The Church teaches heaven and hell. If you’re not going to heaven, where you will live for eternity, you’re going to hell, where you will burn for eternity. The old “fire and brimstone.”
But what if the Church got it wrong?
Paul, whose doctrine the Church preaches, taught early Christians that Jesus carried the burden of their sins by dying on the cross, the blood of his flesh atoning for their sins, and all they had to do was believe it.
But what if Paul got it wrong?
Every error found in Paul’s doctrine has been corrected through the words of the Prophets. That was the purpose of the first revelation (1960-1974), fourteen years of revelatory teachings, which were transmitted to a small group of people over a period of nineteen years (1975-1994), the final transmission beginning in 2000, when I went onto social media to share what I have been given.
“Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord. And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken? And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God. Jeremiah 23:32-35
The Lord is truth, which carries no burden. It does just the opposite, it makes us free. Paul perverted the words of the living God, teaching Christians that Jesus, the truth, the word of God made flesh, carried the burden of their sins by dying on the cross, their debt paid in full through the shedding of his blood. In truth, Jesus carried the cross to demonstrate how “man’s word” (the sum of his false religious and personal beliefs) weighs heavily upon the truth that wants to live in our heart. God did not send His Son to die on the cross for the sins of the people, as Paul teaches. God sent His Son to bring us the spiritual works, which if believed (obeyed) brings salvation— the healing of the soul. Paul has also perverted the words of the living God by perverting Jewish law, under which they were to sacrifice a beast to atone for their sins, not a human, which we find in Abraham’s sacrifice. God first instructs Abraham to sacrifice his son, which was for the purpose of showing us what would take place two thousand years down the road, when the Son of God was placed on the altar as sacrifice. But Jesus was not the “ransom for all,” as Paul teaches. God did not accept the blood of Isaac as sacrifice for sin, the angel of the Lord instructing Abraham not to sacrifice his son. The acceptable sacrifice for sin is not the blood or life of the son, but the blood or life of the beast— the ram, meaning idolatry; the worshipping of false images, symbolizing our false beliefs— the spiritual beast that is to be consumed through the spiritual fire of a spiritual judgment.
“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Revelation 19:19,20
The beast symbolizes the false beliefs of the heart, the kings of the earth symbolizing the spirits of the heart; unholy spirits that are being generated by the beast. The “mark” of the beast is the “destruction” that follows the beast. How many lives have been destroyed because the people chose to follow after some false religious belief, the beast, which the false prophet speaks for through miracles that are not of God, and through prophecies that will never come to pass. The “lake of fire” symbolizes the “judgment” that destroys the beast and the false prophet within us— our word of error replaced with God’s word of truth, through which we are saved from our sins, becoming godlike, the meaning of brimstone. “Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came…” The word of God comes to us as we replace our word of false beliefs with God’s word of truth. It’s a process!
“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” Revelation 20:10
The devil symbolizes the iniquity of our mind, which has been deceiving us. The beast and false prophet are there because they are the source of our iniquity, the three consumed through the fire of God’s judgment. It is through the death of our beast of false beliefs, and the false prophet that speaks for it, that our iniquity is taken out of the way. But if it remains, we will be the ones suffering the torment— “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness…” Isaiah 5:20. The word woe means grief, misery, the consequence of calling evil good; of mistaking the darkness of a lie for the light of truth, which we have all done by giving reverence to false religious and personal beliefs, which is causing the pain and suffering— “hell” on earth.
“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:14
The “lake of fire” symbolizes the “judgment” through which one enters a new mental and emotional state, in which “death” and “hell” do not exist. It is appointed for man to die once, and then the judgment. But for those who are dying a spiritual death as a result of God’s judgment, which is the “second death,” the judgment and death take place simultaneously. They will still have to die a physical death because the physical flesh body is sin, a consequence of the error of Adam and Eve, who after listening to the word of the serpent received “coats of skins,” symbolizing the “flesh bodies” that caused the shame they felt when they saw themselves as naked. As God’s word of truth was made flesh, so too has man’s word of error been made flesh— a spiritual flesh that has been formed inside of our physical flesh, which is visible in the spiritual realm. The first flesh to be formed was our physical flesh. The second flesh to be formed was our spiritual flesh. The “second death” is the death of our spiritual flesh, which takes place in the lake of fire— through God’s righteous judgment: “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.” Revelation 3:18. The “gold tried in the fire” symbolizes “purification through judgment,” the spiritual fire that consumes our sinful spiritual flesh. The “white raiment” symbolizes the “word of truth,” the spiritual wedding garment one is clothed with upon completion of the purification process. Being “cast into the lake of fire” is a good thing because it is through God’s judgment that we overcome the false beliefs that destroy the truth that equates to spiritual life, our names written in the book of life as a result of the judgment.
