TIME IS UP
Written in 2011
by Tony Alamo
aka Bernie Hoffman
The book of Job, 1:6-7 says, “Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?” (Where the real children of GOD are, you will find Satan, the slanderer, the liar, the thief. He infiltrates Christian churches to be near the children of GOD with the hope that he may sabotage, steal, destroy, and murder them.1)
JESUS says of Satan that “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to murder, and to destroy: I [JESUS] am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the GOOD SHEPHERD: the GOOD SHEPHERD giveth HIS life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep” (John 10:10-13).
“Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it” (Job 1:7). In other words, Satan is saying that he is on earth where he was cast down by GOD,2 slandering and sabotaging born-of-the-SPIRIT congregations, stealing people’s wages, properties, and children; destroying the earth, cities, nations, businesses, and people’s health; ruining people’s welfare; and falsely accusing Christians through bribery, slander, and corrupt government agencies and courts.3 “And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered MY servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth GOD, and escheweth [hates] evil? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear GOD for nought?” (Job 1:8-9).
Satan goes on to tell GOD how HE has exceedingly blessed Job, kept him from all harm, and blessed the work of Job’s hands. Satan said to GOD, Don’t bless Job for a while, “and he will curse YOU to YOUR face.” GOD gave Satan permission to test Job and curse him for a while, but GOD would not allow him to murder him (Job 1:10-12). GOD allowed Satan to take everything away from Job, including his children, his sheep, his cattle, his camels, and his servants. All his children and some of his servants were murdered.
After all these evils, Job “rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped [GOD]” (Job 1:20). “And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave [him everything], and the LORD hath taken [all of it] away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged GOD foolishly” (Job 1:21-22).
Then GOD allowed Satan to take Job’s health, to smite his flesh and bones, but not to take his life. So Satan smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. And Job sat down among the ashes (Job 2:5-8). Then in verse nine and ten, his miserable wife said unto him, “Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse GOD, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of GOD, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.”
Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him. They came “to mourn with him and to comfort him.” “So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great” (Job 2:11, 13).
I get angry at my attorneys for asking the devil for mercy for me. GOD is the only one who will give mercy to HIS innocent saints, and if GOD doesn’t give mercy, I believe HE is allowing some of HIS Job-type people to be tested and tried to the end. I’ve been tested this way before, though not nearly as bad or ferociously as Job. However, many of our children and our church properties were stolen, given away to thieves, by Federal Judge Morris Arnold. All the church people and their children—hundreds of them—were thrown out on the street in mid-winter. The government did many other things to them and to me, including sentencing me to a six-year prison sentence on a false tax charge, of which I was innocent. But through government threats, they were able to gather many false witnesses. No matter what was said, the government didn’t care at all about truth or fairness. They want to do away with the gospel—the real gospel. They took over one hundred million dollars in property where people (Christians) lived.
My designer jackets and other clothing, which I designed and manufactured to help the ministry, were in ten thousand stores. The FBI went to them, falsely claiming that the clothing was made by children in a slave labor camp, and threatening to close their stores if they continued to buy and sell my designs. Some owners told us that the FBI told them to keep our merchandise, but don’t pay us. They stole our property, destroyed our business, which supported many thousands of Christians, and took away the Christians’ houses that they earned through their labor. Many of these Christians were formerly drug addicts, dealers, lost souls in lives of crime, or hopeless on the streets. It is clear to us that the antichrist government doesn’t like GOD or the people who serve HIM and bring the true gospel to the world.
After we recovered from their first robbery, this subversive beast government is doing the same thing today. Judge Barnes, who knows I’m innocent, sentenced me to one hundred seventy-five years in prison on the false charges brought against me by the FBI. They are punishing anyone who attends my church by kidnapping their children. They also have fined us millions of dollars. They said they were going to sell our property and give the money to the false accusers who were threatened so that they would testify against us and were paid thousands of dollars for falsely testifying! Those who accused us were sent to Wellspring, a brainwashing center, before the trial. The FBI admitted that they paid five thousand dollars each to send them there, and they gave them parties, money, phones, jobs, and presents.
CHRIST loves, helps, and saves sinners that come to HIM.4 Satan’s government, whose seat is in Rome, has many outposts everywhere on earth.5 Satan hates GOD and HIS people, but soon he will pay forever for what he has done and is continuing to do to Christians and to all people in this world.6 GOD has prepared a liquid lake of fire for him who leads this dark world, for his demons who run it, and for all those who follow him.7 The liquid lake of fire is much hotter than the sun, and this will be their eternal destiny.
