Rev. 21:8 - ("But as for the cowardly, the faithless,
the polluted, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the
idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that
burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.")
- This literally means there is real fire and brimstone. Hell
now is not a literal fire. The 2nd death is a lake of fire, this
is not symbolic. All liars will have their part in the lake of
fire. Rev. 22:15 - ("Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and
fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves
and practices falsehood.") There is a difference between
telling a lie and loving and practicing lying. If you love lying
it is a different thing - you can't get that paid for - there
is no atonement - it is premeditated love for lying - practicing
it.
There is a vast difference between bearing false witness and concealing
the truth. Bearing false witness is against the law - the 10 Commandments.
You can't continue breaking the 10 Commandments without going
to death. Your conscience will accuse you. Romans 2:15 - ("They
show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, to
which their own conscience also bears witness; and their conflicting
thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them." Prov. 19:9
- ("A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar
will perish.") Rev. 3:5-11 We will be confronted with this
- We must judge it right.
Ex. 20:16 - ("You shall not bear false witness against your
neighbor.") - Lying under oath when it hurts someone else
when you are trying to get out of something. Bearing false witness
will send you to the 2nd death. There is a difference between
bearing false witness and concealing a matter (not telling the
truth) that others have forfeited their right to know because
of their hostile and evil attitude toward God. King Saul forfeited
his right to know about Samuel's visit to anoint the new king.
1 Sam. 16:1,2,4 We have to make that judgment - If someone told
a malicious lie or not. The court would say it was a lie because
they would think they had a right to know. Saul forfeited his
right to know. Samuel's reason was to anoint the king so the sacrifice
was a diversion. But it didn't hurt anyone because Saul forfeited
his right to know because of his actions. We must understand this
and pass it on to our children in the right way. Sometimes we
make a stand with the truth by not revealing the truth or by our
answers that are or are not true. Since we respect and honor all
authority from God we know to whom and when to honor it for we
must all stand at the judgment seat of Messiah for what we did
in the Body. Our definition of lying means the intentional deception
of those who had a right to know. They need to know for the sake
of justice and righteousness - then we are obligated to tell them
the truth.
Lying constitutes maliciousness. That goes against your conscience
which defiles you and condemns you if you know the truth. In these
situations we must continue in the work and the truth will set
us free so our conscience won't condemn us when we do something
right. You may however pay the cost of deliberately concealing
a matter of information.
Abraham, Isaac, Moses, Rahab, Samuel - did they have the obligation
to tell the devil the truth? Are we obligated to tell the devil
the truth? Do the courts have the right to know what you know?
And what will the outcome be? Where are your friends? Who will
suffer unjustly by your knowledge? We must judge these things
right so our conscience can be programmed right. Is it warfare
that we are engaged in? * It needs to be warfare - does your answer
hurt someone else who is innocent? * It is according to warfare.
Lying is more than intentional deception. Telling the truth may
cause serious harm to an innocent party. Such intentional deception
may be moral and must be determined by judging if someone has
a moral right to know the truth for justice sake. Heb. 11:31 -
("By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those
who were disobedient, because she had received the spies in piece.")
Rahab was commended not rebuked for receiving the spies. If she
had told the truth it would not have been for justice, but for
injustice. We are obligated by our conscience and the Holy Spirit
to always tell the truth. What constitutes the truth? Not telling
the truth (in certain cases) is not a lie then. Truth is truth.
Not telling the truth to someone who doesn't deserve the truth
isn't lying. Telling the truth in certain circumstances may do
serious harm to an innocent party. If they knew the truth it wouldn't
always be justice by what they would do with their evil intentions.
We are obligated by our conscience and the Holy Spirit to always
tell the truth, but we are not obligated to tell the truth to
those who have forfeited their right to know by their obvious
evil intentions.
Ex. 3:18 The essence of falsehood is the intention to deceive.
Was God and Moses lying? Or did Pharaoh have a right to know the
truth? He had hostile intentions so he had no right. Will the
government have right to know when we flee? We aren't obligated
to them - do we have to ask permission? There is a vast difference
between concealing a matter and telling a lie and deliberately
misleading the enemy during warfare. Warfare is the determining
factor. The enemy in warfare does not have the right to know the
truth. Because what would happen if they knew the truth?
In light of Rev. 21:8 and 22:15 and the Commandment in Ex. 20:13
is what we by all means want to avoid - bearing false witness,
hurting an innocent person. At the Raid, the state didn't have
the right to have the names of the elders and the children to
carry out a grossly unlawful scheme. We are not to ever break
the commandment to bear false witness against our neighbors. Our
Father is showing us what His ways are. Our ways aren't always
His ways. We were raised outside His ways and don't always know
His ways. Prov. 8:7-9, 11 Sam.22:26 Someone can use your own principles
in you for their own evil motives. It is the glory of YHWH to
conceal a matter. Prov. 25:2 This adds discretion and wisdom to
our life and the apostolic teaching.
There is no higher ethic or allegiance than to have love in your
heart for your brothers and sisters. The ultimate allegiance is
to have love for them. This is how you passed out of death into
life, and how to obey the new commandment to love one another.