01/26/17 ~ Left, Right ... or "in the middle"?

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" {Isaiah 5:20 KJV}

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Let me define some terms for you FROM THE BIBLE:
*LEFT - cold, goats, tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
wide and broad, many, corrupt tree with evil fruits,
satan's worldly ways, error and lies
*RIGHT - hot, sheep, tree of life,
straight and narrow, few, good tree with good fruits,
God's ways, righteousness and truth

And then there's this:
*Center - somewhere in the middle, neutral, undecided, double minded, lukewarm

As I've said plenty of times, we've had at least two choices from the beginning of man's creation. Here's what Jesus {Yeshua} has to say about left, right, and lukewarm. When you see the plain sense of the biblical terms you see that being extreme (aka: *far*) on either end ... is either really bad, or really good.

.:: TWO TREES ~ TWO CHOICES ::.
"And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." {Genesis 2:9 KJV}

We know from the biblical account that Eve, and Adam, chose the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, causing the downfall of mankind whereby sin has entered into the world. In other words, of the TWO CHOICES they had ... they both made the WRONG choice. The result of that sin (transgression of the law) is death, and every human being (except those alive when Jesus comes for His church) will suffer it. You should notice that sin, being the transgression of the law, means that Adam & Eve HAD the law already, they knew right from wrong, thus in doing wrong they hid themselves from God ... but that's another story I'll not go into now.

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" ... {Romans 5:12 KJV}

"What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" {Romans 6:15-16 KJV}

.:: LEFT -or- RIGHT ::.
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." -JESUS {Matthew 25:31-46 KJV}

.:: LUKEWARM ::.
"A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways." {James 1:8 KJV}

"Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded." {James 4:8 KJV}

"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." -JESUS {Revelation 3:15-16 KJV}

In my honest opinion, the reason people prefer to take an "in the middle" stance is for their own perceived safety & self-preservation. They don't want to rock the boat. They don't want to suffer the wrath of their fellow misguided friends or family. They don't want to end up in jail because their gov't says to keep silent! God calls that "double minded", and lukewarm. You are either FULLY *for Him* or FULLY *against Him*, you can't be both. There is the broad gate that leads to a wide way (path), and there is a straight gate that leads to a narrow way (path). Which one are you on? Are you of the good tree, or the corrupt tree?

"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." -JESUS {Matthew 7:13-14 KJV}

"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." -JESUS {Matthew 7:17-20 KJV}

My advice? Make up your mind, preferably on the *right* side of the biblical spectrum. Also, there's no such thing as *far left* (goat) or *far right* (sheep); you are either left (goats), or you are right (sheep), there is NO *middle* ground to the Lord. He makes it clear that if you think you're *in the middle* you are actually on the *left* and He will literally VOMIT {spue} you out of His mouth and appoint you to the same punishment as the goats on the left at His coming.

What makes a person a goat or a sheep? That depends on the source(s) you rely on for your information. Is the bible all true, partially true, well I don't understand it so I'll sit on the fence awhile? It's ALL true. That means when it says certain things are an abomination or a sin to God then I/we are to proclaim it from the rooftops because that's what the bible says is truth and that is what I (and you) should align with, not some fluffed up human cause or alternate belief, which is idolatry. Whether I or you agree with the bible or not is irrelevant. His word is final no matter how we may *feel* about it.

Christians should NEVER base their decisions of wrong or right on *how they feel* about a particular topic, if the bible says something is wrong, then it's wrong! God has given us His word IN WRITING as a testimony of wrong or right. Jesus is the word (bible) made flesh, and since He is sinless then we can be confident that His written word (the bible) is also sinless, and fully righteous. If God can't get His word down to you intact then you've got the wrong god.

Either the bible is true in all its wording, and understanding that Jesus IS the "word made flesh", or it's not, that's for YOU to decide. But sitting on the fence, being "in the middle" (aka: moderate or some other form of non-decision) is not going to be blessed according to Jesus.

"[As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him." {2 Samuel 22:31 KJV}

"In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me." {Psalms 56:4 KJV}

"Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him." {Proverbs 30:5 KJV}

"For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe." {1 Thessalonians 2:13 KJV}

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." {2 Timothy 2:15 KJV}

Yes folks, there are only two choices in the end, left (goat, tree of knowledge of good and evil) or right (sheep, tree of life). Anything in between is lukewarm and we've read above what will happen to those people. Either God's word is true, in its entirety, or you make God a liar. It's YOUR choice as always ...

"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." {Joshua 24:15 KJV}

"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." {Revelation 2:7 KJV} ...and... "Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." -JESUS {Revelation 22:14 KJV}

I'm sorry if this article offends *many* of you but I must speak the truth in love, as the prophets of old likewise did, even if it's not perceived as such. I pray you seek the Lord on this. If you say, "I don't know", that's one thing, but, the Lord wants you to earnestly seek Him out (through His written word) for the answer and not to just "sit on the fence". Whether we're talking about humanity, politics, or spiritual beliefs ... there are only TWO CHOICES: wrong or right.

Don't rely on our modern culture (NEWS, magazines, articles, posts, videos, etc) to dictate to you what is truth; for they (those who don't obey God's word) just need to slip in a little poison (lie) mixed in with your drink of choice (truth) to kill you BOTH physically and spiritually. It's up to YOU to watch what goes into your own ear and eye gates!

As for me, I choose to be REALLY (extreme, far) right (hot, sheep, tree of life, God's ways, straight and narrow, good tree, good fruit).

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01/24/17 ~ Rachel {Israel} & Leah {the church} ...

