Saturday, June 28, 2014

Flags, What Did Jesus Teach?

Folks stand on this verse only (II Chronicles 7:14)  to promote a celebration of ~this nation~,  a prayer time,  feeding the people a sense of: lets assemble and parade the flag while we lift up this nation before God in prayer and God IS gonna change everything.  BUT.  We need desperately to read beyond this one verse ~BECAUSE~  there are stipulations in this healing prayer…  OBEDIENCE,  has everything to do with receiving the promises God has made,  AND SO,  ~Disobedience~  has everything to do with a failed nation AND the people in it… We get carried away sometimes sorta like a vigilante group from the western days, getting worked up to declare someone guilty, before looking at the sound facts… We tend to get worked up in this: “looks and sounds good to men”,  notion that IS promoted BY men,  so lets do it and God will answer it,  we tend to ~forget~ that  God demands  ~Obedience~  by HIS  children,  guidance in HIS correction,  not rebellion in the ways of the world…  As we read it all,  we realize that God’s promise to heal the nation  DOES Have  an obedient action which we ~all~ must carry out and that is to *Turn from our wicked ways*. 
(II Chronicles 7: 13-22 )… If, I (THE LORD God)  shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among MY people; 14 If  MY people, which are called by MY NAME, shall ~~humble~~ themselves, and pray,  (remembering that a humble attitude in Christ, is not a ~prideful rally of a nation or a parading of it‘s flag~)  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. 15.. Now  MINE eyes shall be open , and  MINE ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16.. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that MY NAME  ~*may* be there for ever:~ and  MINE Eyes and  MINE Heart shall be there perpetually. 17.. And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before ME, as David thy father walked , and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe  *MY Statutes and MY Judgments*; 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying , There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 19... But *IF*  ye turn away , and ~~forsake~~  MY Statutes and  MY Commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and ~this house`, which I have sanctified for  MY NAME, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among **all nations**. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say , Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22 And it shall be answered , Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
Now, remembering that ~wicked ways~ don’t necessarily mean, drinking alcohol, and cursing,  but it also means acting out as the world does in it’s ceremonies of men’s traditions, seeking after the gods of the nations,  and what are the gods of a nation?….Look at the people of this nation alone and see the sins carried out in it,  how can it be healed unless the people who are called after God’s Son Jesus Christ, keep themselves chaste and free from the abominations of  those which are rebellious,  AND  preach and teach the Gospel of God’s Kingdom, and repentance,  only in The Houses of Prayer here in this nation…   THE LORD God, IS  A JEALOUS GOD,  and will not give HIS Glory to another…AND Jesus Christ, THE Son of God Which we claim to recognize as our Savior, IS THE ENSIGN or FLAG  OF God’s Kingdom… AND Jesus Said,  **PRAY**,  after ~this manner~… (Matthew 6: 9-13) …therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10.. Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11.. Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as * we forgive our debtors. 13.. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For THINE  is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Notice He did not say pray that the nation in which we live IS God’s Kingdom,  parade and celebrate an earthly nation,  but that God‘s Will be done in ~earth~,  not setting aside one nation which is exempt from obedience to God‘s Statutes,  as IT IS IN Heaven… Loyalty, Praise,  Glory, and Honor to God…
(Isaiah 42:8 KJV)…I am the LORD: that is MY NAME: and  MY Glory will I not give to another, neither  MY Praise to graven images.   (Definition of: graven image:  a stamp, an imprinted mark, of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of the Antichrist the mark branded upon horses, thing carved, sculpture, graven work  of  idolatrous images)
(Acts 17:29 KJV)…29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and ~man's device~.
(Exodus 34: 14-15b)… For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,
(Numbers 2:2 KJV)…Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.  
I can find ~NO~ reference to the positioning of  a standard with an ensign, piece of cloth being placed in or around the tabernacle of the congregation,  but rather ~FAR OFF~  around  it by the tents of the people and that bearing the flag of their father’s house, to identify the people…
(Isaiah 11:10-12  KJV)….And in that day there shall be a ROOT of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to *IT* shall the Gentiles seek : and His rest shall be glorious. 11a.. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set HIS hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, 12.. And he shall set up an ensign  (definition of ~Ensign~:  lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail  standard (as rallying point), signal *note* a banner and a sail is the same as ~a flag~… for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
SO *IF* Christ is The Ensign, Flag, Standard, ~Rallying Point~  of  those called by His Name *Christians*  why on earth would we lift up any other flag in God’s House of Worship?   *IF*  we were Christians in: Germany, Russia, Iraq,  would we lift up the flag of that nation in our assemblies, rally around it,  where we, maybe in secret, have gathered to worship our Heavenly Father, in The Name of HIS Precious Son Jesus Christ?  To This Ensign shall the Gentiles seek.  How can the Gentiles seek  *TO* This Ensign when *IT* He stands under the flag of a nation in God’s House’s of Worship?  We need to rethink a lot of our practices… Remembering that,  *IF*,   we can’t faithfully stand for God’s Kingdom here on this earth, but in weakness commit whoredom with the nations of this world,  do we think that God Will grant us entrance before HIS Great Throne when this world is gone? We are not preparing for life here in Satan the adversary’s world, BUT Rather in God’s City where dwells the tree of life?
(Revelation 22: 12-16 KJV)… And, behold , I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man ~according as his work shall be~ . 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do HIS Commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the ROOT and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

THE Bible IS IT Necessary?: What Of Today?

