Four Blood Moons by year

A total solar eclipse occurred on November 1, 1948. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide. This article concerns a topic first espoused by a Messianic Hebrew Gentleman by the name of Mark Blitz. He ties the coming tetrad (when four consecutive lunar eclipses are all total eclipses, the group is known as a tetrad,) of lunar eclipses to the soon coming of the Y’Shua HaMashiach at the 2nd Advent. This coming tetrad occurs in the Gregorian calendar years 2014 through 2015. The matching of the Jewish holidays and the patterns to be shown above are so well aligned that it can not be and should not be ignored. The Saros Cycle is an eclipse cycle with a period of about 18 years 11 days 8 hours (approximately 65851/3 days) that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One cycle after and eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative geometry, and a nearly identical eclipse will occur west of the original location. Tishri is the seventh month of the religious year for Israel and the first month of the civil year for Israel. This month holds the feasts of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles (also known as Sukkoth. Rosh Hashanah is a two day feast occurring on Tishri 1 and Tishri 2 of the Hebrew calendar. This is also called the feast of trumpets. Yom Kippur is known as the day of atonement. It is considered to be one of the most important of Jewish Holidays of the year. It is a day set aside to atone for the sins of the past year. It occurs on the 10th day of Tishri. It is found in Leviticus 23:26-32. The feast of Sukkoth begins on Tishri 15, the fifth day of Yom Kippur. It is a joyous feast day while Yom Kippur is one of the most solemn of feast days. Sukkoth is a feast day with a festival atmosphere. It marks a season of rejoicing. Sukkoth means booths and refers to temporary dwelling places the Jews gather into during this holiday. Av is the fifth month of the Hebrew Calendar. It is a time of mourning for the Jews. There are two festivals that are in Av. On the 9th and on the 15th. On the 9th of Av is Tisha B'av which is a sad day when Jews fast. It recalls the two Temples being destroyed and commemorates other tragic events throughout Jewish History. The destruction of the Second Temple is one of the most important events in the history of the Jewish people, and certainly one of the most depressing. It is a sign that G-d has withdrawn from (though certainly not abandoned) the Jews. Although the Jews will survive ― in accordance with the promise that they will be an "eternal nation" ― the special relationship with G-d they enjoyed while the Temple stood is gone. There's no period of time that more closely reflects what is going on today in Israel and among the Jewish people worldwide. We are still living in the consequences of the destruction of the Second Temple, spiritually and physically. And the same problems we had then are the same problems we have now. It's extremely important to study this period of time carefully because there are many valuable lessons that we can learn about the pitfalls that need to be avoided. The other festival which happens in Av is Tu B'av. Aaron died on the first day of Av (in the year 2447). He was 122 years old when he died, being three years older than Moses. The coming blood moons are the only tetrad in the near future that aligns itself with the Jewish holidays. We have had blood-red moons on the first day of Passover and the first day of Sukkot on back-to-back years seven times since 1 A.D. Three of these occurrences were connected to 1492 (the final year of the Spanish Inquisition), 1948 (statehood for Israel and the War of Independence), and 1967 (the Six-Day War). It should be noted here that even though Israel declared themselves a nation in 1948. The first permanent government takes office on Jan 25, 1949. Israel had a transitional government in 1948. In this way the tetrad can tie to the year 1949 for the first elected office of that year and the birth year still is 1948.
April 13, 1949 Passover Total Lunar Eclipse Saros Cycle 121
October 7, 1949 Sukkoth Total Lunar Eclipse Saros Cycle 126
April 2, 1950 Passover Total Lunar Eclipse Saros Cycle 131
September 26, 1950 Sukkoth Total Lunar Eclipse Saros Cycle 136
The Solar Eclipses that match the Religious and Civil new year for Israel in 2015.
March 20, 2015 Nissan 1 Total Solar Eclipse Saros Cycle 120
September 13, 2015 Sukkoth Total Lunar Eclipse Saros Cycle 125
First Day of Passover, April 15, 2014. First Day of Sukkoth, Oct. 8, 2014. First Day of Passover. April 4, 2015 First Day of Sukkoth, Sept. 28, 2015, Rosh Hashanah (The Feast of Trumpets), Sept. 14, Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement), Sept. 23, Sukkoth (The Feast of Tabernacles), Sept. 28. The sabbatical year in the seven-year cycle begins on Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 25, 2014, and ends on Rosh Hashanah on September 13-14, 2015 — the day of a partial solar eclipse. The above does not mean that the second coming of the Y’Shua HaMashiach at Tabernacles has to occur on Tabernacles 2015. One could speculate that the next major thing to take place for Israel is the restart of the daily sacrifices and the rebuilding of the Temple. Could tie to the restart of the building of the Temple and daily sacrifices, Could be tied to the start of the Tribulation. Could be tied to the abomination of Desolation, could be tied to the last half of the tribulation, Know one can say for sure. The problem with putting events together to point to the second advent does not necessarily make it so. One can look at the pattern above and with the use of Scripture to see what is in the near future we know: The world is going through an economic upheaval which will make things ready for the Antichrist. The Jews require a sign. If it does line up with Israel fleeing into the wilderness, Israel will see the eclipses occurring on their feast days to show them that the time for their redemption is near. If we were to take the first Solar eclipse 2014 we get the solar eclipse of Apr 29 2014. It has a saros cycle of 148. If you were to add that to 518 you get 666. That only occurs because of the change in Saros cycle from the previous tetrads. It really does not mean anything literally; but, it is just another one of those coincidences in this Tetrad pattern. Even if we leave the Tetrads alone we know that a generation is at most 70 years. We need to be looking up. I do believe that when you see lightning or hear thunder you know the storm is approaching. The way these feasts and eclipses line up shows us that the time of the end is definitely near. It is time to get off your comfortable chairs and get busy for the L-rd and Savior.

Counterfeit Grace

“Once saved always saved”
Matt. 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Rom. 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom. 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Rev. 2:4 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Rev. 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev. 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Acts 8:19-22 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
1 Jn. 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Jn. 2:1-29 My little children, ---And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
Job 36:11-22 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Mk. 9:43-48 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Gal. 1:6-9 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Rev. 3:14-19 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Moneychangers

Moses received Ten Commandments as Israel prepared to enter the Promise land, four of which dealt with one’s relationship with G-d and six with one’s relationship toward others. David, on the other hand, goes beyond those precepts, giving eleven additional commandments for those of Israel who would prepare to re-enter the Promise Land, all which dealt with one’s relationship with his fellow man. This text is for grooming those who were to abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill, Ps. 15:1.
The first Aliyah was in 1882-1903 possessed tenacity and will power. The Second Aliyah was in 1904-14 consisted of many young Russian revolutionaries who brought their socialist ideas of inhumanly high and many couldn’t stand the strain. They broke under the self-imposed discipline, and a great number, almost 80 percent, left. The Second Aliyah turned out to be a survival of the fittest, not necessarily the fittest in muscle but in a power stronger than any physical strength, that of innocence, those who survived became the core of the state.
[Ps. 16:2] He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
[3] He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
[4] In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
[5] He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
The tenth principle condemns those who would violate the Mosaic covenant against charging interest on loans. The present international banking cartel prospers on a principle of usury. When antichrist makes his bid for world domination, he will control the world’s currencies, requiring his mark for buying and selling. Perhaps Moses and David foresaw that generation which would yield to the control of the moneychangers
[1] Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
[6] The lines or boundaries of the Promise Land are kept by G-d. Even through the Sikes Picot treaty in 1916 tried to undermine Jewish rights to the land, the Chosen People are yet to prevail. Lord Balfour had written the declaration as a reward to Chaim Weizmann for his discover of the raw material for explosives. He found horse chestnuts were a perfect source of making acetone and butyl alcohol for explosives.
G-d was obliged to benefit Israel because of the saints who are buried in the earth. G-d must keep His promise to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David.
The term, thou maintainest my lot has been also translated, You guided my destiny. Through twenty long centuries, the wandering Jew thought he was alone, but G-d was there, behind the scenes guiding the course of events.
[10] For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Even in the midst of the fires of World War 1, the Chosen People were to witness a resurrection of Jewish hopes for their own land. After three thousand years in a political grave, Israel still was preserve from corruption. Messiah’s three days in the grave also may have been prophetic of Israel’s three millennia exile under Babylon, Media/Persia, Greece and Rome.
According to Rashi, this is neither a prayer nor a request. It is a prophetic statement about the future. G-d was unfolding His plan to deliver the Jewish people, return them to their land, and send Messiah to establish His Millennial kingdom. The following year, 1997 was to see a major development toward the fulfillment of that prophecy.
[Ps. 17: 8] Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
In that sacred city, which had been under the Gentile yoke exactly 2,520 years was freed on December 9, 1917, which was the first day of the feast Chanuka, or the 24th day of Chisleu. About 2,000 years before, according to the Jewish calendar, Judas Maccabeus, having taken possession of Jerusalem, re-dedicated the Temple and celebrated this remarkable victory.
It seems that G-d has a flare for fulfilling prophecies on the anniversaries of similar events which occurred in the pages of the O.T.
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the L-rd’s Temple was laid, consider from this day will I bless you says Haggai 2:18-19. The time references of this chapter places it in the generation which will see the shaking of the nations; and I will shake all nations,, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the L-rd of host in Haggai 2:7.
They will conclude with the coming of the desire of all nations to establish the house with glory. Not only did Great Britain take Jerusalem on the 24th day of the ninth month, they entered the war against Germany on August 4, 1914, which, in the Jewish Calendar was on the 9th of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of both Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple!