.:: WHO's WHO ::.
The people in the story are {a type or foreshadowing of} ...
Jacob {= God and/or Jesus, Yeshua}
Rachel {= Israel}
Leah {= the church during the "times of the Gentiles"}
God {= Himself}
Jesus {= Yeshua, Himself}

If you study the story of the sisters, Rachel & Leah, whom Jacob married, you will see a type and shadow of the two brides of God/Christ: Israel {Rachel} and the church {Leah}. I am not speaking to the life of either of these women specifically, only of their marriage to Jacob and what those represent in relation to Israel and the church. For instance, Israel's harlotry (idolatry against God) is not a reflection in any way of Rachel, although she did carry her father's idols around for some time before Jacob found them and buried them, but that's another story. Nor is this page a reflection of the person of Leah, who was the lesser wife (so to speak), the wife Jacob got instead of the one he expected to get. But in a sense perhaps their lives do reflect Israel and the church to some degree ... we'll not get into that now tho. You can read the story of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah in Genesis 29-49.

I believe that when God met with Israel at Mount Sinai (after Moses led them out of Egypt), they (Israel) were at that time betrothed to Him (God). Being betrothed in the bible is to be married, but living separately. You were to live a pure, chaste life in preparation for your husband to come for you and bring you to his father's house whereby he (the husband) had spent the time of your separation building a home for you and he to begin your family life together. When your husband came to take you home, then the marriage would be consummated at your new place in his father's house.

So, in the story, Jacob {a type or foreshadowing of God} married Rachel {a type or foreshadowing of Israel} at that time {covenant at Mount Sinai}, which, by the way, was at the time of Pentecost/Shavuot! Israel was married to God at that time and expected to keep covenant (marriage contract) with Him while He was away building a place for them in his father's house. Yes, God {Jesus, Yeshua} went away to build a place for His intended bride {Israel} in His Father's house, see Matthew 22 KJV {quoted below}. You can also read the story of Israel meeting with God at Mount Sinai here in Exodus 19.

In Exodus 19:8, we see that Israel verbally accepts the contract/covenant by collectively saying ... "And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD." To this day we accept our marriage contract by saying "I do."

The contract (covenant) that God made with Israel was the ten commandments, you can read those in Exodus 20. And then the LORD spends the next few chapters expounding on what the ten commandments mean to the people and what will happen should they choose to accept, and what will happen should they accept but then turn from His contract/covenant and serve idols (false gods). Exodus 24 goes on to have Moses go up to Mount Sinai to meet with God and to receive the written copy of the contract (the two tablets of stone for which the ten commandments were written by the finger of God). And the people of Israel once again confirm their contract/covenant when, after forty days/nights, Moses comes down to them with the written contract/covenant as we see here "And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do." {Exodus 24:3 KJV}

*Rabbit Trail* ... I believe the forty days/nights are significant and relate to jubilees, whereby the 40 days represent 40 years and the jubilee of 50 years represents 50 jubilees, 40 x 50 = 2000 years. I've *gone there* (done the math) in other posts so I'll not go there in this post.

So, Israel (as like Rachel) becomes God's wife and that's how God identifies her, and as Jeremiah confirms, Israel also backslid and became idolatrous with the surrounding nations, in other words, she broke the contract/covenant of marriage to God and went a-whoring among the nations ...

"And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding." {Jeremiah 3:11-15 KJV}

"Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD." {Jeremiah 3:20 KJV}

Think this through folks. How would you feel ... and perhaps some of you know this first hand ... if your wife or husband went a-whoring after another? Would you not be righteously and properly angry with your spouse? This is why Israel (9 & a 1/2 of the 12 tribes/sons of Israel/Jacob), and later Judah (2 & a 1/2 of the 12 tribes/sons of Israel/Jacob) were dispersed among the nations. Israel went after *other gods* and left her first Love. Would this not provoke you to anger? Would you not *put away* the evil from you? Of course you would!

Even so, God loves His bride Israel and He will bring her back to Himself, yet future, as He's promised. But first she must go through many troubles and tribulations in order to see and understand why He's put her out. At some point she will realize that she rejected her Husband when He came to consummate their marriage in (approximately) 33AD! Oh the whaling and weeping that is to come, the mourning! when the whole of Israel realizes that the last 2,000 years didn't have to happen as they have! Read Zechariah 12-14 if you want to understand how the fulfillment of the "times of the Gentiles" and the saving of Israel will unfold!

*Rabbit Trail* ... Another interesting thing about contracts/covenants, it takes the death of one of the parties to nullify that contract. Thus to this day when a marriage takes place, we say ... "until death us do part." ... whereby, the contract of marriage ends at the death of one of the spouses. Some people believe that this is one of the reasons Jesus had to die, to *officially* release Israel from her marriage contract.

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~ BEGIN BRIEF INTERLUDE ~

Many people try to separate God & Christ as two different beings. I believe Christ is the physical manifestation of the ONE true God. Jesus is how we *see* God, in the flesh; just like we have a body and that's how we *see* each other. God says He made man(kind) in His own image and likeness. He is three-in-One: Spirit, Soul, Body = Father, Holy Spirit, Son (not necessarily in that order). Jesus is God with us, which is what Emmanuel or Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23) means. Likewise, man(kind) being made in God's image and likeness are body, soul & spirit ... three-in-one. So, Jesus came as the physical aspect of God. This is why Jesus said the following:

"If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." {John 14:7 KJV}

Jesus saith unto him, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?" {John 14:9 KJV}

"I and [my] Father are one." {John 10:30 KJV}

It took doubting Thomas' seeing Jesus AFTER His resurrection before he understood that he had spent time with God in the flesh! "But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: [then] came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed." {John 20:24-29 KJV}
~ END BRIEF INTERLUDE ~
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OK, so ... understanding that God & Jesus are One and the same, but shown as different aspects, we move on. To be *betrothed*, in God's eyes, is to be married. It's a commitment for which both parties sign ...OR... verbally agree to a contract/covenant. And from that signing, and a bride price being paid, they are considered as one. The bride price Jesus paid was His own life's blood. Then the groom takes leave of his bride and goes to build a home for her at his father's house. This is a type and shadow of what Jesus did with: 1) Israel at Mount Sinai at Shavuot in the days of Moses, and 2) the church at Pentecost/Shavuot in (approximately) 33AD.

