07/18/17 ~ My *rapture* dream ...

In my dream, my hubby & I were at some sort of campground or resort that had cabins, RVs, tents and people occupying them. I think we were in an RV (motorhome). Some of the people in the campground were doped/drunk, some were fighting between themselves (male & female arguments, hitting each other, etc). It was nighttime, dark, no stars, and no moon, that I remember. I'm praying they'd all stop fighting and settle down for the night when ...

-ALL OF A SUDDEN- there was a *bright FLASH of light* ... lightening fast ... with the sound of a quick peel of thunder. I notice that I'm on the top of our RV and looking around at the dark, black sky for what caused the flash thinking perhaps it was a meteorite or maybe fireworks.

I find a spot in the sky looking to the east (I think) where I see a bright ball of light, sort of the size of the moon but growing in size as streaks or bolts of electricity are gathered into it. I'm on top of the RV and realize, THE RAPTURE IS HAPPENING! I'm jumping up and down yelling "Abba!" with my arms raised high in the air. I'm jumping up in excitement and joy, trying to *lift off* to join my fellow believers, and after a few tries I'm in the air flying towards this beacon of light. As I'm moving up I notice that I'm glowing, I can't see myself but I see the glow around me. To my left is a ball of electricity or light going up near me, the ball of light is about the size of a baseball. Others are already reaching the light and I see them as streaks of electricity being drawn into the light. I think, in my dream, "I sure hope this isn't a dream, that would really suck."

Well, it was (a dream) and I went from that dream to another one where hubby & I are at someone's house in their kitchen. The wife, a farmer-type gal, seemingly pure as the driven snow (in my view) is sitting on one side of their table and her hubby, two kids, my hubby & I are on the other side of the table. My hubby was helping her hubby with some sort of grinding where my hubby was trying to alter a wire grinding tool. This was something I saw them working on a couple of times in the dream: before the scene of the wife and us at the kitchen table, and then afterwards.

Anyway, the hubby and wife aren't really talking, there's clearly a separation in spirit between them. We ask why she's so quiet and the hubby says, "She committed adultery." I looked back towards where she was sitting, and in shock, I ask, "Are you serious?" Wondering what that was all about, I'm looking back at where she sat but she had moved. She is now slumped down against a corner wall with her knees up and her elbows on her knees with her hands over her face, sobbing, and when I asked her (who seemed to me that there'd be NO WAY she'd of done such a thing) if that was true ... she softly replied, "Yes!" I was the only one that heard her say yes. I went over to her and took her by the hand and told her we should go and talk. She brought me to a room in their house, just her and I, and told me all about her "sin of adultery".

I was about to tell her that Jesus still loves her and all she needs to do is repent and ask Him to forgive her and that it was her remorse that was keeping her from being the wife/mother the Lord would have her be; and that He is willing to forgive her if she'd just release it to Him. Anyway, I didn't get a chance to tell her all of that because our dog barked (around 4PM, for real LOL) and I woke up. I also noticed in the dream that she apparently only had one real friend, for whom, even to him, she couldn't tell her deepest regrets; he was her karate teacher, but he was not the one she'd committed adultery with. I don't recall hearing who that would have been. As I was waking up tho I did see her and her hubby holding hands so I take it that they would eventually reconcile in spirit. She just needed someone she could let all her guilt out to that wouldn't judge her, or so I felt.

I get from this that, there are many that belong to the Lord that have been sinning and not giving their sins to Him for forgiveness. They feel the guilt of those sins weighing heavily on them but don't surrender that guilt and don't ask Him for healing. Her husband and kids wanted to be reunited (in spirit) but she couldn't forgive herself and that was hindering her from reconnecting with them as she should. Maybe she was representing "the foolish virgins" of Mat 25:1-13.