THE Bible IS IT Necessary?: What Of Today?: This day which we have come into, is filled with atrocities,  any thing different from the days ~before~ Christ,  or the days ~since~ Christ...

What Of Today?

This day which we have come into, is filled with atrocities,  any thing different from the days ~before~ Christ,  or the days ~since~ Christ?  Man has been at war since the very beginning of his day here on this earth…  There has been ~evil~ people, nations which rejected The *Laws* of God our Heavenly Father,  AND YES,  our Heavenly Father JEHOVAH God has been here since ~Before~ the beginning of mankind, even though there are many folk which believe we just happened up in a burst…  Two rocks collided and a tiny one celled ~animal~ popped out and evolved into us, and because it is people of earthly authority which say this, well *IT* just has to be true, as opposed to an OLD BOOK, which was written and accounted for many years ago and translated into many languages, preserved down through the ages, by WHOM?  Mankind? OR A Higher Power?   Many folks tend to forget, ignore, or  are just plain indifferent to the fact  that  IT IS God which made mankind,  all of us,  BY the hand of HIS Son Jesus Christ, as we know Him Now,  but in the beginning, Jesus was The Word… 
(Ephesians 3:9) And to  make ~all~ men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, WHO created  ~all things~  *BY*  Jesus Christ:
(John 1:1-5)… In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God… 2 .The same was in the beginning with God. 3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made . 4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Sometimes I think the nations are so busy fighting that they don’t take the time to think, even wonder of THE POWER that IS ~Greater~  than  their leader, their plan of battle, their atheistic ways, or their armies. I cannot exclude ~ANY~ nation from this high-minded self image, rallied on by the patrons waving the flags which represent the soil on which God, THE Creator has allowed them to stand..  Humble ain’t in their vocabulary, much less in their hearts and minds, and  ~the darkness cannot comprehend the Light~… 
But then, Jesus said ~ALL~ these things shall be:
(Matthew 24: 7-15) .. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All * these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall ~they~ deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall ~kill you~: and ~ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake~. 10 And then shall many be offended , and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise , and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound , the love of many shall wax cold . 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved . 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth , let him understand.)
SOOOoooo…. Can we expect these things which are happening now?  We are not left in the dark as to what is happening,  nor to what is going to happen,  BUT,  we are instructed to ~Be Prepared for what Will Be….  As in Being prayed up and stayed up in God’s suit of amour Which HE Lovingly supplied for us… That ~Same~ Suit that so many reject, and gag at…
The ~armed forces~ of the nations are exalted and praised  much more  than The Creator.  On many days and occasions even in The Houses set aside specifically for the gathering of the people to ~worship, praise, and honor, the Father through HIS Son Jesus Christ, led by The Holy Ghost…  IS not this an abomination?  IS It Not Written in Both The Old Days and The New of What God expects HIS children to do?  OH,  *IT* seems good, the compassionate thing to do,  it shows ~love~, but what kind?  The LOVE of God or the love of mankind’s traditions?
(Jeremiah 26: 2-6)…Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken , and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early , and sending them, but ye have not hearkened ; 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
(Mark 11:17 KJV)..  And he taught , saying unto them, Is it not written , My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
(John 2: 14-16) And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting : 15 And when he (Jesus) had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
All that IS Written points toward keeping  God’s Houses Clean of ALL things of the world, not using them for gain, lifting up anyone or anything above The Father in them,  or mocking our Heavenly Father in any way…
This world always has been and IS Still filled with  pagans of all different beliefs… Those which lift up images of false gods, tattoo their bodies for the dead, follow Satanic cults,  lift up prayers and murmurings to men that lived but are now lying in the dust of the earth, for they ~Are Not~ risen… ONLY  One has risen, and that IS Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God… Oh, there are folks which will read this and call IT “absurd,” believe and state that this is a narrow minded point of view,  but they, as am I, are entitled to their opinion and I stand on my convictions… Since I ~have~ been there in the darkness, and Thank THE LORD, HE showed me the Light to follow, so I can’t think freely or be open minded in this world, to accept any and every belief that man can come up with by their own ~modern or new wave religions,~ nor can I stand in the shoes of:  “all about me,” and how strong  “I”  am, that “I” can make  “my own” way…
So All of that leads me to say:  this world is in a big mess, from the top dog to the lowliest of folk… There IS only ~one~ way out,  and IT IS inevitable.. We are all headed to a point in which we *Will* part paths… when we stand before the Great Throne of Judgment and The Book IS Read,  and we go to our eternal destination… SO  why do we follow so firmly the ways of the world,  when we have been warned that this is the path which leads down into the fiery pit?  Oh, and by the way,  *IF*, I have followed the ~wrong path~ by standing firmly on faith in The Grand Creator,  when this life is over then I Will Die and this body return to the dust, will I be any different than those which believe in all the false teachings?  I like them WILL Still have NO control over life or death… BUT God Does and Will.
(Philippians 2:14-16).. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of ~a crooked and perverse nation,~ among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.  
AND The Church of ALL Places should remain free from the tangles of the world led by Satan and his followers..  Clean of all praise and honor of  the things which stand, “According TO:  AS IT IS Written”,  in opposition of  all that IS Holy,  led and sanctioned by the adversary which we are called to fight against….
(John 18:36 KJV)…Jesus answered , My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight , that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
(Acts 5:39 KJV)…But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(1 Timothy 6:12 KJV)…Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called , and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.