I believe that Jesus' FIRST COMING was Him coming to consummate the marriage with Israel, but they were asleep; they totally missed their own consummation because they'd gone into harlotry chasing after worldly goods and idols (other gods)! So then the Lord began to receive the church, for whom we are willing and readily waiting for His return. Even so, many of us are asleep and will miss Him when He comes a SECOND TIME to consummate our marriage. We are married to Him NOW, but when He comes for us, just before Jacob's trouble begins, He will take those of us that are ready to His Father's house to consummate the marriage contract we've signed. How did we sign that contract/covenant? By believing that God sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins, to be the sacrificial Lamb once and for all. Salvation is what Jesus' Hebrew name, Yeshua, means. He is coming for His church/bride. I pray you are ready having nothing in this world more important to you than His soon appearing!

"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." {Hebrews 9:28 KJV} See also the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25:1-13.

Jesus relates the entire story in a parable in Matthew 22 ...
"And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them] spitefully, and slew [them]. But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few [are] chosen." {Matthew 22:1-14 KJV}

In the parable above we see that the King is God, His Son is Jesus, the bride that the Son came for was Israel, but she was not worthy/ready. So He sends out into the world for those that are ready & willing, the church throughout the "times of the Gentiles", to come to the marriage. His servants were the prophets of the old covenant through whom God spoke to stiffnecked Israel; but in the new covenant era they were the apostles and disciples, and to this day are the followers of Jesus who proclaim the Good News of salvation into all the world as a witness. I believe, that the man without a wedding garment is satan and he will be thrown into the bottomless pit for 1,000 years while Christ and His bride rule & reign on earth from Jerusalem, Israel. Notice that 1) all things were *ready* when Jesus came the FIRST time; 2) He said, "The wedding is ready." ... when the Son came the FIRST time for His intended bride, Israel, they would not come, they weren't awake nor ready, and for the most part they'll miss Him when He comes again for His ready, wise church bride. Matthew 25:1-13 is not only for the sleeping, foolish virgins of the church but it's also yet another warning *sign* to Israel!

"Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD." {Jeremiah 8:12 KJV, read the whole chapter!}

Speaking of Jesus as He entered into Jerusalem for what would turn out to be His crucifixion instead of His marriage ... "And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." {Luke 19:41-44 KJV}

The church {a type of Leah} is also the bride of Christ ...
"For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ." -Paul {2 Corinthians 11:2 KJV}

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also." {John 14:1-3 KJV}

This IS the "times of the Gentiles", and at the "fulness of the Gentiles" God will again turn His attention back to His first bride, Israel.

"And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." -Jesus {"they" = Israel, Luke 21:24 KJV}

"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." -Paul {Romans 11:25 KJV}

Make NO mistake, we are very near the fulfillment of the "times of the Gentiles" right NOW!

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her brood under [her] wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until [the time] come when ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord." -Jesus {Luke 13:34-35 KJV}

"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn." {Zechariah 12:10 KJV}

.:: SUMMARY ::.
Jacob {Jesus, Yeshua} is betrothed to Rachel {Israel} but, he gets Leah {the church} instead.
After consummating his bridal *week* with Leah {the church}; he gets his intended bride, Rachel {Israel}.
After Jesus and His (ready church) bride are in heaven for one week (7 years)
during which, a time called Jacob's trouble will befall Israel,
and at the conclusion of that trouble, Israel will call on her Messiah, Jesus.
Only THEN will He return for His intended bride Rachel {Israel}.
At that time, Jesus will be King over all the earth
and His bride will rule and reign with Him for 1,000 years

 

 

 

 

{Curly bracket comments are mine. Red letter text is Jesus speaking. This article is Firefox's "Reader View" friendly as of the date of its posting.}

01/23/17 ~ Abraham, Isaac, and a ram ...

.:: WHO's WHO ::.
The person in the story is {a type or foreshadowing of} ...
Abraham {= Father, God}
Isaac {= son, Adam, mankind}
Ram {= sacrificial Lamb, Jesus, Yeshua}
God {= Himself}

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In the story {Genesis 22} where Abraham is told to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice, we see that just as he is about to do so, an angel tells him to stay his hand; and then we see "a ram" caught in the thickets by its horns. Many people allege that Isaac is a 'type' of Jesus but this is not so. Isaac was NOT sacrificed.

Abraham of course represents God in this story, and I've come to understand by many biblical scriptures that Jesus {Yeshua} is the sacrificial Lamb of God. If you fully grasp that concept, then you see that Isaac could not be a 'type' of Jesus. Rather, Isaac is a foreshadow of mankind in general: Adam and his offspring throughout the ages, the fallen, sinful, human race.

Jesus {Yeshua} is the ram. Interestingly enough, the book of Enoch shows in the "Prophecy of the Animals" (chapters 89 to 93, link below) that a ram is always a king or leader (of the sheep). This, to me, confirms that "the ram" in the story of Abraham and Isaac is in fact a representation or foreshadowing of the coming sacrificial Lamb of God, Jesus {Yeshua}.

