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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 421
destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
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A “jot” is the tenth letter of the Greek
alphabet and a “tittle” is the apex of a Greek letter. Jesus was stating that not one letter or even a
portion of a letter shall pass from his law.
The Leaven of False Doctrine
During the Passover Feast the Israelites were to eat no leavened bread or to even have
any leaven in their homes. The punishment of neglecting this command was to be cut off from
Israel. Moses writes: “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put
away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the
seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.” (Exodus 12:15)
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Leaven was symbolic of false doctrines and heresies that would cut them off from the
kingdom of God. This can be seen in Jesus' instruction to his disciples. He said: “Take heed and
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.” The disciples misunderstood what
Jesus meant and he said further: “How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you
concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the
doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.” (Matthew 16:6, 11-12)
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The apostle Paul makes it clear that a little false doctrine corrupts the whole. He writes:
“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” (Gal 5:9; see also 1 Cor 5:6) This is why the
Israelites were commanded to purge their homes of leaven during the week of Passover. It was
symbolic of purging their lives of false doctrines and heresies that could lead this to eternal
separation from God which leads to eternal damnation, which is eternal death. The instructions
and warnings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ are equally applicable to the word of God. A
little false doctrine leaveneth or corrupts the whole word of God and can lead the unwary reader
into eternal damnation.
Isaiah gives further counsel concerning God's word: “To the law and to the testimony: if
they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” (Isaiah 8:20)
According to Isaiah's inspired word, if a Bible has false doctrines, it has no light!
It is well understood that false religions, cults, even deceiving demonic spirits and
deceivers of any kind will mix truth and error. Many times it will be hard to find the error
because it is subtle and mixed in with the truth. Many people think that they can just determine
what is false and reject it and then accept what is true. But God told us through his prophet that
there is no light in these deceivers. We are to reject them totally. This equally applies to God’s
word. We are to reject that which has been corrupted because “there is no light in them.” These
are not my words; they are straight from the Bible and I would be a deceiver if I told you
anything different from what the word of God says! According to God, if his word is corrupted,
it ceases to be his word and there is no light!
Corruption Brings Deception and Sin
I would suggest that, based on what the word of God says, you would expect to see an
increase of sin in the lives of a group of people who rely on a corrupt form of the word of God.
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