Recently, I have been watching (on YouTube) others' dreams of the rapture, make of that what you will. Their dreams, and mine, agree that the RAPTURE (catching away of the ready virgins) seems to happen at night -or- during a darkened sky. Perhaps the light, initially showing like a full moon but not being the moon, may allude to Aug 7th, which is Tu B'Av (15th of Av) -IF- this year (2017) -OR- some other Jewish holiday that will occur on the eve of a full moon. But then, the fact that the sky was a nighttime dark, could mean it will happen on a new moon evening. Time will tell if it's this year or some other. I was not given any specific date so I don't know when it will be, nor am I about to *date set*.

I report, you decide ;o}

Last year I wrote about Tu B'Av and the potential significance it has for the church (ready virgins). {PLEASE NOTE - THIS YEAR'S DATE FOR Tu B'Av IS: Aug 6-7 (sunset to sunset), rather than what the article dates were for last year.} You can read those here ...

http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/070816-tu-bav-august-18-2016.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/070916-tu-bav-august-18-2016.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/073019-tu-bav-and-ancient-hebrew.html

Maranatha Ishi {Husband}, I'm ready to go!!!

 
 
 
 

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06/23/2017 ~ God speaks, are you listening?

There are two instances in my recent life in which I had a thought going on and right in the middle of the thought God put a sock in it (so to speak) and immediately corrected my incorrect thinking. I did not hear His voice audibly, but I know the response was His just by the sheer revelation and shock I experienced when He spoke to me mind to mind. When God speaks to you in such a way, you'd better listen up!

.:: Parroting, God in a box ::.
Once upon a time I was parroting (repeating in my mind what I'd *heard* elsewhere that *sounded* right at the time) that the bible was written by many people and therefore fallible. Immediately God responded, and He was definitely annoyed, He said: "So, I can't get My word down to you in tact over the millennia? What kind of God am I to you?" Well, just wow! Talk about a slap down!

I realized at that moment that if God, Whom I had in a very small box, couldn't get His word down to me in tact over the past few thousand years, then He wouldn't be God ... would He!? He would be some being of my own imagination that has limitations. In truth, God has NO limitations and since He created all we see and know of and much more that we don't see or know of yet then He can certainly speak to mankind at certain points of HIS-story (history) and they will write. Just as I'm doing now.

God does speak and He speaks through those that are willingly obedient. Some people say they've heard Him speak audibly, but most just hear that "still, small voice" {1Kings 19:11-12} and they know it's Him. I now know that every word of my bible is true ... ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN BY SO MANY AND YET SO CLEAR AND ACCURATE ... and God has kept His promise to mankind {Hebrews 13:5}, none will be able to use this *excuse* against Him. It didn't hold up to honest scrutiny by me, and it won't hold up for you either. This is why I defend God's word and I quote it often when I write. God's word is truth {John 17:17}. And, God is not a man that He should lie {Numbers 23:19}.

You owe it to yourselves, and more-so to God, not to just parrot what others say; seek God out for yourself in earnest. For every negative argument, God has a correction, if you are willing to receive it.

"And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart." {Jeremiah 29:13 KJV}

.:: Standards of man -vs- Standards of God ::.
Another instance of God speaking to me was not so long ago, where I was thinking to the Lord that the world isn't such a bad place whereby my intent of the thought was to say that it could be many years before it gets bad enough for Him to return ... but He put a sock in it before I could finish the thought. He said to me, "According to who's standards?" Well, that was another major slap down! How true. I was looking through my puny human eyes.

I don't see the big picture, God does. His word is full of the sins of mankind and how He's forced to respond to those sins ... mostly He's patient and compassionate but when we don't turn from our sins, especially collectively, He is forced to take drastic action. It's always His wish that we do right, but we don't. We are truly in days such as the days of Lot (Sodom & Gomorrah), or the days of Noah. Mankind is full of himself and without God for the most part.

I was judging the world then (I think it was around 2012-ish) according to the standard of man, not the standard of God ... which is very different. He is Holy, we are not. His standard is documented for us in His word, see Exodus 20 (the ten commandments).

