When I would be confronting someone, people would say (iron sharpens iron). What ever that would mean? Then I ran across this verse and it was not as bad as I thought.
[Job 7:17] Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
[Iron - As hard iron, steel, will bring a knife to a better edge when it is properly sharpen against it: so one friend may be the means of exciting another to reflect, dive deeply into, and illustrate a subject, without which whetting or excitement, this had never taken place. That is, conversation promotes intelligence, which the face exhibits.
"But let me sharpen others, as the hone gives edge to razors, though itself have none."
The countenance - The company or conversation of one’s friend.
This intimates both the pleasure and the advantage of conversation. One person is nobody; nor will poring upon a book in a corner accomplish a person as the reading and studying of men’s will. Wise and profitable discourse sharpens one's wits; and those that have ever so much knowledge may by conference have something added to them. It sharpens one's looks, and, by cheering the spirits, puts a briskness and liveliness into the countenance, and gives a person such an air as shows he or she is pleased with themselves and makes them pleasing to those about them. Good people's graces are sharpened by converse with those that are good, and bad people's lusts and passions are sharpened by converse with those that are bad, as iron is sharpened by its like, especially by the file. Pleople are filed, made smooth, and bright, and fit for business (who were rough, and dull, and inactive), by conversation. This is designed:
1. To recommend to us this expedient for sharpening ourselves, but with a caution to take heed whom we choose to converse with, because the influence upon us is so great either for the better or for the worse.
2. To direct us what we must have in our eye in conversation, namely to improve both others and ourselves, not to pass away time or teasing one another, but to provoke one another to love and to good works and so to make one another wiser and better.]
Tried Genuine 'Friendship
[Job 7:10] Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
[Thine own friend - A well and long tried friend is invaluable.
Father’s Friend - One that has been a friend to thy family never forgets, and never neglect.
Neither go - And, in the time of adversity, rather apply to such a one, than go to thy nearest relative, who keeps himself at a distance.
Calamity - Do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity, for comfort and relief.
Better – the mere presence of the word ‘better’ does not automatically qualify a saying to fit into the better saying category. The use of the word better…than to express what is essentially a preference over one thing over another.
A neighbor - The friend, who hath showed himself to be a good neighbor.
Near - In affection.
Brother - A nearby neighbor is better than a distant brother is, particularly if the neighbors are longtime family friends.
Stick to tried friends. The ties of blood may be less reliable than those of genuine friendship.
A good reason given why we should thus value true friendship and be choice of it:
1. Because of the pleasure of it. There is a great deal of sweetness in conversing and consulting with a cordial friend. It is like ointment and perfume, which are very grateful to the smell, and exhilarate the spirits. It rejoices the heart; the burden of care is made lighter by unbosoming ourselves to our friend, and it is a great satisfaction to us to have their sentiments concerning our affairs. The sweetness of friendship lies not in hearty mirth, and hearty laughter, but in hearty counsel, faithful advice, sincerely given and without flattery, by counsel of the soul (so the word is), counsel which reaches the case, and comes to the heart, counsel about soul-concerns, Psalms 66:16. We should reckon that the most pleasant conversation which is about spiritual things, and promotes the prosperity of the soul.
2. Because of the profit and advantage of it, especially in a day of calamity. We are here advised not to go into a brother's house, not to expect relief from a kinsman merely for kindred-sake. For the obligation of that commonly goes little further than calling cousin and fails when it comes to the trial of a real kindness, but rather to apply ourselves to our neighbors, who are at hand, and will be ready to help us at an emergency. It is wisdom to oblige them by being neighborly, and we shall have the benefit of it in distress, by finding them so to us, 18:24.]
Thanks for being my friend, tried and true.
[Thine own friend - A well and long tried friend is invaluable.
Father’s Friend - One that has been a friend to thy family never forgets, and never neglect.
Neither go - And, in the time of adversity, rather apply to such a one, than go to thy nearest relative, who keeps himself at a distance.
Calamity - Do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity, for comfort and relief.
Better – the mere presence of the word ‘better’ does not automatically qualify a saying to fit into the better saying category. The use of the word better…than to express what is essentially a preference over one thing over another.
A neighbor - The friend, who hath showed himself to be a good neighbor.
Near - In affection.
Brother - A nearby neighbor is better than a distant brother is, particularly if the neighbors are longtime family friends.
Stick to tried friends. The ties of blood may be less reliable than those of genuine friendship.
A good reason given why we should thus value true friendship and be choice of it:
1. Because of the pleasure of it. There is a great deal of sweetness in conversing and consulting with a cordial friend. It is like ointment and perfume, which are very grateful to the smell, and exhilarate the spirits. It rejoices the heart; the burden of care is made lighter by unbosoming ourselves to our friend, and it is a great satisfaction to us to have their sentiments concerning our affairs. The sweetness of friendship lies not in hearty mirth, and hearty laughter, but in hearty counsel, faithful advice, sincerely given and without flattery, by counsel of the soul (so the word is), counsel which reaches the case, and comes to the heart, counsel about soul-concerns, Psalms 66:16. We should reckon that the most pleasant conversation which is about spiritual things, and promotes the prosperity of the soul.
2. Because of the profit and advantage of it, especially in a day of calamity. We are here advised not to go into a brother's house, not to expect relief from a kinsman merely for kindred-sake. For the obligation of that commonly goes little further than calling cousin and fails when it comes to the trial of a real kindness, but rather to apply ourselves to our neighbors, who are at hand, and will be ready to help us at an emergency. It is wisdom to oblige them by being neighborly, and we shall have the benefit of it in distress, by finding them so to us, 18:24.]
Thanks for being my friend, tried and true.
Fool
Occurs 73 times in Scripture.
Definition of a fool:
A senseless, empty headed man foolish, fool.
What is a fool:
He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that uttered a slander is a fool.
The fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
About a fool:
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no G-d.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.
A fool's wrath is presently known.
A fool layeth open his folly, (stupidity).
The fool rages, and is confident.
A fool despises his father's instruction.
A fool will be meddling, honour is not seemly for a fool.
The fool walks in darkness.
A fool uttered all his mind.
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief
A fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
The lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
A fool to the correction, a prating fool shall fall,
What we should do:
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Don’t sendeth a message by the hand of a fool.
A rod for the fool's back (discipline).
Wisdom is too high for a fool so speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Bottom line:
He that trustees in his own heart is a fool!
Who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool?
As it happened to the fool, so it happened even to me; for I have played the fool.
Matt. 5:22:
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say (tongue-murder, poison under the tongue, that kills secretly and slowly;) to his brother, Raca, (impious, godless) shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
When this is done with mildness and for a good end, to convince others of their vanity and folly, it is not sinful. But when it proceeds from anger and malice within, it is the smoke of that fire which is kindled from hell, and falls under the same character. fool, is a spiteful word, and comes from hatred; looking upon him, not only as mean and not to be honored, but as vile and not to be loved, as abandoned of G-d.
Definition of a fool:
A senseless, empty headed man foolish, fool.
What is a fool:
He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that uttered a slander is a fool.
The fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
About a fool:
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no G-d.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.
A fool's wrath is presently known.
A fool layeth open his folly, (stupidity).
The fool rages, and is confident.
A fool despises his father's instruction.
A fool will be meddling, honour is not seemly for a fool.
The fool walks in darkness.
A fool uttered all his mind.
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief
A fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
The lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
A fool to the correction, a prating fool shall fall,
What we should do:
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Don’t sendeth a message by the hand of a fool.
A rod for the fool's back (discipline).
Wisdom is too high for a fool so speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Bottom line:
He that trustees in his own heart is a fool!
Who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool?
As it happened to the fool, so it happened even to me; for I have played the fool.
Matt. 5:22:
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say (tongue-murder, poison under the tongue, that kills secretly and slowly;) to his brother, Raca, (impious, godless) shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
When this is done with mildness and for a good end, to convince others of their vanity and folly, it is not sinful. But when it proceeds from anger and malice within, it is the smoke of that fire which is kindled from hell, and falls under the same character. fool, is a spiteful word, and comes from hatred; looking upon him, not only as mean and not to be honored, but as vile and not to be loved, as abandoned of G-d.
To G-d be the glory
Had my yearly check up at the doctors: they said I was the lowest blood count ever known (alive) last year at 3%. Average is 12 and they sent me home on 7%, now I am at 14%!! All tests came back negative and I can now cut down from 3 pills a day to one. Just shows you that your number isn’t up until the Father calls you home, regardless how it looks. They said I was on my last leg – but then they don’t know G-d can grow out legs. I see it as a second change at life and hopefully an overall improvement on chooses personality and discernment. When much is given much is required! He must still have some use for me, or I didn’t meet the requirement yet, which ever it is a change to improve. To Him be the glory!!
How forcible are right words!
[Job 6:25] How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
[Forcible - The words of truth have a marvellous power. A well-constructed argument, that has truth for its basis, is irresistible. That is according to right reason; such as may be called strong reasons, or bony arguments, as in Isaiah 41:21 there are strength and weight in such words, reasoning’s, and arguments. They bring evidence and conviction with them, and are very powerful to persuade the mind to an assent unto them, and have great influence to engage to a profession or practice of what they are used. Such are more especially the words of G-d, the Scriptures of truth, the doctrines of the Gospel; these are right words, Proverbs 8:6, 8, and 9. They are not contrary to right reason, although above it; and are agreeably to sanctified reason, and received by it. They are according to the perfections of G-d, even His righteousness and holiness, and according to the Law of
G-d, and in no wise revolting to it, which is the rule of righteousness. Such as he believed his own were, and in which there were nothing hard and harsh, sharp and severe, or which might give just offence. Such as his cursing the day in which he was born, or charging his friends with treachery and deceit but rather he tacitly reflects upon the words and arguments of his friends. Intimating, that though there is force and strength in right words, theirs were neither right nor forcible, but partial and unjust, and weak and impotent; which had no strength of reasoning in them, nor carried any conviction with them,
But what doth your arguing reprove? But there is no truth in your assertions or weight in your arguments. Their arguments they had used with him had no strength in them; they were of no avail; they did not reprove or convince of any evil he had been guilty of or any mistake he had made; they were weak, impertinent, and useless, and fell with no weight upon him, nor wrought any conviction in him.
The reproofs which proceed from you"; the emphasis is on you; you may find fault, who are not in my situation.]
[26] Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
[Words - Do you think it is sufficient to quarrel with some of my words, without giving allowance for human infirmity, or extreme misery.
Do ye imagine to reprove word - Or with words; with bare words, without any force of reasoning and argument in them? Put a parcel of words together without any sense or meaning, or however without any logic in them, and think to run me down with them? Or is your scheme and device only, and which you pursue, to catch at and lay hold on some words of mine uttered in my distress, and make me an offender for a word, or for a few words, supposing they have been rashly and passionately spoken? Have ye no facts to charge me with, before or since these calamities befell me? Is the charge of hypocrisy and want of the fear of G-d to be supported by producing some hasty expressions, without pointing at one single action in my life and conversation?
Is it some expressions which in my hurry, and under the pressure of unprecedented affliction, I have uttered, that ye catch at? You can find no flaw in my conduct; would ye make me an offender for a Word? Why endeavor to take such advantage of a man who complains in the bitterness of his heart, through despair of life and happiness?
The speeches of one - that is, do ye imagine to reprove them or, are; your thoughts wholly and solely intent on them? Are these only the strong reasons you have to produce to fix the sin of hypocrisy upon me?
His condition was forlorn and miserable, and there was no hope with him of being better; his children were dead, his substance in the hands of robbers, his health so extremely bad that he had no expectation of a recovery to his former state. Therefore it was very unkind and ungenerous to lay hold upon and aggravate the speeches of such a one, and improve them against him; and especially as they were only "for refreshment", as some choose to render the words, (32:20). The sense of the whole is, that they imagined that their words were right and fit to reprove with, and that there were force and strength in them, and had a tendency to work conviction and bring to confession.
Desperate - Of a poor miserable, hopeless and helpless man. For by him that is "desperate" he means himself; not that he despaired of his everlasting salvation; he was far from despair; he was a strong believer, and determined that, though he was slain, he would trust in the L-rd. He was well assured he should be justified, both here and hereafter; and full well knew that his Redeemer lived, and that though he died, he should rise again and be happy in the vision of G-d for ever: but he despaired of a restoration to outward happiness, which Eliphaz had suggested, should he behave well.
