Thesis 17: The Non-Existent Cross of The Dead Church + Rev. 7

This is Thesis 17 of the “End Times 95 Theses by The Two Witnesses of Revelation", a parallel of the work Martin Luther did hundreds of years ago. This thesis will explore how the end times church has abandoned the cross. It also includes a study of Revelation 7.

I pray the Holy Spirit guides me in this writing in Jesus's name.

Introduction - The Non-Existent Cross of The End Times Church

This is actually my most important thesis because it summarizes everything written so far. While all components are important, this one is the one that must be told to the world. 17 has been given to me many times in my dreams, and maybe it even represents this thesis - the thesis that unravels the truest problem of the church - the elimination of the cross.

In one of Derek Prince’s sermons I came across recently, there is a theme that every church must get back to the cross at its center. Derek Prince says:

“The church has so many items in its shop window today that people have lost sight of the cross. And as I meditated on that it just gripped me. I thought about so much that’s being presented today to the church like teaching on healing, deliverance, prosperity, how to be a father, how to be a husband, how to do all sorts of things. I’m not in any sense criticizing such teaching because, as a matter of fact, I’ve taught myself on nearly all those themes. But you see, none of it works without the cross. The cross is the only source of grace and power to make all the other teaching work. If we don’t keep the cross in the center, then we have a lot of fine principles and ethics and rules which we can’t live up to. The usual result in the church has been when we find we can’t live up to them then we gradually bring them down to our own standards. But they’re not the standards of the New Testament.”

The modern church has a lot going on. It has seminars for husbands and wives, it has fundraising, and it even has fun. However, where is the cross? What is all of this for without the cross?

When I first started this ministry, God sent me a clear dream - not to be like the worldly churches, which appear nice on the surface, but inside, they are dead. I took this advice seriously.

Running this ministry with my husband, it has been difficult, to say the least. Why? To stay requires sacrifice. It requires loss. It requires a facing of one’s own self. It requires picking up your cross. However, the ones who do stay are reborn, renewed, and transformed, and isn't that what the Bible calls? There is death through the cross, and then a spiritual rebirth through the cross, and the cross represents both life and death with its x and y axis. This image is just one fun way to view the cross. Grace, faith, effort, and moralism conquer waiting around, passivity, and giving up.

To reiterate, what the end times churches are missing is this: The Cross.

That term has been so used and even abused that I have to think of a way to express it to readers in a way that they may feel renewed - in a way that will destroy the lukewarm interpretation of it.

When we go into church and participate in sitting in pews and listening to a sermon, does this really require picking up of the cross of Jesus Christ? When we attend a pseudo-Halloween or men’s conference event each year, does this require picking up our cross? When we attend the church potluck, are we picking up our cross?

The extent that the Christians have picked up their cross involves attending weekly sermons, tithing, and perhaps, mentioning the name of Jesus here and there. Is this really what Christianity is supposed to be?

While none of those things are inherently bad, this is not the full cross but elements of it. The church has gotten so caught up in everything else, that it has strayed far away from its fundamental root: the sacrifice of the cross.

Sacrifice - that word is not used very often in a true sense in the dead churches anymore.

Before I wrote this post, my son said to me, "Pick up your cross. Picking it up is easy, carrying it is hard" - and I believe that is a great metaphor. By the way, he is a young boy, and I did not tell him anything about what I was writing. Sometimes he just speaks through the Holy Spirit. I credit my son for the next portion of this post, and Jesus Christ, of course. After all, we must be like a child to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

When one first picks up their cross, they feel great - excited even. This is usually when people first find Jesus, but then the perilous part comes in building the foundation. In order to carry the cross properly, you need to build a solid foundation in yourself, which requires discipline:

Building on a Solid Foundation

24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

So, one thing I notice is when we meet people, they are usually really excited. They pick up that cross!

Then, as time goes on, the cross gets a little heavy - it gets hard. They grow tired of carrying it each day, they put it down, and they find something with a lighter toll - a false church that feels good and offers what they want to hear for their itching ears. A lighter, false version of the cross, which they do not have to carry.