People who don’t study the Bible do not realize that GOD gave humanity free choice, to choose good or evil. GOD does state HIS will for us in the Bible, but HE does not force us to do HIS will. We must choose. Evil done here is not HIS will! It is Satan and his evil spirits that influence humans to do terrible things. Don’t be angry with GOD for what Satan does to you! The best thing you can do to get back at Satan is to become a powerful Christian for the LORD and reverse the evil works of darkness in you, those around you, and the world. GOD gives us supernatural power over the evil spirits through the powerful name of JESUS! You must learn the WORD of GOD, which is the spiritual sword of the SPIRIT (Ephesians 6:17, Hebrews 4:12). Then you can use it in spiritual warfare against the powers of darkness and win every time!8
After Job’s test, GOD gave twice as much back to him, and to us, but once again the government has told us they are going to take everything we have and put me in prison, this time for more than life, based on false charges. They want to destroy you as well.
Everything that is happening in the world today was prophesied in the Bible many years ago. Daniel 7:19 says, “Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast [the final world government], which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful.” In Daniel’s vision, he saw the symbol of today’s world government “whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet.” ...I looked, and this same demonic kingdom “made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the ANCIENT of DAYS came, and judgment was given to the saints of the MOST HIGH; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom” (Daniel 7:21-22).
Isaiah 14:1 shows us that “The LORD will have mercy on Jacob [Jacob’s name was changed by GOD to Israel. Israel is all those who believe in the WORD of GOD, which is CHRIST], and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers [the Gentile believers] shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob [Israel, the body of CHRIST, and Christians, not Catholics].
“And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve” (Isaiah 14:2-3).
Satan’s reign on earth is ending very soon. GOD promises, “The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He [Satan] who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing” (Isaiah 14:5-7).
Heaven is permanent pleasure, joy, happiness, righteousness, tranquility, peace, and everlasting youth, with no pain, sickness, disease, oppression, labor, or death—everything is wonderful.9 GOD wants to check everyone out now to find out if we are going to be acceptable in Heaven. We are all tested, whether we like it or not.10 Don’t fail to pass the test! You will be tormented beyond understanding in Hell forever if you reject the LORD.
As for Satan, GOD says, “Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of GOD: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the MOST HIGH. Yet thou shalt be brought down to Hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?” (Isaiah 14:9-17).11
After sin entered the world, GOD’S plan to send JESUS into the world as a man, to save us from our sins, was put into motion. GOD made the signs of HIS appearing on earth clear with over three hundred prophecies of the first coming of the MESSIAH, YESHUA in the Old Testament.12 JESUS was born of a virgin as prophesied, took stripes for our healing as promised, and shed HIS sinless blood for the forgiveness of all our sins.13
In the temple, HE read of HIMSELF from the book of Isaiah: “The SPIRIT of the LORD GOD is upon ME; because the LORD hath anointed ME to preach good tidings unto the meek; HE hath sent ME to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our GOD; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that HE might be glorified” (Isaiah 61:1-3).
The Apostle Paul wrote, “If ye then be risen with CHRIST, seek those things which are above, where CHRIST sitteth on the right hand of GOD. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with CHRIST in GOD. When CHRIST, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with HIM in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of GOD cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of HIM that created him” (Colossians 3:1-10).
I am strong in the SPIRIT because I remember that there definitely is a Heaven for those who continue with JESUS to the end, as well as a Hell for everyone who fails to walk the straight and narrow way to eternal life.14 If we deny ourselves the worthless distractions of this life and follow JESUS in the SPIRIT, we cannot fail.15 We will have victory in JESUS, even with a one hundred seventy-five-year sentence in prison! How? Because JESUS says all of this will be over soon, and then I will be in Heaven’s paradise forever! Praise the LORD! You can be there too, but you must obey the WORD, which is CHRIST.16 Start out now by repenting of your sins and saying this prayer to GOD:
Prayer
My LORD and my GOD, have mercy upon my soul, a sinner. 1 I believe that JESUS CHRIST is the SON of the living GOD. 2 I believe that HE died on the cross and shed HIS precious blood for the forgiveness of all my former sins. 3 I believe that GOD raised JESUS from the dead by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT 4 and that HE sits on the right hand of GOD at this moment, hearing my confession of sin and this prayer. 5 I open up the door of my heart, and I invite YOU into my heart, LORD JESUS. 6 Wash all of my filthy sins away in the precious blood that YOU shed in my place on the cross at Calvary. 7 YOU will not turn me away, LORD JESUS; YOU will forgive my sins and save my soul. I know because YOUR WORD, the Bible, says so. 8 YOUR WORD says that YOU will turn no one away, and that includes me. 9 Therefore, I know that YOU have heard me, and I know that YOU have answered me, and I know that I am saved. 10 And I thank YOU, LORD JESUS, for saving my soul, and I will show my thankfulness by doing as YOU command and sin no more.11
After salvation, JESUS said to be baptized, fully submerged in water, in the name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY SPIRIT.12 Then study the King James Version Bible, and, for your benefit and the benefit of others, do what it says.13
CHRIST and GOD the FATHER now live in you through the HOLY SPIRIT. There is a way you can receive a fuller portion of the divine nature of GOD in you. The more the divine nature of GOD lives in you, the more you will be able to stand against the temptations that have so easily moved so many millions of Christians away from salvation. Pray for the baptism in the HOLY SPIRIT.14 For instructions on how to receive the baptism in the HOLY SPIRIT and to receive more of GOD’S holy nature, ask for our literature or call. For without holiness, no man shall see GOD (Hebrews 12:14).