Which are as wind - Which pass away and are forgotten. But as for the words of Job, they treated them "as wind"; as idle, vain, and empty, and useless and fruitless as the wind. The Hebrew for "as wind," as "sentiments"; making formal "sentiments" antithetical to mere "speeches," and supplying, not the word "reprove," but "would you regard," from the first clause.]
[Forcible - The words of truth have a marvellous power. A well-constructed argument, that has truth for its basis, is irresistible. That is according to right reason; such as may be called strong reasons, or bony arguments, as in Isaiah 41:21 there are strength and weight in such words, reasoning’s, and arguments. They bring evidence and conviction with them, and are very powerful to persuade the mind to an assent unto them, and have great influence to engage to a profession or practice of what they are used. Such are more especially the words of G-d, the Scriptures of truth, the doctrines of the Gospel; these are right words, Proverbs 8:6, 8, and 9. They are not contrary to right reason, although above it; and are agreeably to sanctified reason, and received by it. They are according to the perfections of G-d, even His righteousness and holiness, and according to the Law of
G-d, and in no wise revolting to it, which is the rule of righteousness. Such as he believed his own were, and in which there were nothing hard and harsh, sharp and severe, or which might give just offence. Such as his cursing the day in which he was born, or charging his friends with treachery and deceit but rather he tacitly reflects upon the words and arguments of his friends. Intimating, that though there is force and strength in right words, theirs were neither right nor forcible, but partial and unjust, and weak and impotent; which had no strength of reasoning in them, nor carried any conviction with them,
But what doth your arguing reprove? But there is no truth in your assertions or weight in your arguments. Their arguments they had used with him had no strength in them; they were of no avail; they did not reprove or convince of any evil he had been guilty of or any mistake he had made; they were weak, impertinent, and useless, and fell with no weight upon him, nor wrought any conviction in him.
The reproofs which proceed from you"; the emphasis is on you; you may find fault, who are not in my situation.]
[26] Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
[Words - Do you think it is sufficient to quarrel with some of my words, without giving allowance for human infirmity, or extreme misery.
Do ye imagine to reprove word - Or with words; with bare words, without any force of reasoning and argument in them? Put a parcel of words together without any sense or meaning, or however without any logic in them, and think to run me down with them? Or is your scheme and device only, and which you pursue, to catch at and lay hold on some words of mine uttered in my distress, and make me an offender for a word, or for a few words, supposing they have been rashly and passionately spoken? Have ye no facts to charge me with, before or since these calamities befell me? Is the charge of hypocrisy and want of the fear of G-d to be supported by producing some hasty expressions, without pointing at one single action in my life and conversation?
Is it some expressions which in my hurry, and under the pressure of unprecedented affliction, I have uttered, that ye catch at? You can find no flaw in my conduct; would ye make me an offender for a Word? Why endeavor to take such advantage of a man who complains in the bitterness of his heart, through despair of life and happiness?
The speeches of one - that is, do ye imagine to reprove them or, are; your thoughts wholly and solely intent on them? Are these only the strong reasons you have to produce to fix the sin of hypocrisy upon me?
His condition was forlorn and miserable, and there was no hope with him of being better; his children were dead, his substance in the hands of robbers, his health so extremely bad that he had no expectation of a recovery to his former state. Therefore it was very unkind and ungenerous to lay hold upon and aggravate the speeches of such a one, and improve them against him; and especially as they were only "for refreshment", as some choose to render the words, (32:20). The sense of the whole is, that they imagined that their words were right and fit to reprove with, and that there were force and strength in them, and had a tendency to work conviction and bring to confession.
Desperate - Of a poor miserable, hopeless and helpless man. For by him that is "desperate" he means himself; not that he despaired of his everlasting salvation; he was far from despair; he was a strong believer, and determined that, though he was slain, he would trust in the L-rd. He was well assured he should be justified, both here and hereafter; and full well knew that his Redeemer lived, and that though he died, he should rise again and be happy in the vision of G-d for ever: but he despaired of a restoration to outward happiness, which Eliphaz had suggested, should he behave well.
Which are as wind - Which pass away and are forgotten. But as for the words of Job, they treated them "as wind"; as idle, vain, and empty, and useless and fruitless as the wind. The Hebrew for "as wind," as "sentiments"; making formal "sentiments" antithetical to mere "speeches," and supplying, not the word "reprove," but "would you regard," from the first clause.]
America & Lev. 26
Leviticus 26 Studying with Perry Stone, I took notes.
The attitudes of believers: think only of themselves and they're not worried about choices and how they affect everything and our prophets have lockjaw.
America’s churches have turned into touchy, feely churches not offending anyone nor preaching about the blood of Y’Shua. Trying to make everyone feel good about themselves while they live in sin. Many are preaching just to take up an offering but not preaching G-d’s Word. Why are they not teaching repentance and redemption anymore?
Judgment of G-d is standing to accountable for choices made. G-d sends a crises, a situation of life and death. Examples: 911, gay movement, 1963 allowing an atheist to take prayer and the Bible out of schools, abortion, was there a national call of repentance?
We took on the pattern of the Roman Empire and according to historians most empires last only 200 years and then start declining. Power shifts from east to west every 500 years. Since 1992 the EU has 35 countries and is still growing; the euro is worth more than the American dollar.
The kings of the east are going to be the Asians nations; the anti-christ will form his ten to form the Islamic nations taking away the solvency of the USA.
The Federal Reserve is not own by the federal government, it is a central bank that loans the money as needed. They sold the USA out to men that are global bankers, oil sheiks, men from China that we borrowed from. We give them an IOU in the form of government bond; Japan and China own most of the IOU’s. If they demanded it now we would have an instant overnight caliphs of America. Global bankers loan money to anyone to make money both ways. Wars can be created to bring the economy out! Our money is only paper, it cost 3 cents to make a 100 bill yet the government pays 100 for it. When our money is not worth the paper it is printed on, blame is passed to a scape goat. The stranger among you will rise up and destroy your government!
Our constitution was based on the Torah, Isaiah the prophet, and the four Gospels; they called themselves “Spiritual Fathers”. That means if we are based on the Word we have to live by the Word! We are not only under the Law but also under the blessings of Abraham. Our laws should be based on G-d’s Laws. California passed a law saying ‘you can not home school your children!’ That way they can teach children how to become gay, how to have an abortion and how to have safe sex.
Supreme court is debating weather an American citizen can have fire arms in their house, when the right to bear arms is the right in our documents. Bill of Rights: “When the government ceases to be the government for the people and become a dictatorship, the right of the people is go to take over the government.” Standing up and speaking out saying ‘we are not going to have it!’ Why aren’t Believers standing up?
The Roman Empire fought three different wars; we had two already so the next president will deal with another war, probably with Iran, for they have invented something to put in the water that could kill instantly. Believers need to pray for a person that follows Bible principles to get in office to guide us, for our destiny is at stake. Remember the adversary will try to miss lead you from voting for the right one.
Revival does not come by the president, but by you turning from your wicked ways. All G-d is asking you to do is get on your face and stand up for Him, don’t let your generation be lost. G-d said if you obey Him, you would win and not borrow.
Is America moving towards Lev. 26? Absolutely, you know how to live and walk and refuse to do it, prosperity became your idol, the more you have the more you want.
Lk. 19:41-44; Ecc. 1:9-10; 2 Kgs. 19; Jer. 20:9; 1 Cor. 10:20; Deut. 28; 2 Corn. 14.
Wake up America call sin, SIN!!
The attitudes of believers: think only of themselves and they're not worried about choices and how they affect everything and our prophets have lockjaw.
America’s churches have turned into touchy, feely churches not offending anyone nor preaching about the blood of Y’Shua. Trying to make everyone feel good about themselves while they live in sin. Many are preaching just to take up an offering but not preaching G-d’s Word. Why are they not teaching repentance and redemption anymore?
Judgment of G-d is standing to accountable for choices made. G-d sends a crises, a situation of life and death. Examples: 911, gay movement, 1963 allowing an atheist to take prayer and the Bible out of schools, abortion, was there a national call of repentance?
We took on the pattern of the Roman Empire and according to historians most empires last only 200 years and then start declining. Power shifts from east to west every 500 years. Since 1992 the EU has 35 countries and is still growing; the euro is worth more than the American dollar.
The kings of the east are going to be the Asians nations; the anti-christ will form his ten to form the Islamic nations taking away the solvency of the USA.
The Federal Reserve is not own by the federal government, it is a central bank that loans the money as needed. They sold the USA out to men that are global bankers, oil sheiks, men from China that we borrowed from. We give them an IOU in the form of government bond; Japan and China own most of the IOU’s. If they demanded it now we would have an instant overnight caliphs of America. Global bankers loan money to anyone to make money both ways. Wars can be created to bring the economy out! Our money is only paper, it cost 3 cents to make a 100 bill yet the government pays 100 for it. When our money is not worth the paper it is printed on, blame is passed to a scape goat. The stranger among you will rise up and destroy your government!
Our constitution was based on the Torah, Isaiah the prophet, and the four Gospels; they called themselves “Spiritual Fathers”. That means if we are based on the Word we have to live by the Word! We are not only under the Law but also under the blessings of Abraham. Our laws should be based on G-d’s Laws. California passed a law saying ‘you can not home school your children!’ That way they can teach children how to become gay, how to have an abortion and how to have safe sex.
Supreme court is debating weather an American citizen can have fire arms in their house, when the right to bear arms is the right in our documents. Bill of Rights: “When the government ceases to be the government for the people and become a dictatorship, the right of the people is go to take over the government.” Standing up and speaking out saying ‘we are not going to have it!’ Why aren’t Believers standing up?
The Roman Empire fought three different wars; we had two already so the next president will deal with another war, probably with Iran, for they have invented something to put in the water that could kill instantly. Believers need to pray for a person that follows Bible principles to get in office to guide us, for our destiny is at stake. Remember the adversary will try to miss lead you from voting for the right one.
Revival does not come by the president, but by you turning from your wicked ways. All G-d is asking you to do is get on your face and stand up for Him, don’t let your generation be lost. G-d said if you obey Him, you would win and not borrow.
Is America moving towards Lev. 26? Absolutely, you know how to live and walk and refuse to do it, prosperity became your idol, the more you have the more you want.
Lk. 19:41-44; Ecc. 1:9-10; 2 Kgs. 19; Jer. 20:9; 1 Cor. 10:20; Deut. 28; 2 Corn. 14.
Wake up America call sin, SIN!!
Messiah in Scripture
Messiah in every book of the Bible
In Genesis: He is the ‘Seed of the woman.’
In Exodus: He is the ‘Passover Lamb.’
In Leviticus: He is our ‘High Priest.’
In Numbers: He is the ‘Pillar of cloud by day and the Pillar of fire by night.’
In Deuteronomy: He is the ‘Prophet like unto Moses.’
In Joshua: He is the ‘Captain of our salvation.’
In Ruth: He is our ‘Kinsman Redeemer.’
In 1&2 Samuel: He is our ‘Trusted Prophet.’
In Kings & Chronicles: He is our ‘Reigning King.’
In Ezra: He is our ‘Faithful Scribe.’
In Nehemiah: He is the ‘Rebuilder of the broken walls’ of our shattered lives.
In Esther: He is our ‘Mordecai.’
In Job: He is our ‘Ever-living Redeemer.’
In Psalms: He is the ‘L-rd our Shepherd.’
In Proverbs & Ecclesiastes: He is our ‘Wisdom.’
In Song of Solomon: He is the ‘Lover and Bridegroom.’
In Jeremiah & Lamentations: He is our ‘Weeping Prophet.’
In Ezekiel: He is the wonderful ‘Four-faced Man.’
In Daniel: He is the ‘Fourth Man in the fiery furnace.’
In Hosea: He is the ‘Eternal Husband,’ forever married to the backslider.
In Joel: He is the ‘Baptizer with the Spirit & with fire.’
In Obadiah: He is ‘our Savior.’
In Jonah: He is the great ‘Foreign Missionary.’
In Nahum: He is the ‘Messenger of beautiful feet.’
In Habakkuk: He is the ‘Evangelist,’ pleading for a revival.
In Zephaniah: He is the ‘L-rd Might to save.’
In Haggai: He is the ‘Restorer of lost heritage.’
In Zechariah: He is the ‘Fountain open in the house of David for sin and uncleanness.’
In Malachi: He is the ‘Sun of Righteousness,’ rising with healing in His wings.
In Matthew: He is the ‘Messiah.’
In Mark: He is the ‘Wonder-worker.’
In Luke: He is the ‘Son of Man.’