Winepress to Birthpains

[Ps. 8:3] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
[4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Being the eight psalm, denoting a new beginning, it lens itself to the twentieth century and preparations for rebuilding the Temple – dwelling place for the Ark of the Covenant.
Like a winepress prepared for the judgment of G-d. Perhaps the prophetic winepress was being prepared for the wars of the century. Nations were to thrown into the crucible of
G-d’s judgment. G-d was preparing for the shaking of the nations. World War 1 was the first birth pangs of travail. It may have marked the beginning of winepress judgments.
In 1908, Jews in Slavic lands were enjoying a sort of respite from the brutal pogroms. Psalm 46 reflects upon the end of World War 2 which occurred in 1945. Psalm 68 has a reference to the six-day war in 1967. Psalm 83 names the combatants of the 1982 Operation Peace for Galilee.
Psalm 8 extols the L-rd. His glory is ablaze in the heavens and can be seen in the nighttime sky. G-d is preparing for the birth of a baby called Israel – among the lowly of earth babes and suckling. In 1908, preparations were already underway which would result in the birth of the nation destined to prepare for His descent to the Mount of Olives. At that point in time, He will still the enemy and the avenger once and for all.
Among so vast a universe, what is this new baby called Israel? He was to be born in 1948, a child abused, kicked around by the nations; yet Messiah will visit him, G-d will make Him to have dominion over the works of G-d’s hands.
[Ps. 9:6] O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
[17] The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
The psalm sets the pace for that special time which would witness the perpetual end of all destruction. The L-rd is preparing for the kingdom reign, and for the eternal destruction of the wicked.
Moshava Deganiah, which was Israel’s first collective settlement was established in 1909. It was a refuge for the oppressed. In 1909 that a group of Jews who had immigrated to Palestine stood upon the san dunes along the Mediterranean outside Joppa (know as the gate of Zion. They dedicated a new city in their Promised Land to be known as Tel Aviv.
The Ha-Shomer, and Israeli defense force made up of Jews, was established in 1909.It was the prototype for the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) of today which has won every war they have fought since 1948, sometimes against odds of one hundred to one.
[Ps. 10:16] The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
It is customary for the Jews to recite this psalm during the Ten Days of Penitence, the ideal season for repentance. Prophetically, the High Holy Days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kipper represent a scenario for end time events. The Resurrection (Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets will be followed by seven years of tribulation (Seven Days of Awe), concluding with the glorious appearing of Messiah (Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement) as the great High Priest emerges from the Holy of Holies (heaven). On that day, the sacrificial blood will flow to the horse’s bridles.
[Ps. 11:6] Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
In each of these incredible psalms the message is the same – war clouds loom on the horizon. Nations are preparing to rise up against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms. World War 1 was the first of a series leading to Armageddon.
[Ps. 12:2] They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
[4] Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
It is the Song of the day on the seven days of the Sukkos Festival (Feast of Tabernacles), offerings were brought symbolizing eh seventy nations who surround Israel. On the eighth day the offering symbolizes only Israel who will remain alone and exalted in Messianic times as G-d’s Chosen People. IN the mist of darkening political climate, hope in the future Messianic kingdom was stirred. Politicians plotting clandestine activities in smoke-filled rooms. Armies were gearing up for confrontation. Peace talks would not succeed.
[5] For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
G-d sees the poor plundered and hears the screams of the needy, He will arise. He will whisper to the poor, I will grant safety. Whisper means G-d has not yet publicized His plans to take revenge on the wicked. But never fear for He is in control.

The Beekeeper

Ps 5:6 Thou shall destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
The wicked advisor is comparable to the antichrist whose actions are predicted for the last days.
One cannot presume to know the identity of that future antichrist, but in 1905, his dynasty must have been busy planning for world government while plotting to take over the world’s economies. There may be a clue here, however, to link the antichrist with the ancient lost tribe of Dan. David directed the conductor to accompany this psalm on Nehiloth. The instrument was to be played in such a way as to sound like a swarm of bees. The song was dedicated to the time of attach and the droning, buzzing sound captured the mood of eh enemy hordes who swarmed around Israel like angry buzzing bees. This sound of bees may be a reminder of Samson’s riddle in Jug. 14:12-18. the riddle could have a prophetic meaning. Since the killer of the lion was Samson, a member of the tribe of Dan, the bees could be a symbol of Danites making honey in the carcass of the lion of the tribe of Judah. The Danites were suggested by the sages as the tribe which would one day give birth to the antichrist. The dying Jacob prophesied that Dan would judge his people in Gen. 49:16.
Ps. 118:10, 12 also makes mention of the bees refer to the time G-d will gather all the nations of the world and bring them to ascend against Jerusalem. This symbolism is most appropriate. When the bee gathers honey, it thinks that it is collecting the sweet nectar for its own use, not realizing that the beehive is under the control and supervision of a beekeeper. Similarly, the nations will gather around Jerusalem under the impression that they are fighting for their own gain. In truth, they are mere paws manipulated by G-d to fulfill His design for the world.
Could the lost tribe of Dan still be around, working behind the scenes and pretending to encourage the repatriation of Israel on one hand while on the other hand planning to declare one of their own future Messiah?
Jacob further predicted that Dan, as a snake, would bite the horse’s heel causing the rider to fall backward. This seeming riddle may be explained in light of a fast-developing movement to combine all the world’s currencies producing a global monetary system of exchange, and international banking cartel has effectively employed interest rates to take control of nations. The term usury comes from the Hebrew nasak, meaning the bite of the serpent. Perhaps Jacob’s prophecy and Samson’s riddle of Dan’s future plans present the underlying theme of David’s psalm.
The bees may also compare with the hordes of Russians who massacred whole Jewish communities in 1905, in what was described as Russia’s worst pogrom. There wee over 660 attacks, the worst being in November of that year. They were perpetrated by more than just soldiers. The masses of Russian peasants were led to believe the Jews were wicked and deserving of death.
Ps. 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
David was gravely ill when he wrote this psalm. He had been bedridden for an extend length of time.
He had been bedridden for an extend length of time. He accompany this psalm with an eight-stringed Sheminith – the number eight heralding the future Messianic age when all illness will be healed.
[7] Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
In Jewish history the year 1906 was the bloodiest year for Russian pogroms against the Jews in Slavic history to that date.
Who is the beekeeper today?

Why do the heathen rage?

The sages taught that Psalms 2 describes Messianic times, the two proposed settings, past and future, present contradiction, David detected the seeds of Gog and Magog. Those rabbinic concepts form our introduction which in turn describes a political insanity among the Gentile nations of the world – evident in 1902, and building into one war after another, getting worse with the passing of the years.
A worldwide political unrest after the turn of the century created a climate for the coming global conflict. Repeated in Matt. 24:7.
Ps.1-2 had a first fulfillment at the time of our L-rd’s crucifixion, when the heathen, the kings of the earth, that is Pontius Pilate and Herod, on the one hand, and the people, the rulers, that is the Jews and the rulers of the Sanhedrin, on the other, branded themselves together against Y’Shua. But it waits a final fulfillment in the hostility of the last days, a hostility to be over thrown for ever, that the kingdoms of this world may become the kingdoms of the Father and His Son.
The L-rd shall nave them derision, the Talmud emphasizes that this is no ordinary mockery but rather it is the last laugh. Now where does Scripture record G0d laughing except on this day. A so-called ‘age’ of enlightenment emerged to topple thrones.
While men waved their respective flags, talked of the brotherhood of man, and shot accusations to each other.
It was suspected that this same movement which plotted the downfall of European monarchies planned to establish a one world monetary system. They hoped to eventually gain control of all governments, enthrone their own ruler, and thus deprive the L-rd’s anointed.
G-d is determined to set His King upon His holy hill of Zion. Messiah will establish a world-wide kingdom, be given the nations for His inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession.
The second psalm aptly describes a political climate at the turn of the century which has Progressively developed through two devastating world wars, a series of Korea’s and Vietnam’s, and today’s mad race toward nuclear superiority. The world is rushing headlong toward another series of wars – the prophetic battle of God and Magog and the awesome Armageddon!
In psalms 3 & 4 the question is why is the chapter of Absalom juxtaposed the chapter of Gog and Magog? So you can reply that it is possible that a son should rebel against his father, yet it happened; and so this too will happen. If a wayward son could rebel, certainly the world could produce an antichrist who will attempt to usurp G-d’s throne.
The 1903 publication of the Protocols fueled a Jewish persecution which continued to increase throughout eastern Europe until it climaxed in the holocaust of Hitler. This corresponds with the mindset of beleaguered Jews. In 1903 many of the Russian Jews were crying out to their Maker for help.
The Uganda Proposal must have taxed the patience of G-d. In 1904 the leadership of the World Zionist Movement were split within the rank and file as to precisely which major direction to lead the Chosen People. Herzl’s strategy nearly ripped the Zionist Movement asunder, his own movement rebuffed him, tell him that there was but one place where Jewish state could be built, and that was in the Land of Israel.
Aliyah is a term meaning to come up. It is more than merely settling the land. Those who participate actually dedicate the reminder of their lives to bring about the completed state of modern Israel. In years following 1905, newcomers built roads, drained swamps, and began preparing the land for subsequent aliyahs. Twelve years later the British Balfour Declaration formally recognized Palestine as a National Home for the Jewish people.
Who will shew us any good – is a foreshadow of the pogroms of 1903-06. The First World Zionist Congress met in Switzerland in 1897. Policies were set in motion which would bring about the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel a half-century later. Thus were fulfilled the dreams of hose sages who saw a predicted Messianic era.
History repeats itself; can you see how the signs of that time have return to our time?
We have a worldwide political unrest, that gets worse with each passing year, but no need to fret for G-d is in control!