“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” Revelation 20:4-6
The “thrones,” like the lake of fire, symbolize the “judgment.” To be “beheaded” is to “remove one’s authority,” which is what happened to early Christians, literally and metaphorically. Paul was part of both. He was involved in harming them physically, and in harming them spiritually through his false gospel. But not everyone, especially the Jews, bought into Paul’s salvation, which Jesus was affirming when he said, “salvation is of the Jews.” Paul was sent to the Gentiles, believed to have died a martyr in Rome, likely beheaded around 64-68 AD. Christians will take this as proof that Paul was among those who were beheaded for the “witness of Jesus, and for the word of God,” except for the fact that Paul did not teach the word of God, so he could not be a witness of Jesus, who taught something very different than Paul when it came to salvation. What Paul did by claiming to be a teacher of Christ’s gospel was mark himself for destruction, put to death during the persecution of Christians under Nero. He set a trap, and fell in it himself, setting up Christians to do the same by selling them on a salvation that doesn’t require obedience to the works of the law of God, which are a pattern or figure for the spiritual works that fulfill them. Jesus taught salvation through works. Paul taught salvation without works, teaching that salvation is a gift, not something you have to work for, perverting the words of the living God.
Paul is solely responsible for forming the “beast,” symbolizing the “false religious belief” Christians worship to this day. The “mark” for worshipping the false image is “destruction” : “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6. It’s the people of religion, those who identify as God’s people, that lack knowledge, referring to the spiritual knowledge Jesus brought us, which was rejected by the Jews, and then by the Gentiles. Fifteen hundred years of carnal obedience to the works of God’s law (added because of transgression of God’s spiritual law) formed what I call “the veil of religious iniquity” that prevented the Jews from seeing or hearing the spiritual knowledge Jesus was imparting through his parables, providing the spiritual instructions or works through which we obtain salvation. This is why we, those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, have been given revelation of the symbolic code of the Bible, the key to discovering the spiritual works that fulfill the carnal works of the law of God, which Paul caused the people to forget by replacing it with his made-up “law of Christ,” a law that has nothing to do with Christ, and provides no instructions or works for becoming a priest. The duty of the high priest is to make sacrifice for himself first, which he does by offering up the blood or life of his spiritual beast.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” They are holy because their beast of false beliefs, which has made them unholy, has been put to death. This is the “second death,” which coincides with the “first resurrection”— the rising of truth that takes place as one goes through the process of judging (overcoming) his false beliefs. “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Those who did not buy into what Paul was selling, who patiently awaited the coming of the Lord, are experiencing just that. The Lord is coming to the individual in the way of spiritual knowledge. As our knowledge is opened up on this side, the knowledge of the wise and faithful servants waiting on the other side is also being opened up (a teaching of the first revelation). The “thousand years” is not a literal period of time. That’s carnal thinking. That’s religion. The “thousand years” is associated with the “reign,” which is associated with the judgment, and with “Christ”—the “Power” through which the judgment takes place.
In December of 2024, I learned of another biblical teacher, Charles Taze Russell, whose prophecy pertaining to the return of the invisible Christ in 1914, and to the fulfilling of the Gentile times on October 2nd, 1914, pointed directly to my teacher, Gilbert Loman Stiles, who was born on that day. This was clearly by design. “The truth is progressive and shinnenth more into the perfect day,” a quote of Russell’s, indicating that the “perfection of knowledge” he spoke of would take place over a period of time, culminating in the “perfect day.” There could be no perfection of knowledge as long as literal interpretations were being assigned to the Word of God. As long as Paul (who taught salvation through literal blood, and a literal return of Jesus Christ) is part of the equation, there can be no perfection of knowledge, which is where Russell (1952-1916) erred. He left the Church, but took Paul’s doctrine with him. Stiles (1914-1994) had no history with the Church, which means he was not influenced by Paul’s teachings. For there to be a progression of spiritual truth, Paul, with his carnal-minded religious iniquity, had to be taken out of the way. “Paul was a liar,” one of the very first truths to be revealed to Stiles, every lie in Church doctrine exposed through revelation of the words of the Prophets, which is why I believe Russell was led to the words of the Prophet Habakkuk, who prophesied of the “Spouter of lies.”
