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Here is a really instructive discourse between a believer named Dennis and myself, on the topic of philosophy. Or should I say, I confront a believer named Dennis who looks at the case of the preexistence or non-preexistence of Christ through the lens of philosophy. Dennis claims to not know much about philosophy (I have no reason to doubt him) but he philosophizes nonetheless. It's unconscious. Why has he resorted to this? Because he never wants to be dogmatic about anything. What's wrong with being dogmatic? He was dogmatic in his past, when he was in organized religion and believed all the lies. But now that he believes the truth, he has thrown out the baby right along with the poor kid's bathwater. So now he feels as though it's arrogant to actually be certain (dogmatic) about anything, and thus considers your's truly to be one of the great champions of arrogance. But he softens this blow (much appreciated) by saying of me: "Humility is not your strong suit." One of the greatest enemies of truth is philosophy. Philosophy is where humans talk and talk and talk but never say anything. Philosophy is an endless stream of human suppositions concerning the big questions of life such as 1) why are we here, 2) where are we going, and 3) what is life? Another name for it is "bullshit." May I say this again? Philosophy is the enemy of truth. There is nothing good about it. Nothing. Our apostle warns against it in Colossians 2:8, calling it "empty seduction." Philosophy is seductive because it sounds smart and the people who are philosophical think they are smart, but they really aren't. Those engaging in it usually smoke pipes (including the women), wear tweed jackets, and never fail to wear leather loafers with multi-colored socks. Most philosophers have beards, even the women. What does philosophy have to do with the matter of the preexistence of Christ? That's what I want to know! MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1371_The_Preexistence_of_Christ_is_Settled_by_Scripture_Not_Philosophy.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

At least two dozen Scripture verses testify that Jesus Christ preexisted His appearance in Bethlehem as a Jewish baby. These verses are so simply stated and so easy to understand that a five-year old can grasp them and know the truth. Conversely, there is not a singe Scripture verse—not one—declaring the Jesus Christ did NOT exist before His earthly sojourn. This being so, how in the world could a teaching possibly arise from the midst of self-confessed Scripture lovers, insisting on the non-preexistence of Christ? Why would such individuals expend such effort REFUSING the natural readings of the proof texts while simultaneously torturing other verses into saying what God never intended them to say? THEORY 1: To remove a necessary plank from the platform of the Trinitarians. THEORY 2: To demolish a traditional Christian teaching simply because it's a traditional Christian teaching. THEORY 3: By flouting consensus, one can distinguish oneself as a maverick. No matter which of these theories are true—perhaps its a bit of all of them—there is a higher cause above these more immediate ones. This higher cause—personified as a higher power—works tirelessly to demote the glories of Christ in every way possible, using even the words and beliefs of the sincerest and most best-intentioned men. We must protect one another from this, for it could happen to any one of us. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1370_The_REAL_Cause_of_the_Non-Preexistence_of_Christ_Sect.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