Blessed is the Man

Ps. 1 David could soar above the boundaries of time: and sing of past, present, and future in the same breath, with the same words. To many Gentile Believers, the Psalms appear to be little more than the simple songs of an ancient Jewish culture. According to the Talmud, the three Hebrew letters of Adam’s name represent the initials of three men: Adam, David and Messiah. What Adam began, David continued, and Messiah will complete.
My members – is not part of the original Hebrew Scriptures. They were added by the translators. It was to be days. Reading: “in thy book all my days were written, which in continuance Chorological order) were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.
Seeing that G-d knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must G-d know me when G-d have fashioned me.
Blessed is the man – Israel is the man! The symbol of Israel as a baby is used many times in the Bible, G-d instructed Moses,…thou shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the
L-rd, Israel is My son, even my firstborn in Ex. 4:22. Symbolic baby as a picture of the rebirth of Israel, the commemorative coin for 1948 struck by Israeli government shows a woman, Rachel, with a new baby boy – Israel!
This verse appears to describe the mindset of world Jewry in 1901. It was at the fourth conference of the Bund (the Jewish Socialist Union) in Russia in 1901. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, David enlarged upon the subject when he wrote about the birth of the baby (Israel), All the days ordained for me were written IN YOUR BOOK before one of them came to be’ in Ps. 138:16. Here is a verse which prophetically symbolizes Israel, declaring that ‘all the days’ were written in the book! The Jerusalem Bible is equally astounding; ‘You have scrutinized my every action, all were recorded in your book, my days listed and determined, even before the first of them occurred.’ Seeing that G-d knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must G-d know me when G-d have fashioned me.
One cannot be so bold as to try to decide who among the Jewish people delight in the Law of the L-rd, and who among them are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Tree planted – replanted by the rivers of water. The symbol portray the return of the Jews to their land in the last generation. Ex. 36:8 prophesies ‘O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches. Could the tree on that coin be the famous fig tree predicted to come to life again? The fig tree, symbolic of the nation of Israel, that faltering fig was to lie dormant through the long winter of world history would someday be turned into the spring and summer of the kingdom age.
Rivers of water is a bad translation, “by the irrigation ditches”. The word in the Hebrew is peleg, which does not really signify “rivers” but rather “irrigation ditches.” Which is a artificial water course. The word appears ten times in the Old Testament and nine times it is translated “river”. The picture here is very graphic. Through a surrounding stretch of arid territory flows and irrigation ditch with an unfailing supply of water, and all along this canal are verdant trees flourishing with fruit. By means of irrigation ditches, it is distributed to their fields and orchards. The irrigation ditch is usually kept supplied with water by means of some kind of pump, powered by men or animals. The Believer in this world often senses that he is in a dry and thirsty land. His surroundings are often spiritually dry. But he is not dependent on the natural circumstances that surround him; he is nourished by continual meditation in the Word of G-d. That Word supports refreshes and nourishes him, just as the irrigation ditch nourishes trees along its banks, even in desert territory.
His fruit – it flourishes to yield its fruit in due season and has the promise that its leaves will never wither. For twenty centuries, the Jewish people have not been allowed to forget their national tragedy. At every Jewish wedding the groom breaks a glass beneath his foot as a reminder of the destruction of the Temple.
On August 11, 1882 a group of young Russian Jews left Kharkov to make ‘aliyah’ (going up) to the Promised Land, the fourteen young Jews didn’t simply go to Palestine, they return to Zion.
Psalm 1 refers to the beginning of this century, furthermore, the entire psalm appears to be a prophetic promise to the future Chosen People which would be endowed with new national life – Blessed is the Man!
Ez. 44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to My judgments: and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all Mine assemblies; and they shall hallow My Sabbaths.
Deut. 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Matt. 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
The Jews honor G-d’s Law but did not accept the Messiah’s Word. The Gentiles accepted the Word but not honored the Laws. Judgment will fall on all that do not take both the Word and G-d’s Laws.
Many have suffered in this century, perhaps not all of the righteous have prospered nor all the ungodly perished; but the L-rd is the righteous judge, and the story is not over

Hermeneutics

Actually, is you are a student of the Bible; you use hermeneutist all the time. If you are concerned about rightly dividing the Word of G-d, then you are involved with hermeneutics. Hermeneutics designates both the science and art of interpretation. The Greek verb hermneuo, means ‘to interpret or explain.’ The Greek noun hermeneia means ‘interpretation. Interpretation has to do with meaning. So it is simply interpretation- hopefully, correct interpretation.
A few moments’ thought will bring the paramount fact that everyone who enters into a system of ideas; expectations are inevitably colored by a lifetime of experience, teaching and emotions.
There is nothing directly given in the O.T. about the church! It is a Jewish document that speaks both of historical and future Israel.
As the fathers of the early church tried to make it a Christian document, they dug through the Jewish books and disregarded the historical sense of the Torah and Tanach. Using what has come to be called the ‘allegorical method’ of interpretation. Augustine and others said that G-d had forever forsaken Israel – that all the promises made to Israel now belong to the Church. They did emphasize the truths of the Gospel in their fancies, it became a violation of hermeneutics to look beneath the surface of the Word for secondary or hidden meaning that have spiritual or prophetic significance. Are we not to find stories in the O.T. that, in addition to being historical accounts, are also chronicles of the future?
I am in agreement that one should follow acceptable guidelines when interpreting scripture. Compare with ‘accepted’ rabbinical interpretation and present it to the Christian community, showing how the modern history of Israel seems to correspond accurately and chronologically.
Why must we confine all of the O.T. to the dusty past? The hermeneutic of some would attempt to do just that, saying in effect the O.T. history must be seen as the fixed record of something long past. But the proper use of hermeneutic should allow for the Bible to reveal a consistent prophetic pattern – G-d’s plan for Israel, as well as the church.
Luke 24:44 says ‘all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.’ This contains a description of that which would begin the era, and of that which would end this dispensation.
These past twenty-one centuries have witnessed the growth of Gentile Christianity. However, we are living in an age which not only has seen the rebirth of Israel, but could see the return of the Messiah, as well.
The whole Bible is considered a Jewish book, written by Jewish people, except for Luke who was a Gentile, his book is second hand knowledge he required from others, for he did not know the Messiah personally.
One can not truly understand the N.T. without knowing the Old, its history and culture of the time. The whole entire book has G-d’s chosen in mind.
If you have been grafted into the family of G-d, you will be held accountable for how you studied His Word. 2 Tim. 2:15. Your study, not your preacher's study, build up intimcy with the Father.
Learn from the mistakes or success of G-d’s chosen for they are the original branch.

How Long?

