There are more denominations than choices of fishing tackle. Since the Protestant Reformation the Protestant Movement has grown in number of denominations. Churches split over various reason, but one reason is doctrine.
The denominations have different views for:
Water baptism.
Different millennial positions, such as Premillennialism, Amillennialism, and Postmillennialism.
Pretribulation, Mid-tribulational, and Post-tribulation.
Trinitarian or non-Trinitarian
Eternal Security
Predestination differences
Dispensational vs Non-Dispensational
Belief in the Speaking of Tongues and Baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
There are more differences in the denominations than the list I created I think, but we will carry on to making my point of unity. In today’s world, a bizarre year has unfolded, and there is an attack on the Christian Church—Christianity. The churches are not united in doctrine, nor united in spirit and the spiritual battle we are facing globally, and especially here in the United States must be defeated. This means that all differences in doctrine and of any kind must cease and find common ground in fighting this battle together. In numbers we will have victory, being split we are defeated.
The Protestant churches should respect one another and come to the basic of doctrines in scripture, and that is to preach Jesus born of a virgin, ministered, taught, healed, delivered, and raised the dead as spoken in the Gospels of the New Testament. We are called to make disciples of men. We are not to bicker over eschatological opinions and views, or for any other doctrine. Lay these differences down and preach Jesus as the Messiah the only way to salvation and eternal life. This is my point for unity. There may be other avenues for unity among the Protestants and Evangelicals, but we must stand together to fight the spiritual battle we are in globally. We are in a battle for the very soul of the nation of the United States of America. What happens here in this year of 2020 will determine the outcome for the whole world. In the last few months, I have seen reports of using a virus to bring global change, and that change has a name—the Great Reset. A name that I believe has changed from the original term I saw earlier in the year, and that was Tikkun Olam, meaning to fix the world.
To fix the world from the globalist view is to reconstruct the economy, set new rules for environmental issues such as climate change. I see an attack on the Christian churches of shutdown, and the outlawing of bibles. I am aware of the vaccines being produced that have been fast tracked and not taking the usual number of years to develop. For years I have been watching for a new world government to arise, and a new world religion, all set to become a One World System, and I believe I have seen the fundamentals being established using a virus to attain their goals.
So, I am making a clarion call to all Protestant Churches to assemble and to unite in a battle of good versus evil, a spiritual battle that will affect all mankind. Push back the differences and put on the Ephesians 6: 11-18 armor.
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
Centuries ago, there was a Dark Age and there were differences of doctrine and beliefs. Martin Luther came to the forefront of the Reformation Movement and wrote his 95 Theses. Today, we are seeing a New Dark Age coming now being called a Dark Winter, and I have heard this term from a presidential Democratic candidate. The result is the same, but I believe we are into a more difficult time, an indignation because of a political ideology that was not present in the current form we have witnessed in my lifetime.
So, concluding let all Christians who love Jesus project, teach, preach, and evangelize Jesus. Fulfill the evangelical call and go into all the world and preach the gospel.
Notes: All scripture used was taken from the King James Version, Public Domain, BibleGateway.
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Hosea 12:7 ASV
Satan
uses many tools to run his deceptions. One is pulling the wool over the Christian
eyes. How could he pull the wool over our eyes? In today’s time it has become
one who is in a hurry, distractions, the non-study of the Bible and the absence
of reading the scriptures. Just these few points can leave us spiritually
empty, and a prey to the world of deception. Not only are we empty of God’s
word, its knowledge and wisdom, we are open to anything told from the pulpit,
man’s doctrine, and in the conversations of people. We hear many things, but
are you the one that does sit down and read so that you can point out to people
the truth? Are you one that does read, but is blinded by the current tenets of
doctrine that has been taught all your life? Especially, the teachings of
eschatology—the study of end time prophecy and events.
My
experiences of working in a microbiological laboratory is one of conducting
quality assurance and quality control. We called it QA/QC. One of the aspects
was checking the Standard weights to makes sure they were clean and weighed
correctly. This meant sending them to the manufacturer for cleaning and for
standardization of the weights by weighing them. If they did not comply, then a
new set would be in order. Satan’s weights are never checked. They are
corrupted by the dirt of evil, and his standards are continually evil. If he
can deceive you, then he need not work any harder, except to make sure you stay
in his webs of deceit. There are many ways in which he uses deceit, but I chose
today to embark on two of the ways.