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If you want the world saved, as JESUS commands, then don’t rob GOD of HIS tithes and offerings. GOD said, “Will a man rob GOD? Yet ye have robbed ME. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed THEE? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed ME, even this whole nation [and this whole world]. Bring ye all the tithes [a ‘tithe’ is 10% of your gross income] into the storehouse, that there may be meat [Spiritual food] in MINE house [souls saved], and prove ME now herewith, saith the LORD of HOSTS, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of HOSTS. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of HOSTS” (Malachi 3:8-12).
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footnotes:
1. John 8:44, Heb. 2:14, Rev. 12:3-4, 7-10, 13:4-8 return
2. Ezek. 18:16-17, Luke 10:17-18 return
3. Isa. 14:12-17, John 8:44, 10:10, Rev. 12:10-12 return
6. Rev. 19:20, 20:10-15, 21:8 return
7. Matt. 25:31-46, Rev. 20:10, 14-15, 21:8 return
8. Luke 10:19, 2 Cor. 10:4-5, Eph. 6:17, Heb. 4:12 return
9. Job 3:17, Isa. 64:4, Matt. 5:10-12, John 14:2-3, 1 Cor. 2:9, 1 Pet. 1:3-5, 2 Pet. 3:13, Rev. 21:1-4, 9-27, 22:1-5 return
10. 10 Job 23:10, Zech. 13:9, 1 Pet. 1:7 return
12. Request The Messiah According to Bible Prophecy by Pastor Tony Alamo return
13. Isa. 7:14, 53:1-12, Eph. 2:11-22, Heb. 9:11-15, 1 John 1:7 return
14. Matt. 7:13-14, Luke 9:23-24 return
15. Mark 9:23, Rom. 8:1-11, 37, Gal. 5:16-18, Phlp. 4:13, 1 John 4:4 return
16. Deut. 5:29, 7:9, 28:9, Eccl. 12:13, Matt. 7:14, 19:17, John 1:1, 14, 15:10, 1 John 5:3, Rev. 19:13 return
Prayer footnotes:
1. Psa. 51:5, Rom. 3:10-12, 23 return
2. Matt. 26:63-64, 27:54, Luke 1:30-33, John 9:35-37, Rom. 1:3-4 return
3. Acts 4:12, 20:28, Rom. 3:25, I John 1:7, Rev. 5:9 return
4. Psa. 16:9-10, Matt. 28:5-7, Mark 16:9, 12, 14, John 2:19, 21, 10:17-18, 11:25, Acts 2:24, 3:15, Rom. 8:11, I Cor. 15:3-7 return
5. Luke 22:69, Acts 2:25-36, Heb. 10:12-13 return
6. I Cor. 3:16, Rev. 3:20 return
7. Eph. 2:13-22, Heb. 9:22, 13:12, 20-21, I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5, 7:14 return
8. Matt. 26:28, Acts 2:21, 4:12, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14 return
9. Matt. 21:22, John 6:35, 37-40, Rom. 10:13 return
10. Heb. 11:6 return
11. John 5:14, 8:11, Rom. 6:4, I Cor. 15:10, Rev. 7:14, 22:14 return
12. Matt. 28:18-20, John 3:5, Acts 2:38, 19:3-5 return
13. Deut. 4:29, 13:4, 26:16, Josh. 1:8, 22:5, 2 Tim. 2:15, 3:14-17, James 1:22-25, Rev. 3:18 return
14. Isa. 28:11-12, Joel 2:28-29, Luke 3:16, 11:9-13, John 1:29-34, 7:37-39, 14:15-29, 15:26, 16:7-14, Acts 1:1-8, 2:1-18, 32-39, 5:29-32, 19:1-7, Rom. 5:3-5, 15:13 return