How long appears eighteen times in twelve passages. The first is found in Ps. 4. It begins with the L-rd asking of the sons of men…how long will you turn My glory into shame?
It is noteworthy that G-d, Himself, ask the question this first time – it is also the only time. In ever instance afterwards, the question emerges from an anguished soul.
History repeats itself because we are slow to learn from another's mistakes.
In 1906 the nations were moving furiously toward war, it will be the first global war of mankind.
Ps. 6:4 The devout wanted to know when they could expect deliverance. Political insanity ran rampant in 1913, setting a course for war – nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom.
Ps 13 David uses it to introduce the psalms – emphasizing its prophetic importance on the eve of World War 1. He wanted to know what the future held and when those events would occur the question resurface in Ps. 35:16-17. July 7, 1935: ‘Jewry must perish! At no time did the Nazis attempt to cover their crazed desire to destroy the Jews. On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Racial Laws declared, ‘…anyone with as much as one-quarter Jewish blood was not to be considered German and was to be ejected from Germany national life.’ 39:6 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
There is no How long? At this point for that contains hope for deliverance. Certain death approaches for six million of the world’s Jewish population. There is no deliverance ahead for them – no need for a query draped in hope, only the pitiful prayer, to know mine end.
Ps. 62:3This compares with Arab attacks in the early 1960’s which led to the formation of the PLO in 1964. Their mischief-making has become a thorn in the side of Israel. The Jeduthun,’ an instrument upon which this psalm was played, suggested a chant of the victim of persecution and oppression. So it was in 1962 with innocent civilians becoming the target of terrorism.
Ps. 74:9-10 1974 is the results of the Yom Kippur War. We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knows how long. The people seem to despair; they greatly desired a negotiated peace treaty.
Ps. 80: 4 1980 Prime Minister begin and President Sadat were trying to trash out a peace treaty. Things weren’t going well. It look hopeless for awhile, until President Jimmy Carter broke the deadlock.
Ps. 82:2 1982, Israel grew tired of PLO attacks and launched an offensive called ‘Peace for Galilee’.
Ps. 89:46-47 The Intifada – a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories. It is a descriptive phrase indicative of heartache and trouble.
Ps. 90:12-13 is posed by Moses. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. The People are digging into the Word. They are trying to number their days, and from all indications their question is about to be answered.
Ps. 94:3-6 How long, is asked first by the L-rd, then was taken up by G-d’s chosen people and repeated over and over until the question reaches a heart-rending climax. The Jews are the Chosen People, though they have suffered as no other people, they have not been forever forsaken. The promise of deliverance will come. Messiah will appear to establish a millennium of peace. G-d will keep His promise.
Are you looking for the return, awaiting for the bridegroom, or praying it back?
How Long before I see your face, L-rd?

Death March

The larval stage of the bag shelter moth is a woolly caterpillar and their hirsute appearance plays an important role in their unusual behaviour. When they emerge to feed, they form a procession, creeping along nose to tail in a colossal caterpillar conga-line. Researchers at La Trobe University managed to get to this hairy caravan.

These woolly caterpillars are the larval stage of the bag shelter moth.
Being social little critters they nest together inside a silken bag nest. And something remarkable happens when they come out to feed...
They form a procession, one following the other, and head to tail in a creepy crawly conga-line. First they observe how the caterpillars formed their procession, twitching to locate each other. Then full steam ahead. Then some caterpillars receive a haircut on either the first or last three segments of their body before being re-introducing into the procession.
The inclusion of caterpillars whose hindquarter hairs had been cut caused the procession to break down. Leader caterpillars become hard to follow and will not stop when those behind become detached. But if the head capsule is trimmed the procession rarely brakes. This study indicates that touch stimulus from the hairs is the mechanism that maintains the single-file, head-to-tail movement,
So their protected by their severely irritating hairs are the reason they never get lost.
A group of them were attached nose-to-tail in a circle with food just outside the circle; they continued marching in the circle for a week, not seeking the nourishment they needed, because their leader did not stray from his path. They died for lack of nourishment. http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3221684.htm
It is amazing how G-d design each creature and He says we can learn from them.
People, liken onto the woolly caterpillars can follow a leader in blind obedience forming a procession line as they locate each other. Full steam ahead, placing all their trust in the fearless leader that would lead them to nourishment. But if the touchy stimulus hairs of their hindquarters get cut the procession breaks down taking others with them, as they wander aimlessly for they had not been taught independence.
Too many people are following the path laid out by others without questioning, until something drastic happens and wander endlessly in their death march.
The time is coming when one will need great discernment in picking a leader that will lead you to nourishment and protection, and will not leaving you behind if you become detached.
G-d gave humans a brain to think for themselves, so they don’t follow in blind obedience, to their death. Maybe G-d made you to be the leader instead of a follower, either way everyone needs to tune into Him, think for your self for you are only accountable for your own decisions. Increase you discernment for the path of life to take and walk accordantly.

First vs Second Death

Used four times in Scripture: Rev. 2:11, 20:6, 20:14; 21:8.
Death in strongs G2288 1) the death of the body
a) that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
b) with the implied idea of future misery in hell
1) the power of death
c) since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
2) metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
a) the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
3) the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell
4) in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to G-d and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell.
G1208 1) the second, the other of two
The phrase is Jewish, and is opposed to the first death, or the death of the body; which is the effect of sin, and is appointed of G-d, and which the people of G-d die as well as others; but the second death is peculiar to wicked men.
That is, an eternal separation from G-d and the glory of his power; as what we commonly mean by final perdition. This is another rabbinical mode of speech in very frequent use, and by it they understand the punishment of hell in a future life.
The particular promise here is made to him that should "overcome;" that is, that would gain the victory in the persecutions which were to come upon them. The reference is to him who would show the sustaining power of religion in times of persecution; who would not yield his principles when opposed and persecuted; who would be triumphant when so many efforts were made to induce him to apostatize and abandon the cause.
Shall not be hurt of the second death. By a second death. That is, he will have nothing to fear in the future world. The punishment of hell is often called death, not in the sense that the soul will cease to exist, but
(a) Because death is the most fearful thing of which we have any knowledge, and
(b) Because there is a striking similarity, in many respects, between death and future punishment. Death cuts off from life--and so the second death cuts off from eternal life; death puts an end to all our hopes here, and the second death to all our hopes for ever; death is attended with terrors and alarms--the faint and feeble emblem of the terrors and alarms in the world of woe. The phrase, "the second death," is three times used elsewhere by John in this book, (Revelation 20:6, 14; 21:8) but does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. The words death and to die, however, are not unfrequently used to denote the future punishment of the wicked.
The promise here made would be all that was necessary to sustain them in their trials.
"Affliction, like it, is bitter for the time being, but salutary; preserving the elect from corruption, and seasoning them for immortality, and gives scope for the exercise of the fragrantly breathing Christian virtues" [VITRINGA].
Nothing more is requisite to make the burdens of life tolerable than an assurance that, when we reach the end of our earthly journey, we have arrived at the close of suffering, and that beyond the grave there is no power that can harm us. Religion, indeed, does not promise to its friend’s exemption from death in one form. To none of the race has such a promise ever been made, and to but two has the favor been granted to pass to heaven without tasting death. It could have been granted to all the redeemed, but there were good reasons why it should not be; that is, why it would be better that even they who are to dwell in heaven should return to the dust, and sleep in the tomb, than that they should be removed by perpetual miracle, translating them to heaven. Religion, therefore, does not come to us with any promise that we shall not die. But it comes with the assurance that we shall be sustained in the dying hour; that the Redeemer will accompany us through the dark valley; that death to us will be a calm and quiet slumber, in the hope of awaking in the morning of the resurrection; that we shall be raised up again with bodies incorruptible and undecaying; and that beyond the grave we shall never fear death in any form. What more is needful to enable us to bear with patience the trials of this life, and to look upon death when it does come, disarmed as it is of its sting, (1 Corinthians 15:55-57) with calmness and peace?