One
is Zionism. What is Zionism? Basically, it is the establishment of the State of
Israel, and is a political movement that is secular, with an influence of European
and Russian Jewry. The Russian Jews are known to have been active in the
Bolshevik Revolution, and those who came to rule in the Soviet Union which became
a Communist nation. Secular in the sense
of not being loyal to Torah, meaning the commandments of God Jehovah, and
bringing into the culture of the Traditions of the Elders, the Talmud. It also has
within its rank’s religious Zionism, which is the practice of Judaism. Zionism
is also nationalist and placing nationalism over religion. Zionism is a creator
of a utopian state. Secular Zionism was influenced by Jewish Marxists under the
Labor Zionism in which they brought the tenets of the Communist Manifesto into
the Jewish Zionism.
The
beginnings of the Zionist movement were not in 1948, but much earlier into the
1800’s. There was a plan to bring a Jewish state into being in other places of
the world. One was Uganda. The first Jewish state is not the Modern State of
Israel formed in 1948, but one that is called the Jewish Autonomous Oblast provided
for by Joseph Stalin. This was some years after World War I. The Jewish state
that is known to us today is the State of Israel. Why should I say a state
instead of a nation? A nation is a diverse people with diverse culture,
freedoms, and values. A state is a land with a sovereign government. It seeks,
in my opinion, to have only one ethnic group.
Today,
a Zionist state is working in many countries to enact laws with the help of
their dual citizens to pass legislation that will impair and control freedoms.
One such set of laws are the Noahide laws. These laws are being predominately promoted
by a Zionist movement whose origin is in Lubavitch Russia. On the surface we do
not see the problem, but underneath in the sub laws, the coding brings the
deception to go back to the law, to Judaism, and to be under the control of
that system.
Another
danger is the preaching of Zionism in the pulpits and interpreting scripture to
give support to Israel. Within Israel are different factions. One is the
Zionist movement. Yes, there are those who do not adhere to the Zionist movement,
or the Talmud, and are good people, but the government created is Zionist, and
the Judaic religion is steeped into Talmud, and the Talmud is the origin of not
only the Noahide laws, but later written into the Talmud is how their mind has described,
is their hatred of Jesus. Since Jesus is vehemently hated, then this means the
Christian is hated as well.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
Matthew 10:22 ASV
Within the Jewish State, and
the world are a faction of Jews who have accepted Jesus, but a very large
portion do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah. The Talmud has commentary of
the hatred of Jesus. So, why would anyone who has come to this knowledge support
the state of Israel as if this state can do no wrong? Why not use the gift of discernment
to see through any fabrication that is coming our way? In America, the Jews have
a strong influence politically by lobbying, and encouraging the Christian to
support Israel because they know the eschatological doctrine beliefs. Why doesn’t
the American Christian read and do their research into the Jewish behavior and
use a check of balances? Is there deceit within the ranks of this State? My
answer would be yes, and I will use the current example of Iran. It is believed
that Israel has given the United States false intelligence for the United
States to bring action against Iran. This means war, and that the United States
will be fighting a war for Israel. I have heard these statements recently on
TruNews videos.
Another deceptive act of
Israel is the news of the attack and massacre of American soldiers and intelligence
officers on the U.S.S. Liberty on June 8, 1967. The attack was scouted by Israeli
planes, and then blackened air jets came and attacked the ship. Other small
boats attacked the ship, thus making it look like a non-Israeli group was responsible
for the attack. In other words, to put the blame on another militaristic group.
Why all these events between
the Noahide laws and the military actions? To gain control of the biblical
lands, which was pulled from the Israeli’s (Deuteronomy 28), to gain control of
all the world—to dominate through politics, and religion through the guise of
world peace and security. This could possibly be the beast system completing
its rise. If so, then we will see that state controlling the world, instead of
what was preached and taught through the years of the United Nations being the
head of the beast system. It will play a part, but it will not be the head I do
not believe because of the knowledge I am seeing now. If new knowledge points a
different way, then we must investigate and consider, but this is the way I am
seeing it currently.