I challenged my good friend Mark Haukaas, the Pirate, to give me one verse proving the non-preexistence of Christ. Because, honestly, I couldn't understand how anyone could possibly hold this teaching. And I REALLY couldn't understand how a smart guy like Haukaas would not be bothered by the fact that the teaching enjoys not a single Scripture of support. I knew there was no such verse, but I wanted to hear from The Pirate what he regarded as proof. Here it is. Is it proof? Of course not. As I said, there is no proof. (How can a lie have proof?) But maybe we can get more insight into the "Christ-never-descended-from-heaven" mindset by analyzing what those of this mindset consider to be proof than by their shocking denials of Jesus' own words. This is a public dispute. Mark is my brother. I love him dearly and the feeling is mutual. If I thought this video would somehow compromise our friendship, I would not jump into this with such relish. But Mark is one of the most sincere, most conscientious, most passionate believers I know—if not THE most. This is tough love for a man I have served next to for years, with whom I have strained together in the fields of evangelism and the pursuit of the recognition and realization of God. The teaching of the non-preexistence of Christ is a trap that will result in considerable loss at the dais of Christ. I don't know how my friend got caught up in it (I take a stab at it in this video), but if something I say can help him out of it, how can I not throw myself at the effort? If I do nothing, I am not a friend. If this weren't so important, I would do nothing. Mark doesn't teach this lie, he simply holds it. Those who teach it? Pilkington? Welch? Meye? I currently have no expectation that they will unhand it in this life. I did at first, but no more. They are too closely tied to it now. They're too far down in the rabbit hole and the rabbits don't seem interested in evicting them. The Pirate? Not a bunny guy. None of us are immune to satanic seduction. We can all go down—not in the salvation department, but in the department of "how-about-let's-lose-as-little-as-possible-at-the-dais." None of us are immune to the lure (it SEEMS righteous) of destroying Christian orthodoxy. (I believe this to be the lure for The Pirate.) But what if Christian orthodoxy is, in some cases, correct? (Do they not cite Bethlehem as the place of Christ's birth and Jerusalem as the place of His death?) Shouldn't we choose our battles based on Scriptural revelation rather than firing blindly at everything labeled "Christian"? If the weapons of our warfare are not carefully trained, may we not incur unintended yet grievous collateral damage? I'm into preventing this if I can. MZ/IB Archive - WCCD Grace Cafe Series: God Creates Everything. God Creates Evil (June 2, Hour 2): https://youtu.be/eJoUA8FP3bs?si=3wfsE2LlGlXsGSbD MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1369_At_Last_A_Verse_is_Finally_Offered_Proving_Non-Preexistence_of_Christ.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In John chapter nine, a man has been born blind and living in darkness for years in preparation for the day when the work of God could shine upon him. What would he say from his new perch of sight? How would he now consider the decades of darkness? I can't imagine him saying anything but: "It was worth it." Even as our feet leave the great stage of our suffering, these words will also leave our lips: "It was worth it." WHY DID GOD CREATE EVIL???.(SATAN DEMYSTIFIED! (PART FOUR)-BY ALEXANDER OCHEGA: https://youtu.be/KO6whNmz1ho?si=cYCakyL15D-JKWL2 MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1368_The_Man_Born_Blind_is_Us.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Two travelers on the road to Emmaus on the day of our Lord's resurrection grouse and mourn the crucifixion of the man they'd hoped would be the Messiah. Who joins them on the road? None other than the Messiah Himself. However, they do not recognize Him. It is instructive to note how our Lord primes these men to appreciate the moment when He will unveil Himself. Is He not doing the same with us? MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1367_Christ_Meets_Us_on_the_Road_to_Emmaus.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

When our Lord met the Samaritan woman at the well, history was about to be made. This was the first human being to whom the Lord would reveal His Messiahship so directly. She ran into town to tell everyone. It was a rare moment of pleasure for the Christ—to be believed. The disciples showed up with food and He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you are not aware" (John 4:32). In typical fashion the disciples asked, "Who brought You food?" We experience similar pleasure when words of ours—words of eonian life—are met with receptive ears. There is more nourishment for body and soul in such an experience than in ten trees of broccoli and an organic apple. Jesus and the Outcast Woman at the Well: https://youtu.be/ordhsDeAt60?si=CwVK7VgcxZXMEBb6 MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1366_Woman_At_the_Well_the_Satisfaction_of_Revealing_Truth.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