It won't be much longer before we force Him to respond as He did in the days of Noah, or the days of Lot (Sodom & Gomorrah). And we will have no one to blame but ourselves. Jesus warned of our day when He said ...

"And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed." {Luke 17:26-30 KJV}

As I often say, life is full of choices but it really boils down to just two, as it's been from the beginning, way back in the garden of Eden: 1) God's way, the tree of life; or 2) satan's way, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Think on that.








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03/18/17 ~ OT -vs- NT ...

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OT = Old Testament (Covenant): "For I [am] the LORD, I change not ..." {Malachi 3:6 KJV}

NT = New Testament (Covenant): "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." {Hebrews 13:8 KJV}

Our bible today is compiled of scrolls (books) written long before we came into the world. The scrolls were written by men who were inspired or instructed to write by the Lord &/or moved by the Holy Spirit:

"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost." {2 Peter 1:21 KJV} MORE ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=write%2A+book%2A&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

People in the land of Israel believed in the God of the OT, Who was revealed in the flesh in the man we call Jesus (Yeshua in Hebrew). John the Baptist (aka: the Immerser; as we call him today in modern English) testified and was witness to God becoming a man and dwelling with His people Israel, who rejected Him. John testified, verbally and in writing, of God coming in the person of Jesus.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." ... after affirming himself as a witness to God in the flesh (Jesus), John continues ... "He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him]." {John 1:1-5, 10-18 KJV, see also John 1:6-9 KJV}.

The NT didn't exist in the days of Jesus, nor the apostles and early disciples who later ended up writing as they too were instructed of the Spirit. Even to this day we believers are writing parts of the New Testament that will likely be read by many during the -soon coming- millennial reign of Jesus.

Jesus said that the OT testifies of Him, He was talking to the religious establishment of His day when He said (and this still applies to many false religions today) ...

"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." -Jesus {John 5:39 KJV}

The *Bereans* didn't search the NT, they searched the OT, that's all they had at the time!

"And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few." {Acts 17:10-12 KJV}

When the Lord returns to rule & reign on this earth for 1,000 years, He will do so with a ROD OF IRON, meaning, this earth's inhabitants will be living under the OT rules, based on the 10 commandments. He will not re-instate the 613 "Mosaic Laws" but will simply and fully enforce the 10 commandments. This is why by the end of the 1,000 years, when satan is let loose for a short time, the nations will once again gather to war against Him. The ROD OF IRON is also called a "sharp sword", which is the verbal and written -word of God- that comes out of Jesus' mouth as documented in the OT, and confirmed in the NT.

"And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God." {Revelation 19:15 KJV}

He will wipe out all the evil-doers of all nations before renewing this world and those that are His of all ages will step into eternity with God Who will be coming to the new earth to live with His people. Watch for it, it is coming sooner than you think.

"And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God." {Revelation 21:3 KJV}

The NT is the New Covenant, and it does NOT replace the OT, which is the Old Covenant. It's a witness to it, a confirmation that what has been written down from ancient times is as true today as it has ever been. The NT is a second witness and verifies the OT.

BOTH the Old Testament AND the New Testament are witnesses, be sure you understand that.

"But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established." {Matthew 18:16 KJV}

I'm with Joshua ... "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}

No folks, the Lord did NOT do away with the OT in favor of the NT. BOTH testify of Him in their own ways and indeed they cross-testify back and forth between them. We can't fully understand the NT without first reading and understanding the OT. BOTH are equally valuable.

I testify that Jesus (Yeshua) IS the Son of God come into the earth as One of His own creation, that being the person of Jesus of Nazareth. I am washed by His precious shed blood that paid for my sins in full. Maranatha to the -soon coming- King.

"Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed [are] those who have not seen and [yet] have believed."" {John 20:29 NKJV}

Here are some of my previous articles to help clarify why we need BOTH testaments ...
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/071716-passionate-for-one-that-saves.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/02/021916-god-in-writing.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/01/010816-did-jesus-abolish-commandments.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2015/11/112715-word-made-flesh.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2015/11/110815-to-jewsisraelis.html

Thanks for reading ;o}

 

 

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03/16/17 ~ 2017 Spring & Summer WATCH Dates

2017 Spring & Summer Holy Days that I believe are

HIGH *WATCH* DATES for this year (2017 / 5777)

Right click and 'Save As' (to your computer) then Print ;o}

Hear me, I am NOT saying Jesus is coming or we're going to be raptured (caught up) -this year- ... I am saying these may be potential dates that we should pay close attention to. 

Included in this list is APRIL 12th, the date for which I dreamt and wrote about previously, you can read that article here
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2017/01/011117-dream-married-april-12.html

Other dates of interest and high watch will be Pentecost/Shavuot, for which I've also written about previously here
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2015/05/051615-shavuot-epiphany.html
and here
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/01/011116-will-jesus-come-for-his-bride.html

And then Tu B'Av articles, which are here
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/070816-tu-bav-august-18-2016.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/070816-blessing-of-daniel-12.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/070916-tu-bav-august-18-2016.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/07/073019-tu-bav-and-ancient-hebrew.html
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/08/080716-seedtime-harvest.html

If we're still hear after Tu B'Av I may do another graphic for the fall & winter Holy Days ;o}

02/08/17 ~ Walking with the Prophets

I don't know about you but when I get to heaven I suspect I'll be hanging out with the prophets a good part of eternity. I do not claim to be a prophet, nor would I really want to be (considering the lives they lived and the cruel ways for which the majority of them died). I don't profess to hear the audible voice of God saying to me, "Thus saith the Lord".

Even so, my heart is one of a prophet: I hear (in the spirit); I see in the natural how the world is in rapid moral decline; I speak from what has long been foretold in the bible regarding horrors that are coming upon this sinful world's inhabitants that refuse to hear God. All of the bible's warnings are well over 2,000 years old (many of them are up to 6,000 years old). Just like in the days of Noah when people were given space of 120 years to repent ... they didn't, and they perished ... only Noah and seven of his family survived that catastrophic worldwide flood some 4,000 years ago!

There are many scriptures whereby the prophets are told to "gird up thy loins" (this means they were to pull up their garment from the back, up between their legs, tuck it into the front, and run with the message given - in other words, buck up and go!). I don't know of any passages that say they were sent with any news other than "repent" or else destruction was at hand.

Like the prophets of old, my words are not necessarily expressed in the most compassionate and eloquent of ways. Perhaps I can blame the stoic ancestry that sprouted me. But then what say I of the prophets and apostles of old? Most of them cried buckets of tears and lamented over the places where they were sent ... why? ... because their message to repent and turn to the Lord pretty much fell on the spiritually dead: children of the god of this world (satan); and the Lord's servants knew in advance what the end result would be.

"Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD." {Jeremiah 29:19 KJV}

"I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them], saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me." {Jeremiah 35:15 KJV}

So it is today. If you are hearing sugar-coating preaching that all is well, it's likely from a lying spirit. All is NOT well: not here in the USA, not in Canada, not in Australia, not in Israel ... nowhere ... is all well. You only have to reflect at how life was when you were a child and compare it to today to see the utter evil we're enduring. I can well attest to the decline since I've been living nearly 60 years. No, all is NOT well.

If you hear someone declaring a *doom and gloom* message in what -you perceive- to be "anger", or "uncaring", consider the days in which we live. Think about the prophets of old. Even Jesus when He lamented in tears and preached (prophesied) of Israel's soon destruction was largely ignored and ultimately killed, like most of those before Him. All but one apostle was murdered, so likewise suffered many of the prophets of old; their message wasn't wanted then, and it's not wanted now.

People that preach "the end is near" do so from a tone of urgency, trying to get people to listen before it's too late. It's not anger that we speak from, it's frustration. It's a dreadful knowing what will happen to those that don't listen. Think about this, sin cannot go unanswered indefinitely. At some point the Lord is going to have to do what He will have to do to stop the blatant, rampant evil. The world's peoples are spiraling out of self-control on mass and headed to self-annihilation. Can you say nuclear war?

