Have Faith Like Harry Colcord And Charles Blondin, How James Bartley Survived Like Jonah For Three Days In A Whale's Belly, And How Simeon, John The Baptist, And A Thief Are Up Not Down In Paradise Third Heaven

HAVE FAITH LIKE HARRY COLCORD AND CHARLES BLONDIN

     Pictured above for our first parable about faith, we see a tightrope walker from the 1800s named Charles Blondin. Charles Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) was a legendary 19th century French tightrope walker who became world famous for crossing the Niagara gorge on a high wire. Starting on June 3, 1859, he performed a series of increasingly daring ascensions that drew crowds of up to 25,000 spectators to the banks of the Niagara River. 

     Charles Blondin was a master showman who understood that simply walking across the gorge would eventually lose its novelty. He completed an estimated 300 crossings, often adding theatrical stunts. He famously carried a small stove and utensils on his back, stopping midway on the rope, cooked an omelet, and lowered it to passengers on the Maid of the Mist tour boat below. He crossed while blindfolded, in a sack, on stilts, backwards, and even while pushing a wheelbarrow. He occasionally crossed at night, illuminated by lights on the cable or fireworks. 

      When Charles Blondin was about to walk over the Niagara Falls, he asked his manager Harry Colcord, Do you believe I can make it? Harry replied, You can do it Charlie. You can do anything. Charles then said, Harry are you sure I can make it? Harry replied You can do it, you can do it Charlie. Charles replied Hop on my back. And Harry had faith and pictured above hopped on Charles' back and they both crossed successfully over the Niagara Falls on a high wire.

     Let's all be like Harry Colcord and hop on Jesus' back by faith and trust the Lord Jesus to get us across the great divide of this life to fulfill our dreams. Just hold on to Jesus and don't let go and everything will be alright. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 says Now the Lord of peace Himself (Jesus) give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again. Daily look to the cross saying I am crucified with Jesus Christ and covered by the blood of Jesus. Let the devil know that the blood of Jesus has overcome the devil, evil must pass over me, and all my sins are all cleansed by the blood of Jesus.   

FAITH SEES THE INVISIBLE

BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE

RECEIVES THE IMPOSSIBLE

FAITH IS NOT BELIEVING THAT GOD CAN

FAITH IS BELIEVING THAT GOD WILL

A LITTLE FAITH WILL BRING YOUR SOUL TO HEAVEN

BUT GREAT FAITH WILL BRING HEAVEN TO YOUR SOUL

WHY CALVINISM IS A FALSE TEACHING

     The false teaching of Calvinism says that only certain elect sinners can get saved and be predestinated to live forever in heaven. This is wrong because 1 Timothy 2:3 says For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all (not just elect) men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 

     Hebrews 2:9 says But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man (not just a few elect men). Revelation 22:17 says And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever (not just elect people) will, let him take the water of life freely.

     Jesus said at Mark 1:17 Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. Pictured above, let's see why Calvinism is wrong when the father and son learn about Jesus while they fish on their boat. When I go fishing like this father and son, I don't just fish for elect fish. I fish for anything that bites. And if I happen to catch a fish and get him into the live well secure, then that fish is elect and he's predestinated because I know where he is going because he's become my property.

     The same thing happens when we witness and fish for lost souls with Jesus as our bait. There is no such thing as an elect or predestinated sinner. Salvation is offered to anyone who accepts the Lord Jesus. Jesus said at John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. And after a person gets saved and receives the Lord Jesus, then he or she becomes an elect or predestinated saint that is saved.

     Any person that believes in Calvinism is confused about the meanings of election and predestination. Election and predestination are security doctrines for saved saints only. There is no such thing as an elect or predestinated sinner according to Calvinism. All men are sinners and must accept the Lord Jesus to become elect, saved, and predestinated saints that go to heaven. When people ask Brother Bob if he is a Calvinist, I reply, No I'm a Christian and I can't be both.

BROTHER BOB'S ANSWERS TO SOME FOOLISH QUESTIONS

1) A Jehovah Witness told Brother Bob that they didn't believe Jesus is God after I showed them Romans 14:9 that says For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living. The Jehovah Witness said Brother Bob I just can't get that out of the new testament. I replied, Of course you can't, It's in there to stay.

2) Then someone asked me Do you believe that a whale swallowed Jonah? I replied, I believe the bible is true and that God prepared a fish big enough to swallow this runaway preacher. If God can make a preacher, then God can make a fish big enough to swallow him.
3) Then someone asked me Where is there an oyster big enough to make the pearls for the gates of heaven? I replied that he lives next door to the great fish that God prepared to swallow Jonah.

HOW JAMES BARTLEY SURVIVED LIKE JONAH  IN A WHALE'S BELLY

IN 1891 JAMES BARTLEY LIKE JONAH LIVED

AFTER BEING SWALLOWED BY A WHALE

     In February 1891, James Bartley (1870-1909), a sailor, was whale hunting on a British whaling ship called The Star of the East near the Falkland islands and a sperm whale got the best of him and swallowed him up. Days later after his friends killed the whale, while they were skinning the whale, they noticed that the linings in the intestines of the whale were moving. When they opened up the intestines of the whale, out came James Bartley alive after 36 hours. Initially Bartley was delirious but eventually recovered..

     Bartley said that after he realized that he was inside the whale's stomach, he noticed that he could breathe and live. This proves that the bible is true and that Jonah could survive after being in the belly of a whale for three days and three nights. Friends just believe everything in the bible even when it doesn't make any sense. Be like little children and accept the bible to be true. The bible is our road map and if we follow its directions our lives will be blessed. Yes our Lord Jesus can create a whale large enough to swallow Jonah and deliver Jonah safely to Nineveh to preach repentance to save 120000 lost sinners.

