFINITION OF DEATH, 3) IGNORANCE OF LINGUISTIC LAWS, 4) ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING THE USE OF SULPHUR, 5) IGNORANCE CONCERNING THE TIMING OF THE ABOLITION OF DEATH, AND 6) THE MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT DEATH IS A PUNISHMENT FOR SIN. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1400_The_Law_of_the_Metaphor_Proves_It_The_Second_Death_is_Literal.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

My intention today was to present you with Part 2 of the Second Death teaching from the 2007 Willard, Ohio conference. But alas, there were technical issues with the file (these things happen), and so you will have to look forward to that presentation tomorrow. In the meantime, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed to watch THIS address from the Des Moines, Iowa conference of last September in which I present the saints with yet another reason to place their utter confidence in the Word of God concerning the next great move of God, namely, the snatching away of the living members of the body of Christ. MZ/IB Archive - WCCD Grace Cafe: A Review of Our "Crazy'" Beliefs: (June 7, Hour 1): https://youtu.be/WhngGVcet_s?si=S_mpsvEPJfqQ5aCE MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1399_The_Practicality_of_the_Snatching_Away_Provides_Yet_Another_Proof_of_Its_Authenticity.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In 2007 there was an awful report circulating among Body-of-Christ types claiming that the second death was not only figurative, but was a divine educational tool that would bring billions of people up to speed on the evils of self-confidence and the opposing wonderments of God. A believer named Phil Scranton became infected by this death-glorifying heresy to the point that he wrote his own report titled, "The Second Death," where he claimed, among other things, that the second death would provide parents another opportunity to raise their babies. In other words, the second death would right all wrongs. I was aware of these reports in 2007 and became sickened by them because of the way they glorified death. Paul called death "an enemy," yet these gentlemen were making death a miraculous agency of spiritual change. To get there, these fanciful reports ignored both laws of language and laws of Scriptural interpretation. Additionally, the authors of the reports demonstrated an alarming ignorance of the very definition of death. I used the 2007 Willard, Ohio conference as my opportunity to expose the lies of these reports. I specifically exposed Phil Scranton's booklet, "The Second Death." This may not have been so remarkable except that Phil Scranton himself was in the front row at the conference. Thanks to Jean Douglas, since deceased, who recorded hundreds of talks at dozens of Concordant conferences over a twelve-year period. Thanks also to Rob Wile of Canada who converted the video tape into an mp4 file for me, enabling me to bring the timeless truths concerning the lake of fire and the second death to you today. P.S. In 2007 I believed that everyone judged at the Great White Throne would be sent to the second death. I no longer believe this way. I believe that there ARE names written in the Lamb's Book of Life and, in fact, most people will NOT go to the lake of fire, but will rather have their part on the New Earth. The lake of fire is reserved for the truly evil of all eras, such as Jezebel, Adolf Hitler, Hillary Clinton, and Billy Graham. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1398_Rare_Video_Footage_The_Second_Death_is_Literal.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Death is the absence of life. Even when used figuratively (as in the father of the Prodigal Son saying concerning his boy, "This, my son, was dead") death is oblivion. The only difference between the literally dead and the figuratively dead is that the figuratively dead are breathing. Both are oblivious. In spite of this, some even in the body of Christ teach that not only is the second death figurative (it's not; it's literal), but that the people in the second death are coming to a realization of God. Part of the reason they believe this (besides being ignorant of figures of speech, metaphors, and the meaning of death) is that the fire in the lake of fire consists of "brimstone" ("sulphur" CLNT) whose root word is "theos," the Greek word for "God." Their reasoning goes something like this: "Since the root word for 'sulphur' is the same root word for 'God,' therefore God is in the lake of fire, therefore the people in the lake of fire are being educated by God." Never mind that sulphur is a cleansing agent that was used liberally in the worship of false gods. Would you like facts instead of human reasoning concerning the second death? You've come to the right place. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1397_Nobody_Learns_Anything_in_the_Lake_of_Fire.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The summoning by God of His true Israel, called from the four corners of the earth and settled into the Holy Land, will stun the world. Even more surprising when those Israelites living in the land, claiming to be the rightful tenants by virtue of blood and blind ambition, are banished to the outer darkness. Could things possibly get worse for the home peoples? How about when some of the newcomers aren't even Israelites. She was healed by touching the hem of His garment? (Full Scene): https://youtu.be/pYEmdFyWBq8?si=zRCN52S6Xhq5X6B6 MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1396_Even_Some_Non-Israelites_Will_Displace_the_Natural_Ones_in_the_Kingdom.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In chapter 37, the prophet Ezekiel tells us what will happen with the House of Israel, which has been scattered to the four winds for thousands of years. These people may have been lost even to themselves, but God knows where they are. Though the grope for Him as a blind man gropes for a wall, and though they have defamed His name by embracing tradition rather than truth, God yet remembers them and will call them to Himself at the very time when there expectation will seem, to them, to have turned to dust. ZWTF Romans Part 100: The People of the Current Era: https://martinzender.com/ZWTF/ZWTF5.36.pdf MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1395_The_Prophesied_Fate_of_Sincere_Yet_Deluded_Church_People.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

