Heaven can be shut.
Shutting Heaven, now there is a concept I
believe many would be horrified to contemplate. Already anyone who has read
this is probably thinking there is no way heaven can be shut to anyone, but
it's true, and they are not my words, but the words of God.
Mat_23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye
neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
You shut up the kingdom of Heaven.
You don't go in yourself.
You don't let anyone else go in.
How could the scribes and Pharisees do such a
thing?! We comprehend how people can choose of their own accord not to go to
heaven, but to stop others, those who are entering to go in?! About now you're
thinking thank goodness we don't have scribes and Pharisees any more.
Truthfully though, there are a lot of people who through deceit and spiritual
treachery have shut heaven to many people. The door is shut and a lot of people
don't even realize it and when they do, it will be too late. They are positive
in their minds that when the Lord returns and heaven is to finally be the home
of all who are asleep in Christ or alive in Christ when He returns, that they
are going to be among them.
The Kingdom of Heaven as we've learned is
promised to those who choose God, who choose salvation, who live for God in
truth, in sincerity. David, a beloved of God still sleeps in His grave unaware
of the passing of time waiting for the return of Christ to earth to call him to
be with Him and make heaven his home. The Bible tells us this.
Act 2:34 For David is not ascended into the
heavens
And not only is David still sleeping death's
sleep but so are the following-
Heb 11:4 By faith Abel …
Heb 11:7 By faith Noah…
Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham…
Heb 11:20 By faith Isaac…
Heb 11:21 By faith Jacob…
Heb 11:22 By faith Joseph…
Heb 11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab…
Heb 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the
time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of
Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets
Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good
report through faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing
for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
THEY RECEIVED NOT THE PROMISE.
But they WILL receive the promise of the
Kingdom of Heaven.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first
The kingdom of heaven will be open to all who
belong to Christ, but to those who do not… it will be shut.
Jesus' words…
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Heaven will be shut.
The scribes and Pharisees are deceivers. And
today there are MANY who follow in their footsteps- seemingly pillars of the
community, leaders of the church. They are those who shut the kingdom of heaven
- teaching and guiding others with lies! Deceiving those who listen to them
into believing they have truth when they have none. Teaching them that truth
does not matter, tradition mean more than truth- LIES!
Mar 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well
hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people
honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mar 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Mar 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of
God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many
other such like things ye do.
Mar 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye
reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Mar 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect
through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do
ye.
How many traditions of man have been passed
down through the years that have caused the word of God to have no effect on a
person's heart? How many traditions are followed right now today, in place of
following the truth in the Word of God. How many are going to lose out on the
Kingdom of Heaven preached by our Savior because they would rather hold fast
traditions just like the scribes and Pharisees of Jesus' day?
Yes, the way to heaven can be shut and will be
shut to many people because their hearts are not truly with God and His will,
but with the traditions of man and their own will.
According to our world today and popular
opinion almost all people go to heaven immediately upon dying. And I have to
shout that out because almost ALL people have loved ones -even the worst of
people have those who believe they are in heaven. These are lies based on the
traditions of man and find no solid exegetical basis in the Word of God. Yet
the Word of God tells us FEW are going to find the narrow way. The Word of God
tells us that MANY are going to think they are God's but they aren't. With
these truths we would do well to open the Word of God and study like we've
never studied before. Pray like never before, and seek truth like never before.
We need to have the eye salve given to us by Christ so that the truth may
penetrate through the scales of man's traditions blinding us. Please, LORD,
please! Open our eyes! Give us the truth! We would be YOURS, we want You to
KNOW US! Please Lord, in the day of Your return we want to be called to meet
You in the air! We do NOT want to hear the words to get away from You!! Please,
Lord, please! Open the Kingdom of Heaven to us! Please! Your will be DONE now
and forever!
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