What is the danger of Zionism?
It is the conditioning of the Christian to blindly agree with all things concerning
the Modern State of Israel, and of their supposed attacks from ethnic groups,
for example, the Palestinians. But could it be the other way around? I believe
it to be so, that those groups are being discriminated against, and controlled
by the State of Israel. These statements are meant to seek the truth in all
these matters and in doing so, watching for the coming of Jesus, and watching
to make sure I am not deceived and warning others of possible deception. Instead
of preaching Zionism, we should be preaching Jesus, the Gospel. Through the
preaching of Jesus peace and security comes through him, and not from a governmental
state of control seeking to create a utopian world. A New World Order utopian
world with one head as a monarch.
The Newer Age Movement. Another
danger of deception that Satan uses is the New Age. This is a movement that is
not new, but what is new about it is its infiltration into the ministries of
the Christian church. Within the last year I have read a book about this infiltration
of using Ouija boards renamed as angel boards, and tarot cards. These two
examples are being used to prophesy to the Christian instead of relying on
prayer and the Holy Spirit. It is the old idea of bringing paganism back into
the church. In Paul’s day he preached against the paganism in the church concerning
eating the food sacrificed to idols, and even taught against having a form of
sexual immorality that even the pagans detested (1 Corinthians chapter 5 and 8).
In more recent news, we see
a church has added a psychic to the staff so that parishioners may talk to
their deceased family and friends. With news like this destroys the church, its
mission, and causes people to not desire to come to church, much less than
convert to Jesus. Evil works of the New Age, witchcraft, sorcery, idolatry are
types of bondages that causes people to further dip themselves into greater
bondages in which they will feel they cannot escape. It is through the work of Jesus
that has broke all these chains of bondage to set us free and to live life freely
and having victory.
Jesus wants us to know the truth. We are expected to read his word, come together as a body to pray, edify, and to minister to others need. We are to study the end times, to keep watch, so that we will be equipped to be a watchman so that people will not fall into deception. We have been taught this phrase, if we bless Israel we will be blessed, and if we curse Israel we will be cursed. Does scripture say so? No, it doesn’t. It is the tenet of the Christian Zionist movement in America to gain support for Israel. The Lord Jehovah-the Father of us all is speaking to Abraham and his descendants. That means Ishmaelites, Arabs, Hebrews, and the adopted disciples of Jesus. To say anything different is a misinterpretation of scripture.
and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:3 ASV
So, both Zionism and the New
Age seeks not only to deceive people to keep them in bondage, but to control.
Bondage is a type of control in which it imperils the spirit into a prison.
Zionism presently is being used to control speech. That is, if anyone says anything
against the group that is gaining special rights through legislation will face
charges. People will be afraid to say anything because they fear spending time
in jail. Zionism and the New Age seek to control your life. History is repeating
itself here in America in certain ways, and that history is of the relationship,
politics, and legislation of Russia, meaning the antisemitism laws enacted within
that nation. There is a parallel here in history.
Satan is working his
deceptions. He wants you bound and controlled and he will do anything to
control, manipulate, intimidate, and to destroy you. What are you going to do?
Are you going to sit there and do nothing? Are you going to start reading,
studying, and watching for deception? Are you going to study to show yourself
approved so that you can detect misinterpretations of scripture, and making
sure the end time doctrine is correct? Where
will your loyalties be? Will it be to a government, or will your loyalty be to
Jesus? The deceptions are real. This scripture sums it up.
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 Peter 5:8 ASV
Notes:
All scripture given was taken from the American Standard Version, Public Domain, Biblegateway
I have read and studied for a very long time now, off and on for the past eleven years about the identification of the sons of God—the bene Elohim. Following are the results of my examen from scripture and other readings.
In Genesis 6 we first read about the giants that came upon the earth, and that the sons of God came and took wives of the human daughters and had children with them. Who were these bene Elohim? In the Hebrew the bene Elohim refer to the angels of God. In one source it was stated that these angels came down to earth to teach men of the law of God which was not written in those days from Adam to Noah, and gave the law orally so that the people could believe in their creator and God. When these angels became enamored with the daughters of men then they left their estate—the habitation and became the fallen ones, the Nephillim. This is one probable statement of the sons of God.