I know our ministry is real because it just won't allow that. When people stick with us, they have to pick up their cross each and every morning, and it is difficult. However, at the same time, they are building a foundation of reading their bibles, fellowshipping, praying, and more to make this load lighter.

Going back to the modern church, there is no more cross. There is an idol of the cross that people stare at or pray amongst, but very few are actually carrying it anymore.

In the modern churches, while sin is discussed, it is mostly kept private. Most keep up appearances, and talking about problems is looked down upon. People must act perfect and try to hold up to some picture-perfect standard of Christianity - pretending they don't suffer or mourn.

I remember when I would go to churches, I felt like I really couldn't tell people my problems because I was too ashamed. I thought they wouldn't understand.

That isn't a real ministry.

A real ministry is where people carry each other's burdens (the crosses) together - where we express our true problems and try to help each other.

So, then, here are the rules of the cross according to Scripture:

1) Deny yourself, and pick it up. - Do modern churches deny themselves? Or do they indulge themselves with potlucks, festivities, and music? Have you seen a church promote fasting? Join our ministry where we have opportunities to fast daily!
2) Take your own unique cross and follow Jesus. Your cross will not be the same as another's. My cross included addiction and worldliness. Each day I must pick up my cross and deny my past and the world. Your cross may be denying romantic love, lusts, addiction, worldliness, food, or something else. Everyone has their own "deadly sin" and unique challenges. Going back to the modern dead churches, how often do they deeply dive into this concept and its challenges? Sure, they may talk about it on a superficial level, but do they truly encourage carrying your cross? I see little talk of hell or deadly sins.
3) Devote your body as a living sacrifice. Do you pray more than once a day? Do you fast? Do you help others? Do you humble yourself? Do you do what it takes to sacrifice to Jesus Christ? Does the modern church do this? I see no sacrifice but great indulgence!
4) Have you given up the world? You cannot carry your cross if you are still in love with the world. Certainly, the church is too consumed with creating a church in the mirror image of the world.
5) Does Christ fully dwell in you? He cannot dwell with sin. He cannot dwell with you if you are in the world. He cannot dwell with you if you idolize your family, money, or something else. Does Christ dwell in the end times church? No, I say a false anti-Christ spirit dwells there.

All of these points have one thing in common - sacrifice. The cross is sacrifice. Jesus is sacrifice. Jesus is true love; therefore, His love is sacrifice.

When it comes to Christianity, people are all over the place because they are not rooted in the cross. They have many tenets of the Bible, but they do not have the cross, and they do not carry it daily.

What we see these days is "Cultural Christianity", something that even evil men like Elon Musk can profess as their religion. This is a Christianity that is convenient, easy, and feels good. Many want to join and be on board.

When it comes to the ministries with the cross, you will find about 1 in 1,000 (or less) who want to take up this cross each day. Many begin, and they drop out somewhere along the road and set the cross down. Some begin, but they do not build a solid foundation to continue to carry it and give up. Some do not even pick it up in the first place, and they leave before any work can be done.

Then there are those of you, the few, that are picking up the cross each day. It is a very small number. I would say we are worse off than in the days of Noah, with very few seeking true righteousness.

"God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves, but in God.

- Harry Ironside"

Now, herein lies the good part of this post. When you carry your cross long enough, it starts to carry you:

"Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you." - - Thomas a Kempis

Memory of Our Suffering

For my own testimony, this is 100% true. At the beginning, I remember the weight of the cross. Now, I often feel like my own weight is supported by something supernatural, beyond my understanding, no matter how bad it gets on my end.

When these moments happen, I feel an unusual temperature change all around me in the environment, almost a soothing, cooling feeling. I feel angels surround me. I somehow know I will be okay.

This point of peace comes from great suffering. Every time I suffer, it's like something is carved into my cross, and then it's like I have a soul memory (or cross memory), and I am stronger with each etching in my cross. Each painful moment I experience is etched into my cross, and then it forms its own, glorious genetic structure, showing every demon and Satan himself what I am capable of.