Jesus WILL come, sooner than later at this point in HIS-story (history). Mankind will only have themselves to blame when this 'age of grace' expires and they find themselves facing God's wrath! The biblical prophecies of what is coming on this world are millennia old and as those before me have tried to share (so that people could be saved) the world (for the most part) has walked-on-by without a care. As to the delay, God is compassionate, and He does things according to His own timing, not ours. Consider {2 Peter 3 KJV} if you are among the "scoffers" regarding the lateness of the hour.

Does it bother me that so many are going to perish? Of course it does! I'm compelled to speak in righteous indignation, albeit to deaf ears. My heart grieves, especially for the children who are being taught so many evil things in our day ... that's what really breaks my heart, the children ... raised up to believe and act out on things they aught not! Surely you don't want the world to continue on as it is? Where is YOUR compassion for the children??? Jesus predicted that things will get so bad that He would have to shorten the days or no one would survive!

"And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days." -Jesus {Mark 13:20 KJV}

Yes folks, call me heartless if that makes you feel superior. But, I WANT Jesus to come back, the sooner the better ... NOW would be good! If not for me ... please Lord, come for the children! When He does come, sin will be vanquished on this earth and the world will be restored for a thousand years of true peace and prosperity, though He will have to rule with a rod of iron (which means by biblical standards). Yes, I want that. There is NOTHING more important to me now than "thy kingdom come"! I am certainly looking forward to my future in glory with my eternal Husband {Jesus / Yeshua}!

If you love Jesus more than the world then you should likewise prepare!!! I was recently asked how does one prepare, in other words, how does one *let go of this world* ... all of it ... here's the answer:

"Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." {1 John 2:15 KJV}

We are just going to have to trust the Lord for those things that are "left behind". But until that day arrives, I'll continue to shout the saving grace of Jesus from the rooftop! If just one person hears me and turns from their wicked ways, I will have accomplished the mission I was born into and by life experience was prepared for. Every single believer in Jesus is an Ambassador for His kingdom, every one of us a witness to His majesty. We are all suppose to reach out to a dying world however the Lord has equipped us individually. We are not all the same, each of us has our own gifts and calling. All saints that have gone home to be with the Lord looked forward to their reward. Well done good and faithful servants. I strive for that day also! Do I want masses of people to die without the Lord, heck no! Am I looking forward to His soon return? YOU BET! I will continue to warn but when I see Jesus in the clouds, I will not be looking back when I go to meet Him in the air.

In closing, if you look down your nose at those with a prophetic voice: those that see what is coming as I do; know this ... you are -no different- than those who have persecuted the likes of me throughout the ages. One thing I know for sure, I'm in good company. I'll have done my duty and none of you will be lost on my account. Your blood will be on your own head/hands {Ezekiel 33 KJV comes to mind}. I'll leave the love-preaching up to others, that's NOT my calling.

"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." -Jesus {Matthew 24:37-39 KJV}

We have arrived. We are in the last days, Jesus IS coming, time is short. REPENT! Since you are reading this, consider yourself ... put on notice. Get in the ark {Jesus} while there's still time. Turn from (repent of) your sins against God; ask Jesus to come into your heart & life, if you mean it from your heart (not just your head), He will come into you, that's a promise.

"But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." {Romans 10:8-13 KJV}

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." -Jesus {Mark 16:16 KJV}

If you've given your heart to Jesus then you have become "born again", a child of God (no longer of the world, satan). Perhaps we'll soon meet in the air!? Maranatha, come soon Ishi {Husband}!

Thanks for reading ;o}

You might also be interested in a related article, here's the link ...
http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2015/11/110615-porters-watchmen.html

 
 
 
 

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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

 

 

 

 

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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}

Source - Google Images

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.

 

 

 

 

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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.}