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis 6:1-2 KJV
Another thought, which I have hold to currently is that the sons of God were angels that rebelled against God and was thrown out of heaven because of Lucifer’s pride and influence on the 1/3 of angels he took with him as an army to insurrect against God. The children of the union of these sons of God with the daughters of men created the giants, which is called the seed of Satan in Genesis 3:15. These giants, the seed of Satan is one form of the enmity expressed in this scripture.
How do we know that the sons of God were angels? When we go to the book of Job we find that the angels of God along with Satan came and presented themselves in the presence of God. This is the conference between Satan and God about the testings that Job were to go through. This discourse is presented twice in the book of Job, I believe to serve as a witness and state that the sons of God are angels. Another instance in Job is at Creation the morning stars, another type of angel, and the sons of God rejoiced at the beauty of God’s creation that he created complete in six days. For these angels shouted for joy. This is scriptural proof that the sons of God were angels. So why is this important for us to know now?
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
Job 1:6 KJV
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:1-7 KJV
Later, when Jesus was born and began his ministry he taught the law and salvation. That salvation was to come through him and his death, resurrection, and ascension to the Father. Here in lies where men, women, and children who believe upon Jesus as Messiah and that believing upon him brings us eternal life. When we believe upon Jesus who brought the world salvation, and ours, then we who believe in him by faith and follow him have become sons and daughters of God by adoption. With our confession of our sins we are adopted into the family of God as children because we have been separated from God by sin.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Romans 8:12-25 KJV
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:24-29 KJV
Will the sons of God that came to the earth and had children return? In scripture we have seen this twice in the form of Nephillim and Rephaim. The bible says as in the days of Noah so shall it be. By this statement we would have to see, but it is highly probable. Before we conclude, what happened to the angels who married the daughters of men? Peter explains that these angels who sinned, that left their habitation were chained in hell waiting for their day of judgement. In scripture we do read that four angels that are under the rivers will be loosed. Are these four part of the number of angles who married the sons of daughters? That is question that needs more exploration.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2 Peter 2:4 KJV
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:6 KJV
But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:37 KJV
What has happened in the days of Noah will return to this earth as described in Matthew 24. I would invite you to read this whole chapter.
In a short discourse this is who the sons of God are as explained in scripture.
Notes: This Season of Angels, Perry Stone, ppgs 109-110, Faithwords First Edition, October 2018.
All scripture used is taken from the King James Version, Public Domain Biblegateway.
Before Creation began God had a plan. That plan was for the salvation of his new creation upon earth that is formed in his image. This creation was formed by God’s hand like a potter using clay, and his thoughts were on his creation’s future. God knew one day that mankind would fail and fall into sin, so he had a plan to provide a messiah—a savior that would be a perfect sacrifice to provide the salvation for man. This messiah had to be a man, but not born of man’s seed, but of God’s Holy Spirit. This is the promise:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Genesis 3:15 KJV
Within this one scripture we see an abundance of meaning. First, let’s take the word enmity. In the Hebrew enmity is ebah, which means hostility and hatred. In the context here, I believe that hostility is fitting because the serpent beguiled Eve and caused her to take of the fruit of the Tree of Good and Evil and then lead Adam into the act of sin. The future messiah will have hostility towards Satan and later his seed because of his deceitful and deadly spiritual action.
When I speak of Satan’s seed what could I possibly mean? From years of studying Genesis 6 about the Nephillim— the fallen angels, these are the angels that come to marry the human females and they have children with the daughters of men. The result of these unions are the giants of the earth. How did these fallen angels become the father of the giants? The answer is that they left their habitation (Jude 6).
In Noah’s day we refer to them as Nephillim as well, and after the flood they are referred to as the Rephaim, or Rephaites. These are the physical seed of Satan that were defeated first by the flood, and also later by Moses men and the David, the future king of Israel.
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:1-4 KJV
Examples of the Rephaim in scripture is Og of Bashan, and Goliath. Og was killed by Joshua, and Goliath killed by David. There were many who lived in the land of Israel. These are just two of the hundreds that were warred against by the Israelite’s and overcome.