Yom Kipper

Yom Kippur is September 26th this year of 2012.
Lev. 23:24-29 Day of Atonement – Afflicting one’s soul
“On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement” it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your soul…”. Lev. 23:27
Yom Kippur, means the Day of Atonement (at – one – ment) with G-d. It is the climax of ten days of repentance. What was begun on Rosh Hashanah is about to be sealed. ‘Prepare to meet your G-d, O Israel’. (Amos 4:12).
G-d told Moses that this was how to approach Him once a year; ‘And this shall be a permanent statue for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; you shall be clean from all your sins before G-d. It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your soul; it is a permanent statute.
Afflicting one’s soul traditionally means five abstentions: form eating and drinking, from sex, from bathing, from anointing the body with oil (the Oriental hygienic practice), and from the wearing of leather shoes, for the twenty-four hours of Yom Kippur.
The community spends the whole day in the Synagogue. All the prayers turn on the theme of repentance before judgment, of release from sin and error, as do the Rosh Hashanah prayers; for the day of horn-blowing is part of the Judgment and Atonement drama.
The Scrolls of fate roll open before G-d. In these scrolls every man’s hand has written his deeds of the year past. G-d reads the entries and pronounces judgment, fixing the destinies of every human being for the year to come: who shall die, who shall live, who shall be rich, who shall be poor, and who shall rise in the world, who shall fall, who shall live in peace and who shall stumble in misery. This decree on the day of shofar-blowing is not final. People have ten days in which to search their acts, repent of misdeeds, perform good works to alter and balance as it stands, pledge themselves to better conduct, and throw themselves on the Judge’s mercy in prayer. Yom Kippur, the last of these days of grace, is a crisis of confession and repentance. As the sun sinks to the horizon, the scrolls of fate roll shut. The destinies of all people for the coming year are sealed. The annual judgment ends at sundown with a last blast of the shofar. In this one image all the rites and themes of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur merge.
The blowing of the shofar, the ram’s horn, is an alarm waking the soul to Judgment. Canceling the past does not turn it into a record of achievement; it leaves it blank, a waste of spilled years. The repeated blasts, the weird alterations from long to short, from wailing to straight, shake one’s nerves. The air-raid siren describes the same sound patterns and does the same thing to the human heart.
With the alarm comes the remembrance of things past and the confession of failure. But in a sweeping paradox, this same confession that seals the individual in his privacy with G-d draws him into an ancient communal bond. The mass confession stamps the idea at the heart of Yom Kippur.
The requirement had to be met year after year after year. It was never completed, never final. All that the animal sacrifices of the Old Covenant could provide was a ‘temporary covering.’ This ritual was meant to be a symbol, pointing to something greater that was to be fulfilled.
We have been forgiven and made clean by the Messiah’s dying for us once and for all. Now we may walk right into the very Holy of Holies where G-d is, because of the blood of Y’Shua. this is the fresh, new, life-giving presence of G-d … let us go right in, to the Father Himself, with true hearts fully trusting Him to receive us.. (Heb. 10:1-22). He has provided the perfect opportunity for us to be at one with Him. There will be a day of final judgment, and ‘if there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off.’ (Lev. 23:29). ‘And if anyone’s name will not be found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.’ (Rev. 20:15). According to Hebrew tradition, G-d is keeping good records. He offers to forgive us. The book is symbolically sealed on Yom Kippur, reminding us that one day it will be sealed forever.
This is a single day in the year that has been set apart by G-d as special. It celebrates out at-oneness with Him. It was ordained it the Old Covenant. How much greater is our reason to remember it now? ‘Those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life shall come in.’ (Rev. 21:27).
The time of fasting ends as the sun goes down the following day. A light meal is eaten to break the fast and the day closes with words from the Psalms: ‘Let them give thanks to the L-rd for His loving kindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men! For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.’ (Ps. 107:8-9).
It is customary that before Yom Kippur right relationships be re-established, personal problems be resolved and disputes settled with the people around you. Y’Shua taught this principle in the L-rd’s prayer. (Matt. 6:14-15). It is also the Hebrew custom for parents to bless their children on the day before Yom Kippur.
A Jewish history meat symbolizes the stern judgment of G-d, while the dough symbolizes the mercy that accompanies G-d’s justice. This is a traditional food served at Yom Kipper. It is still true that ‘mercy triumphs over judgment’. (James 2:13).
The Hebrew believes the Messiah will come on Yom Kipper for G-d will have at long last ended His separation from Israel, His original wife becouse of their repenting.

Rosh Hashana

Rosh Hashana (Feast of Trumpets) Lev. 23:24-29
Tishri (September and October) This 5773 year it falls according to the Jewish calendar
At sunset September 17, 2012 – nightfall September 19, 2012.
The Hebrew word Rosh means ‘head or beginning.’ Hashanah means ‘the year.’ The more common biblical name is the ‘Feast of Trumpets.’ It is a time set apart for a new beginning with G-d.
The Seventh month, the Holy Month starts the New Year ‘The day of remembrance’
“Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation, you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing shofars.”
Num. 29:1
(A day of sounding the shofars). ‘Speak to the sons of Israel, saying the seventh month on the first of the month; you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.’ (Lev. 23:24).
It is the beginning of ten days called the ‘High Holy Days’ or ‘Days of Awe’. Because of their meaning these days are also called ‘Days of Repentance, Days of Admitting, Days of Returning’. The observance concludes with Yom Kipper, the Day of Atonement.
The name "Rosh Hashanah" is not used in the Gentile Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the holiday as the day of remembrance or the day of the sounding of the shofar. The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25
The shofar is the Hebrew word for trumpet or horn, a ram's horn which is blown somewhat like a trumpet. This instruction in the Old Covenant to blow the ram’s horn became a significant day of remembrance (Gen. 22:13-14). At the sounding the following words were spoken, ‘you, who are asleep, wake up! You, who are in a trance, arise! Search your doings and repent; remember your Creator….’ Romans 13:11 says, ‘Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.’ (Eph. 5:14).
The bending in the shofar represents a human heart in true repentance bowing before
G-d and the blowing was a means of getting G-d’s attention, to be remembered and protected by Him. (Num. 10:9-10). The shofar's sound is a call to repentance. The shofar is not blown if the holiday falls on Shabbat (Saturday).
No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in Synagogue, where the regular daily liturgy is somewhat expanded.
This was the first G-d’s religious practice (the first one: lighting Chanukah candles).
The second popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year. They also dip bread in honey (instead of the usual practice of sprinkling salt on it) at this time of year for the same reason.
Another popular practice of the holiday is "casting off". Walking to flowing water, such as a creek or river, on the afternoon of the first day and empty their pockets into the river, symbolically casting off their sins. Small pieces of bread are commonly put in the pocket to cast off. This practice is not discussed in the Bible, but is a long-standing custom.
On this holiday instead of the usual twisted loaves of bread, the challah, for this meal has a different shape. The loaf is rounding, symbolic of our desire for a full and round year.
Three strands are braided together to give significance to this celebration.
1. It is a day to honor the kingship of G-d and His authority over creation.
2. It is a day of remembrance, a time to consider one’s place in the universe and one’s personal part in the unfolding of G-d’s plan for the world. It is a time when the past is recalled, memories are aroused, the future is envisioned, and personal inventories are taken.
3. The third thread refers to the revelation of G-d and the sounding of the shofar is a symbolic signal to G-d’s people that it is time for a spiritual awakening.
Tashlikh is normally observed on the afternoon of the first day, before afternoon services. When the first day occurs on Shabbat, many Synagogues observe Tashlikh on Sunday afternoon, to avoid carrying (the bread) on Shabbat.
Religious services for the holiday focus on the concept of G-d's sovereignty.Remember this is a time of reflection and preparation. The major emphasis in your family should be: to remember your Creator, go to Him for forgiveness, and He will have mercy.
Telling of the story of the High Holy days. (Rev. 6:4-9).
The entire story of the exodus – the story of Passover, our first festival – illustrates the salvation of the believers. First there was the blood of the Lamb - which delivered you from death
Then the trip through the Red Sea - baptism, Then the wandering of the wilderness – this life on earth, Finally Jericho – heaven, when the shofar sounds.
This is one of G-d's holidays that He told all His believers to celebrate.

Stress Out Day

 In a stress out day, do you ever have a day when nothing seems to go right and results you stress out? Thoughts get compacted to figure out. The sun is beating down upon you and the wind is hiding its face. Not a drop of rain in sight to send a blessing.
Some people take a nap to pass the time of day.
Some isolates themselves into their own little world.
Well others create their own atmosphere.
I myself, head for the lake to catch the gentle breeze floating off the water and turn my thoughts back on
G-d.
Disputes come and go but the Father is always patiently waiting to give as we turn our problems over to Him.
Shattered dreams can be mended through the course of time, when we turn woos of the day over to Him. His timing becomes perfect, when we let and let G-d.
If one would only relax and enjoy His creation, while they are in the valley, they would soon find themselves on the mountain top, proclaiming His glory.
Why do we get carried away in the small task or projects that seem so important, when in the long run it was not our top priority?
Who is to come first? G-d, mate, family, friends’ then work. Why do we not follow His plan, instead of our own agendas?
When there is a struggle, G-d will untie the know of confusion as prayers are lifted upward.
G-d has given us free choice; each day can be a struggle or a blessing.
Can you not see His Love? He loves you unconditionally and you don’t even have to perform or jump loops.
G-d created you and made you who you are – if He wanted everyone alike we would all have been puppets on a string.
Enjoy your individuality and allow others their individuality.
G-d has a plan and a purpose for everyone ---even you.
Don’t allow a stress out day!

Life

I dont know who wrote this, but I really like it and I think everyone should approach life this way. (I just found it on a website)

Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Do not set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor for the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all of the days of your life.
Do not give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
It is a fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Do not be afraid to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Do not shut love out of your life by saying it is impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is too hold it too tightly.
In addition, the best way to keep love is to give it wings
Do not dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope.
To be without hope is to be without purpose.
Do not run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been, but also where you are going.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way

The Glass Blower

As a glass blower takes the glass tube and heats it over the flame, heating it to become a different shape by blowing through it, to shape it, rotating it in the heat to become the form he has in mind.
As the glass blower continues to shape the glass to meet his desire, he must be ever watchful not to over heat an area causing it to droop or collapse, or to the go too fast or slow that the glass will not accommodate the speed to perform as desired. Also he must be aware of any interruption of the area he is working in.
All this is done in the proper procedure can cause the glass to be shaped into a large hollow shaped object.

One thing to keep in mind is the fragility of the walls of the large hollow object.
Our hearts are like that tube of glass. Being molded and shaped by the Master’s hand. The Master is shaping us, rotating us, blowing the Holy Spirit to move in us for us to become the object and shape He wants us to be.
One thing the glass blower does not have to check with our personal will. The glass has none it is only affected by the laws of nature.
Unlike our hearts which we can extend so great limits, with very thin fragile walls, we are still under the watchful eye of the Master. He will not stop us from using our personal wills which can cause us to be misshapen or fall apart. But the Master can and will catch us before it is too late, to rework us, reshape us and bring us back His design.
Kenneth Krell

WHO?