With a great outpouring of the spirit rivaling that of the Upper Room experience, our friends and family members will soon realize that 1) we are gone, 2) the have denied their Lord, and 3) they are facing the Tribulation. What will happen next? I have found the shocking answer in Jeremiah 31. MZ/IB Archive - WCCD Grace Cafe Series: The Purpose of God to Save All Humanity (June 4 - Hour 2): https://youtu.be/YTgBhtGFibo?si=O61z4AA3amP_3tP3 MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1394_The_Great_and_Awful_Day_of_Christian_Regret.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The “born again” miracle is not what Christians think it is. It’s not a man here and a woman there accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior. In fact, it is not individual at all, and neither does it have anything to do with accepting Jesus as one’s Savior. “Born again” is God suddenly moving upon the nation of Israel, miraculously writing His law on her heart. According to the prophet Isaiah and the Lord Himself, this will happen in a day. In fact, it won’t even take a day. As quickly and surely as the spirit of God moved through the Upper Room at Pentecost, so will the spirit of God move upon Israel to bring her to her proper place as the head and not the tail of all the nations. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1393_The_True_Born_Again_Miracle.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The spirit of God came on the disciples in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost, fifty days after their Lord's crucifixion. It was a Saturday morning at 11:59 A.M. Or, perhaps in was ten minutes past noon. It doesn't matter. The point is that it came SUDDENLY. There was a look, a sound, the sensation of movement against the skin, realization, knowledge, the utterances of different languages. Thus will the New Covenant begin. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1392_The_Day_the_New_Covenant_Begins.mp3

"Stop dividing people into groups," they said to me. I said, "Oh, no. It's too late. I just divided Jews/Israelites into 19 different groups." They said, "You're kidding, right?" I said, "If I think of any more divisions, I will let you know." MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1391_Special_Announcement_There_are_19_Categories_of_Israelites_Jews.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

We can't just say "Israel" and know who we're talking about. There are three distinct groups of Israelites in the eyes of God, and these are those who will endure the Tribulation: 1) The Remnant. These are described by Paul in Romans 11 as faithful to the promises God gave to Abraham. They are NOT a part of the general apostasy. 2) Nominal Christians with no true spiritual leanings; part of the Lost Ten Tribes 3) Nominal Christians with spiritual leanings; part of the Lost Ten Tribes These groups ought to be distinguished from members of the body of Christ. There could be a fourth category of Israelites here, namely those of the chosen nation who have forsaken their national identity to embrace Paul's gospel. Paul himself would be Exhibit A of this group. I have excluded these as a group because they will NOT go through the Tribulation, but will be snatched away beforehand. The Tribulation affects each of the groups differently. The Remnant can be broken down into 1) the 144 thousand, 2) the "vast throng" of Revelation 7:9, and 3) those who are are faithful yet un-sealed, many of whom will die with honor as martyrs. The Remnant do astonishing things for God, faith-wise, in the heat of The Tribulation. The second group, nominal Christians (part of the Lost Ten Tribes) with no spiritual inclinations—those who go to church and like being called "Christians" only because it's a popularity club and a good way to virtue signal—these will be hardened by the Tribulation and will curse God to His face. They never were true believers, and now they can drop all pretensions. These will readily join the Beast system. The third group, nominal Christians (part of the Lost Ten Tribes) with spiritual inclinations, these will be shaken from their spiritual malaise by the Tribulation, rising to the occasion. They may, indeed, become part of "the vast throng" of Revelation 7:9. They will be spiritually awakened to their Israelite identity and will receive the New Covenant spirit (they will receive understanding) just as the disciples did in the upper room. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1390_Three_Distinct_Groups_of_Israelites_Will_Go_Through_the_Tribulation.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The best preparation for greatness is a genuine public consensus that there is no way you could ever be great and, in fact, there is a fair chance that you will soon be wiped from the face of the earth. The First Idiot in Heaven: https://martinzender.com/books/first_idiot_enlarged.htm MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1389_Israel_is_Primed_For_Greatness.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