Because Abraham was faithful, God promised to make of him many nations and to bless him and those nations through his *seed*, Jesus {Yeshua}. Yes indeed, God {Himself} provided, a Lamb; a blameless, sinless offering for all of sinful mankind, should they choose to believe in what He's done for them with His own blood. God always keeps His word!

"And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together." {Genesis 22:7-8 KJV}

"And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son." {Genesis 22:11-13 KJV}

"Grace [be] to you and peace from God the Father, and [from] our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: To whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen." {Galatians 1:3-5 KJV}

"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." {John 1:29 KJV}

Click the links below and decide for yourselves if what I say makes sense or not, in comparison to the *standard* teaching.

Abraham, Isaac, and the ram ... Genesis 22
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gen/22/1/s_22001

Book of Enoch (1-Enoch), translated by R H Charles, 1912
Chapter 89-93, begins the Prophecy of the Animals
{pay particular attention to where ever "ram" or "rams" is or are mentioned}
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe089.htm

And yes, I know, Enoch is *not Cannon* (not accepted as scripture), but it's a fascinating read all the same and I do believe it helps give understanding of many things that the scriptures don't fully explain! Even so, take it with a grain of salt &/or put it on the back burner.

 

 

 

 

{Curly bracket comments within scriptures are mine. This article is Firefox's "Reader View" friendly as of the date its posted.}

01/11/17 ~ DREAM: Married & APRIL 12

I had TWO dreams on January 11, 2017. I have documented them in a PDF file and uploaded that file to my own domain. I've thought long & hard as to whether I should put this dream on my blog &/or make it public. Until now, I've only shared it with a few on my FB group. I've decided that I should share it because the truth must be told, if indeed this has any meaning at all. Thus, on January 16, 2017 {today}, I've decided to share this dream with whoever will be reading it. Please, read the whole document, especially the message {interpretation} that I & my husband have gleaned from it, it's not what you -may- initially think. What I dreamt in the first dream was so that I would think it through rather than just dismiss it. I'm sure you will agree, we all have those *weird* dreams! Had I of dismissed the first dream, I would likewise have to dismiss the second.

Please NOTE: I am NOT saying Jesus is coming for His church on APRIL 12 *this year* ... all I am saying is that He showed me APRIL 12 on a sign in the second dream that almost immediately followed the first dream. I don't know what it all means. It -might- mean that He's coming for His church, or -maybe- it means a war begins on that date, or it -could- mean any number of things. It -may- be *this year*, it -may- be a future year, I simply don't know.

But, because APRIL 12 *this year* has not yet occurred I dug up what might be significant on that day this year. Again, I don't -know- what it means. I'm simply speculating. I am NOT date setting.

If you wish to save the PDF to your own harddrive for future reference, please make a note of the url and link back to this page so others can find it. Give credit where credit is due. To download this PDF, right click on the link below and click SAVE AS, and save it to your own harddrive. Also, this page is Firefox "Reader View" friendly ;o} And now, without further ado, here's the dream {PDF}, both embedded in this page and in link form below.

Dream ~ 01/11/17 Married & APRIL 12

Maranatha {Come quickly} to the King, my Ishi {Husband}, Yeshua {Jesus}, whenever that may be! I'm going to continue to be *ready* and *watching*! Thanks for reading.

01/07/17 ~ Firefox's "Reader View" ...

This is a *test* page to see if I can get Firefox's Reader View to read my blog pages. If I'm successful I'll Publish this page but you can just ignore it unless you too are struggling with this issue. I am writing this in Compose mode and am simply adding the tags suggested (see links below) in hopes it'll work!

UPDATE: OK, Compose mode did not work as I have to do the HTML tags manually from HTML mode, so I'm now in HTML mode and removing blog type tags and replacing them with HTML type tags.

From what I can tell from reading other websites on this issue ... the issue being that I can't see or use the Reader View book icon from my blog ... seems to be a simple fix whereby you add start & end HTML tags such as < article > < div > and < p > (remove spaces) in your content instead of a blog's default blog tags. So I begin the page with the *article* tag at the top of this post, the *div* tag under that, and then the *paragraph* start & /end tags for each paragraph. And then at the bottom of the page where I don't need reader to read I've got the end tags for */div* and */article*. In the Options settings at the left be sure you have "Show HTML literally" radio button selected. Reader View should see and read all content within the article, div, &/or paragraph tags but won't read stuff outside of them (or so the pages I've read say).

This is a great feature and I'm hooked! I especially love how it has a text-to-speech (text-to-voice) feature that with the click of a button will read the entire page to me! Thus the desire to have it working on my own blog so you can enjoy it too ;o}

According to the pages I've read, the reader heavily relies on the start & /end *paragraph* tags so that seems to be an important thing to be sure you've added to your page/s.

.:: LINKS OF INTEREST ::.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
http://weblog.zumguy.com/read.php?tid=56
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30661650/how-does-firefox-reader-view-operate-ff-version-38-0-5/30688312#30688312

Don't like Reader View? You can disable it ...
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30615447/how-to-disable-firefoxs-reader-view-from-my-website

Well, that's all for now, let's see if this worked!? It did not *work* in PREVIEW mode so I will have to Publish the page but will remove if I can't get it working.

UPDATE: Editing the HTML directly does show Reader View from the PREVIEW window! SUCCESS!!! Yay n stufff! My only disgruntle is having to write the page in HTML with tags rather than in the simple & fast Compose mode. Se la vie. I probably won't do this for every article (because I'm way too lazy LOL) but at least now I know how to get Reader View working for my blog! The final step will be to add screencap images of the actual HTML for this page, feel free to use it as a guide.