In John: He is the ‘Son of G-d.’
In Acts: He is the ‘Holy Spirit’ moving and working among mankind.
In Romans: He is the ‘Justifier.’
In 1&2 Corinthians: He is the ‘Sanctifier.’
In Galatians: He is the ‘Redeemer from the works of the Law.’
In Ephesians: He is the “Messiah of unsearchable riches.’
In Colossians: He is the ‘Grace of G-d in truth.’
In Thessalonians: He is our ‘Soon coming King.’
In 1&2 Timothy: He is the ‘Mediator between G-d and mankind.’
In Titus: He is the ‘Faithful Rabi’ bringing sound doctrine.
In Philemon: He is the ‘Friend of the oppressed.’
In Hebrews: He is ‘Blood of the Everlasting Covenant.’
In James: He is the ‘L-rd who raises the sick.’
In 1&2 Peter: He is the ‘Chief Shepherd who soon shall appear.’
In 1, 2&3 John: He is ‘Love.’
In Jude: He is the ‘L-rd coming with ten thousand of His saints.’
In Revelation: He is ‘King of Kings and L-rd of L-rds.’
Blessing:
“That you might walk worthy of the L-rd unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of G-d.”
In Genesis: He is the ‘Seed of the woman.’
In Exodus: He is the ‘Passover Lamb.’
In Leviticus: He is our ‘High Priest.’
In Numbers: He is the ‘Pillar of cloud by day and the Pillar of fire by night.’
In Deuteronomy: He is the ‘Prophet like unto Moses.’
In Joshua: He is the ‘Captain of our salvation.’
In Ruth: He is our ‘Kinsman Redeemer.’
In 1&2 Samuel: He is our ‘Trusted Prophet.’
In Kings & Chronicles: He is our ‘Reigning King.’
In Ezra: He is our ‘Faithful Scribe.’
In Nehemiah: He is the ‘Rebuilder of the broken walls’ of our shattered lives.
In Esther: He is our ‘Mordecai.’
In Job: He is our ‘Ever-living Redeemer.’
In Psalms: He is the ‘L-rd our Shepherd.’
In Proverbs & Ecclesiastes: He is our ‘Wisdom.’
In Song of Solomon: He is the ‘Lover and Bridegroom.’
In Jeremiah & Lamentations: He is our ‘Weeping Prophet.’
In Ezekiel: He is the wonderful ‘Four-faced Man.’
In Daniel: He is the ‘Fourth Man in the fiery furnace.’
In Hosea: He is the ‘Eternal Husband,’ forever married to the backslider.
In Joel: He is the ‘Baptizer with the Spirit & with fire.’
In Obadiah: He is ‘our Savior.’
In Jonah: He is the great ‘Foreign Missionary.’
In Nahum: He is the ‘Messenger of beautiful feet.’
In Habakkuk: He is the ‘Evangelist,’ pleading for a revival.
In Zephaniah: He is the ‘L-rd Might to save.’
In Haggai: He is the ‘Restorer of lost heritage.’
In Zechariah: He is the ‘Fountain open in the house of David for sin and uncleanness.’
In Malachi: He is the ‘Sun of Righteousness,’ rising with healing in His wings.
In Matthew: He is the ‘Messiah.’
In Mark: He is the ‘Wonder-worker.’
In Luke: He is the ‘Son of Man.’
In John: He is the ‘Son of G-d.’
In Acts: He is the ‘Holy Spirit’ moving and working among mankind.
In Romans: He is the ‘Justifier.’
In 1&2 Corinthians: He is the ‘Sanctifier.’
In Galatians: He is the ‘Redeemer from the works of the Law.’
In Ephesians: He is the “Messiah of unsearchable riches.’
In Colossians: He is the ‘Grace of G-d in truth.’
In Thessalonians: He is our ‘Soon coming King.’
In 1&2 Timothy: He is the ‘Mediator between G-d and mankind.’
In Titus: He is the ‘Faithful Rabi’ bringing sound doctrine.
In Philemon: He is the ‘Friend of the oppressed.’
In Hebrews: He is ‘Blood of the Everlasting Covenant.’
In James: He is the ‘L-rd who raises the sick.’
In 1&2 Peter: He is the ‘Chief Shepherd who soon shall appear.’
In 1, 2&3 John: He is ‘Love.’
In Jude: He is the ‘L-rd coming with ten thousand of His saints.’
In Revelation: He is ‘King of Kings and L-rd of L-rds.’
Blessing:
“That you might walk worthy of the L-rd unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of G-d.”
Love of G-d
The love of G-d is greater far than pen or tongue can ever tell.It goes beyond the highest starand reaches toward the lowest hell
O love of G-d how rich and pureit shall for evermore endure.
Could we with ink the ocean filland were the skies of parchment made and every stalk on earth a quill,and every man a scribe by trade, to write the love of G-d abovewould drain the ocean dry, nor could the scroll contain the wholetho' stretched from sky to sky.
Ancient Jewish poem
Painting by Dan Gerhartz
Majestic and Stately
Prov. 30:25-28 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Ants are called a people, because they associate together in great numbers; though small in bulk and weak as to power and strength. Yet their prepare their meat in the summer; build granaries with great art and wisdom, carry in grains of corn with great labor and industry, in the summer season, when only to be got, and lay them up against winter, which is a proof of their wisdom. The ant has not only sense, but mind, reason, and memory, the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. It is a pattern of industry and diligence both as to temporal and spiritual things, Ecc. 9:10; Matt. 6:19, 20.
Locusts are small creatures also, yet very devouring ones; and consume the fruits of the earth, wherever they come and light; Ex. 10:13-15. They are very numerous, and move in large bodies, and yet with great regularity and order; which shows the wisdom there is in them by natural instinct, though they have no king to command, guide, and direct them. In this the mystical locusts differ from them, who have a king, whose name is Abaddon, (Rev. 9:11); yet they go forth all of them by bands.
They get together in one place; they associate and join themselves in bands, and keep together, though they have no ruler over them. An emblem of unity, concord, and harmony, let the form of government be what it will, as the best security to a people. These creatures, when they move from place to place, they move in a body, everyone in his proper place, all in rank and file; and though they have no general to marshal them, yet are in, and march in as good order as the most regular army does. Indeed they are G-d's army, as they are called, (Joel 2:25); and it is He that gives them their wisdom, instructions, directions, and commission.
Spiders on the thread she spins, or on the flies and bees she catches in her web. This is a small creature, yet very wise; what a curious thread does she spin! What a fine web does she weave! With what exactness and proportion is it framed! As if she understood the rules of mathematics and architecture; and though her webs are oftentimes destroyed, yet such is her constancy and assiduity, and her unwearied application to business, that, as fast as they are destroyed, she attempts to restore them. This creature is an emblem of diligence in things temporal and spiritual; which those that use in the former sense shall stand before kings, and not before mean men; and in the latter sense shall have the presence of the King of kings, and dwell in his palace here and hereafter. Also of worldly minded men, who labor to be rich; spend their time, and take a great deal of pains for mere trifles; weave curious webs, and, after all, only catch flies; and those they cannot hold, uncertain riches, which make themselves wings and fly away. Likewise this creature may resemble hypocrites, whose hope and trust are as the spider's web, built upon their own righteousness, spun out of their own hearts; a fine, thin, slender thread, which cannot bear one stroke of the besom of Divine justice. Such as these are in the palaces of Y’Shua the King, are in His churches, hypocrites in Zion; (Job 8:13,14) .
What have we learned from G-d’s creation?
1. The ants, minute animals and very weak, and yet they are very industrious in gathering proper food, and have a strange sagacity to do it in the summer, the proper time. This is so great a piece of wisdom that we may learn of them to be wise for futurity, Prov. 6:6. When the ravening lions lack, and suffer hunger, the laborious ants have plenty, and know no want.
2. The conies, or, as some rather understand it, the Arabian mice, field mice, weak creatures, and very timorous, yet they have so much wisdom as to make their houses in the rocks, where they are well guarded, and their feebleness makes them take shelter in those natural fastnesses and fortifications. Sense of our own indigence and weakness should drive us to Him that is a rock higher than we for shelter and support; there let us make our habitation.
3. The locusts; they are little also, and have no king, as the bees have, but they go forth all of them by bands, like an army in battle-array; and, observing such good order among themselves, it is not any inconvenience to them that they have no king. They are called G-d's great army Joel 2:25; for, when He pleases, He musters, He marshals them, and wages war by them, as He did upon Egypt. They go forth all of them gathered together; sense of weakness should engage us to keep together, that we may strengthen the hands of one another.
4. The spider, an insect, but as great an instance of industry in our houses as the ants are in the field. Spiders are very ingenious in weaving their webs with a fineness and exactness such as no art can pretend to come near. They take hold with their hands, and spin a fine thread out of their own bowels, with a great deal of art; and they are not only in poor men's cottages, but in kings' palaces, notwithstanding all the care that is there taken to destroy them. Providence wonderfully keeps up those kinds of creatures, not only which men provide not for, but also which every man's hand is against and seeks the destruction of. Those that will mind their business, and take hold of it with their hands, shall be in kings' palaces; sooner or later, they will get preferment, and may go on with it, notwithstanding the difficulties and discouragements they meet with. If one well-spun web be swept away, it is but making another.
Conclusion is:
Verse 32: If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
A caution to us to keep our temper at all times and under all provocations, and to take heed of carrying our resentments too far upon any occasion, especially when there is a King in the case, against whom there is no rising up, when it is a ruler, or one much our superior, that is offended; nay, the rule is always the same.
1. We must bridle and suppress our own passion, and take shame to ourselves, whenever we are justly charged with a fault, and not insist upon our own innocence. If we have lifted up ourselves, either in a proud conceit of ourselves or a peevish opposition to those that are over us, if we have transgressed the laws of our place and station, we have therein done foolishly. Those that magnify themselves over others or against others, that are haughty and insolent, do but shame themselves and betray their own weakness. We must humble ourselves for what we have done amiss, and even lie in the dust before G-d, in sorrow for it. We must keep the evil thought we have conceived in our minds from breaking out in any evil speeches. It is bad to think ill, but it is much worse to speak it, for that implies consent to the evil thought and a willingness to infect others with it.
2. We must not irritate the passions of others. Some are so very provoking in their words and conduct that they even force wrath, they make those about them angry whether they will or no, and put those into a passion who are not only not inclined to it, but also resolved against it. Now this forcing of wrath brings forth strife, and where that is there is confusion and every evil work. Let nothing therefore be said or done with violence, but every thing with softness and calmness.
Have we learned from the creatures or have we become foolish and evil?
Ants are called a people, because they associate together in great numbers; though small in bulk and weak as to power and strength. Yet their prepare their meat in the summer; build granaries with great art and wisdom, carry in grains of corn with great labor and industry, in the summer season, when only to be got, and lay them up against winter, which is a proof of their wisdom. The ant has not only sense, but mind, reason, and memory, the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. It is a pattern of industry and diligence both as to temporal and spiritual things, Ecc. 9:10; Matt. 6:19, 20.
Locusts are small creatures also, yet very devouring ones; and consume the fruits of the earth, wherever they come and light; Ex. 10:13-15. They are very numerous, and move in large bodies, and yet with great regularity and order; which shows the wisdom there is in them by natural instinct, though they have no king to command, guide, and direct them. In this the mystical locusts differ from them, who have a king, whose name is Abaddon, (Rev. 9:11); yet they go forth all of them by bands.
They get together in one place; they associate and join themselves in bands, and keep together, though they have no ruler over them. An emblem of unity, concord, and harmony, let the form of government be what it will, as the best security to a people. These creatures, when they move from place to place, they move in a body, everyone in his proper place, all in rank and file; and though they have no general to marshal them, yet are in, and march in as good order as the most regular army does. Indeed they are G-d's army, as they are called, (Joel 2:25); and it is He that gives them their wisdom, instructions, directions, and commission.
Spiders on the thread she spins, or on the flies and bees she catches in her web. This is a small creature, yet very wise; what a curious thread does she spin! What a fine web does she weave! With what exactness and proportion is it framed! As if she understood the rules of mathematics and architecture; and though her webs are oftentimes destroyed, yet such is her constancy and assiduity, and her unwearied application to business, that, as fast as they are destroyed, she attempts to restore them. This creature is an emblem of diligence in things temporal and spiritual; which those that use in the former sense shall stand before kings, and not before mean men; and in the latter sense shall have the presence of the King of kings, and dwell in his palace here and hereafter. Also of worldly minded men, who labor to be rich; spend their time, and take a great deal of pains for mere trifles; weave curious webs, and, after all, only catch flies; and those they cannot hold, uncertain riches, which make themselves wings and fly away. Likewise this creature may resemble hypocrites, whose hope and trust are as the spider's web, built upon their own righteousness, spun out of their own hearts; a fine, thin, slender thread, which cannot bear one stroke of the besom of Divine justice. Such as these are in the palaces of Y’Shua the King, are in His churches, hypocrites in Zion; (Job 8:13,14) .