But what is meant by the enmity of the seed of Satan and the seed of Eve? A messiah was promised by God to come for the salvation of man. Through his ministry of being a shepherd first he will defeat Satan by dying on a cross by the spillage of his blood, thus becoming the sacrifice, the lamb provided by God that has the DNA of man, and also the DNA of God. God had to send his son to redeem man by his blood. For the blood of man cannot redeem itself because man’s blood is defiled by sin. This is the meaning of the bruising of the head and the bruising of the heel. Jesus was on that cross that eventful day during Passover in which he bruised the head of Satan, actually fractured the head of Satan, and in return Satan bruising Jesus’s heel. Jesus is the embodiment of God and is very powerful being his Son who has always been with God. Satan is God’s creation that sinned by the act of pride, and is not powerful as God, but weak. Satan’s actions of the sin of pride brought death to him and his armies, and also brought death to man when he deceived mankind. This is the enmity that is between God and Satan, and it will all be brought to an end , and soon.
Today, we see the actions of people who do not know God, and the actions of people who do know God. The interaction between these two groups causes enmity because the evil in men’s heart does not agree with the godliness of those who have the Spirit of God within. We have the messiah today to bring us out of sin (enmity) if we accept him, and confess that Jesus is Lord.
Notes
www,messie2.fr, enmity H0342
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rephaite
biblehub.com/topical/r/rephaim.htm
All scripture used is taken from the King James Version, Public Domain, Biblegateway.
Today, I am reflective. I have been wondering about eternity, what it is, and how it effects all of us. Man has pondered this question for centuries and the answers that man seeks is found in the Word of God—the Bible. As I read the scriptures today I wrote down my definitions for eternity. They are:
eternity is without time
time never ending
life as a continuance
eternity is continuance
Within scripture we find that the King James Version used the word “world” for eternity. Curious, I went to the Hebrew to find the word for world, and found the Hebrew word owlam. Here, this definition from the Strong’s Hebrew says eternity is time out of mind, or always. Eternity is perpetuation.
Is eternity used by God for us to hope for in terms of our obedience to gain from this sinful world? The answer is yes, but there is more to how God used the word eternity. In his word spoken by Solomon, the wisest man in the world, he spoke of eternity as a veil, that God used eternity to be set in the hearts of man to conceal the works of God so that man would not discover his works from the beginning to the end. Why would God, the God I call Jehovah and Jesus, conceal these works from man? Here are my thoughts:
If we were to know the works of God, or created to know the works of God we would work to make ourselves like him in spirit, and continue the pride set in us by sin, and this pride would be for eternity and render us unredeemable; meaning without the means of salvation.
God wants a relationship with man. The knowledge we have he wants us to search for him. Eternity in our hearts gives us an innate knowledge that we are eternal beings, whether we are good or evil.
It is a communication by God to man that God is real and exists. We are to receive this communication of knowledge by faith as well.
His desire to protect his image. We are made in his image and he wanted us to have a means of salvation. We are innocent and have not seen God’s reality has the angels have seen and experienced. He wanted us to be with him for eternity. He does not wish for anyone to perish.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV
What other way would God use the word eternity? God speaks to us in his word of eternity in our “time” so that we can understand eternity. Peter wrote that a day is like, or is as, a thousand years. Is this literal? I perceive Peter is trying to explain eternity to man in terms of time that we will understand. There are people who believe that 1000 years is a day, but I think it is a comparison. Does eternity have a past? I think that eternity only has a past when God mentions it in his word, or refers to history on Earth. We think of time as past, present, and future. In our thinking we see a past because we have known a past in our dimension of time. Thousands of years to us will seem like eternity. God looks forward I do believe, and we should as well. Looking backward we see our failures, and that may angst our hearts if looked at negatively, or with a heart of a desire for the old life.
How will we know God’s definition of eternity, or “time”? The only way to explain this is to tell everyone to be obedient to God’s word, and at the end of our time on earth we will come to know God’s eternity when we enter it. No matter, we will enter eternity whether we are obedient or not, but our destination will be different if we do not obey his commandments. I want to know God’s eternity by living by faith, in righteousness, and know I have eternal life being able to see light, and partake of life in God’s eternity in his heavens, new universes and earth, and other planetary creations he has prepared for us.