TIPS: Add your pictures or graphics to your blog article first, then go back and put in your article's text with tags, etc, around the pix or however you want to arrange it (I didn't screencap after adding pix, sorry). Also, MAKE A NOTEPAD (TEXT) COPY OF YOUR WORK IN HTML MODE BEFORE YOU SAVE & PREVIEW OR PUBLISH! When I went back to Compose mode it wiped out all my hard work, thankfully I was thinking ahead and copy/pasted it into Notepad before switching modes! 0.o You can *right click* each pix and open in a new window or tab to see larger versions. NOTE: The pix won't show in Reader View; just turn RV off by clicking the book icon in the address bar to see the original page w/pix.

Screencap 1 of 2 - HTML mode

Screencap 2 of 2 - HTML mode

Reader View book icon seen in PREVIEW, currently it is OFF (greyed)

Reader View is ON (orange), click the wave icon to the left to LISTEN

Does the *happy dance* and then *waves n poofs*!

01/07/17 ~ As in the days of Noah ...

Jesus IS coming for His church (bride) as we read in the Parable of the Ten Virgins {Mat 25:1-13 KJV}.

After we're gone, the seventh seal {of the scroll in Rev 5-8 KJV} is opened and the WRATH of the Lamb (judgments upon the world) begins. Within the final (seventh) seal are: the seven trumpets, the three woes, and the seven vials (bowls) that are filled up with the WRATH of God; each successive event leads to the next. These judgments will happen during "Jacob's (Israel's) trouble" {Jer 30:7 KJV}.

You don't want to be here for these, trust me!

.:: THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED ::.
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them." -Paul {Rom 1:18-32 KJV}

Nothing has changed; as it was in Paul's day some 2,000 years ago, so it is today ... as it's been even from the time of the world-wide flood some 4,000 years ago that swept all but 8 souls off the earth. We're coming up on the next judgment, this time by fire. Watch for it.

.:: AS THE DAYS OF NOE {NOAH}::.
"But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." -Jesus {Mat 24:37-44 KJV, the "taken" are the church/bride, the "left" are those that remain who will suffer judgments & God's wrath.}

.:: IN FLAMING FIRE ::.
"Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day." -Paul {2Th 1:6-10 KJV}

.:: AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT ::.
"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. [Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." -Peter {2Pe 3:3-13 KJV}

At the opening of the seventh seal of the scroll that the apostle John saw, we see the fire from heaven spoken of whereby the WRATH of God is poured out onto the earth in the form of trumpets, woes and vials (bowls) of judgment on an ungodly world. The Lord will take His people off the earth {Mat 25:1-13 KJV, parable of the 10 virgins - the five *wise*} before this falls on those left behind.

Please give your heart & life to Jesus NOW ... the clock is ticking ... BUT there is precious little time left. https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/rev/8/7/s_1175007

Maybe I've said all this before in other articles but I feel we are so close to His coming for His church that this WARNING is necessary. So -many- are *asleep* &/or just don't understand the imminent danger that is soon to arrive! Dark days are ahead says the doomsday *porter* (watcher).

It won't be said of me that I didn't try to warn you. Again I say, come to Jesus ...

.:: MORE ::.
"The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun." {Ecc 1:9 KJV} https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/ecc/1/1/s_660001
{see also Mat 24-25, Mark 13 & 17,Luke 21, Revelation}




{Curly bracket comments are mine or show scripture references. Red letter text is Jesus speaking.}

12/21/16 ~ The Lord's Prayer

A quick article to document a *discovery* I've been brought to about the likely origin of the Lord's prayer.

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.  And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.  Give us day by day our daily bread.  And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. -Jesus {Luk 11:1-4 KJV}

I was recently notified of this page (link below) from Greg Killian that explains in detail what Jesus was teaching, or likely summarizing, when He taught "the Lord's prayer". It's fascinating to learn the Hebraic roots isn't it!? Thanks Greg ;o}

http://www.betemunah.org/amida.html




{Scripture is KJV. Red letter text is Jesus' speaking.}

12/05/16 ~ Where is ... that great city?

I believe that Revelation's harlot is speaking of Jerusalem, here are some scriptures to back me up ...

{Rev 11:8 KJV} And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. {"their" being the two witnesses}

The women/harlot is that great city ... harlot, woman, city:

{Rev 17:3 KJV} So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

{Rev 17:7 KJV} And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

{Rev 17:18 KJV} And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Yes, I know, most people think the harlot city is Rome, but they are wrong. The bible generally concerns itself with the people and land of Israel, not the other nations (although they do pay for their sins also). We have such a bad tendency to *westernize* the bible, this should not be. It's always been an eastern book written by Jews/Israelis for their people. We, the church, are an interlude, but otherwise the good book is not about us.

Consider the scriptures to follow:

{Eze 14:21 KJV} For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? {The four sore judgments spoken of here are the four horsemen of Revelation 6}

{Hos 2:12 KJV} And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These [are] my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. {The whole book of Hosea is about Israel/Jerusalem's harlotry, idolatry against God}

{2Ch 21:11-13 KJV} Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit harlotry, and led Judah astray.  And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the LORD God of your father David: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,  But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, [which were] better than thyself: ...

{Jer 13:27 KJV} I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, [and] thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when [shall it] once [be]?

ALL of the prophets of old, and even the new such as John the Baptist and Jesus, warned Israel/Jerusalem of what would happen if they continued in their harlotry against God. They looked to *other gods* instead of the One True God, and after continued warnings they were ultimately vomited out of the land for almost 2,000 years. And now that they're back in the land there is yet again much harlotry going on, and abominations as Israel/Jerusalem takes on the sins of her past captors.