Each morning, soon after I awake, I ask the Lord of my life, for His word for me for that day. Many many, many days I hear a simple “I love you, my child,” in reply. Many times I have heard that statement from people with little sincerity or ‘meat’ behind it, that those words have meant little meaning to my heart when spoken. Simply, one day I asked Him what those words meant, and tenderly He told me to meditate on it.
Ponder with Me this:
Who considers no cost too great to fill your needs, and answers it a delight to meet your desires (wants)?
Who praises you and warns your heart when you do good, and helps you to achieve?
Who favors you above all the rest because you are family?
Who desires that you grow strong, that you prosper and succeed and urges you on with positive reinforcement?
Who is protective of you, weather you are near or far, and with might, will see to it that right is done to you?
Who counsels you at even ‘inopportune’ times, with a soft heart corrects with a gentle tongue, and comforts you with a gentle hand when errors are made?
Who gives and gives and gives and gives without regard for repayment and will jump to do it all again for a sincere thank you or I love you?
Who can you run to with your hurts, with tears in your eyes and pain in your heart, to help resolve the problem that can’t be put into words, but who already knows and feels the problem and pain and calmly tenderly says this too shall pass?
Who wants to take all of your concerns, worries and fears and carry them so you can be peaceful and content at all times and places?

The heart of Jesus is so much bigger than all of these items spoken, bigger than one can comprehension.
“You teach, counsel, share and perform ‘miracles’ without concern for self or repayment. You run endlessly on four words I love you man, and You will do it all again over and over for the same ‘minor’ payment. You have more power driven by love than the energized rabbit. Lord be blessed, greatly caressed sweetly, and be told and feel You are loved and appreciated with depth of heart, often. Your loving son, Kenneth G. Krell”

Put Off & Put On

Science has proven how emotions affect the body.

Fear – affects the Kidneys
Anger – affects the Liver
Grief and Sorrow – affects the Respiratory System
Fright and panic – affects the Heart.

Command the ‘feeling’ to be gone. “Feeling” you are not from G-d, ‘feeling’ you have no place in my life! I do not want you, BE GONE.”
“Father search my heart, every cell of my body, to the very root and care of my life. By Your grace, I expect to forgive myself and forgive others. To forgive any circumstances that contributes to the problem. ‘Feeling’ I send you away. I forgive myself in the name of Y’Shua, and I choose to feel (desired healing), I am in the Messiah and the (desired healing), of the Messiah abides in me, I AM HEALED!
I trust the (desired healing) of G-d to manifest itself in my life! In Y’Shua’s Name I pray."

New Horizons,

Cloud formation, always changing, make you reanalyze the upcoming future, new changes pending. Darkness and brightness in the formations can be seen as good or bad depending on one’s perspective.
Uninvited particles appear in parts of the air, one needs to be aware, discerning their proximity. They were at a distance, almost unnoticeable then, in an instant, in your face. Be constantly aware of your surroundings.
A mother with four little ones is found searching for food.  Families are gathering together. God will always guide to His provision. He is always watching over and guiding His flock with His rod and staff.
There will always be people coming searching for answers and direction, who have lost their way. Some people are rising up and some are breaking away, large and small groups gathering together for unity.
In the appearance of life progressing, remember God is the firm foundation! In storms or in calmness, His direction is always sure. Thru the heat of your situation, He will always provide relief as is a gentle breeze.
One must remember during tribulation that we are just passing thru on to greener pastures. For this is not our home but a place of purification for the changing times ahead. One must be open to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit to be strengthened, refreshed, to finish the race.
Angels are always surrounding you; there for your protection and guidance.
Speak His Word and they will do your bidding.

Bride To Be

Years have come and years have gone but I kept believing on. As a bride waiting for the groom, I planed and dreamed of him coming soon. Preparing my heart and opening my eyes to see the true priorities in this life. What really matters is not the material things, but the spiritual blessings to being a wife. One that stands as a help meet to her mate, to up lift and encourage him in his fate. What may come whether it be friend or foe, you’ll find us walking side by side, holding hands as we adventure through the land. Secrets spoken, whispers heard as we open our hearts to the Word. Two individuals becoming one, unity has just begun. No longer saying that is his or this is mine for in our love all is as one. We will make it to the end because we have placed the Father as our ‘all in all’, and our mate is number one. What a blessing to be a bride to the groom standing by my side.

Sparkling Radiance

Waves of sparkling radiance twinkling in the Son’s rays, tis but the reflection of His glory of days. As we past through this life we are nothing but a diamond in the rough, being perfected, as we walk in His sparkling radiance. These lapping waves coming to shore, then they are no more. Were did they go? But back out to see G-d’s creation that speaks to me of His never ending love. He has made a covenant, but some do not see that the commitment made is between the Father and me. The Father will gather all those that sparkle in His radiance on that day as the flock of His people and they will sparkle in His land like jewels in a crown. G-d's loyal love couldn't run out, His merciful love couldn't have dried up. They're created new every morning. The L-rd shall be unto you an everlasting light, and you’re G-d, your glory! How great Your faithfulness! I'm sticking with G-d for He's all I've ever had and He is committed to me.

Waves of Blessings

Did I not tell you I would restore what the canker-worm has eaten? You have been waiting a long time and questioning if it was still coming. My Timing is always the right time, and that time has now come. You see in part when I see the whole plan for your life. I had to replenish things, remove things and restore things out of your life. I have been working on your behalf and all things work out for the good for those that love Me. I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a joyful future. You have walk through many trials and tribulations to perfect you to who you are today. Now I tell you, the latter part of your life will be greater then the former! Wave upon wave of blessings will be upon you. True happiness, peace of mind and secured in My provision. You have been anointed to pass on the wisdom from your life’s experiences, for you had walk with Me through it all. Releasing the last of your burdens has open the waves of blessings. Teach the younger and encourage the older to stand on My promises for My Word is true and never returns void. Troubles may come and go but you will pass through the storms of life unharmed, for you know I will be by your side to the end of life’s race. Enjoy and recognize each blessing for you have My favor. I am a loving Father who loves to pour out good gifts upon My children. You are blessed! You are loved! You are protected by Me. You will never feel like your walking alone again, for you have grown strong in faith, trusting in Me. Be fully blessed and cherished, for My time is always the right time. Abba

Living Fully Alive

What does that mean actually?
Are we excited and enjoying life?
Or just existing, barely getting by?
I had the privilege to learn a lesson from a senior man who still thrives to live.
It got me to do some deep thinking about myself. I would have to say two years ago I was just putting one foot in front of the other. Having to live my life in situations that were out of my control until I learned to make my own chooses through broken antennas.
One day you blink your eyes and find your loved ones have all grown up and you seem to have no more purpose and your dreams have fell at the way side.
Now G-d promised to restore what the cancer-worm has eaten, and I believe He will, all in His timing. I was not out looking for a mate or anything in particular, just going from day to day and doing the best I can. Then one day at a church love feast, my son and I sat across from a man who just happed to be sitting at a table by himself. What seemed to attract me to choose to sit there was his outward expression of what I was feeling inwards. I instantly related to this man that I had never talked too, I could feel his pain, fear, confusion; he could not see his self-worth, for his antennas had been broken for a long time. Now all this was taking place as I am walking to the table, thinking ‘I can help this man for I know how he is feeling’, of course the advisory made a few wise remarks, but I brushed him aside for I knew what I needed to do.
I believe I am on a ‘mission’ for G-d and I love being used by Him. Now remember I had no alternative motive, just going to pull this man up by his straps, build him up in the L-rd, and set his feet on solid grown again.
Well I think the laugh is on me, my Father has a sense of humor, for He knows how to come in the back door sometimes, so I can not block or argue what He is trying to do, accomplish in my life, getting me to let past things go.
Two years has now came and gone and I am still with this same person. I do not know how or when it happed but somehow G-d had me give 100% of my feelings to him. This is NEVER been a consideration in my life to anyone – one must always be on guard to prevent being hurt.
Do you notice G-d does not always tell you what He plans on doing, nor shows you the big picture?
Well I would like to tell you this all has a happy ending but G-d not only has to work on one party but on the other as well. Our responses are how fast we can let go and let G-d do a mighty work in us.
What I can say is win, loose or draw I am glad our paths had cross for I became fully alive for the past two years! Whether it works out or not, I gave it my all and life has not past me by, for G-d was and is not finished with me yet!!
Don’t let the advisory tell you that you are done and finished! That you have no worth. Nor that you are unlovable. Remember he is the father of all lies and he will use whomever he can to rob you of your happiness and bring you down so you will not complete the plans G-d has for your life.
Live life to the fullest , not all things in life are coincidences, but maybe just maybe they were directed by G-d.
Life in itself is scary, fear is not of Him, His advice to me and you is:
“Even if afraid, just do it – put your trust in Me, or you may end up in a stalemate going nowhere.”