Eternity is God. For he has been and always will be.
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Isaiah 43:13 KJV
Notes:
All scripture has been taken from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.
God gave a promise to Abraham of many nations. These nations would come from his seed. Abraham was old, in his nineties to one hundred when his wife Sarai bore their son Isaac. The promise made to Abraham would come through Isaac. It is through Isaac’s son Jacob that the tribes of Israel were to come to fruition later to help establish the lands of Israel.
What are these lands of Israel? How many miles approximately do they cover? Approximately 1500 by 2000 miles. In today’s world, these lands that were promised to Israel have gentile ethnic groups living within them, and claimed by them, but in the end these lands will be established from the promise God made to Israel. These lands are in identified in our times as Egypt (east of the Nile River), Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, all of Israel as we know it, the area of Gaza, and the West Bank. This is a large piece of land, approximately 1500 by 2000 miles. Why would God give such a large piece of land to Abraham? It is possible that all the lands identified is the area of the Garden of Eden, and it his will is to reestablish the Edenic paradise and fellowship with mankind.
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Genesis 15:18-21 KJV
As I looked at the areas mapped with borders it took shape of a partial pyramid—a mountain. Upon seeing this shape I thought of the New Jerusalem in the book of Revelation. This new city will cover most of the area described in the amount of about 1500 miles square. Many preachers I have heard have thought that the city of the New Jerusalem to come would be in the shape of a cube, but I don’t believe it will be, but will be in the shape of a pyramid. Why? Because I see this city as the mountain of God, and the Mountain of Eden restored in future times after the old earth is destroyed, and the new earth established.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:2 KJV
So, the lands being fought over today are between the two sons of Abraham, Ishmael—the Arabs, and Isaac —the grandfather of Israel. As we go further, we see two more sons have a division. These two sons are Jacob and Esau, the sons of Isaac. It was God’s will that the nation of Israel would be established through Jacob with the 12 tribes, but Esau by tradition and first born was to receive the blessing. However, God’s will is to be done. This is one of the many reasons why this land is being fought over because of the traditional blessings, but Satan knows that God wants to bring the world we live in to a close, place Satan, his army of fallen angels, and his seed into the pit for warring against God. This means his final defeat and judgement. This is an eternal sentence.
God is reestablishing his creation and his kingdom to be enjoyed by the nations of people who have accepted his son Jesus and have been given the privilege to live in an “heaven”, a new earth that is not defiled by sin, as this earth we live in is defiled.
This nation of Israel, and the lands that have been promised will be the center of the world to come. A place where Ezekiel’s temple will be established for all nations to come to worship God. A nation of lands promised to Abraham. A eternal covenant, and God bringing his promise to fruition. This is what all generations have seen. God’s will and purpose coming into being, that is, a eternal kingdom with man.
Names have meaning. Oftentimes I have wondered if the meaning of our names impact our lives. I do know a name that has impacted every life who have received the name, and brought it into the hearts and minds. I have seen the fruits of this name in the works of salvation, redemption, deliverance and healing’s. With this name, it has impacted my life greatly by the aforementioned fruits. The name that has so much power, actually all power, is from the word in Hebrew yesha. The meaning of this name is in salvation, redemption, deliverance, and healing. The name I speak of is the name of Yeshua, and in the English is Jesus.
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:3 KJV
Believe on his name. In the scriptures it tells us if we receive his name, namely believe upon Jesus, then he will give power to those who receive his name. How do we receive power by his name? It is through the act of repentance asking Jesus to forgive us of all our sins. When we pray for forgiveness then the power to use his name will come upon and within us. What are we to do after we are forgiven of our sins. We have been given the power to go into all the world and preach the gospel, to work miracles, and pray for people to be healed. All of this is done in the name of Jesus.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:12 KJV
Declare his name. His name is to be declared upon and throughout all the earth. Everyone will know his name, and hopefully everyone that will shall come to repentance and not only know his name, but know the Son of God Jesus. There is a prophecy in a prayer that Hannah prayed in 1 Samuel 2 where she is praying for thanksgiving of a male child and declares that every person, nation, and generation will declare that God is the only One that is God, that he is all power, and has the power over life and death.