Oh yeah - that girl - she was almost murdered but she didn't give up.
That girl - yeah, she was abandoned by her whole family, but she didn't give up.
That girl - did you know she lost two babies, but she still held her faith in Christ?
That girl - she was an alcoholic and shamed by her friends and family, but she overcame.
That girl - she was betrayed by nearly every person she ever knows, but she still forgives them.
That girl - she doesn't know who her biological father is, but she relates to her Father in Heaven.
That girl - she used to be demon-possessed herself, but then she learned to pray and fast and cast out her own demons. Now she delivers hundreds upon hundreds of people.
That girl - she used to place all her value in her looks and success, but now she is happiest when she pleases God.
That girl - she used to care so much what people think of her, but now she runs her own blog and ministry with her husband and never gives up - even with many haters.
That girl - she saw her mom brutally abused and murdered in some type of Satanic ritual experience, yet she still saved her on her deathbed.
That girl - she can debate any man in any argument, even her own husband - and win.
That girl, she's running a ministry of thousands, and no matter how many demons are sent her way, she doesn't give up.
That girl - she had so much shame and embarrassment, but then she turned it all around as a testimony to bring people to Jesus.

How do you think my cross looks to the demons? None of this is to brag, but don't you think it looks strong, sturdy, and even intimidating? Again, I say none of this to brag. I say this as a woman who has been crucified to the world with nothing to lose.

What does your cross look like? How can you build it up? Is your cross one that represents Jesus Christ or the worldly, false church? Are you even carrying one?

Come, join our ministry, and pick up your unique cross with me on a daily basis.

Now, let's move into Revelation 7. Also, just thought this meme was funny:

Revelation 7

We are on Revelation 7 in our daily Bible study, and please join us on our discord to participate in this daily. When this study is done, I think I might combine them all into a book. Here is Revelation 1. Here is Revelation 2. Here is Revelation 3. Here is Revelation 4. Here is Revelation 5. Here is Revelation 6.

Let's begin Revelation 7!

📷 📷 7:1 And 2532 after 3326 these things 5023 I saw 1492 5627 four 5064 angels 32 standing 2476 5761 on 1909 the four 5064 corners 1137 of the earth 1093, holding 2902 5723 the four 5064 winds 417 of the earth 1093, that 3363 0 the wind 417 should 4154 0 not 3363 blow 4154 5725 on 1909 the earth 1093, nor 3383 on 1909 the sea 2281, nor 3383 on 1909 any 3956 tree 1186.

I always found it interesting that four corners of the Earth are mentioned repeatedly in the Bible. Just a thought for the flat Earth/round Earth debate. In this, it seems the angels are holding back something - the winds of agitation. The word for wind is “nemoj” meaning:

1) wind, a violent agitation and stream of air
2) a very strong tempestuous wind
3) the four principal or cardinal winds, hence the four corners of heaven

📷 📷 7:2 And 2532 I saw 1492 5627 another 243 angel 32 ascending 305 5631 5625 305 5723 from 575 the east 395 2246, having 2192 5723 the seal 4973 of the living 2198 5723 God 2316: and 2532 he cried 2896 5656 with a loud 3173 voice 5456 to the four 5064 angels 32, to whom 3739 it 846 was given 1325 5681 to hurt 91 5658 the earth 1093 and 2532 the sea 2281,

📷 📷 7:3 Saying 3004 5723, Hurt 91 5661 not 3361 the earth 1093, neither 3383 the sea 2281, nor 3383 the trees 1186, till 891 3739 we have sealed 4972 5725 5625 4972 5661 the servants 1401 of our 2257 God 2316 in 1909 their 846 foreheads 3359.

There is some type of sealing process of the 144,000/true remnant that occurs BEFORE they can unleash total chaos. I believe this process has happened or is in the process of happening and about to be complete.