God plays favorites and today we are His favorite human beings. This is what is meant by 1Timothy 4:10, "God is the Savior of all humanity, ESPECIALLY of believers." How can you save everyone but ESPECIALLY save a particular group of people? I think you give these folks more information. I think you take them into Your confidence more than others. You reveal more things to them. In the end, you GIVE them more. You LAVISH them with gifts, bonuses, praise, honor—outrageous stuff that no one else gets. On top of this, You let them know that, of all the people on the earth, You take special care to supply their needs. This word "supply" in the Greek means, "choreograph." Yep. It means exactly what you think it means. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1365_The_Body_of_Christ_is_Choreographed.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In 1 Timothy 2:14, Paul assures us that Adam was not seduced by Satan. Rather it was the women who came into the transgression. This means that Adam VOLUNTARILY joined his wife in sin and death. This is one of the most sublime and selfless sacrifices in all of Scripture. It would be THE most selfless sacrifice had not Jesus Christ, from the right hand of God, voluntarily joined us in this realm of sin and death. And yet some among us claim that Jesus Christ did NOT voluntarily join us. Instead, He found Himself part of a degraded realm not of His choosing, adapting to a situation into which He was unwillingly thrust. Is it possible for Adam’s sacrifice for his wife to be more noble than Christ’s sacrifice for the human race? No. In every particular, Christ is greater than Adam. Yet in this particular, some would make Him lesser. Fret not. The Word of God tells us otherwise. Definitively. MZTV 1270: Disturbing Revelation Ahead. Viewer Discretion is Advised: https://youtu.be/16ZzIixKQ2I?si=GYy5IbPL26hoEO8_ MZ/IB Archive: WCCD Grace Cafe Series: The Question of Evil is Solved in Scripture (June 2, hr, 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXsiWjPF48&t=0s MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1364_In_Order_to_Rescue_Us_Jesus_Christ_Voluntarily_Joined_Us.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

A true sign of greatness is to lift up the lowly. It is therefore incumbent upon God, the greatest, to save even the least. Any "deity" that rules by threat and fear is a poser. Let us, in this way, become imitators of God. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1363_Become_as_a_Child_Yourself_and_Lift_Up_the_Lowly.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Scriptural precedent dictates that the closer one gets to God, the lonelier is the walk. As supporting evidence I offer: 1) the progressive nature of the Israelite temple courts, 2) the public ministry of our Lord, and 3) our own exodus out of organized religion. Speaking of Exodus, the temptation for anyone drawn outside the mainstream by God is the desire to return to one's comfort zone, wherein lay the people and, most of all, the popularity. Israel in the wilderness wished to return to Egypt. The religious refugee wants to go back to church. Yet what is the exhortation of Christ Himself? "No one, putting forth his hand on a plow and looking behind, is fit in the kingdom of God" (Luke 9:62). MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1362_The_Closer_to_God_The_Lonelier_It_Gets.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

An important teaching on the Greek word "anti" that will help us recognize the antichrist when he shows up. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1361_The_Antichrist_Will_Not_Be_Against_Christ.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

"Close calls" in life are only relative to our experience. We may say that a potential automobile accident was "a close call," but since it didn't happen it was not destined beforehand to happen. Since it was never destined beforehand to happen, it wouldn't matter if the car missed us by an inch or a thousand miles; nothing could be further away from happening than "never destined to happen." If there is no difference to God between an inch and a thousand miles, why do some things miss us "by an inch"? To remind us of His constant care and of how many bad things God DOESN'T bring to our doorstep. Can I apply this to God's apparent wrestling match againstI evil? I can and will. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1360_Is_There_Really_Such_a_Thing_As_a_Close_Call.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Will the Rotting Bag of Oatmeal run against Orange Man next fall, or will the Dems substitute Lizard Man from California? Is it possible that Lizard Man is the Man of Lawlessness, or is he too close to the stereotypical Christian image of Mr. 666 to be the consummate deceiver? These considerations and more on today's edition of MZTV. MZ/IB Archive - WCCD - Grace Cafe Series - No Authority Have You Over Me (June 1 Hour 2): https://youtu.be/jR8uSf_Q4HY?si=nhIWsWHes4Q-QAaK MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1359_Antichrist_Update_Trump_or_Newsome.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Here they are, the Big 5 Truths, corresponding to the five greatest wild beasts on earth. Enter the adventure and revel in knowing what you know. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1358_The_Big_5_Truths.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

I heard an interesting quote the other day about the political right and the political left: "The Right understands the Left, but the Left doesn't understand the Right, and neither does it understand itself." When I applied this truth to believers and unbelievers, a great revelation emerged. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1357_Why_Religious_People_Don't_Understand_Us.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