What have we learned from G-d’s creation?
1. The ants, minute animals and very weak, and yet they are very industrious in gathering proper food, and have a strange sagacity to do it in the summer, the proper time. This is so great a piece of wisdom that we may learn of them to be wise for futurity, Prov. 6:6. When the ravening lions lack, and suffer hunger, the laborious ants have plenty, and know no want.
2. The conies, or, as some rather understand it, the Arabian mice, field mice, weak creatures, and very timorous, yet they have so much wisdom as to make their houses in the rocks, where they are well guarded, and their feebleness makes them take shelter in those natural fastnesses and fortifications. Sense of our own indigence and weakness should drive us to Him that is a rock higher than we for shelter and support; there let us make our habitation.
3. The locusts; they are little also, and have no king, as the bees have, but they go forth all of them by bands, like an army in battle-array; and, observing such good order among themselves, it is not any inconvenience to them that they have no king. They are called G-d's great army Joel 2:25; for, when He pleases, He musters, He marshals them, and wages war by them, as He did upon Egypt. They go forth all of them gathered together; sense of weakness should engage us to keep together, that we may strengthen the hands of one another.
4. The spider, an insect, but as great an instance of industry in our houses as the ants are in the field. Spiders are very ingenious in weaving their webs with a fineness and exactness such as no art can pretend to come near. They take hold with their hands, and spin a fine thread out of their own bowels, with a great deal of art; and they are not only in poor men's cottages, but in kings' palaces, notwithstanding all the care that is there taken to destroy them. Providence wonderfully keeps up those kinds of creatures, not only which men provide not for, but also which every man's hand is against and seeks the destruction of. Those that will mind their business, and take hold of it with their hands, shall be in kings' palaces; sooner or later, they will get preferment, and may go on with it, notwithstanding the difficulties and discouragements they meet with. If one well-spun web be swept away, it is but making another.
Conclusion is:
Verse 32: If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
A caution to us to keep our temper at all times and under all provocations, and to take heed of carrying our resentments too far upon any occasion, especially when there is a King in the case, against whom there is no rising up, when it is a ruler, or one much our superior, that is offended; nay, the rule is always the same.
1. We must bridle and suppress our own passion, and take shame to ourselves, whenever we are justly charged with a fault, and not insist upon our own innocence. If we have lifted up ourselves, either in a proud conceit of ourselves or a peevish opposition to those that are over us, if we have transgressed the laws of our place and station, we have therein done foolishly. Those that magnify themselves over others or against others, that are haughty and insolent, do but shame themselves and betray their own weakness. We must humble ourselves for what we have done amiss, and even lie in the dust before G-d, in sorrow for it. We must keep the evil thought we have conceived in our minds from breaking out in any evil speeches. It is bad to think ill, but it is much worse to speak it, for that implies consent to the evil thought and a willingness to infect others with it.
2. We must not irritate the passions of others. Some are so very provoking in their words and conduct that they even force wrath, they make those about them angry whether they will or no, and put those into a passion who are not only not inclined to it, but also resolved against it. Now this forcing of wrath brings forth strife, and where that is there is confusion and every evil work. Let nothing therefore be said or done with violence, but every thing with softness and calmness.
Have we learned from the creatures or have we become foolish and evil?
Weary Blues
These weary blues I have gotten from waiting--. L-rd I have been waiting for so long! Forgive me, L-rd, if you fine me crying, for restitution has come and gone.
What have I to lie at Your feet?
Has all my fruit rotten away?
Hard times keep coming, but with Your help we work through them all.
My mother has gone and left me – leaving hopes and dreams to lay aside.
Now how can there be restitution, to becoming one happy family?
I am sitting here in limbo, like a bird without a song. Time to empty my soul, well these blues hang on. But I know my faith will carry me to the end of life’s journey.
Tears are used for inter healing, as they run slowly down my cheeks, washing the blues away.
Take my hand, Father, for my mother has gone away.
I have been tested and tried – but have I been found true?
You said all things work out for my good, so I am trusting in You.
How do I fit in to Your master plan?
Where do I go from here?
What would You have me to do?
Will I be a pleasure to You?
Father, You are so dear to my heart and once again You are there to carry me through. Notice how these weary blues fade when I am talking to You.
You are my strength and high tower.
You are my all in all.
And I can always rest assured in YOU!
What have I to lie at Your feet?
Has all my fruit rotten away?
Hard times keep coming, but with Your help we work through them all.
My mother has gone and left me – leaving hopes and dreams to lay aside.
Now how can there be restitution, to becoming one happy family?
I am sitting here in limbo, like a bird without a song. Time to empty my soul, well these blues hang on. But I know my faith will carry me to the end of life’s journey.
Tears are used for inter healing, as they run slowly down my cheeks, washing the blues away.
Take my hand, Father, for my mother has gone away.
I have been tested and tried – but have I been found true?
You said all things work out for my good, so I am trusting in You.
How do I fit in to Your master plan?
Where do I go from here?
What would You have me to do?
Will I be a pleasure to You?
Father, You are so dear to my heart and once again You are there to carry me through. Notice how these weary blues fade when I am talking to You.
You are my strength and high tower.
You are my all in all.
And I can always rest assured in YOU!
Catch the Wind
G-d is calling for righteousness, covering our sins under His blood as repent to Him. Time is moving fast forward so set your sails to the wind, and let His Holy Spirit guide you across the rough waters ahead.
“The tide is turning, some have drop their sails, this is no time to stop now for the wind is blowing and a port hole is opening up. Do you want to be left behind? Give your best and leave the rest to Me. Praise Me in ALL things, trust Me no matter how much you hurt.
Your actions will always follow your believe, so think positive and move forward.
Cast your cares as a weight thrown into the sea, for I care about you. All thing are possible , if you only keep your faith and trust in Me.
You have become a generation of pleasure seekers, wanting to be entertained. The word ‘more’ applies, the more you have the more you want. Have you gotten so far from My Word that life has become all about you and what you want?
You have been lead astray, like sheep to the slaughter. Do not sit under false teaching.
Why haven’t you read My book and seek My truths for yourselves?
Your attitude determines your altitude, how high and far do you want to go?
Change your attitude and chooses, then you will not be caught up with the cares of this world but the concerns of My kingdom.
My judgment is coming and it is sooner then you think. Many are not ready for they are not looking for Me.
Tear down your idols!
Stop being a ‘more’ people and become the servant I have called you to be.
A ‘giving’ person, a loving person, helping the widows, orphans and starving of My people. You do more for your own then you do for Mine, if you take care of My children I will take care of yours.
Be one who has developed a personal relationship with Me so that I may not say “I know you not.”
Some people just want to fit into social groups, be accepted, but I have called you to be apart for a season. During this time you are to grow in our relationship, and be built up strong in Me.
So come away My beloved, spend time with Me. I am be to you your everything. Then You will be sent out to serve My people for you then have learn you fit in with Me and that is really were you belong.
People will see Me through you and acceptant will follow, but it will not influence you for you will be grounded in Me.
So catch the wing – time is running short and the porthole is getting smaller and smaller.
Run to Me as I run to you with open arms, My beloved. I wish for no one to be left behind, but it is your choose --- will you choose Me?"
“The tide is turning, some have drop their sails, this is no time to stop now for the wind is blowing and a port hole is opening up. Do you want to be left behind? Give your best and leave the rest to Me. Praise Me in ALL things, trust Me no matter how much you hurt.
Your actions will always follow your believe, so think positive and move forward.
Cast your cares as a weight thrown into the sea, for I care about you. All thing are possible , if you only keep your faith and trust in Me.
You have become a generation of pleasure seekers, wanting to be entertained. The word ‘more’ applies, the more you have the more you want. Have you gotten so far from My Word that life has become all about you and what you want?
You have been lead astray, like sheep to the slaughter. Do not sit under false teaching.
Why haven’t you read My book and seek My truths for yourselves?
Your attitude determines your altitude, how high and far do you want to go?
Change your attitude and chooses, then you will not be caught up with the cares of this world but the concerns of My kingdom.
My judgment is coming and it is sooner then you think. Many are not ready for they are not looking for Me.
Tear down your idols!
Stop being a ‘more’ people and become the servant I have called you to be.
A ‘giving’ person, a loving person, helping the widows, orphans and starving of My people. You do more for your own then you do for Mine, if you take care of My children I will take care of yours.
Be one who has developed a personal relationship with Me so that I may not say “I know you not.”
Some people just want to fit into social groups, be accepted, but I have called you to be apart for a season. During this time you are to grow in our relationship, and be built up strong in Me.
So come away My beloved, spend time with Me. I am be to you your everything. Then You will be sent out to serve My people for you then have learn you fit in with Me and that is really were you belong.
People will see Me through you and acceptant will follow, but it will not influence you for you will be grounded in Me.
So catch the wing – time is running short and the porthole is getting smaller and smaller.
Run to Me as I run to you with open arms, My beloved. I wish for no one to be left behind, but it is your choose --- will you choose Me?"
Did you know:
Eliminate ear mites. All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in your cat's ear. massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing.
Kills fleas instantly... Dawn Dishwashing Liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas.
Rainy day cure for dog odor: Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.
Did you know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately-without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional pain relievers?
Did you know that Colgate Toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?
Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.
Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 tablespoon horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil for instant relief for aching muscles
Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.
Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly-even though the product was never been advertised for this use.
Honey remedy for skin blemishes.. cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus: Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine Mouthwash The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again. (use original Listerine only)
Easy eyeglass protection... to prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear Nail Polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.
Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... if menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.
Smart splinter remover: Just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin The splinter sticks to the dried glue.
Hunt's Tomato Paste boil cure... cover the boil with Hunt's Tomato Paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.
Balm for broken blisters... to disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine, a powerful antiseptic.
Vinegar to heal bruises... soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.
Quaker Oats for fast pain relief.. it's not for breakfast any more! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
Kills fleas instantly... Dawn Dishwashing Liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas.
Rainy day cure for dog odor: Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.
Did you know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately-without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional pain relievers?
Did you know that Colgate Toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?
Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.
Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 tablespoon horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil for instant relief for aching muscles
Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.
Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly-even though the product was never been advertised for this use.
Honey remedy for skin blemishes.. cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus: Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine Mouthwash The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again. (use original Listerine only)
Easy eyeglass protection... to prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear Nail Polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.
Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... if menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.
Smart splinter remover: Just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin The splinter sticks to the dried glue.
Hunt's Tomato Paste boil cure... cover the boil with Hunt's Tomato Paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.
Balm for broken blisters... to disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine, a powerful antiseptic.
Vinegar to heal bruises... soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.
Quaker Oats for fast pain relief.. it's not for breakfast any more! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
Stage 4 Cancer
Researchers at UCLA garnered lots of headlines two years ago because they had done something pretty incredible. (1) What had the UCLA researchers done? They shrank tumors by 80% with the heat from habeneros peppers. If you absolutely can't tolerate peppers, you can substitute freshly grated ginger...grated daily...not from a jar!) Research from the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota just scratch the surface of ginger's power against cancer. Not only does ginger cause cancer cell death, it also makes the cancer cells turn on themselves. Speaking technically, that means the tumors go away.
(2) The common pregnancy tests sold in drug stores will sometimes produce a positive result if the person taking the test has cancer. A call to the makers of one of the products confirmed that this is true: pregnancy screening tests can sometimes pick up the presence of cancer. It is well known among physicians that home pregnancy tests can show a false positive for pregnancy when the person being tested has cancer. The test isn't real accurate if the result is negative because the test kit requires that a high threshold be met before the test will read positive. Pregnant women easily reach the threshold, but a person with cancer doesn't necessarily produce enough of the hormone to register on the test kit. But if the kit does show "positive" in a non-pregnant person, it is highly accurate for uncovering cancer.
(3) If a male, a positive test result would tell you what you needed to know. Pregnancy tests screen for the presence of a hormone called HCGH (human chorionic gonaditrophin hormone.) It's the same hormone that is elevated in cancer patients. The first thing the doctor would have wanted to do would be to cut out a portion of one of the lesions to have it examined by a pathologist and the act of cutting out a portion of a tumor activates more tumors to sprout wings.
