Christ the King Adventist Church

09/05/2026

Wishing you a wonderful sabbath

09/05/2026

Celebrating my 8th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉
Happy Sabbath to everyone

25/04/2026

Have this ever happened to you? You kneel down to pray, and as you pray, out of nowhere, images of fantasy or anything bad that you did begin to flash in your mind or even heavy sleep comes in. You’re shocked and confused 😕 — “Ewww! Wait a minute… I wasn’t even thinking about this. Where did this come from? Why now, in the middle of prayer?”
Soon, you abandon your prayer and begin to worry: What is wrong with me? Am I truly saved? Am I really a Christian? And just like that, instead of connecting with God, you become miserable and discouraged.
But pause and understand this: this is not random. This is spiritual warfare.

The enemy fear your prayers. Because prayer connects you to God, strengthens you, and brings light into darkness. So what does he do? He tries to interrupt, distract, and condemn.
The Bible says in Isaiah 14:12:
“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! … you who weakened the nations!”
Satan’s strategy has always been to weaken — not just nations, but individuals. And one of his main tools is distraction and accusation.

But here is the truth you must hold on to:
Those thoughts are not you — they are intrusions.
The Bible reminds us in 2 Corinthians 10:5:
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”

Not every thought that enters your mind belongs to you. Some are seeds thrown by the enemy, hoping you will accept them, entertain them, or be condemned by them.
And when you feel condemned, remember this:
Romans 8:1
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.”
The enemy wants you to stop praying. He wants you to feel unworthy. He wants you to walk away from God in shame.
But God is saying: Stay. Continue. Don’t quit.

So next time this happens, do not panic. Do not stop praying.
Instead:
Recognize it: “This is not from me.”
Reject it: “I bring this thought under Christ.”
Continue praying anyway.

Because the very moment he tries hardest to stop you…
is often the moment God wants to meet with you.

Happy Sabbath

09/12/2025

Constantine: The man who shaped the Catholic Church

A call to reflection

Far from what many imagine, Christianity we know today was not born as it was with Jesus or his apostles. It was structured, remodeled, and largely institutionalized by Roman Emperor Constantine I.

⚫️ In year 325, during the Council of Nicea, Constantine the Great gathered bishops to unite the divergent Christian streams and create a unique religion at the service of the Empire. It was not faith that led this reform, but the need for political order and imperial unity. This moment marks the birth of imperial Christianity, adapted to the interests of power.

⚫️ In 327, Constantine - nicknamed later "the thirteenth apostle" - charges Jerome to translate the biblical texts into Latin: it will be the famous Vulgate. This translation is not neutral. Hebrew names modified, passages reinterpreted, and some meanings deeply transformed to correspond with Roman values.

⚫️ The following centuries see the accumulation of dogmatic additions and ritual inventions:

⚫️ 431: establishment of the cult of the Virgin Mary, an absent figure from the early Christian centuries as an object of veneration.

⚫️ 594: birth of the concept of purgatory.

⚫️ 610: appearance of “Pope” official title.

⚫️ 788: Integration of pagan deities and rituals in the form of saints or Christian feasts.

⚫️ 995: The Hebrew word Kadosh ("separated, sacred") is distorted to justify the notion of "holiness" by Catholic standards.

⚫️ 1079: imposition of bachelorhood of priests — a purely ecclesiastical rule, foreign to the beginning of Christianity.

⚫️ 1090: The rosary is becoming mandatory practice.

⚫️ 1184: official start of the Inquisition, institution of religious persecution.

⚫️ 1190: Indulgences are on sale: salvation becomes monetary.

⚫️ 1215: Confession becomes a regular duty.

⚫️ 1216: the dogma of transsubstantiation (bread becoming divine flesh) is imposed. An idea inspired by ancient mythologies.

⚫️ 1311: Baptism becomes an indispensable and structured rite.

⚫️ 1439: Purgatory, although not existing in the original texts, is declared dogma.

⚫️ 1854: invention of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

⚫️ 1870: The Pope becomes infallible in his doctrinal decisions — a radical, late concept.

Another addition:

The link between Lucifer and the Devil (Satan) does not exist in the original texts of the Bible: it is a late interpretive theological construction. The key points to understanding when and how Lucifer became "the Devil" in the Christian tradition:

The name "Lucifer" in the bible

The word Lucifer comes from the Latin lux ferre = "bearer of light".

He appears only once in the Latin Bible (Vulgate), in Isaiah 14:12:

“Quomodo cecidisti de caelo, Lucifer, fili aurorae..."

("How did thou fall from heaven, Lucifer, son of the dawn?" ")

But this passage is actually about the king of Babylon, a proud tyrant, and not an angel.

Christian interpretation:

Around the 4th century, Church Fathers (notably Jerome and later Augustine) interpreted this passage symbolically:

The proud king is seen as a figure of a fallen angel.

This is how Lucifer became a symbolic name for Satan.

Building the myth

Between the 4th and 6th centuries, this idea has been developing:

Lucifer would have been an angel of light, rushing into the darkness after wanting to equal God.

This interpretation is also based on Revelation 12:7-9, where the dragon (Satan) is hurried out of heaven.

Then we begin to merge the figures of Lucifer, Satan, the serpent of Eden and the devil.

Symbolic date of this transformation

It can be said that Lucifer became the Devil between the 4th and 6th centuries, through the influence of:

Jerome (verse 382), translator of the Bible into Latin.

Augustine (about 400), with his view of sin and evil.

And later, with the medieval Church, which fixes Lucifer as the proper name of the chief of the fallen angels.

Lucifer wasn't the Devil in the beginning.

It's around 400-600 after J. -C. that he becomes officially identified with Satan, through symbolic, philosophical and political readings of the biblical texts.