Divorcement

Divorce is harder to take than having one’s spouse dying, for then they did not choose to leave you. The marriage vows for many are a tongue-in-cheek recital, “release me and let me love again” syndrome. The most valuable things in life are often the most vulnerable.
For those who have lost a wife or husband because of unfaithfulness, G-d understands like you wouldn’t believe. He too had that problem, as He admits in the books of Hosea, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. G-d didn’t just send condolences, rather, He solemnly declared that He Himself was reluctantly filing divorce charges against Israel for her idolatry. G-d Himself had to get a divorce because of His beloved’s unfaithfulness! So He has personally suffered the same tragedy of a love one that wanted to go their own way. He fully understands every family distress and upheaval, so no distressed couple or bereft individual needs to approach Him as though He were above such human problems and without sympathetic understanding. He is not just a censorious judge; He is also a compassionate friend. G-d is in the business of helping people were they hurt, and we need to be about our Father’s business.
G-d’s purpose in instituting marriage between a man and a woman was found in Gen. 1:28 of being fruitful and multiply, but it was also promoting personality growth and grace. That purpose is to develop and mature two different personalities in a relationship of mutual fellowship and responsibilities. Conforming each other more and more into the image of Him (2 Pet. 1:4-11). In a sense, it is dying to self, but rising together with your partner in a new ‘one-flesh’ marital union. It takes both partners to want to accomplish this; it sometimes falls flat and doesn’t deliver when one gets the worldly disease. An ungluing process can easily set in that separates first the affections and finally the entire marriage, and believers are by no means immune to the disease.
Tailor-made mates who fulfill all one’s matrimonial dreams are just not on the market. ‘Play-Doh’ personalities or mates without individual desires and convictions do not have the resilient qualities of which good marriages are made. Adjustments in give-and-take compromises are to be expected in a well-ordered relationship, as long as it does not relinquish one’s morals.
One must begin these adjustments with themselves, not with the spouse. The Bible instructs the husband to attend to his own responsibility of loving his wife, not to be the dean of education for her instruction. He is not told to require submission of his wife, nor is the wife told to demand his love (Eph. 5:21). Charity begins at home, so charitable understanding towards one’s
G-d given mate is the place to start. Each is to evaluate his own responsibilities and fulfill them. We were made with free choose, if one choose not to make a go of it and wishes to leave we need to cut them loose.
When a divorce becomes necessary for a moral cause, Moses actually provided the woman involved with a degree of protection by requiring its review and legal action. It also served to remind the husband that he would lose her forever when he got a divorce. From this O.T. legislation it is to be noted that G-d did recognize divorce, even though the union was designed to be permanent. Moses even spoke in Deut. 24:2-3, of the woman becoming ‘another man’s wife’.
G-d hates divorce (Mal. 2:16), there is something He hates even more. That is the causes for which He allows divorcement:
1. Fornication, immorality, unchasity, adultery referring to all types of illicit sexual intercourse all severed the union by the breach of faithfulness and new physical union. For the innocent party there may be times when divorce (or at least separation) is the will of G-d, it is more of a sin to continue to live with that one than to separate. To be submissive to such an arrangement by condoning it is to be a party to it.
2. Desertion is proper ground for divorce by the other.
3. Inequality yoke situations, the saved partner cannot leave, but is not bound to chase after the unbelieving partner is he or she leaves, for the separation is not of the believer’s making. (1 Cor. 7:15).
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants’ to be in an institution? They say marriage was made in Heaven, but then so was thunder and lighting. The chooses we make --.
The loneliness and trauma of marital separation affects the constitution of any individual, to be divorced is to lose a part of yourself. The gnawing desire for a fulfilled union is often even more pronounced after the divorce. The lost of companionship and the need for sympathetic understanding tend to heighten the desire to give the marriage game a rerun. This is natural since G-d designed marriages for this life in Matt. 22:30. G-d knew the woman had to become a member of another family to survive socially or economically, which meant remarriage to another (in the time and culture). The option today of remarrying may not be just a right; it may be a responsibility, remarriage to the proper fulfilling of several basic needs in a normal human being, (1 Cor. 7:2, 9) to fulfill their G-d given sexual needs (Gen. 2:18).
In remarriage constitutes a new life for scrambled eggs cannot be unscrambled but the ones that remarry can be dedicated to G-d, for a new start on life. G-d’s grace has as its unique feature the ability to overwhelm the disaster of sin and salvage trophies out of tragedies. He can bring restoration and harmony out of marital chaos is an example of that grace. His Savior-hood extends to homes as well as to hearts, and that should be a part of the gospel we preach. He is the wonderful Counselor for broken marriages as well as broken lives, and we are to recognize the completeness of the healing He provides. The imparting of that grace to married couples is but a parable of His grace to us who are to be His eternal bride. That coming marriage of Y’Shua should never be lost sight of as we seek to restore and perfect the ideals of human marriage, G-d’s portrait of His grace.
Whether you choose to stay married or to move on, repent of whatever was your mistake (for we all make mistakes), learn from it, rebuilt a new life that brings happiness to you, and glory to the Father.
G-d has called us to peace, where there is strife there is no peace. Hopefully next time you will make a wiser chose and know what not to do or what to do.
Let the Father lead your steps into your future.

Marriage is like a mirror; it reflects what we put into it. If one has divorce readily in their mind as a convenient option, divorce will be much more likely.
Jer. 3:8
Deut. 24:1, 3
Matt. 5:31
Matt. 5:32 committeth adultery-- If divorce was one of G-d’s given rules, it breaks the marriage covenant; after a just divorce, one may lawfully marry again. But if one that puts away their mate upon any other pretence caused them to commit adultery, and one also that shall marry them when they are divorced. The Church of Rome says, No that they are married in G-d’s eyes unless they get an annulment from the church; but the Greek and Protestant Churches allow it. (Matthew Henry)
Matt. 5:28 ‘But I say unto you, That whosoever looked on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.’
This principle applies to much more than men looking at women. It applies to just about anything we can covet with the eye or mind, sleeping or playing around with another woman. Since Y’Shua considers adultery in the heart a sin, we know what we think about and allow our heart to rest on is based on choice. Many believe they have no choice - and therefore no responsibility - for what they think about, but this contradicts the clear teaching of Y’Shua here. We may not be able to control passing thoughts or feelings, but we certainly do decide where our heart and mind or what our fingers touch will rest upon. (David Guzik)
So whether in the natural or in the physical act if adultery, G-d is saying it was committed and a just divorce is legal in His eyes and marrying another is permitted.
Matt. 19:7
Mk. 10:4
1 Cor. 7:15

Cleaning Products

Whip up your own cleaning products using oils, but prepare only what you’ll use for six months.
All natural staples:
Baking soda, is a mild alkaline compound not only acts as a detergent to neutralize and cut fatty acids in dirt and grease but also fizz when combined with acids, like vinegar and lemon juice, to lift soil. Plus it has a gentle scouring and bleaching abilities.
Borax is a laundry booster, this product is a moderately alkaline mineral that, like baking soda, cuts dirt, stops the growth of mold and mildew, softens water and deodorizes by eliminating odor-causing acids.
White Vinegar is a acid solution that is powerful enough to dissolve mineral deposits from glass and acts as an adhesive solvent, a soap scum and stain remover, and a grease cutter. It even kills mold and mildew.
Lemon juice or rind is quick, capable deodorizers, degreasers and bleaching agents.

Kitchen
This formula doesn’t suds up much, but it is effective and gentle
1/3 cup liquid castle soup
3 tsp. vegetable glycerin
5 drops tea-free essential oil
20 drops lemon essential oil
1 1/3 cups water
Using a funnel, pour soap, glycerin, tea-tree oil, lemon oil and water into a bottle.
Shake well to blend.
Place beside sink and use on dishes and hands. This fragrant formula also will clean your kitchen countertops.

Antibacterial Spray
2 cups water
2 TBSP. liquid castile soap
1 TBSP white thyme essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
Using a funnel, pour water, soap and oils into a bottle.
Shake and spray letting it sit for 20 minutes
Wipe down surfaces with a damp cloth
Use this germ killer on sinks, vanities and toilet seats. White thyme oil, although expensive, inhibits bacterial growth.

Bathroom
Toilet bowl blaster recipe harnesses baking soda’s gentle abrasiveness, vinegar’s addicty and the stain-lifting power of the fizz created by the mixing the two, plus tea-tree oil’s antibacterial capabilities.
½ cup baking soda
10 drops tea-tree essential oil
½ cup distilled white vinegar
Pour baking soda directly into the toilet bowl; add oil, then vinegar in that order. Let water fizz for several minutes, then scrub bow with brush and flush.

Tub and tile scrub
2 tsp. borax
½ tsp. liquid castile soap
½ cup distilled white vinegar
3 cups hot water
Using a funnel, pour borax, soap, vinegar and water into a spray bottle.
Shake well to mix.
Put on rubber gloves and spray surfaces, scrubbing with a sponge as you work.
Rinse with water

Cream of Tartar along with baking soda, this baking staple is a faintly acidic tub and tile scourer. Combined with lemon juice, it makes a mildly abrasive grout cleaner.