By our ministry to minister Jesus to the world we will be declaring his name in the teaching of his ministry, miracles, and healing’s to the people who don’t know him and that are in bondage to the devil in the many diverse types of sins.
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Romans 9:17 KJV
The Power in the name. Those of us who have been forgiven has been given the authority to use the name of Jesus from him to minister to the needs of the people. With his name we are give the power to bind and loose. We can bind evil spirits and evil deeds, and we can loose positive things throughout the earth. If one would read the first three gospels we see Jesus going about Galilee healing the sick, lame, blind, raising the dead, and setting the captives free through deliverance. He is no longer here on earth, but we who believe upon him have the authority in his name to perform the same good works. These works are helped to come to fruition by the Holy Ghost who came as a Comforter when Jesus ascended to the Father in Heaven.
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
Acts 9:14 KJV
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
John 2:23 KJV
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John 14:13-14 KJV
When we ask in the name of Jesus for needs he will answer because we have simply asked. If you have a need ask Jesus and the need will be met.
This name of Jesus is above every name. For no name has such authority. This name is the name of God. It’s root is in the Hebrew word yah which means I AM, and God says he is the I AM, that I AM in the Old Testament. This name is great and declares that Jesus is the Resurrection and the life, the bread of life, the truth and the life. What other name would have such power? I cannot think of any other name.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Phillipians 2:9
The power in the name is Jesus. He is God, the Creator.
Notes: All Scripture given is taken from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.
God is light. He is powerful and mighty. He creates light, but he is the ultimate source for light and enlightenment. There is no other god before Him, for he is One, and the Master of all.
In creation, he created a light to be in the sky of earth and all the planets. This light was to mark the length of the day, seasons, and the year in order to keep time. God did not need the light to shine on the earth, but in his plan he wanted us to know the dimension of time and space of light versus darkness. The natural ability of the two gives us a 3D effect in our natural world, so this is the reason for the God of Israel to give the command, “Let there be light. We also know that the light he created gives photosynthetic food to the plants on earth, and for energy to be stored for mankind to use. This is one of the powers of light.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:3 KJV
Since God is the light that illuminates everything, he is a light for protection. When the Israelites were making their trek out of Egypt he had a pillar by day and night around the Israelites. There was a light, an angel in the rear to keep God’s children from being attacked from the rear before crossing over the Red Sea, and there was a light at night so that the people would feel safe while in the wilderness. God walks before us, and also behind us to protect us from harm. All those who know him will be protected in this manner. He actually protects us 360 degrees. Scripture tells us he is one step ahead of us.
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exodus 13:21 KJV
We are to make sure that the light in the tabernacle does not go out, meaning in a spiritual sense that we should enact in prayer daily being prayerful in spirit all day, but stopping along the day to pray at least three times. We are to keep ourselves in his word which stirs the heart and helps build a fire within us, teaching us and blessing us with spiritual provision to keep the tabernacle, our souls from thirst. We are responsible for the tabernacle, our bodies both externally and internally, meaning we are not to do anything that will defile our physical bodies with sin. For example, the committing of a sin that will bring disease like sexually transmitted diseases. We are responsible for the upkeep of our tabernacle internally as well, meaning listening to the Holy Spirit for direction, for words of knowledge or prophesies. To listen for God’s counsel when we are to meet certain people in our time during the day. We are to be instant in season so that we are able to give light to others, who may not know where to find the light. We are to be the light to the world that is searching and needing light and truth.
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Leviticus 24:2 KJV
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers 4:16 KJV
The truth is there is no light other than the God of Israel. He is a triune God. His embodiment is in the form of the Father, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. So, if you are needing light to feed your hungry soul look at the four powers of light I have given you. There is no other god that can give light and truth that will give you love, real love, and hope. There is no other god that will protect you, or give you provision. God and his son Jesus is about life, and there is light in life which empowers our lives to give light to others. This is the power of light.
Notes: All scripture given is taken from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.
It is called the feast of the dedication in the New Testament in the book of John. Chanukah is about the celebration of the victory of the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and its leader Antiochus IV Epiphanes. A seven year revolt because the Jewish people refused to worship the Greek pagan gods. It is also called the Feast of Lights.