(4) The peppers are available at many grocery stores. Garlic is available at every grocery store in the United States, and probably the world over. The point I'm making is that you have access to these ingredients, and you don't need a lab coat or a university degree to buy them.
Here's a real brief recipe list here.
(1) Grate one habeneros pepper each day, putting it on bread (2) Grate two cloves of garlic each day, putting them on bread (3) 1-2 Tablespoons of Emulsified cod liver oil each day.* TwinLabs makes some wonderfully flavored cod liver oil.
Used the cod liver oil if not losing any weight or dealing with fluid retention. If you had either of those conditions, you would have used evening primrose oil instead of the emulsified cod liver oil.
(4)Smother the grated garlic and habeneros peppers with real butter and eat it. No margarines of any type, including Smart Balance, etc. That's it!
The potent active ingredients from the peppers and the garlic disperse quickly. So they must be grated each day, and eaten immediately. You're probably thinking, whoa that's gotta be hot! Yes, it is. And it will make you breathe deeply! That's a good thing, because heavy breathing pumps the lymph system. As you know, cancer cells often gather there.
Put the habeneros and the garlic on one side of the bread and folded it over. Plus, it's handy to have another half slice at the ready to cut the burning sensation in your mouth. So let yourself breathe deeply for a minute or two and then eat the extra half slice of bread. Used Ezekiel spouted bread. You can get it in the freezer section of health food stores and at Publix. Yes, it costs about $5.00. But keep in mind that all the ingredients together won't cost you more than $20. Continued to take the emulsified cod liver oil for about six months. on occasion take another bottle of the cod liver oil. And take fish oil sporadically.
The fatty acids in the cod liver oil (or the evening primrose oil, if that is the oil being used) are able to pass through the blood-brain barrier, for instance. There are volitile oils in the peppers and the garlic, too. They would also be able to pass through the blood-brain barrier.
At this stage what do you have to loss to give it a try?
(2) The common pregnancy tests sold in drug stores will sometimes produce a positive result if the person taking the test has cancer. A call to the makers of one of the products confirmed that this is true: pregnancy screening tests can sometimes pick up the presence of cancer. It is well known among physicians that home pregnancy tests can show a false positive for pregnancy when the person being tested has cancer. The test isn't real accurate if the result is negative because the test kit requires that a high threshold be met before the test will read positive. Pregnant women easily reach the threshold, but a person with cancer doesn't necessarily produce enough of the hormone to register on the test kit. But if the kit does show "positive" in a non-pregnant person, it is highly accurate for uncovering cancer.
(3) If a male, a positive test result would tell you what you needed to know. Pregnancy tests screen for the presence of a hormone called HCGH (human chorionic gonaditrophin hormone.) It's the same hormone that is elevated in cancer patients. The first thing the doctor would have wanted to do would be to cut out a portion of one of the lesions to have it examined by a pathologist and the act of cutting out a portion of a tumor activates more tumors to sprout wings.
(4) The peppers are available at many grocery stores. Garlic is available at every grocery store in the United States, and probably the world over. The point I'm making is that you have access to these ingredients, and you don't need a lab coat or a university degree to buy them.
Here's a real brief recipe list here.
(1) Grate one habeneros pepper each day, putting it on bread (2) Grate two cloves of garlic each day, putting them on bread (3) 1-2 Tablespoons of Emulsified cod liver oil each day.* TwinLabs makes some wonderfully flavored cod liver oil.
Used the cod liver oil if not losing any weight or dealing with fluid retention. If you had either of those conditions, you would have used evening primrose oil instead of the emulsified cod liver oil.
(4)Smother the grated garlic and habeneros peppers with real butter and eat it. No margarines of any type, including Smart Balance, etc. That's it!
The potent active ingredients from the peppers and the garlic disperse quickly. So they must be grated each day, and eaten immediately. You're probably thinking, whoa that's gotta be hot! Yes, it is. And it will make you breathe deeply! That's a good thing, because heavy breathing pumps the lymph system. As you know, cancer cells often gather there.
Put the habeneros and the garlic on one side of the bread and folded it over. Plus, it's handy to have another half slice at the ready to cut the burning sensation in your mouth. So let yourself breathe deeply for a minute or two and then eat the extra half slice of bread. Used Ezekiel spouted bread. You can get it in the freezer section of health food stores and at Publix. Yes, it costs about $5.00. But keep in mind that all the ingredients together won't cost you more than $20. Continued to take the emulsified cod liver oil for about six months. on occasion take another bottle of the cod liver oil. And take fish oil sporadically.
The fatty acids in the cod liver oil (or the evening primrose oil, if that is the oil being used) are able to pass through the blood-brain barrier, for instance. There are volitile oils in the peppers and the garlic, too. They would also be able to pass through the blood-brain barrier.
At this stage what do you have to loss to give it a try?
Warfare Armor
The blessing is that He maketh my way perfect, my feet like hind’s feet and setteth me upon high places. The Warning is to cleanse yourself from any unrighteousness first, and to put on your spiritual armor. Letting the high praises of the Father be in your mouth. Being a solider in the Father’s army is an honor to be able to carry out the assignments of the L-rd against His and your enemies in the spiritual realm and to restore His people back to Him for He is giving you the weapons to fight with. We are able to do this warfare only by the authority of the blood of the Messiah, the blood that covers you as a born again believer into the family of G-d. Not only does His blood cover you, but it flows thru you and out of you. You are to be a torch that is the light from His presence; breathing the air of heaven, not earth and as a torchbearer you must stay close to the Creator. No power on earth can put it out if you walk with the Father in this realm. Its brightness and power depend on the life of the torchbearer, and on how close you stay to the Creator. You will know other torchbearers by the fire that already is in them, follow the smoking footprints. They will never be content with religious practices for they yearn for the Father and the reality of His realm. Their hearts desire is His fellowship and He will be their inheritance! The symbolic significance of the sword represents the Word of the L-rd being applied against the principalities and powers caused in the heavenlies. It is the power of His redemption and the one who carries it must be in unity with His redemptive purposes. The sword emitted light and the light coming from it is many different colors; it cannot be destroyed, but will stand forever for this is the Father’s armory. There is no power on earth that is stronger than His redemption. With this sword those that you bless will be bless and will prosper. When you learn to love the most wretched and most worthless, even those who are in the grips of the deep darkness, then His Word of redemption is truly established in your heart and the power of His redemption will flow through you. Do not become discouraged by how dark it becomes, or how many rise up against you. You cannot lose if you do not retreat. We can free the captives with the truth of G-d’s love, for many have never known true love in their life and if we can love them faithfully they will be free. The sword can break any yoke, and cut through any chain for His light is stronger than any darkness. All people are His sheep even if they don’t know it yet. To fight this fight won’t be by hurting them but helping them. You are also given the cloak of humility that will be your covering and shield. Wear it with honor; feel His arms wrapped around you for you are under the shelter of His wings. When one has a part of a mantle which comes together with one who has another part, their authority will be magnified. The truth is that there is no de-militarized zone in this battle but, if you will realize the authority that you carry in His name, then and only then will you get victory over the battle. You are physically marching out your victory over the enemy. You will strike at the enemy every time you praise, dance and worship the Father. You are marching against principalities and powers and wickedness in the heavenlies. Offensive mode is attacking for you are the head and not the tail. As a Seasoned Warrior you must be ready to defeat them when they fight; destroying them completely for retreat is not an option! It is better to have a few who are in unity than many who are divided, and who do not have a single, focused vision. The Father’s truth is what we must have and love it enough to be willing to die for it! Your victory over this evil horde is to convert its soldiers. Then you must teach them to drink from the fountain of life. You must add to them others and they must go forth to conquer. If you will fight and not give up, you cannot lose. You must do more than just set them free from the bondage they are in. You must train, equip, and release them to go and recover the rivers of life that the enemy has stopped up, and heal the streams of the river that have been polluted, and buried. Do not become discouraged by how dark it becomes, or how many rise up against you. You cannot lose if you do not retreat. You can free the captives with the truth of G-d’s love, for many have never known true love in their life and if you can love them faithfully they will be free. Life which transforms experience into wisdom so when completely surrounded, your faith will give you courage to keep moving even when you are attacked and you can make it through their ranks. Do not falter to insults and ridicule for it will make you turn back for the lack of approval of people. No one can make it through who cares too much about what others think of them. The only ones who can survive and prevail in this battle are those who spend as much time making other leaders as they do leading. Remember it does not matter who is out there, but what matters is Who is in you so go with the strength He has given you instead of trying to find a weakness in the enemy. For you have learned that one can put a thousand to flight, and two can put ten thousand to flight (Deut. 32:30). Now you are going to learn that one can gather a thousand, and two of us together can gather ten thousand! You are also given a flask of oil, this oil of unity is the anointing that will cleanse your mind for where you must walk on the earth there is must dust and dirt, which will be thrown at you every day. You must learn to come to the Father to be cleansed again whenever your mind has been soiled. As often as you do this you will not be able to stand any filth in this world, but will love the purity and clear vision which comes only by this anointing of the Holy Spirit. After donning our spiritual armor the L-rd will go before you and call forth His heavenly host to fight with you as you claim back what the adversary has stolen. You conclude this battle by once again claiming G-d’s absolute victory, His wondrous intervention on behalf of the saints, you ask the L-rd to send His Holy Spirit in to inhabit and take control of that area that you have just proclaimed for Him. With all these weapons you are now dress in full armor to join the L-rd’s army. Use all the weapons wisely and march forward knowing that ‘Greater is He who is in you then he who is in the world! You were born for such a time as this - do not be afraid of what comes on the earth for you are a Seasoned Warrior in with a great commission. Blessed are those who have been chosen for the honor of fighting the L-rd’s great fight.
G-d's Pharmacy
G-d left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body! A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiatinglines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrotsgreatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes. A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and isred. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and areindeed pure heart and blood food. Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grapelooks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are alsoprofound heart and blood vitalizing food. A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, uppercerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys. Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womband cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them). Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility. Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics. Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts. Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.
Laminins
This was sent to me in a email: 'Laminins are a family of proteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue.' You see....laminins are what hold us together....LITERALLY. They are cell adhesion molecules. They are what holds one cell of our bodies to the next cell. Without them, we would literally fall apart. Here is what the structure of laminin looks like...AND THIS IS NOT a 'Christian portrayal' of it....if you look up laminin in any scientific/medical piece of literature. G-d is the coolest!!! The glue that holds us together....ALL of us....is in the shape of the cross. Immediately Colossians 1:15-17 comes to mind. 'He is the image of the invisible G-d, the firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him.
He is before all things, and in Him all things HOLD TOGETHER. ' Colossians 1:15-17 We are held together...one cell to another....by the cross.
Ishtar Gate
The Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner city of Babylon, was built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604- 562 BC). Only the foundations of the gate were found, going down some 45 feet, with molded, unglazed figures. The gateway has been reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, from the glazed bricks found, so its original height is different in size. Reconstructed height is 47 feet. It was one of the eight gates of the inner city of Babylon. It was built in about 575 BC, the eighth fortified gate in the city. It is one of the most impressive monuments rediscovered in the ancient Near East. The Ishtar gate was decorated with glazed brick relief’s, in tiers, of dragons and young bulls. The gate itself was a double one, and on its south side was a vast antechamber. Through the gatehouse ran a stone-and brick-paved avenue, the so-called Processional Way, which has been traced over a length of more than half a mile. King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon dedicated the great Ishtar Gate to the goddess Ishtar. It was the main entrance into Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar II performed elaborate building projects in Babylon around 604-562 BC. His goal was to beautify his capital. He restored the temple of Marduk, the chief idol, and also built himself a magnificent palace with the famous Hanging Gardens, which was reported by the Greek historian Herodotus to have been one of the wonders of the world. The Bible records that it was Nebuchadnezzar who destroyed Jerusalem, brought the kingdom of Judah to an end, and carried off the Jews into exile. The Ishtar Gate was the starting point for processions. The Babylonians would assemble in front of it and march through the triumphal arch and proceed along the Sacred Way to the 7-story Ziggurat, which was crowned near the temple of Marduk. The gateway was completely covered with beautifully colored glazed bricks. Its relief’s of dragons and bulls symbolized the idols Marduk and Adad. Enameled tiles of glorious blue surrounded the brightly colored yellow and brown beasts. In front of the gateway outside the city was a road with walls decorated with relief’s of lions and glazed yellow tiles. The Ishtar gate was reconstructed in Berlin out of material excavated by Robert Koldeway. The Dedicatory Inscription on the Ishtar Gate reads: Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, the faithful prince appointed by the will of Marduk, the highest of princely princes, beloved of Nabu, of prudent counsel, who has learned to embrace wisdom, who fathomed their divine being and reveres their majesty, the untiring governor, who always takes to heart the care of the cult of Esagila and Ezida and is constantly concerned with the well-being of Babylon and Borsippa, the wise, the humble, the caretaker of Esagila and Ezida, the firstborn son of Nabopolassar, the King of Babylon. Both gate entrances of Imgur-Ellil and Nemetti-Ellil following the filling of the street from Babylon had become increasingly lower. Therefore, I pulled down these gates and laid their foundations at the water table with asphalt and bricks and had them made of bricks with blue stone on which wonderful bulls and dragons were depicted. I covered their roofs by laying majestic cedars length-wise over them. I hung doors of cedar adorned with bronze at all the gate openings. I placed wild bulls and ferocious dragons in the gateways and thus adorned them with luxurious splendor so that people might gaze on them in wonder I let the temple of Esiskursiskur (the highest festival house of Markduk, the L-rd of the idols a place of joy and celebration for the major and minor gods) be built firm like a mountain in the precinct of Babylon of asphalt and fired bricks.