Denture Tablets, drop one tablet into the toilet bowl, wait 20 minutes then flush – no brushing needed. Use two, with a dash of white vinegar, to unclog a drain.

Spriz vodka on ceramic bathroom tiles to remove pesky soap scrum that cleansers did not remove. Wait 10 minutes, then rinse clean.

GlassAdd club soda to glass-cleaner recipes for extra dirt-lifting action, or dab it on a rag to make metal fixtures sparkle. Alas, it loses its efficacy when flat.

Furniture polish Mix Worcestershire sauce into homemade furniture polishes, apply to mask nicks and dents in dark finishes. The results will astonish you!

Here is the recipe for the homemade Fabreze. For the really stubborn odors just add a bit more baking soda. I just reuse old spray bottles which lowers the cost even more!
1/8 Cup of Your Favorite Fabric Softener
2 Tablespoons Baking Soda
Hot Tap Water - To Fill the Bottle to the Top
Shake it up in your Spray Bottle and you're ready to go and fight those Stinky Dog Odors. etc.

Sons of God/Daughters of men

Gen. 6:2-4 sons of G-d saw the daughters of men
Enoch 18:1-7 The men took me on to the fifth heaven and placed me, and there I saw many and countless soldiers, called Grigori, of human appearance, and their size was greater than that of great than of great giants and their faces withered, and the silence of their mouths perpetual, and there was no service on the fifth heaven, and I said to the men who were with me:
2. ‘Wherefore are these very withered and their faces melancholy, and their mouths silent, and wherefore is there no service on this heaven?’
3. And they said to me: ‘These are the Grigori, who with their prince Satanail rejected the Lord of light, and after them are those who are held in great darkness on the second heaven, and three of them went down on to earth from the Lord’s throne, to the place Ermon, and broke through their vows on the shoulder of the hill Ermon and saw the daughters of men how good they are, and took to themselves wives, and befouled the earth with their deeds, who in all times of their age mad lawlessness and mixing, and giants are born and marvelous big men and great enmity.’
4. And therefore God judged them with great judgment, and they weep for their brethren and they will be punished on the Lord’s great day.’
5. And I said to the Grigori: ‘I saw your brethren and their works, and their great torments, and I prayed for them, but the Lord has condemned them to be under earth till heaven and earth shall end for ever.’
6. And I said: ‘Wherefore do you wait, brethren and do not serve before the Lord’s face, and have not put your services before the Lord’s face, lest you anger your Lord utterly?’
7. And they listened to my admonition, and spoke to their four ranks in heaven, and lo! As I stood with those two men four trumpets trumpeted together with great voice, and the Grigori broke into song with one voice, and their voice went up before the Lord pitifully and affectingly.

Strategies Using Scripture

Most Christians are unaware that the arguments of socialism and the welfare State are nothing less than the ancient pagan view of the State forged by the fires of Moloch worship, ending in human sacrifice and slavery to the ruler’s desires. Christians must learn to discern the devious language, and expose the wolves in sheep’s clothing that deceive Christians into aggression using Christian language and Bible passages.
Christians are both to confront the wolves and to respond to socialism with biblical answers. The answers to socialism are: “The King is not G-d,” and, “Thou Shalt Not Steal.” If Christians do not actively refute these principles of government, law, and economics, then we will move closer to the socialists’ vision of society.
The only avenue to repairing this ruin is through obedience to Y’Shua. This path requires us to return to G-d’s word, and rebuild our lives, our families, churches, states and social order based upon G-d’s revealed way of life. The choice between G-d and socialism is the same as the choice between G-d and Satan. One leads to paradise, the other to delusion and hell. It is G-d versus Socialism, be sure of that.
Our Western society has lost its Christian soul and so we are like a ship without its rudder and thus we are lured by the socialists who advertise that the greatest form of good in the world is ubiquitous control by government. Thus they negate G-d and therefore violate the very foundation of Christian teaching.
Socialism means economic control of the people by government. In a socialist country, the state is all-powerful. Such an all-powerful state views itself and not God (who is negated) as the ultimate authority. Socialism believes in a secular society void of biblical morality, biblical guidance, biblical wisdom, in short void of Messiah and of G-d.
Genesis 4:17 Cain built a city after he fell away from G-d (a city in this context implies a rival kingdom with its own set of laws, morals, economics and social values), to the men of Babel who attempted to build a tower that reached into heaven (to demonstrate their humanistic autonomy over/against the rule of G-d) we find that G-d’s judgment eventuates in the collapse of any autonomous humanistic system. In the case of Babel,
G-d’s judgment included the use of diversity to such a degree that they no longer had enough unity to sustain their forward motion. (This sounds like the United States with our present emphasis on diversity and multiculturalism!) Hence, G-d’s blessing will not be upon any state or system of government that declares its independence from the rule of G-d.
In the book of Exodus G-d judged the Egyptians because of the economic bondage they imposed upon G-d’s covenant people. Thus, we see again the truth that any state government attempting to control the economics of a people inhibits worship of the one true G-d, becomes a rival kingdom to the Kingdom of G-d, and will eventually experience the judgment of G-d.
G-d judged Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and made him act like a beast for seven years until he acknowledged that “the Most High rules over the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever He will” (Daniel 4:25, 34-37).
Note these examples show that humankind has a historical tendency to build its own kingdoms with its own religious systems, morals, economics, and gods as a way to demonstrate human autonomy and throw off the restraints put upon them by the Most High G-d (read Psalm 2). The acknowledgement of His Laws and reliance upon His providence is the bottom line.
Revelation 13 teaches us that the beast (representing the large central government of the Roman Empire) was an enemy against the saints of G-d that stopped people from buying and selling unless they had the mark of the beast on their foreheads (a biblical metaphor to signify unison in thought and ideology with a large central humanistic government). Those looking for a literal mark of the beast in the future don’t realize that humanists have been dominating “buying and selling” and the economy since 1913 with the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank which controls interest rates and all major banks, thus controlling politics and the economy.
As our governing bodies have changed, have we strayed from G-d's ideals?
We should pray for our leaders in government, and it also indicates what we should expect from our officials.
If we as a nation were to again favor G-d as espoused by the first four of the Ten Commandments of Exodus 20 (not forced conversions but favoring Christianity as the Founding Fathers did by protecting it from the state as shown in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution) and base our laws on the last six of the Ten Commandments then we as a nation will enjoy the blessing of G-d and will secure our place as a super power for generations to come!
We need to pray scripture in corporate agreement. Pray for more power to be a witness as Y’Shua commanded. With the keys of the Kingdom, we loose ourselves and others around the world from all that is not of G-d and bind ourselves to His will. If your strategy and tactics never point people to Scripture, then your process will never multiply. You won’t be as effective as you’d like. I am convinced that Scripture casts a big enough vision for us all. Strategy and tactics are the result of Scripture opening our eyes to the world around us and of our obedience. If our strategies and tactics come from Scripture, and if we teach others to examine Scripture for their strategies and tactics, we will transform the people, communities, and nations we encounter – all to the glory of
G-d.
2 Chron. 7:14 If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Y’Shua’s 40 day prayer strategies to tear down strongholds, He responded to every mind set that the enemy offered him with, "It is written .... ."
A stronghold is a mind set saturate with hopelessness, which causes us to accept as unchangeable, situations and beliefs that we know are contrary to G-d's truth about us and all that concerns us.
He drew a circle around himself and submitted His own heart to G-d first.
He addressed the enemy directly rather than being tricked into fighting people.
He used scripture rather than "reason" to fight the enemy.
He dealt with the temptations and the mindsets that the enemy offered Him first.
He fasted and prayed scripture for 40 days (and His results were perfect.)
He prayed scripture that related to very specific strongholds.
He prayed using His delegated authority along with fasting, and trusted G-d with the results.
We could covenant together to take the Word of G-d, resist lies and embrace truth, like Y’Shua did, for 40 days. We can swing the Sword of the Spirit until we have victory in our own lives and the beam is out of our own eye that our hands are clean so we may pray for our government!
Rom 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what G-d's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will.
John 14:17-18 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
2 Cor 10:4-5 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of G-d, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Messiah.
Eph 6:11-12 Put on the full armor of G-d so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Phil 1:9-11 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Messiah, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Y’Shua the Messiah--to the glory and praise of G-d.
Matt 18:18-20 I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
Ps 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
Prov 3:5-7 Trust in the L-RD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the L-RD and shun evil.
Prov 6:16-19 There are six things the L-RD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
Eph 5:21-27 Submit to one another out of reverence for Messiah.
Isaiah 32:17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
Jer 32:27 I am the L-RD, the G-d of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
Hab 2:1 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
Mark 10:42 Y’Shua called them together and said, You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
John 8:15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.
Rom 12:9-12 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the L-rd.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Heb 4:12-13 For the word of G-d is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from G-d's sight. Every creature is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Acts 3:20-22 and that He may send Y’Shua the Messiah, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which G-d has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.