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
John 10:22-23 KJV
The December Chanukah is a time that is honored by nine lights on the Chanukah menorah. Each light being lit for each of the 9 days celebrated. This is the celebration of the Jewish people. However, how can Chanukah relate to the Christians who believe the Light of the World is the Messiah Jesus? Jesus came to the world for all people of all ethnic groups, that is Jew and Gentile to bring salvation to all. He brought light into the world when he was born, as the angels sang of his birth, and the stars declared. The message of his birth written in the stars and the shepherds watching could read this part of the gospel story. Jesus brought light into the world by turning water into wine and began his ministry, and continued to bring light and hope to all the people of Israel, and to the Gentiles as well. He brought the light in teaching of the law, healing the sick, lame, deaf, and the blind. He also delivered people from darkness and brought them into the light by casting demons out of them. He brought light into the families when their loved ones died and he raised them from the dead. He brings us light because he has authority over all, even death.
Light into the world can be viewed as victory over death, and Jesus brought us this victory by being the final sacrifice, a perfect sacrifice in that he never sinned, was a man but was not born of man’s seed. He was born of the Holy Ghost, and his father is the God of Israel. Only God can deliver man because mankind has been defiled by sin. Jesus declared that he is the Light of the World, by beginning the phrase I AM. The two words I AM in Hebrew is yah and that is one of the many names for God—the God of Israel, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the God of all of us who believe in his son Jesus.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV
Christians and Messianic Jews celebrate Jesus’s birth at this time of year and honor him as the light. The Chanukah menorah has nine lights. The number nine has a biblical significance in gematria. That is, the nine fruits of the Spirit, and the completeness of the Lord. God laid his plan out in the Old Testament by establishing the law so that all of mankind, and the Hebrews would know how to live moral lives in righteousness, govern themselves, and also how to worship the Lord through sacrifices, psalms, dancing, and praise. The burnt offerings of the animals, and the grains were just a covering, especially the blood that was presented before God. To finalize God’s plan of salvation he had to send his son Jesus to be the sacrifice for mankind, and undefiled sacrifice. His character can be seen in the fruits of the spirit in which the nine candles can represent, and these fruits Jesus displays to man in his time on earth, and in our current eras. For Jesus is the December Chanukah.
Notes: All scripture used is from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabean_Revolt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah
Biblical Mathematics: Keys to Scripture Numerics, Evangelist Ed. F. Vallowe, page 88.
God’s love is infinite. His love is measureless and boundless, like the stars in space, and his love is directed to mankind because he has made special provision for us because we were created innocent, and not having seen the third heaven in which he resides, and where his eternal temple and courtroom are located. The special provision was existence at the thought of man, earth, and the universe because God knew that man would fall into sin having been given a free will. The angels were given a free will and one third of them rebelled and had to be cast out of heaven.
How great is God’s love? His love can be measured, but is demonstrated by his Son Jesus who died on the cross. This was to bring back the creation into line after the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. I know God’s love is great because he has forgiven me of many mistakes and stupid things I have done in my life. His love can be described as grace and mercy because his patience is long with us. None of us deserve to be loved because of the sin state we were born in relating backward to the first sin of Eve and Adam, but God chose to love every one of us, even those we consider the worst of the worst in history.
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Jeremiah 31:3
God’s love is perfect. His love is not tainted with sin because there is no sin with him. Sin taints, defiles, and destroys everything. The love we are to express with each other gets tainted with emotions like fear and hate, while originally we were to created to love one another, yet God has to command and remind of to love one another in his word. God’s love drives out all fear when his love comes into our heart’s and life because God’s love is light and fear is darkness, and darkness has to flee when light comes into its presence.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18
If we do have fear in our hearts then our hearts are not perfect in love, and we do not know the father because we have not asked for his forgiveness to walk in his love. So, to know what love really is, and to understand God’s infinite love we need to create a relationship with him, to come to him, and lay all of our sins at his feet. When we do he will produce a light within you that others will recognize, and that light that shines in the darkness you walk through here on earth is the light of God and his infinite love.
Notes: All scripture used is from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway
James G. Owen, Author 