Tower of Babel
Babel means ‘gate of go’ and each layer had gates to the idols of their god. Balelled means ‘confusion.’ G-d balelled the people, but the tower’s name was Babel. Seven layers to their idols, each layer a different color; and the top layer was a chapel. 1. Was black and called Saturn. Saturn is the most beautiful planet through a telescope and it is the 6th planet from the earth, number 6 is the number of man. A combination of 6’s represents satan. On this layer they worship chiefly the idol called Rephan which the Hebrews called a abomination. They were to carry small images on their journeys and into war with the idol. 2. Was orange and called Jupiter represented the light of the sky, worshiping Zeus that was represented as a thunder bolt. Garlands of flowers were placed on the horns of animals used for sacrifices. Jupiter’s father was Saturn, which he overthrow and his sons were Pluto and Neptune. His family was known as Olympics, he was handsome, bearded man that was accompanied by an eagle. In Acts 14:12-13 they thought Barabbas was Jupiter coming to pay them a visit, because he was a large, aged, bearded man. 3. Was red and called Mars which was represented by war. 4. Was golden and called the Sun this is where Marduk was worshiped who was a form of the sun-god who carried people to heaven. The main festival for him was the new year. 5. Was yellow and called Venus which was known as the morning star because they worship the stars and astrology. 6. Was dark blue and called Mercury who was the son of Jupiter and father of pan. He wore a wing cap and winged sandals, known as the swift messenger, carrying a short sword. His interest was the purse, merchandize. They thought Paul was Mercury because he was a small, young man with eloquent speech like Mercury. 7. Was silver and called Moon that worship deity was Ishtar who was also known as Astarte to the Greek, Ashtoreth to the Jews, Isis to the Egyptians, Aphrodite to the Grecians, and Venus to the Romans. Ishtar was a goddess of war as well as love, and was connected to both prostitutes and mothers. She was represented as a bearded bi-sexual deity, and at other times a nude female. Her worshippers called her ‘the virgin,’ and ‘virgin mother,’ not because she was pure, but simply meaning she was free from wedlock. The top layer held the chapel that was for cult prostitution. There was a shrine containing a golden image 40 feet high accompanied by a golden table 40 feet long and 15 feet wide with 2 smaller images at its side. Every woman in the country must take her seat in the shrine once in her life to have sex with a stranger…and only when she has been with him and done her service to the idol is she allowed to go home, if you were ugly you may had to wait your turn 3-4 years. Offerings were divided among the prostitutes and the temple. The earliest Mosaic Laws protected the Israelites against this practice by destroying the high places used for idolatry, and requiring the sacrifices to be made only at he door of the Tabernacle. Babylon exercised greater influence upon religion ideas than Canaan or Egypt. The city of Babylon was laid out in the form of a square occupying both sides of the Euphrates River. It was surrounded by an astonishing brick wall 300 feet high, 85 feet wide, and 40-60 miles long. This wall included 200 square miles of territory and had ran along its outside. The mud from the moat was used to make the many brick used in the building program. This wall was guarded by 250 towers and was broad enough to allow four horse chariots to turn around on top of it. With a fortress this complete it is not hard to understand why the L-rd sent the Medes and Persian under the city through the dried water tunnels to capture the city from within without and outward attack in Dan. 5-6. A wall ran along each side of the Euphrates River with 25 brass gates on each wall totaling 100 in all. Wharfs were built from the gates to the water and ferry boats crossed the river from wharf to wharf. A roofed bridge of masonry crossed the Euphrates and stone piers and joined the center parts of the city. Babylon was defended by a royal palace at each end. The westernmost wall appeared to rise directly out of the Euphrates and provided both a defense against invading armies, and formed a water break to protect the city against floods. Above this western wall soared the Tower of Babel, and below it was one of the world’s oldest masonry bridges some 400 feet long providing access to the river’s opposite bank. The hanging gardens of Babylon were considered one of the ancient wonders of the world. They had trees and flowers planted on terraces, one upon the other some 150 feet high. There was a special device built just for the purpose of watering these elevated gardens. During the time of the excavations, the only structure that was even partially standing was the immense ceremonial gateway which guarded the main entrance to the city of Babylon. This gateway was built so solidly that it even survived the destruction of the city by the Persians in the sixth century. This gate was dedicated to the goddess Ishtar and consisted of two portals, one behind the other, each flanked by massive towers that were built with bricks and cemented with pitch. These bricks were covered with beautiful rock hard outer shell of enameled brick that was embellished with brilliant colored artwork of bulls and dragons. The broadway leading up to the Ishtar Gate was used for processions in the honor of the idol Marduk. This broadway was nearly 80 feet wide and was paved with slabs of limestone and pink marble. It ran between the two wall decorated with the colorful enameled figures of lions. Because the temperatures in Babylon sometimes reach 130 degrees during the hot summer days, Nebuchadnezzar’s throne room was insulated against the heat by an elaborate frontage built 10 feet thick. Its three arched entrances faced the north so the direct sunlight rarely penetrated the white washing interior that was faced with a creamy-white plaster and colorful friezes of enameled brick. The Tower of Babel, which was considered by some to have been the greatest architectural wonder of its day, was a huge many leveled ziggurat with a chapel on top, each store of the tower was slightly smaller than the one below creating a step like appearance. It was thought to have soared at least 300 feet above the countryside and rested on a courtyard a quarter of a mile square that was enclosed by storehouses and apartments for the priest. The original Tower of Babel, mentioned in Genesis, was built hundreds of years before the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, though the centuries it was destroyed and rebuilt several times. Remember this was a curse city that was to be destroyed and never again be rebuilt according to Jer. 50. there is much discussion among different scholars where this last rebuilding has already taken place or is the future. Babylon appears to be a literal city that will not be standing in the millennium (Rev. 14:8, 16:19, 18:1-24). Babylon will deceive all nations at the end of time. It will be destroyed by G-d’s supernatural intervention, including an earthquake with some reference to the method He used at Sodom, and it will be destroyed in one hour. Whenever the final destruction happens, it is to NEVER be inhabited again, not even by the Arabs or the shepherds. Today there is a city called Hillah of well over 300,000 population built just south of the old site of ancient Babylon. The soil in the area is still quite rich and engineers estimate that the Euphrates and Tigris rivers could irrigate more than 7,000,000 acres in the winter and 3,000, 000 in the summer to provide for a commercial city of Babylon again with the whole area rich in oil and other minerals. Alexander the Great, who occupied the area of Babylon in 331 B.E. planned to rebuilt it as a monument to his success, but estimated that the cost would be too great. He calculated it would take 10,000 men 2 months just to clear the debris. In 1987 from September 22 to October 22 Saddam Hussein held a Babylon International Festival featuring the similarities between Saddam Hussein and King Nebuchadnezzar. For this festival Saddam rebuilt the walls of the Procession Street leading to the Ishtar Gate. He also erected a half size reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate, rebuilt the southern palace of King Nebuchadnezzar, had his soldiers march on Procession Street as Nebuchadnezzar’s warriors did in authentic Babylonian costume. Saddam reconstructed the Ninmach Temple, rebuilt the Greek Theater sitting 4,000 people, located his Saddam Hussein Guest House in the center of Babylon, and requested that the rock singer ‘Madonna’ be the Queen of the Festival. In ancient times Nimrod’s wife held the title ‘My Lady’ in Latin, which in Italian is the well known ‘Madonna.’ The music festival in 1987 was also held in accordance with the ancient musicians that prophecy predicts will one day ‘be heard no more in Babylon’ (Rev. 18:22). The streets of Babylon were named after various idols. There was a Marduk Street and a Zababa Street on the left bank of the river. One inscription reads, ‘there were 53 temples to the chief idols, 55 chapels to Marduk, 300 chapels for earthly deities, 600 chapels for heavenly deities, 180 altars for the goddess Ishtar, 180 altars for the idols Negal and Adad and 12 other altars to different idols. The king of Babylon was limited in power by the law and by the priest. The king was really not king until he was invested with the royal authority of the priest or as they put it ‘took the hands of Baal.’ Taxation was in the name of the idols and the money went into the temple treasuries. And official census of the idols of Babylon was taken in the 9th century before the Messiah and the count was 6500.
In His Time
Y’Shua was a Jew, not a Christian (which is Greek for Messianic). He was circumcised at 8 days old, observed Passover, read the Torah in Hebrew, and kept Saturday as the Sabbath Day. In growing up in a religious and cultural world that has been almost wholly lost to the subsequent developments of Christianity, He had a deep commitment to the ancestral faith of His fathers. He saw Himself as doing nothing other than fulfilling the words of Moses and the Prophets, and the messianic hope that guided His life, and led Him to His death, was the central core of His innermost being. Y’Shua grew up poor in a rural Jewish town in Galilee. Archaeology has shown that the houses were modest, made of fieldstones packed with mud and straw. The floors were beaten dirt, windows were few, the roofs were thatched reeds laid over wooden beams and covered with mud to form a flat rooftop area that was utilized year-round for sleeping, eating, and domestic chores. Houses often had underground chambers used for storage. Furniture was sparse and pottery was local and practical, almost wholly undecorated and unadorned. Absent was mosaics, imported ceramics, fine glassware, gold and silver coins, cosmetics, jewelry, and bronze vessels that were common in the urban areas. The larger houses might have a courtyard and several rooms and extended families living together; these houses often expanded into a random network of shared structures. Livestock lived in enclosures attached to the house or in dugout areas and caves, and small gardens were cultivated wherever space allowed. Staples were olives, bread, and lentils. Eggs, milk, cheese, salted fish, meat, fruits and vegetables were welcome additions. Skeletal remains show evidence of dietary deficiencies, and death from disease before age forty was not uncommon. This was the noise, the stench, the crowding, the grime and grit of daily peasant life, the feel of living under military occupation of ever watchful inspectors, agents, and tax collectors. Stone vessels, required for required for purposes of ritual purity, are typically found, as well as plastered pools or mikvahs used for ritual immersion. The bones that turn up are from goats, sheep, chickens, and some cattle, but no pigs. Tombs were outside the living area, expanded from natural caves or cut into the bedrock. The corpse was laid out in a shaft to decompose and after a year the bones were gathered and placed in an separate niche. The center of civic and religious life in a Jewish village was the Synagogue. Gatherings were held on the Sabbath day when the normal work activities of the whole town came to an abrupt halt from Friday at sunset until dusk on Saturday. Where is it written that it was to be changed to Sunday? Precious handwritten copies of the Torah, or Jewish Law and the scrolls of the Prophets were read aloud and discussed. Aramaic was the spoken language but judging from the Dead Sea Scrolls the sacred scrolls were written in ancient Hebrew. The central activity was the reading and discussion of the Scriptures. How far away from this original plan have we come? Among the Dead Sea Scrolls was a complete copy of the scroll of Isaiah that scholars have dated to 100 B.E. It had been hidden for two thousand years sealed in a clay jar in a cave near the settlement of Qumran. The Isaiah scroll has fifty-four columns of Hebrew text. It is twenty-four feet long and made of seventeen panels of goatskin, ten inches high, sewn together. It was rolled from right to left and one would need to put it on a table or podium in order to hold it steady for unrolling or reading. Jews are the people of the Book and this is what made them different from any other people. Judaism can be summed up under four rubrics: G-d, Torah, Land, and Chosen People. As a Jew, Y’Shua would have affirmed His belief in one Creator G-d Yahweh; the divine revelation of the Torah as a blueprint for social, moral, and religious life. How often do you hear a sermon from the Torah? He affirms the holiness of the Land of Israel as a perpetual birthright to the nations; and that the people of Israel, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, had been chosen by G-d to enlighten all nations. Their historic mission was to draw humanity to the one G-d and His Torah revelation. He avoided the eating certain forbidden animals or consuming blood, He celebrated the required pilgrim festivals, and He practiced ritual purity as commanded it the Torah. As a Jewish male Y’Shua wore the fringed tassels (tzitzit) on His outer garment, which indicates His strict observance of the mitzvoth or commandments of the Torah. In that sense He was not liberal with regard to Jewish observances in any modern sense of the term. We are commanded to do as He does --- are we, or have we considered all that just for the Jewish people? Gentiles who turned from idols to the true and living G-d and observed the prohibitions against stealing, murder, and sexual immorality were considered righteous Gentiles or G-d fearers. Josephus, our contemporary 1st century Jewish witness, tells us that there were three main sects or philosophies of Judaism: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes. The Essenes who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls expected the end of the world and were awaiting the coming of Two Messiahs – a priestly figure and a Davidic King. They called themselves the people of the New Covenant, believing they were representatives of a newly purified Israel at the end of the age. The practiced communal living, initiation rites involving immersion or baptism, and sacred meals, curiously, the Essenes are never mentioned in the New Testament, whereas the Pharisees and Sadducees regularly appear in opposition to Y’Shua. Y’Shua shared some important beliefs and practices with the Essenes but judging from the Dead Sea Scrolls His open attitude towards Gentiles and women were different. Josephus tells that there were only 6,000 Pharisees and 3,000 Essenes. Philo, another 1st century Jewish writer, puts the Essenes at 4,000. Y’Shua would have grown up familiar with each of these schools. In broad terms, Y’Shua is best identified with what might be described as the Messianic Movement of the 1st century Palestine. It had a much broader appeal to rank-and-file Jews of all persuasions, united in their hope for G-d’s deliverance. What matters are not so much the labels but a certain vision of reality – a faith that G-d would intervene to fulfill those messianic predictions. Scientist & Archaeology have given us a glimpse into the times of past. Whom do you want to copy, today’s idea of religion or Y’Shua’s example?