Paul was the “Spouter of lies” of which Habakkuk prophesied. Peter bears witness to this truth, which was brought to light with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. With Paul’s bogus no-works salvation out of the way, we can get back to the spiritual works that fulfill the carnal works of the law, through which we obtain salvation. Jesus said he came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. “If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.” John 10:37,38. The scriptures are clear. Jesus does not care if we believe him, or in him, which would be important if Jesus fulfilled the law, which he does not. What fulfills the law is the works that are synonymous with Jesus, which he instructs us to “believe,” meaning, “to obey, put action to”— “the works of my Father,” which is creation. How did the Father’s creation come into existence? Through God’s word, which is God’s seed (Luke 8:11), which Jesus is— “all things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:3. We believe in Jesus by following his instructions— by doing the works of forming a new creation through christ; an invisible power working through the heart of those who are following Jesus’ instruction. The creation is synonymous with the judgment. “And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Matthew 19:28
The creation took six days (not to be taken literally). A day is 24 hours. Six days formulates to 6 x 24, which equals 144. The number 12 represents judgment. Judging the 12 tribes of Israel formulates to 12 x 12, which equals 144, a spiritual measure— “the measure of a man” (Revelation 21:17). The thousand year reign of Christ (not to be taken literally) represents the power through which the judgment is executed, each of the 12 tribes numbering 12 thousand, which equals 144,000 (not to be taken literally), which brings us back to Charles Taze Russell, who spoke of the 144,000 being the “body of the seed,” which is precisely what Gilbert Loman Stiles saw in his vision of the kingdom on 7-7-77. Jesus teaches us who is “least” in the kingdom of heaven and who is “great” in the kingdom of heaven, which separates the Christians (those who follow Paul’s law) from the Jews (those who follow God’s law), teaching others the importance of keeping God’s commandments. Jesus also teaches us who is “greatest” in the kingdom of heaven. “Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:4. When we humble ourselves to God’s judgment, we have entered a metaphorical Jordan, meaning a descender, symbolizing our humble posture, the twelve stones placed in the Jordan symbolizing the spiritual judgment through which we become as a “little child,” made pure in thought and emotion, which is salvation of the soul. To reiterate, the judgment is synonymous with the creation. It is through God’s judgment that we form a new holy and pure creation— “a new heaven and a new earth” symbolizing “a new mind and a new heart.”(Revelation 21:1). “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.” Matthew 5:18. Jesus is the orator of spiritual truth, speaking of the “first heaven and the first earth” we formed through false perceptions and beliefs— an unholy and impure creation that passes away through the formation of our new creation, which takes place through God’s judgment, through which we reach a spiritual measure of 144.
God’s Kingdom consists of the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God. Those who have not judged themselves on earth enter the kingdom of heaven upon their death, where they will be judged. Those who have judged themselves by entering the kingdom of God within (Luke 17:21), where the judgment takes place, enter the reality of the kingdom of God upon resurrection. The difference between the two kingdoms (according to the vision) is the difference between carnal and spiritual. This makes sense since religion is about carnal or external works rather than spiritual or internal works. The Church (Paul’s religion) teaches salvation through the carnal blood of a carnal man, no works necessary. Jesus teaches salvation through works, spiritual or internal works, through which one obtains true salvation… the healing of the soul.
The 12 columns seen in the vision of God’s Kingdom symbolize the spiritual or internal judgment that equates to the measure of 144. While the carnally-minded Christians wait for Jesus to come and restore the glory of the physical heaven and earth, the spiritually-minded are restoring the glory of their spiritual heaven and earth through the new creation that is synonymous with the judgment. The 144,000 are sealed prior to the physical tribulation, through which they enter an invisible wall of protection through the invisible Christ. “These were redeemed among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.” Revelation 14:4. They have experienced a spiritual tribulation, an emotional time of trouble that caused them to cry out and begin the process of being delivered of their spiritual bondage to false religious and personal beliefs, as the children of Israel were delivered of their physical bondage when their cry came up before God. Once the 144,000 are sealed, the physical tribulation or travailing of mother earth begins.
When the sealing of the “firstfruits” ends, the physical tribulation that brings on the “second resurrection” begins. It will be this physical time of trouble that will cause some of our brothers to question their religious beliefs, which are no longer satisfying their spiritual appetities. They have entered their spiritual famine (Amos 8:11), hungering for spiritual truth, symbolized by Joseph’s corn, which fed his brothers during the physical famine. The “second resurrection” takes place in those who overcome their religious iniquity through spiritual truth, which is why Jesus (the orator of spiritual truth) said, “I am the resurrection.” Two tribulations. Two judgments. Two resurrections. Two tribulations, which explains why Christians are so confused when it comes to the rapture, which is both pre-tribulation and post-tribulation. Only the rapture is not literal, as Paul teaches. It’s spiritual, describing the new peaceful and joyful state one enters as a result of the judgment (Psalms 122), through which our new creation comes into existence— “and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” (Revelation 7:17,21:4). The resurrection of Jesus took place on the 3rd day, which began with the new millennium. This tells me that both the “first resurrection” and the “second resurrection” take place on the 3rd day, which does not guarantee us a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8), as it is written,“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” Matthew 24:22. On the 3rd day, at the sound of the shofar (a trumpet made of ram’s horn), the children of Israel (chosen to represent us the people) were to ascend the mount, which is to surmount the painful emotions of the heart. But they declined out of fear.
Where did Paul come up with the idea that the rapture or ascension is carnal? The following describes a spiritual event that a religious carnal mind such as Paul’s would misinterpret: “And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.” Joshua 6:5. Paul misinterpreted the ascension of Jesus that took place in Galilee, who was “taken up out of their sight,” meaning “they did not see him taken.” He will return in “like manner,” a return not seen with the carnal eyes (plural), but with the spiritual eye (singular) through the return of truth to that spiritual earth called the heart. Paul claims that his rapture will take place at the “last trump” (1 Corinthians 15:52), the moment of resurrection, when believers (according to Paul’s definition of a believer) will be transformed “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,” which is far from the truth of God’s Word. The “last trump” is not about an audible sound. It’s about a window of opportunity to ascend the mount by performing the spiritual or internal works that will prepare us mentally and emotionally for what is coming. Dreams, visions, and signs, all pointing to this being the time to ascend the mount!
Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2026
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