The bible testifies of the multiple abominations in the land and of the peoples ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=Jerusalem+abomin%2A&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

{1Ki 11:7 KJV} Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

{2Ki 23:13 KJV} And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

{2Ki 23:24 KJV} Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

{2Ch 36:14 KJV} Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

{Eze 9:4 KJV} And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

{Eze 16:2 KJV} Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

{Mal 2:11 KJV} Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

It was because of these abominations that Israel became *desolate* (abomination that maketh desolate) ...

{Jer 44:22 KJV} So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

{Eze 33:29 KJV} Then shall they know that I [am] the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. {This occurred in 70 AD whereby Israel was cast out of the land for almost 2,000 years!}

{Dan 9:27 KJV} And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The only harlot, whore, women = that great city, that God has ever been jealous over is Jerusalem. Today she is steeped in sin once again. All I can say is ... God is watching and a time of retribution, Jacob's trouble, is coming.

This article is not one of hate towards Israel or Jerusalem. I believe they ARE God's chosen people and I know He loves them with great fervor. I also know that the LAST THING the prophets of the past wanted to do was to decry desolation against their own peoples and lands. I say this because this is where I've been led after much study. I don't like it, believe me, I don't. But then, I know ... neither did the prophets that also realized the same things.

I believe the seven mountains are the seven kingdoms that Israel took when they came into the land of Canaan, not seven actual/literal mountains or hills (as some would point to Rome or elsewhere) ... but rather these were the seven nations that Israel sat on for which she adopted their customs and idolatry (harlotry) in the days of Solomon and onward to today. You can read more about those seven nations here ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=seven+nations&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

{Deu 12:1-4 KJV} These [are] the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.  Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:  And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.  Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

{Deu 12:8-9 KJV} Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes.  For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

{Deu 12:28-32 KJV} Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.  When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;  Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.  Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.  What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Now, read this again and think for yourselves, don't just swallow what others spoon feed you ...

{Jer 2:17-20 KJV} Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?  And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?  Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.  For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. MORE ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/jer/2/1/s_747001

{Jer 3:1-2 KJV} They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.  Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

{Jer 3:6 KJV} The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

{Jer 3:8 KJV} And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. MORE ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/jer/3/1/s_748001

MORE ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=play%2A+harlot%2A&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

{Eze 16:15-16 KJV} But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.  And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so].

{Eze 16:28 KJV} Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

{Eze 16:41 KJV} And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

{Eze 23:5 KJV} And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbours, {Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/eze/23/1/s_825001} ...

{Eze 23:19 KJV} Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

{Eze 23:44 KJV} Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. {Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah, see Eze 23.}

{Hos 2:5 KJV} For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

{Hos 3:3 KJV} And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee.

{Hos 4:15 KJV} Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

And there are many, many other places in the bible that scorn and warn the harlot of what will come if she doesn't repent and turn back to her God. Does Israel -not- claim to be the "only Democracy" in the middle east? Does she not tout her freedoms as the idolatrous nations we live in today? Why yes, yes she does! Nothing has changed.

MORE ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=gone+whoring&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

{Lev 17:7 KJV} And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

{Eze 23:30 KJV} I will do these [things] unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, [and] because thou art polluted with their idols.

{Hos 4:12 KJV} My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

{Hos 9:1 KJV} Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

So then, "that great city" is Jerusalem and none other than. It's always been, since the time they came out of Egypt, as it still is today, that she ... Israel, and in particular Jerusalem (the city God chose to put His own name there) have been playing the harlot with the nations of the world. Think about this folks ... God's government is a Monarchy, not a Democracy. Israel, and therefore Jerusalem, have gone a-whoring. The only cities called a "great city" in the bible were: Nineveh {Assyria}, Gibeon, and Jerusalem. I believe Jerusalem is the harlot/whore/city spoken of in Rev 11 and onward.

{Rev 11:8 KJV} And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

MORE ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22great+city%22&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

What we see in Israel today is exactly what we see of those nations that were founded on biblical values (including the UK, US, Canada, etc) ... we, Christians, are not to be this way!

{2Ti 3:5 KJV} Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/2ti/3/1/s_1128001

Israel pays God lip service, they call on Him when they *need Him*, as do many professing Christians, and *hope* He shows up ... yet they do not have Him in their hearts. They, for the most part, do not have a relationship with the Living God who firstly manifest Himself to them at their betrothal at Mt Sinai.

I believe where Revelation speaks of disaster for this "great city" it was two-fold, once in 70 AD but another "great tribulation" {aka: the time of Jacob's trouble} is coming after Jesus takes His church/bride to heaven and 'shuts the door' {Mat 25:10, Luk 13:25 KJV}. Israel for the most part is the foolish virgin, along with much of the church that is backsliden or doesn't pursue their Ishi (Husband) with all their heart & soul. What husband would take a bride to Himself for whom He has no personal relationship? Read the parable of the ten virgins in Mat 25 for MORE https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/mat/25/1/s_954001

{Mat 23:34-39 KJV} Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. {Mat 23-25, Mar 13, Luk 13-17, in 70 AD.}

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord. - Jesus

The *good news* is, someday (and I believe that day is soon) ... God will turn His eyes back to Jerusalem and all of Israel and after a time of great trouble/tribulation (self-inflicted at that) He will restore her to the kingdom she was in the days of king David.

Do I pray for Israel, and Jerusalem? YES!
* Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ... Psa 122:6
Do I think the modern state of Israel is a fake? NO!
* The Lord said He'd return Judah to the land first ... Zec 12:7
Do I think Jerusalem is that "great city"? YES!
* This article answers that and why I believe it. ... Jer 13:27

Yes indeed, the harlot, that great city, is Jerusalem. I pray for her continually!