Great Mystery
Great Mystery Theory of fallen angels, giants and evil spirits, notes taken when studying under Perry Stone. Angles are spirits and they are invisible (Ps. 104:4, Heb. 1:14) but they can take on living forms and can perform as the form does for they are now in flesh. Angles can look like women for in Zech. 5:9 “…2 women with wings and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.” They can even take on or enter in, animal form, remember the pigs. Fallen angels: Satan was the anointed cherub that was perfect in his ways, till iniquity was found in him and he was cast down taking 1/3 of the angels with him. Ezek. 28:14-17; Luke 10:18; Rev. 12:1-4. Angles sometimes known as stars, son of G-d, and fallen angels to become the powers and principalities of the air, setting up satan’s kingdom and trying to prevent the coming of the Messiah. Gen. 3:15 speaking to the serpent: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed...” Giants: A second group of angles, 200 of them, came down on Mt. Hermon. They did not come down in a fallen state, but came down to earth in the form of flesh to teach righteousness. Being attracted to women, now that they were in the flesh and could function as any one in flesh form, had intercourse with the women and the offspring became a race of giants called Nephilion, ½ human and ½ spirit. Gen. 6:1-4 “sons of G-d saw the daughters of men and took them wives of all which they chose.” Their offspring became giants, which were the seeds of the serpent. They ruled and taught wickedness to mankind. This is why G-d caused the flood. Jude 6-7: “The angels did not keep their first estate, but left their own habitation…and will be cast into chains until time of judgment.” 2 Pet. 2:4 “G-d did not spare angels when they sinned but put them in gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment.” Groups of giants: Gen. 3:11 Rephaims (means dead), Zuzims, Emims; Num. 14:43 Amalekites; Deut. 2:10-11 Emims; Deut. 2:20-21 Zamzummims & Anakims; Deut. 3:11 Og king of Bashan, Rabbath; Bashan is the Golden Heights today were they found 25 cities of giants, foot-prints 3 feet long and 4 “ wide and skeletons 11 feet long. Avims The giants got around fast because the earth was not divided until Gen. 10: 5-11. Their cities possess all gate ways to Israel, Josh. 12:4-5, and 15:8. Names of some fallen angels mentioned in the Talmud: Shemhazai and Asael, notice the scapegoat was name Azazel). The Apocrypha book of Enoch 6:10, 15-16, and Jubilees 5: 1-6, 7:21 talks much about these giants. Jude 14-15 quotes from Enoch. Angels took human form: Heb. 13:2 “Angles can and do take upon themselves the forms of humans.” “Entertain angles unawares” Matt. 4:16; Gen. 18:2, 19:1; 32:24-50. Y’Shua, Himself took on human form, and in human form they can perform in all ways as humans. G-d stop the angels from taking on flesh after the offspring of giants. Now in Matt. 22:30 it says: “In the resurrection angels neither marry, nor given in marriage.” In heaven they are in spirit form, Ps. 104:4, “as servants a flaming fire.” This was taught up to the 3rd century. It changed in the 4th century because of angel worship and the pope preaching not being allowed to marry. Then the theory came out that the sons of G-d were from the sons of Seth, who served G-d, and the daughters of man were from Cain, who went away from G-d. There were giants before the flood and after the flood; giants were destroyed in the flood and after the flood they were destroyed by David. Notice David pick up five stones. 1 Sam. 17:4, 37-51 Goliath was 13 feet 4” tall and his armor weighed 149 lbs. Lami in 1 Chron. 20:5 Ishbibanob in 2 Sam. 21:16 Saph in 2 Sam. 21:18 Gath in 1 Chron. 20:6 Evil spirits: We are given power over the entire enemy in Luke 10:19. The theory was when the giants died their spirits came out of their bodies and became the evil spirits (demons). Their bodies will NOT be resurrected for spirits that were born and had their dwelling upon the earth remain upon the earth. They will to devour, oppress, destroy attack and do battle and cause destruction and work affliction. They will be invisible now and because they came from mankind they will turn on mankind to destroy. Scripture mentions evil spirits 10 times Foul spirit 2 times Unclean spirit 21 times Familiar spirits 16 times (Lev. 19:31) There were three groups of angles: Angles that are still with G-d (2/3). Angles that are bound under the earth (2 Pet. 2; and Jude). Fallen angels that are working with satan (Rev. 12, and Eph. 6). Remember it is a theory and we will not know who or what is right until we reach the other side. I fought against this version for it is scary thought, but believe it is could be a sound teaching. Interesting yes, with science showing evidence.Equipment of a shepherd
The rod is basically a club about 30 inches in length, usually with a knob on the larger end formed from the bulb at the root of the little tree from which it is made. This knob might be studded with heavy-headed iron nails or even with flint, thus making it a formidable weapon. A hole is made in the smaller handle end, through which a cord is drawn so the rod can be hung from the shepherd’s wrist or fastened to his belt. Shepherds carry these rods for the express purpose of protecting their sheep (and themselves) from marauding animals or assaulting humans - thieves and robbers (Jn. 10:8.) The staff is a kind of walking stick, about 6 feet in length, usually plain and straight but sometimes with a fork or crook at one end. It is used to aid the shepherd in walking over the rough terrain, climbing hills or clambering over rocks. The word itself signifies a stay or support. It is also used to guide the sheep or even to punish them. Shepherd to lift a sheep or lamb from a crevice between the dangerous rocks uses a staff with a crook on the end. It is also used to count the sheep as they pass under it while entering the fold at the close of the day. Yeshua, in keeping with this, assures us that He knows His own sheep by name. The sling was a common part of the shepherd’s equipment. Of the men of Benjamin showing their skill and dexterity in the use of the sling. The sling is a very simple device, but it is an extremely accurate and dangerous weapon. It consists of 2 woven strings about 15 or 16 inches in length, fastened to a small, diamond-shaped, leather pad or pouch. This pouch has a small slit in the middle so that when a stone is pressed into it, it closes around it like a bag. The strings are correctly fastened around the fingers and the sling is twirled around and round with great speed until, at a precise time, one of the strings is released and the stone is hurled through the air at great speed and with deadly power. The Great Shepherd, who will not flee when the wolves come to attack His sheep but will protect them night and day, guarantees the security of the believer. The shepherd’s scrip is a bag made of skin, carried over the shepherd’s shoulder by means of a heavy cord, in which he carries his supply of bread, olives, cheese, dried figs and parched grain. Sometimes these bags are crudely made of raw skins, but quite often they are made of well-tanned and attractively dyed leather with exquisitely embroidered designs. Merchants carry their money and other valuables in scrip’s. Shepherds use it not only to carry supplies for their own needs but also emergency items for the care of injured or sick sheep, since they must be both physician and surgeon to their flocks. Our Shepherd, Yeshua, has His scrip full of emergency supplies for all His lambs and sheep so that we need not worry, fear or panic, regardless of what may threaten to befall us. Shepherds frequently carry a reed pipe, or flute, on which they may play either weird or very beautiful music - and they do both. He plays for his own amusement and for the soothing effect it has on his sheep. Has our Savior sung to you to sooth your fears away and do you sing to Him for His enjoyment of your praises? The shepherd’s outer cloak was a large, flowing, robe-like garment made of heavy, hand-woven wool, either dyed or natural. In North Africa it includes a hood like that of a cape, which is pulled up over the head in wet or cold weather but is permitted to hand down the wearer’s back at other times. Often the hood is used as a sort of knapsack in that position. The clock has short, wide sleeves and, because of its loose fitting nature, the hands can be withdrawn to the inside for warmth when desired. When night comes, the shepherd pulls the hood over his head, draws in his arms and hands, and curls up his feet inside the warm robe, the garment thus becoming his blanket and bed. They sleep in the clothes that they wear during the day. The bed of the poor is usually a mat, and in winter they cover themselves with a cloak- a practice that forms the ground or reason of the humane and merciful law respecting the pawned coat. There is ample space in the bosom area to carry or to hold a newborn lamb, and often a sick or injured one is carried here while the shepherd is nursing it back to health. The warmth of the shepherd’s own body helps to promote healing and health. We are all to be Shepherds caring for the ones the L-rd put into our bosom, do we have all our equipment ready to serve? The rods to were off thieves and robbers of our new lambs. The staff to help support our walk with the Great Shepherd. The sling to protect our little lambs from the pit falls of life. The scrip to carry our heavenly valuables and emergency items. Do you sing the Word to sooth your lambs? The prayer shawl to wrap yourself and your loved ones in. Do you go after the lost sheep and restore them to the fold? All things were written for an example to us, even down to the tiniest detail. We must study to show ourselves approved on to the Father, rightly dividing the Word of truth. Searching for the deeper meaning to help us today and the days to come.