When I say in the title of this video that I have "two words" of advice for you for surviving the bitter end of Eon 3, I mean, literally, two words, comprising a total of six letters. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1388_Two_Words_of_Advice_For_Surviving_the_Bitter_End_of_Eon_3.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

This was the last official talk from the Phoenix, Arizona conference of May, 2023. Here, I speak on the subject of prayer, asking the question, "Since God is in control of everything and tells the end from the beginning, why pray?" After answering this question with five simple words, I tell the audience of the many times God has saved me from myself by "not" answering" my prayers. The last subject is how to pray like a genius with the most high-tech prayer technique available to us. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1387_How_to_Pray_Like_a_Genius.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

God always forms and sets up the fake first, and the enemies first, and the darkness first, in order to make known His true people and the true light. Goliath was set up for the sake of David. Pharaoh was set up for the sake of Moses. Adam was set up for the sake of Christ. The disruption of the world was set up for the spirit of God to move upon the waters. Modern-day Israel, on the banks of the Jordan river, is set up for the sake of the true Israel, who will displace them during the Tribulation in a world-startling event that no one will see coming—except for you, of course. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1385_What_is_REALLY_Happening_in_Israel_Today.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

As we consider the wonders of creation and the miracle of its coherence via spirit, we are tempted to see Scripture as dry, outdated, and comparatively uninteresting. This is a huge mistake. In this video you will discover that not only is Scripture as vibrant and alive as a spinning atom and reproducing cell, it is the sole reason we understand anything concerning who we are, why we're here, where we're going and, most importantly, Who is responsible for all this and what's His plan for the future? MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1385_The_Living_Spectacularity_of_Scripture.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

I've read Paul's description of his trip to the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:1-4) hundreds of time, but one assumption I've always made concerning it has turned out to be wrong. This, however, gives me a greater insight into the glory of God than I've ever had. MZ/IB Archive - WCCD Grace Café Series: Arminians, Calvinists, and Believers (June 4 - Hour 1): https://youtu.be/KrA3JLHH5Xc?si=7EkUlQf5cyx-k-sS MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1384_Shocking_New_Revelation_Concerning_the_Third_Heaven.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The Mars Hill Syndrome is named after the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered by Paul in Acts chapter 17 who were obsessed with hearing new things. Today we would call it “gossip.” There are some today, even in the body of Christ, who are kind of bored with the truth and thus require the stimulation of “a new revelation” or “a new twist” on an old truth. There are always new insights to be had into truth, yes, but that’s not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about challenges to well-established teaching—teaching confirmed by a good translation of Scripture. I don’t want to come across as blaming people for this. The desire for new things is only human. And on one level I’m flattered that anyone would seek my opinion on one of these “new twists.” I’m afraid that, in this video, I might be coming across too strongly against someone simply wanting to look at another point of view and asking my opinion. So would the viewer who asked me to look at an article by Aaron Welch please accept my apology for any eruptions of earth herein, ranging higher on the Richter scale than that required for the job. It’s my damn passion for the principle of holding fast to truth. Because that’s what this is about: holding fast to truth. And to the woman who no longer believes that the book of Revelation belongs in Scripture, and who is entertaining the theory that God could have spoken to the high priests through radio frequencies generated via the gems on the priestly breastplate, please take my poking fun at this as my desire to keep you clear of any and all deceptions. It really is because of my love for you that I do this. Otherwise, I wouldn’t care. But when I DO care, then I’m afraid the satirical Zender sometimes takes control of the plane and things get a tad turbulent (“please note that the captain has turned on the seatbelt sign”) and, naturally, a tad offensive. So I hope you see through all that into my heart. I promise that we will land safely and on schedule. For everyone else, may this show stand for the eons as a defense of truth and a true, God-imparted hatred for the modern-day gossip that would—though subtly and with erudite speech— seek to destroy it. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1383_How_to_Avoid_the_Mars_Hill_Syndrome.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com