Thanks for reading!




{Curly bracket comments are mine. Jesus' words are red lettered text.}

11/21/16 ~ At the name of Jesus ...

Today's post is in response to a FB *friend*, who is no longer a *friend* (she blocked me) as she didn't like some of my responses to her post about using Jesus' Hebrew name, Yeshua, instead of the English form, Jesus.

For those who think people are *not* saved ... if they refer to the Lord as "Lord" (saying the term is referring to Baal, a pagan deity - maybe I'll take this one on another time) and/or to call the Savior, "Jesus", instead of Yeshua ... I have to strongly DIS-agree.

I was saved under the name of Jesus, long before I heard His Hebrew name {Yeshua, which in itself is a transliteration of the Hebrew letters/name}. He knows Who He is and He's in the hearts of every true believer. It's not all about a name, although it's great to know His Hebrew name and especially the meaning of it {Salvation}. I, for one, don't know the correct Hebrew spelling nor pronunciation - yes I know, there are many that claim they *know* and have the only truth and they all conflict with each other to some degree or another! This is confusion, which is NOT of God {1Co 14:33 KJV}.

I am not ashamed to know my Lord and refer to Him by the English name for which I came to know Him, that being Jesus, the Christ (Messiah/Meshiach, the Anointed One), my Lord (Master, to Whom I am a willing slave) and Savior.

There is something for which people that -claim- you should only refer to Him by the name of Yeshua seem to have missed and that's that Jesus/Yeshua has a "new name" and those that are His will know it

... and it may well be that His "new name" IS Jesus

{Isa 62:2 KJV} And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

{Rev 3:12 KJV} Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.

I am very into the Hebrew, not just modern but even more-so the ancient paleo & picto Hebrew, which is where the true name meanings lay. However, my bible, the KJV, says the following for the "name of Jesus" ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22name+of+Jesus%22&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

{Act 2:38 KJV} Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

{Act 3:6 KJV} Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

{Act 4:10 KJV} Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

{Act 4:18 KJV} And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

{Act 5:40 KJV} And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

{Act 8:12 KJV} But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

{Act 9:27 KJV} But Barnabas took him, and brought [him] to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

{Act 16:18 KJV} And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

{Act 26:9 KJV} I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

{1Co 1:2 KJV} Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

{Phl 2:10 KJV} That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

So, do I trust these words that are written for me in my own language? Well yes, yes I do! 

... and since I believe His words are written for all to see & read, this name IS His name, pronounced many different ways depending on the language speaking it

... and people are being healed and set free, yes folks, even today, using the mighty name of Jesus!

... and it may well be that satan is trying to make that name (Jesus) seem like it's a pagan, bad name and you shouldn't use it; yet, our bibles beg to differ:

{Phl 2:9-11 KJV} Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;  And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

I'm just not dogmatic about what to call Him, whether it's Yeshua, Yahushua, Yashua, Yehoshua, Joshua, Yoshua, etc, or just ... Jesus ... He knows those that are His.

Go ahead, speak the name of Jesus to anyone and see what kind of reaction you get, especially from non-believers. The only ones that care to insult Him by His Hebrew name Yeshua {Salvation} do so in a derogatory manor by calling Him, yeshu. Call Him Jesus and the whole world is angry at you. Call Him Yeshua and you'll only annoy some Jews. Even now, fellow Christians are attacking other believers who call Him by His English name of Jesus. This is very dangerous, especially to new believers! Shame on you!

So then, what are the *conditions* of salvation? Anything more or less is simply learning ... to profess people aren't saved because they don't call Jesus by His Hebrew name is shameful and I recommend that you go by scripture, which says NO SUCH THING:

{Act 16:31 KJV} And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

{Rom 10:9 KJV} That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

... and more, from Jesus own mouth, I will believe >>>in/on<<< Him

{Mat 18:6 KJV} But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

{Mar 9:42 KJV} And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

{Jhn 5:24 KJV} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

{Jhn 6:35 KJV} And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

{Jhn 6:40 KJV} And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

{Jhn 6:47 KJV} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

{Jhn 11:25-26 KJV} Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? {{Jhn 11:27 KJV} She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.}

{Jhn 12:46 KJV} I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

{Jhn 20:29 KJV} Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.

A special note of consideration to those that deny His name, whether it be the English, Spanish, or any other dialect ...

{1Jo 2:22 KJV} Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

{1Jo 4:15 KJV} Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

{1Jo 5:5 KJV} Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

NOWHERE in the bible does it say that if you don't refer to Him by His Hebrew name you are damned, "on the wide road to destruction" as my post-haste *friend* wrote ... NOWHERE. What it does say is to believe ON or IN Him. It's already hard enough to be saved in this day & age of scoffers and mockers, please, don't complicate matters further.

And let me make myself clear ... I am not against those of the "sacred name" community of believers. I applaud their work and I agree there is much to be learned by studying Hebrew and understanding our Judeo-Christian origins. What I am against are those that profess that if you don't use Jesus' Hebrew name, Yeshua, then you are 1) not saved and therefore 2) going to hell ... that's just absurd and UNbiblical! 

*Someday* we'll be calling Him by a "new name", perhaps we already are! A day is soon coming when EVERYONE will know His name for sure ;o}

Here's some pages to read and consider ...

https://www.quora.com/Is-Yeshu-Yeshua-a-derogatory-Hebrew-name-for-Jesus
http://ravmatt.blogspot.com/2012/12/yeshua-means-salvation-yeshu-does-not.html
http://www.seedofabraham.net/jesusyeshua.html

Maranatha to the King!