📷 📷 7:4 And 2532 I heard 191 5656 the number 706 of them which were sealed 4972 5772: [and there were] sealed 4972 5772 an hundred 1540 [and] forty 5062 [and] four 5064 thousand 5505 of 1537 all 3956 the tribes 5443 of the children 5207 of Israel 2474.

This is the 144,000, and it then goes into each tribe. Witness 1 and I believe this could represent the 144,000 DNA strands for those who did not take the vaccine; however we still have not gotten 100% verification on this.

📷 📷 7:9 After 3326 this 5023 I beheld 1492 5627, and 2532, lo 2400 5628, a great 4183 multitude 3793, which 3739 no man 3762 could 1410 5711 number 705 5658 846, of 1537 all 3956 nations 1484, and 2532 kindreds 5443, and 2532 people 2992, and 2532 tongues 1100, stood 2476 5761 before 1799 the throne 2362, and 2532 before 1799 the Lamb 721, clothed 4016 5772 with white 3022 robes 4749, and 2532 palms 5404 in 1722 their 846 hands 5495;

This is who I call the true remnant. This is why I believe even the vaccinated can be saved. The next part explains the worship of Jesus Christ, and the elders ask an important question.

📷 📷 7:13 And 2532 one 1520 of 1537 the elders 4245 answered 611 5662, saying 3004 5723 unto me 3427, What 5101 are 1526 5748 these 3778 which 3588 are arrayed in 4016 5772 white 3022 robes 4749? and 2532 whence 4159 came they 2064 5627?

📷 📷 7:14 And 2532 I said 2046 5758 unto him 846, Sir 2962, thou 4771 knowest 1492 5758. And 2532 he said 2036 5627 to me 3427, These 3778 are they 1526 5748 which came 2064 5740 out of 1537 great 3173 tribulation 2347, and 2532 have washed 4150 5656 their 846 robes 4749, and 2532 made 3021 0 them 4749 846 white 3021 5656 in 1722 the blood 129 of the Lamb 721.

These are the readers of this blog - the ones who join our ministry - not the ones who just read. They have to act.

📷 📷 7:15 Therefore 1223 5124 are they 1526 5748 before 1799 the throne 2362 of God 2316, and 2532 serve 3000 5719 him 846 day 2250 and 2532 night 3571 in 1722 his 846 temple 3485: and 2532 he that sitteth 2521 5740 on 1909 the throne 2362 shall dwell 4637 5692 among 1909 them 846.

📷 📷 7:16 They shall hunger 3983 5692 no 3756 more 2089, neither 3761 thirst 1372 5692 any more 2089; neither 3761 3361 shall 4098 0 the sun 2246 light 4098 5632 on 1909 them 846, nor 3761 any 3956 heat 2738.

📷 📷 7:17 For 3754 the Lamb 721 which 3588 is in the midst 303 3319 of the throne 2362 shall feed 4165 5692 them 846, and 2532 shall lead 3594 5692 them 846 unto 1909 living 2198 5723 fountains 4077 of waters 5204: and 2532 God 2316 shall wipe away 1813 5692 all 3956 tears 1144 from 575 their 846 eyes 3788.

These are the ones who are going to pick up their cross in the end times, and they will believe The Two Witnesses of Revelation.

To end with a dream, I was approaching a stage. I was going to walk on a stage in front of a large crowd to speak against Donald Trump. There were two podiums on each side of the stage - one for me, and one for Donald Trump.

At first, I saw the crowd for Donald Trump, which was already booing me. But then, I saw another crowd.

This crowd didn't support Donald Trump. Some of them just seemed to want answers, and they were waiting for me.

I was praying and preparing for what to say, praying to God I would speak well and be able to handle Trump's attacks.

But then I heard God say, "He won't be able to truly attack you."

And I woke up.

That crowd, I think, represents you all (and more that are coming soon after the 9/11 event wanting answers).

There will be two choices in these times. The Two Witnesses (who follow Jesus) or Donald Trump (who is the anti-Christ). There will be no in-between.

With the greatest love of Jesus Christ,

Elisha aka Witness 2