Spirit of Leviathan
Strong’s 03867 1) leviathan, sea monster, dragon a) large aquatic animal b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown It appears to be a large fire breathing animal of some sort. Just as the bombardier beetle has an explosion producing mechanism, so the great sea dragon may have an explosive producing mechanism to enable it to be a real fire breathing dragon. The 41st chapter of Job describes Leviathan who is said to have been a crocodile but is identified here as pride and contrasted prophetically between God and man: Job 41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? After the L-rd spoke these things to Job, he repented in dust and ashes. G-d was not telling Job about a sea monster or a whale or crocodile, He was speaking of the sin of pride. Pride is the monster that gets in the way of doing G-d's will, now as much as it was then. David also writes of Leviathan in the way that brings it more up to end-time prophetic events concerning the judgment to come. Ps. 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Ps. 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. The prophet Isaiah in writing of the last days, Leviathan symbolizes the triumphant Judgment Day when G-d will punish and triumph over the threatening evil. The vineyard of the L-rd is protected during this time, Israel is mentioned here, not Judah. Isa 27:1 In that day the L-RD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. According to legend, the Leviathan was a fire breathing creature of such immense size that the sea boils when it swims on the surface. It ruthlessly and fearlessly rules over all the creatures of the sea. The Leviathan's skin is like a double coat of mail, with overlapping scales as large as shields on its back, and as sharp and hard as broken pottery on it’s under parts. Swords and harpoons will simply bounce off such protection. It breathes smoke from its nostrils and flames from its mouth which is rimmed with teeth. Its fins radiate a brilliant light and its eyes are like the glimmerings of dawn. There were originally two leviathans created, but when it seemed as if the pair might destroy the earth with their combined strength, G-d killed one of them. The "garments of skin" fashioned by G-d for Adam and Eve, also known as "garments of light", were made from the skin of the slain Leviathan. The Leviathan is one of the three creatures which will be served at the banquet feast at the end of time. Afterwards, its skin is to be stretched as a canopy from the walls of Jerusalem to illuminate the world. Legend has it that in the banquet after Armageddon, the carcass of the leviathan will be served as a meal, along with the behemoth and the ziz. Leviathan may also be interpreted as the sea itself, with its counterparts behemoth being the land and ziz being the air and aerospace. In the Jewish apocalyptic writings it is foretold that Leviathan will break out of captivity at the end of the present era but will suffer a second and final defeat at the hands of G-d (2 Esdras 6:52; 2 Baruch 29:3-8). The apocalyptic version was probably influenced by parallel Iranian beliefs. In the New Testament, the many-headed dragon of Revelation chapter 12 shares a number of characteristics with Leviathan—in particular, it functions as an embodiment of forces hostile to G-d. In later Christian lore, Leviathan came to be identified with the "great fish" in which Jonah spent three days and three nights (Jonah 2:1), and subsequently with hell. In demonology a leviathan is every aquatic demon. They are great liars. Leviathans can also possess persons, being very difficult to exorcise; they try to possess every person, but especially women. According to demonologists, a list of seven demons who had specific control over each of the seven deadly sins, with the powers of inducing men and women to commit these. The Apocryphal Book of Enoch gives the following description of this monster's origins: 'And that day will two monsters be parted, one monster, a female named Leviathan in order to dwell in the abyss of the ocean over the fountains of water; and (the other), a male called Behemoth, which holds his chest in an invisible desert whose name is Dundayin, east of the garden of Eden.'- 1 Enoch 60:7-8 The demons and associated sins were: Lucifer - pride; Mammon - avarice; Asmodeus - lechery; Satan - anger; Beelzebub - gluttony; Leviathan - envy; Belphegr - sloth. The Hebrew word for twisted or coiled was livyathan and may be a concept adapted to Biblical usage from a Canaananite myth. In general, leviathan is a word signifying an animal, writhing or gathering itself into folds. Leviathan is a most cruel enemy and reigns over pride and the prideful. This serpent is what has risen up out of the sea of humanity to take the sons of men under and destroy them. The great serpent satan rose up in pride against the L-rd because he wanted to be boss. As long as there is pride in your life, Messiah is not your master. If Leviathan is your master, you cannot work in the L-rd's anointing. Leviathan is the master of so many that have loved their own selves and exalted themselves in this generation above their brothers that the L-rd will come in all His fury for a righteous judgment. While the church is in the wilderness and sluggish, those in pride have had their way but in the Day of the L-rd they will be brought to the poor state that they always have been but too proud to notice. Spirit of Leviathan than would be: 1. A liar 2. Pride 3. Lover of self 4. exalter of self
Function of a Prophet
In the five-fold ministry mention in Scripture: Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers: Apostles are not spoken of in the Old Covenant and 59 times in the New Covenant. Prophets have a full developed history in the Old Covent, 227 times through out the Scriptures. Evangelist is not spoken of in the Old Covenant but 2 times in the New Covenant. Pastors are mentioned 8 times in Jeremiah for scolding. There are only local pastors, teachers. The church lacks today the function of the Apostles and Prophets. In the O.C. the Prophets were subject only under G-d, they stood alone. In the N.C. they rank higher than the Pastor but are subject under the Pastor. For the Pastor is the only office that is local, he knows and loves his sheep; therefore the Prophet speaks the word to the Pastor and the Pastor decides heed the word or not. Once the word is given the blood responsibility it place on the Pastor and he stands accountable with what he does or does not with it. I personally believe that it was to save the Prophets life, for in the O.C. they were killed most of the time, now it is the Pastor that calls the shot. In the old they stood alone but in the new they are to be incorporated into the body. A wise Pastor would fear the words of a Prophet and take it to prayer. If it is a warning he needs to repent and pray for guidance. Counsel with the Father and ask Him why such a word came, go to his knees and call his deacons and deaconess together and pray for guidance and protection. A Pastor has to live with what the Prophet has spoken to him but he alone is responsible for his sheep.
1. A Prophets function is to call G-d’s people back to the Covenant. Man is not held responsible to sin unless he is witnesses too two times first not to sin because he may not have known it was sin. Once witnesses to two times and still sins it is intentional. Isa. 1: 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth (that is two witnesses).
2. Protection of the flock This is for and from the individuals in that fold. If it is a warning is given to pray and repent, seeking the root of it so that the prophecy does not come to pass. If it is a good thing it may not still happen if people do not agree to it and invite G-d to bring the blessing in.
3. Prepare the people to receive a blessing. When good words are spoken on to one - G-d is giving that person a raise. But beware that with a raise will first be a breaking, humbling, humiliating and crushing of your flesh. Matt. 21:34 that they might receive the fruits of it. And during this time let him glory in the L-rd. 1 Cor. 1:31 Repent and receive laying down your own plans and agendas. Heb. 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as G-d did from his.
4. Teach how to receive words of rebuke and correction.
Prov. 1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21. She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23. Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25. But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26. I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27. When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the L-RD:
30. They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Prov. 15: 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 3. The eyes of the L-RD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
5. A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
10. Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. Prov. 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the L-RD; neither be weary of his correction: Prov. 9: 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10. The fear of the L-RD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Prov. 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
19. A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Quit defending yourself and let G-d justify you in His time. It is pride that gets into the way of receiving a correction - bottom line is shut up and lesson to the word and take it to prayer.
5. Call the body into intercession. As to what the L-rd is tell you that needs to be prayed for. Prayer prevails much!
1. A Prophets function is to call G-d’s people back to the Covenant. Man is not held responsible to sin unless he is witnesses too two times first not to sin because he may not have known it was sin. Once witnesses to two times and still sins it is intentional. Isa. 1: 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth (that is two witnesses).
2. Protection of the flock This is for and from the individuals in that fold. If it is a warning is given to pray and repent, seeking the root of it so that the prophecy does not come to pass. If it is a good thing it may not still happen if people do not agree to it and invite G-d to bring the blessing in.
3. Prepare the people to receive a blessing. When good words are spoken on to one - G-d is giving that person a raise. But beware that with a raise will first be a breaking, humbling, humiliating and crushing of your flesh. Matt. 21:34 that they might receive the fruits of it. And during this time let him glory in the L-rd. 1 Cor. 1:31 Repent and receive laying down your own plans and agendas. Heb. 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as G-d did from his.
4. Teach how to receive words of rebuke and correction.
Prov. 1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21. She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23. Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25. But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26. I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27. When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the L-RD:
30. They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Prov. 15: 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 3. The eyes of the L-RD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
5. A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
10. Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. Prov. 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the L-RD; neither be weary of his correction: Prov. 9: 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10. The fear of the L-RD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Prov. 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
19. A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Quit defending yourself and let G-d justify you in His time. It is pride that gets into the way of receiving a correction - bottom line is shut up and lesson to the word and take it to prayer.
5. Call the body into intercession. As to what the L-rd is tell you that needs to be prayed for. Prayer prevails much!
Messiah's crazy kin
Messiah's crazy kin
“And He was amazed at their lack of faith.” Mark 6:6 It may surprise you to know that Y’Shua’s family was less than perfect. They were. If your family doesn’t appreciate you, take heart; neither did Y’Shua’s. “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his hometown and with his own people and in his own home.” Mark 6:4 One minute He was a hero, the next a heretic. When His neighborhood friends tried to kill Him…His brothers were invisible. They thought their brother was a lunatic. “His family…went to get Him because they thought He was out of His mind.” Mk. 3:21. They weren’t proud – they were embarrassed! How did Y’Shua put up with these guys? When you and your family have two different agendas, what do you do? Y’Shua gives us some answers. It’s worth noting that He didn’t try to control His family’s behavior, nor did He let their behavior control His. He didn’t demand that they agree with Him. He didn’t sulk when they insulted Him. He didn’t make it His mission to try to please them. When Y’Shua’s brothers didn’t share his convictions, He didn’t try to force them. He recognized that His spiritual family could provide what His physical family didn’t. He didn’t let the difficult dynamic of His family overshadow His call from G-d. By Max Lucado
“And He was amazed at their lack of faith.” Mark 6:6 It may surprise you to know that Y’Shua’s family was less than perfect. They were. If your family doesn’t appreciate you, take heart; neither did Y’Shua’s. “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his hometown and with his own people and in his own home.” Mark 6:4 One minute He was a hero, the next a heretic. When His neighborhood friends tried to kill Him…His brothers were invisible. They thought their brother was a lunatic. “His family…went to get Him because they thought He was out of His mind.” Mk. 3:21. They weren’t proud – they were embarrassed! How did Y’Shua put up with these guys? When you and your family have two different agendas, what do you do? Y’Shua gives us some answers. It’s worth noting that He didn’t try to control His family’s behavior, nor did He let their behavior control His. He didn’t demand that they agree with Him. He didn’t sulk when they insulted Him. He didn’t make it His mission to try to please them. When Y’Shua’s brothers didn’t share his convictions, He didn’t try to force them. He recognized that His spiritual family could provide what His physical family didn’t. He didn’t let the difficult dynamic of His family overshadow His call from G-d. By Max Lucado
Who is Y'Shua?
In chemistry, He turned water to wine. In biology, He was born without the normal conception. In physics, He disproved the law of gravity when He ascended into heaven.In economics, He disproved the law of diminishing return by feeding 5000 people with only two fishes and five loaves of bread.
In medicine, He cured the sick and the blind without administering a single dose of drugs. In history, He is the beginning and the end.
In government, He said that He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace. In religion, He said no one comest to the Father except through Him.
So who is He? He is Y’Shua HaMashiach! The Greatest Man in History! The very son of G-d! Y’Shua had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
He had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
I feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us!
Forerunners
If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? (Jeremiah 12:5). In Old Testament times the footmen were selected soldiers who ran ahead of the main army in order to scout out the land and prepare for its arrival. Many of the L-rd's servants, in the wisdom and timing of the L-rd, as forerunners, out of denomination, and have been "running ahead of the army" for some time now, even years. In a spiritual sense, these forerunners have been scouting the newly emerging landscape, adjusting their vision and their footsteps to the unfamiliar terrain and gathering necessary understanding of previously unexplored expressions of "being the church", as opposed to "going to church." For a great many of these forerunners the experience of being part of that "arrowhead" has been a costly one in terms of extreme loneliness, isolation and unjust accusations of rebellion from those they once walked with in the Body. However, the lessons they have learned and the brokenness gained from having endured and overcome in this place will prove to be of immeasurable benefit to the Bride in the days to come. These forerunners are the "nameless, faceless" ones spoken of by several prophetic voices. For the most part they have been hidden and crafted by the L-rd until His perfect timing and they will not look like or sound like the former leadership models the church has come to rely on. Some of these footmen-forerunners have been scouting ahead for a very long time, and their weariness is being compounded by discouragement and frustration as they wait for the movement of the main army. He says "the terrain is now changing. This new terrain is no place for footmen and requires the power of horsemen. How will you transition to the next stage of what I am doing if your strength has already run out? Let each one answer for himself and herself. Let each one seek Me for the answer, for you cannot do such a thing." The only way for the forerunners to keep pace was in the fullness of Y’Shua and the total emptiness of themselves, to "love our lives not unto death." This is not something that we can do by determining to do it. We cannot walk in it until the power of His Life in us has broken the power of "self-consciousness", "self-exaltation" and "self-preservation". The footmen to contend with the challenges of this new terrain and run with the horses and horsemen, and it is in the power of the Spirit and by no other means. "Many of the footmen have run individually, aware only of their own footsteps, their own path, and their own goals. The message is to look up, look around, stop what you are doing long enough to survey the new surroundings. For things are changing and the isolation many have known in this place is going to pass away. The L-rd wants His forerunners to be ready and alert to the new season. There is grace and strength for the discouraged and weary, and dying to the fear of man as never before. Stay close! There is no other Rest but the L-rd. He will enable you!
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