     Many historians and scientists said that the story about James Bartley was a fabrication and a hoax, claiming that the bible and the story about Jonah surviving after three days in a whale's belly was a myth. When anyone tells you that the bible is a myth, tell them that they are mythstaken, mythstified, mytherable, and mythinformed. The bible is the truth and Jonah and James Bartley survived after being in a whale's belly for three days and nights. 

     M. de Parville, the science editor of the Journal des Debats in Paris, France reportedly investigated the 1891 incident and concluded that the account of James Bartley being found alive in a whale's stomach was verified. Specific physical details were cited as proof of the encounter. Harry Rimmer, a prominent 20th century evangelist frequently used the Bartley story in his lectures and books to prove that a man could survive inside a whale. Dr. Ambrose John Wilson became famous for his 1927 article "The Sign of the Prophet Jonah and its Modern Confirmations", published in the Princeton Theological Review, citing Bartley's case as a modern confirmation of the biblical story of Jonah and the whale.

     Many accounts claim that James Bartley's face and hands were permanently bleached white by the whale's gastric juices, a condition he carried until his death 18 years later. Newspaper reports in the 1890s presented the story as a factual account provided by the crew of the Star of the East, who allegedly signed a report documenting the event. James Bartley's tombstone in Gloucester, England, reportedly bore the inscription "A Modern Jonah," serving as a permanent memorial to the event. 

     Several scientists concluded that a person could survive after being swallowed by a sperm whale. Unlike baleen whales that have tiny throats, sperm whales can swallow a giant squid whole, leading some to argue that they could also swallow a human man. For over a century many christians have used the James Bartley story as a real world parallel to defend the truth about the biblical story of Jonah who survived and preached to Nineveh after being in a whale's belly for three days and nights. If James Bartley survived after three days and nights in a sperm whale's belly, it could certainly have happened to Jonah in biblical antiquity.

     Also note that in 1771, Marshall Jenkins reportedly survived being taken into the mouth of a sperm whale during a whaling expedition off the coast of Edgartown, Massachusetts. According to historical accounts from the Boston Post Boy, Jenkins was part of a crew that struck a whale with a harpoon. The whale retaliated by biting their whaleboat in two. As the boat was destroyed, the whale caught Jenkins in it's mouth and dove underwater with him. After a brief period submerged, the whale returned to the surface and cast Jenkins onto the wreckage of the broken boat. Despite the ordeal, Jenkins was reportedly much bruised but not seriously injured.

HOW SIMEON, JOHN THE BAPTIST, AND A THIEF ARE UP NOT DOWN

IN PARADISE THIRD HEAVEN

     Before Jesus walked on earth, old testament saints in paradise looked forward in time for the Lord Jesus to appear and take them up to heaven. When these saints passed away, they went to Abraham's bosom called paradise in the lower parts of this earth, waiting for their Messiah Jesus to set them free. Now we are saints looking back in time at Jesus who died for us on the cross, waiting for Jesus to appear in the air, while we get caught up to live forever in peace with our Lord Jesus.

      When the old testament saints waited in paradise for the Lord Jesus, Simeon appeared and told these saints Jesus is coming soon to paradise to set us free. I saw baby Jesus and said at Luke 2:29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. 

     Then the woman who was caught in the act of adultery appeared to these saints in paradise. She said Jesus is coming soon to paradise to set us free. I saw Jesus who told my accusers that wanted to stone me at John 8:7 He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And after all my accusers departed, Jesus told me Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? I replied No man, Lord. And Jesus said Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 

     Then John the Baptist appeared to these saints in paradise. He told them Jesus is coming very soon to paradise to set us free. After I saw Jesus and baptized Him in the Jordan river, I proclaimed at John 1:29 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 

     And the last saint to appear in paradise was the thief that died on a cross by Jesus. He told the saints in paradise Jesus is coming today to paradise to set us free. After I asked Jesus at Luke 23:42 Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom, Jesus told me Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 

     The thief on the cross by Jesus proved that confessing that Jesus is God is essential for salvation. The thief said to the Lord Jesus at Luke 23:42 Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Notice that the translated NIV and NASB bibles misquote Luke 23:42 denying that Jesus is Lord where the thief only says Jesus (omitting the word Lord) remember me when you come into your kingdom. These translated bibles remove references that proclaim that Jesus is God to stop people from getting saved. Remember 2 Corinthians 11:14 warns us And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light (using false religions and false translated bibles denying the diety of Jesus to stop people from getting saved).

     Ephesians 4:8 tells us that Jesus ascended up on high (with the old testament saints of paradise) and He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Paradise is no longer in the lower parts of the earth where people in hell like the rich man Dives could see Abraham's bosom and paradise across a fixed unpassable gulf. Now paradise is up in the third heaven with Jesus and free for ever. Paul confirmed this and said at 2 Corinthians 12:2 that he was caught up (not caught down) into third heaven paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

     Ephesians 4:8 says Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. 2 Corinthians 12:2 says I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (Paul), whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

     Jesus told the devil that the saints of paradise were no longer in the lower parts of the earth. Jesus told the devil that all saints live for ever with Him in mansions in paradise now located up in the third heaven. Jesus stripped the devil of all his power and told the devil at Revelation 1:18 I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. The devil doesn't even have the keys to his own home in hell. Soon the devil will be cast into the sealed bottomless pit with a great chain for one thousand years during the millennium and then cast into the lake of fire forever.

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.