There is an actual man, alive today, who will become the antichrist and will do exactly what the apostle Paul prophesies he will do in 2 Thessalonians 2:4. HOWEVER, this terrible action (claiming godhood) by the man who personifies the number 666 is being presently enacted, day by day, by the very people the most loathe to be associated with the one who is called "lawless,", "the son of destruction," and who opposes every truth of God. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1356_Antichrist_is_Already_Present_and_Seated_in_the_Temple.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

When you're feeling down and out and then waiting for it to end but it doesn't, anxiety results. The anxiety graduates to all-out panic. Panic leads to depression—and the cycle starts all over again. Is there an end? There is! There is a SCHEDULED end. God knows (literally; He knows) that we can only take so much. And so relief is on its way. The good news of the day: while the depression, anxiety, and panic are temporary, the relief is permanent. Do I have a verse for this? You bet I do! MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1355_Depression+Anxiety+Panic=TEMPORARY.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Fucking Kansas. Pushing people off bridges and shooting heroin into the venous systems of the susceptible. Bastards; they will pay for this song at the Great White Throne. The only thing that may save them from the second death is "Carry On My Wayward Son." WTF. is this the same band? ZWTF: Fall of Satan a Theological Fiction: Exposing yet another Christian assault upon God’s throne: http://www.martinzender.com/ZWTF/ZWTF... MZ/IB Archive - The Grace Cafe Series - God Works His Will In Heaven and On Earth (June 1 Hour 1): https://youtu.be/GhmB0smj9V4?si=PWpgrnJNA_rfGbSQ MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1354_I_Really_Hate_the_Kansas_Song_Dust_In_The_Wind.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

While Christians believe that they are on the narrow way that leads to life, they are in fact on the wide way (look around, Christians) leading to destruction. We are ACTUALLY on the narrow way—entering the kingdom through the cramped gate—for we are PERSECUTED by the religious mainstream, just as our Lord was, and the apostles, and the prophets before them. Throughout Biblical history, the religious mainstream ALWAYS persecutes the minority to whom God actually reveals truth. Has anything changed? Not at all. We are living witnesses to the divine pattern. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1353_Like_All_True_Believers_Before_Us_We_Enter_Through_the_Cramped_Gate.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

"Narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be who find it" (Matthew 7:14). What could be more improbable (and more humorous were it not so tragic) that millions and millions of people, members of the world's most popular religion, favored by the government and catered to with tens of thousands of meeting places on every street corner in America and across the world, consider themselves to be on the "narrow way" that leads to life? Have these individuals been drugged? No, but they have definitely been blinded. What will it take to convince them that they are, in fact, on "the wide way" leading to destruction—but that it's not too late to right the course? May God use this video toward that end. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1352_Christians_Actually_Believe_They're_On_the_Narrow_Way..mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Where in the world did the name "Lucifer" come from? It was invented by Jerome, the same careless moron/useful idiot/vessel of dishonor who turned "aionian" into "aeternum" when translating the Greek into Latin for the Vulgate. Make sure you are nowhere near Jerome at the Great White Throne judgment. He is going to be quick-fried to a crackly crunch—even around the edges. The lake of fire was created for miscreants such as this. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1351_Satan's_Name_is_Not_Lucifer_Who_REALLY_Fell_From_Heaven.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In Ezekiel chapter 28, the King James Version of the Bible calls the Prince of Tyrus a cherub: "Thou art the covering cherub." This is as wrong as can be. When we get the linguistics and the Scriptural interpretations right, we discover that it was a cherub (a spiritual being) that God set OVER ("covered") the kingdom of the Prince of Tyrus on the day that his kingdom was created. Why did God write all this detail concerning a two-bit king in a two-bit province, cared about by no one? He did it so He could bait the passage with traps ("perfect," "created," "Eden," "cherub") making it easy for translators and interpreters to force the passage into teaching the fall from perfection of Satan—a twist necessary to preserving the Catholic teaching of eternal torment. With God removed from the creation not only of the devil but of evil itself, the choice between eternal life or eternal torture could then be placed squarely on the shoulders of the people/payees, who would then have to turn to the church for deliverance from future torment—for a price, of course. The Catholic church extracted that price in "indulgences" (money paid to the church to help dead relatives avoid hell). Modern churches extract the price in devotion to the church and, of course, the never-ending tithe. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1350_God_Sets_Cherubim_as_Watchers_Over_Human_Governments.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The King James version of Ezekiel chapter 28 tells us that an historical personage, namely the Prince of Tyrus, was actually a cherub—that is, a spiritual being with a bunch of wings and eyes. Imagine the birth announcement: Hilda Hildebrandt of Tyrus gave birth to, um, a healthy baby today. Might be a boy; not sure. Baby has four faces and two wings. Legs are straight, but feet are like calves' feet and gleaming like burnished bronze. Amber-colored body with igneous center. Speeds back and forth like flashes of lightning. Congratulations can be sent to Tyrus Medical Center, Obstetrics Division. Visitors required to observe 10,000-cubit perimeter and don protective eyewear; must bow down repeatedly.) Christian expositors who hate the truth that God created evil (Isaiah 45:7) wish hard for a Deity responsible only for daffodils, pansies, cute puppies and raspberry ice-cream cones. In a desperate attempt to get God off the hook and make Satan the captain and curator of his own career, these expositors have hijacked Ezekiel 28. After mistranslating the chapter at several key junctures and then sprinkling fairy dust on it, they have declared this chapter to be an account of how Satan began his career as a good angel, only to become a Hell's angel. It is not known what exactly triggered the career switch; the expositors ran out of fairy dust. But the switch was decisive, that much we know. This episode of MZTV challenges viewers in the grammar department, but pays off in an exciting, behind-the-curtain look at the operations of spiritual beings who supervise the governments of man. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1349_Was_the_Prince_of_Tyrus_Really_a_Cherub.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Many Christian commentators believe that the prince of Tyrus, spoken of in Ezekiel chapter 28, is a secret name for "Satan." By this means they hope to make Satan a good angel who went bad of his own free will, relieving God of responsibility not only for Satan being an adversary, but for evil itself. Some juicy bait that God has put out for the theologians to snap pitiably at is that, in the King James Version, the prince of Tyrus is said to be in the Garden of Eden: "Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God" (verse 13). Either 1) the prince of Tyrus was a time-traveller and was actually in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, 2) "prince of Tyrus" actually IS a secret name for Satan, or 3) we have a translation issue here. Can you guess which of these three options is actually the case? MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1348_Was_the_Prince_of_Tyrus_Actually_in_Eden_as_the_KJV_Says.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Those pitiable folks unaware of God's goal to be all and all and the necessity of temporary evil to contrast eternal good, try to find ways to relieve God of responsibility for anything darker than lollipops and lilac bushes. They find their opportunity in Ezekiel, chapter 28. This chapter chronicles the rise and fall from glory of an historical personage known as "the prince of Tyrus." (He is called this in Scripture because this is his name and title.) Christian expositors, however, see their opportunity to relieve God of what they believe would be a mistake of eternal proportions: Creating Satan evil on purpose. So what do they do? They turn "the prince of Tyrus" into "Satan." By what authority do they do this? Their own. What linguistic cue in the original Hebrew supports their contention? There isn't one. How many brain cells do these Christian expositors have? About nine—between them. In order to trap these expositors in their own unbelief, God has baited this account with luscious little "let's-twist-Scripture-for-our-own-selfish-designs" opportunities. One opportunity is when the prince of Tyrus is called "perfect." Another is when he is said to have been created. But probably the fattest worm on the hook is when the King James version puts the prince of Tyrus in the Garden of Eden Huh? Yeah. I know. Watch as the Christian expositors step in it—and thank God that it's not you. MP3: https://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1347_Ezekiel_28_Traps_Those_Denying_God's_Authorship_of_Evil.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com