{Comments (in or around scripture) in curly brackets are mine. Red letter text is quoting Jesus.}

09/17/16 ~ Think

To my brethren in the Lord ...

{Mat 7:13-14 KJV} Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Every time I want to hide in the corner, fearful of what I may suffer for being *outspoken* for His name's sake; I see Him hanging on that cross for ME. I hope this resonates for you as well because He hung there and died for you too. As the end-time bride, you need to -decide- if you are going to stand for Him, come what may, or try to hide and hope you're not noticed. Think.

{Mat 16:24-27 KJV} Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. {see also: Mar 8:34-38, Luk 9:23-26, Luk 17:26-37 KJV}

Your works DO matter and your actions now, and to *the end*, will determine your rewards. Please take note: when something in the bible is repeated more than once (twice, three times, or more), this is called witnesses, or testimonies, don't just idly scan by these. Repeated scripture means you are to pay attention. The more witnesses shown on a matter the more important it is that you read each one and apply it to your own life & behavior. Are you awake and ready? Or are you asleep or worse, ill-prepared? {Mat 25's parable of the 10 virgins comes to mind, which are you?} Are you ashamed of Him or His word? Are you afraid of potential persecution? Don't you know that your actions, or lack thereof, speak louder than words? Think.

{Mar 8:38 KJV} Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

{Luk 9:26 KJV} For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and [in his] Father's, and of the holy angels.

Will the Lord be ashamed of you? Are you HIDING His Light? Think.

{Luk 8:16-18 KJV} No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth [it] under a bed; but setteth [it] on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither [any thing] hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

{Luk 11:33 KJV} No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

What will be your testimony when you finally meet those that have given their lives before you? Is fear ruling your life and keeping you from being the instrument the Lord needs you to be in these end of days? Do you suppose that the devil doesn't know who you are, and where you are, right this minute? Do you suppose the devil didn't know where Corrie Ten Boom was and what she was doing, as she tried to quietly but diligently save Jewish lives? Do you really think you can hide and be safe? NO, you can't. We are to be witnesses to those that will come after us, just like the believers of the ages, all of us -Esthers- in the making, born for such a time as this! We are writing our witness of the Lord, the One whom we've believed in but not yet seen, just as the apostles, disciples, and prophets of old did for which we are now the beneficiaries. Think.

{Est 4:14 KJV} For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for [such] a time as this?

Will you live the remainder of your days in fear, a spirit that is doled out by the devil? How will your testimony end? Will history write how you hid in fear? Or will it outshine those testimonies we've all come to know and love, the very reasons you & I have faith at all in this day and age? Think.

{2Ti 1:7 KJV} For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Will you take up your cross as Jesus has asked? Think.

{Mat 5:10-16 KJV} Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

I hope you will consider shining His Light in this dark evil world, so that you can finish your race knowing you did all you could for His sake laying aside your own fears (which are not from Him anyway). Think.

{2Ti 1:8-14 KJV} Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;  Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,  But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:  Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.  For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.  Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.  That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

The only one we're pleasing with our silence is ... the devil.

{Eze 3:18 KJV} When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Think.




{Curly bracket comments are mine. Red letter text is quoting Jesus.}

09/12/16 ~ God's Rainbow (video) ...

Well, here's my *official* first fancy-pants video for the Lord ;o} I created it on September 6, 2016 and posted it on my FB page/group but forgot to post it here, so now, without further ado ...



I think it turned out lovely, but YT desecrated the quality quite a bit ... click on the gear to the bottom right of the video and pick 720p or 1080p for best quality, it's under 3 minutes in time. Here's the direct YT link also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxUNc3fx8E

Honor God's covenant sign, the rainbow is a reminder of His mercy!

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And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations:

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.


CREDITS:

Scripture by - The Holy Spirit {Gen 9:8-17 KJV}

Video by - Revelation21NINE {SEP 06, 2016}

Countdown Intro by - AA VFX
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm2nb3acl2o
Background Animation by - AA VFX
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIcRxtdkw4Y
The End Exit by - AA VFX
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZfWm96uRg

Thanks for watching ;o}




{NOTE: This is *not* my first video ever, I've done a few for my 3D gaming hobby, but this is the first one specifically for the Lord. I hope you enjoyed it!}

09/11/16 ~ To my sisters in Christ ...

Today's blog post is inspired by ... https://the-end-time.blogspot.com/2012/07/romanticizing-jesus-movement-is-turning.html ... I add my voice of agreement to this article.

Be careful of what you 1) listen to, 2) read, and 3) watch ... even the voices of other Christians. Jesus is not my Boyfriend, He's my God & my Creator, I don't *desire* Him to be anything else. As a friend of mine notes on my fb group ... this is the "Spirit of perversion or as the Bible states seducing spirit."

Source: Google Images

My advice? Be mindful of what you hear & see! Even music ... especially Christian music ... because the devil is prowling about seeking whom he may devour; he does a lot of that in TV and music whereby we're lulled to sleep. If you have favorite songs for instance, you should at least take time to look up the lyrics and see if they honor God or not. The devil lulls by the music but the words are where the power truly lays ... WHAT is coming out of your mouth? We will ALL be held accountable for -every- -idle- -word- and that includes what we are singing. This is why I periodically remind people to watch what goes in their ear & eye gates.

{Mat 15:17-18 KJV} Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. -Jesus

{Mat 12:36 KJV} But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. -Jesus

{1Pe 5:8-9 KJV} Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

And thanks to my *other friend* who made me aware of this article (linked above).

Please ladies, watch what goes in your ears & eyes gates ... even from Christian sources. And, watch what comes out of your mouths as well!

Thanks for reading ;o}




{Curly bracket comments are mine. Red letter text is quoting Jesus.}