And these are only a few examples of the 2500+ additions that shaped institutional religion in the service of power, far from the original message of love, simplicity and freedom.

Repost from

~ The Secrets of the Druids ~

09/12/2025

I used to wonder why Ham was cursed when it wasn't him who was drunk and out.

Most people, including me before,
think Ham just accidentally
saw his father naked.

But in the ancient times,
“uncovering someone’s nakedness”
wasn’t about seeing skin.

It was about stripping
someone of honor.
It was the ultimate act
of public humiliation,
a way of saying:
“Look at him.
Look at his shame.”
(Genesis 9:22)

Genesis says,
“Ham saw the nakedness of his father
and told his two brothers outside.”
(Genesis 9:22)

He didn’t cover Noah.
He didn’t protect his dignity.
He didn’t guard the honor
of his household.

He exposed Noah.
He announced the shame.
He made a joke out of a broken moment.

In their culture,
sons were expected
to shield their family’s honor,
not parade their father’s
lowest moment in front of others.

That’s why the curse came.
Not because Noah drank.
Not because Ham looked.

Ham was cursed
because he used
another person’s failure
as entertainment.

Meanwhile, Shem and Japheth
heard what Ham did,
and refused to participate.

“They walked backwards,
and covered the nakedness of their father;
their faces were turned away.”
(Genesis 9:23)

While Ham exposed shame,
they protected his dignity.

While Ham laughed,
they honored him.

While Ham uncovered,
they covered for him.

This wasn’t just modesty.
This was loyalty,
love, righteousness,
and deep cultural honor in action.

But let me break this to you gently,
We are all Ham.

We’ve all repeated someone’s
embarrassing moment.

We’ve all shared a story
that wasn’t ours to tell.

We’ve all amplified a weakness
we should have covered.

We’ve all pointed fingers at a sin we secretly enjoyed talking about.

Ham’s curse wasn’t random,
it was a mirror.

A mirror showing
how quickly we expose others,
and how slowly we cover them.

BUT THIS IS WHERE JESUS STEPS IN, AND CHANGES EVERYTHING.

Shem and Japheth
carried a garment
on their shoulders.
(Genesis 9:23)

But Jesus?
He carried a cross.

Shem and Japheth
covered one man’s shame.
Jesus covers the world’s.

“He made Him who knew no sin
to be sin for us”
(2 Corinthians 5:21)

Jesus doesn’t just turn
His face away from your shame,
He absorbs it.
He bears it.
He buries it. (Micah 7:19)
And He clothes you
with His righteousness instead.
(Isaiah 61:10)

THE STORY OF NOAH ISN’T ABOUT A DRUNKEN MISTAKE.
IT’S ABOUT A GOD WHO REFUSES TO LEAVE YOU UNCOVERED.

Where Ham exposed,
Jesus covers.
Where shame destroys,
Jesus restores.
Where sin multiplies,
grace overflows. (Romans 5:20)

IN CHRIST,
Your past is covered.
Your shame is covered.
Your sin is covered.

Not with a garment,
but with His blood.
(1 John 1:7)

So the question isn’t,
“What did Ham do wrong?”

The question is,
“Will you let Jesus cover
what shame has tried to expose?”

09/12/2025

Be careful with the Worshipping of the Beast, which many do because of lack of knowledge.

06/12/2025

When my children were infants, it was in evitable that they would spit up on me. No matter how careful I was when I burped them, some regurgitated formula found its way onto my clothing. Even though I wiped it off, the odor remained.

I always remember what someone once said to me, “even if you don’t look like a father, you smell like one.”

The same thing applies to people that are true followers of Jesus Christ. Even if you don’t look like a Christian, you smell like one. “We Christians have the unmistakeable “scent” of Christ, discernible alike to those who are being saved and to those who are heading for death. To the latter it seems like the very smell of doom, to the former it has the fresh fragrance of life itself.” 2 Corinthians 15-16a (J.B. Phillips New Testament)

When we get close to God the glory of His presence lingers on us. In Exodus chapter 34, we are told that after he went in to the LORD’s presence, Moses’ face glowed with such intensity that it frightened the Israelites. Because of this he put a veil over his face. This not only kept them from seeing the glory, but as Paul told the Corinthians, it kept them from seeing it fade. When Moses was away from God’s presence, the glory eventually wore off. When we walk close to God His glory radiates from our life like a sweet aroma.
If we drift away from Him, the glory starts to fade.

His glory is the presence of his Holy Spirit in our lives. The Bible tells us that we can quench or grieve the Spirit of God. We can walk in the ways of the flesh, or the ways of the Spirit. Whatever you yield yourself to, you become the slave of. When we practice destructive behavior, that temporarily gratifies our flesh, the glory fades, and we become slaves of our passions and desires. When we turn our desire toward God and seek Him with all that we have, all that we do, and all that we are, His glory become manifest in our lives. It is written that He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. The Holy Spirit begins to bring forth His fruits in our lives. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)

You can try and do good works on your own. This is not the best course of action. The Bible tells us that we are saved by faith, not by works, lest any man should boast. If you put your faith in God and make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, the Spirit of God will come to dwell in you. If you allow Him to change you from the inside out, the good works will come naturally as evidence of your faith. These fruits of the Spirit give off a sweet aroma.

Jesus accepts us as we are. Perhaps we come to Him and we don’t look like the world’s perception of a Christian. If we don’t look like a Christian, we can smell like one.

06/12/2025

Sabbath Message:
Isaiah 46:4,
"I have made you and,
I will carry you,
I will sustain you and I will RESCUE You"

06/12/2025

06/12/2025

A blessed Sabbath day to you all.