Question; Answer if You Can.


I have been a wicked man from the early days of my youth up to this point.  Oh, I accepted the Lord a couple of decades ago.  But the wickedness does not leave, for I am weak in love for His ways.  I confess this openly so that I can ask the following question without seeming to boast of what I do not have.

I have heard said that the first heaven is the blue sky we witness every day and night.  The second heaven is said to be the vastness of the universe we find ourselves being test in.  And the third heaven is the place of God’s eternal ways.  Perhaps there is more.  Surely there is vastly more to understand than 1, 2, 3.

I consider the size of our blue sky.  Then I consider the vast, unsearchable room which is the universe.  If this sizing ratio holds even slightly true, the size of heaven is beyond any possible comparison.  What is the universe to the size of our sky?  Who can give it a number?  Then what is the size of God’s realm?  Who can explore its limits within 20 billion years?

Now here’s the reason for speaking of heaven.  If it’s so very vast, then there’s room for souls.  There’s more room for souls than the earth can produce in trillions of years.  If that’s so then why are so very few being saved?  This begs the question of “who are we”.  But that’s another subject.

I will now turn to what has provoked this post in the first place.  God alone is good.  Everything that is draws its measure of “goodness” directly from the Living God.  No good exists without Him and His approval.  Now, if a Christian thinks he is something he is immediately amiss.  For nothing he is comes from himself.  All things we own are directly given to us from the Lord Jesus, and this to the glory of the Father in Heaven.

With such a vast wealth of room, righteousness, mercy, and forgiveness, how is it that there are so very few of us here?  Let the wise among us answer this.  I assure you, I am entirely interested in the answer.  Please spread this around.  If we find the answer you know we’re looking for, it will mean many more souls for the Lord.  I refuse to believe that this is “as good as it gets”.  Not that my refusal will amount to anything if this is truly what we get from His Holy Hand for this present age.

If He added 5000 to their number in one day, how come there are less than 50,000 in America?  And don’t give me that lie that there are millions of Christians in America.  I won’t buy that.  Christian means “Christ like one”.  It does not mean one who has found a way to make men think he is something when he is obviously not.

Blood to Blood


I woke to look around me at the state of affairs in America.  The President (the first of us all) has been re-elected.  Sadness fell on me like a smothering blanket.  As the choice of this election was between freedom or oppression, the people have chosen oppression.  And I drove through the night with tears which found no eyes from which to fall.  Dryness appeared where once there was a joyful spring of living water.

I was aghast at the number of our citizens who supported the liar.  Those who fell for wickedness as if it were a god.  Those who desire their own sin before the needs of their fellow men or even that of God.  I am appalled at their lack of knowledge to divide between what is true and what is false.

Greed, pleasure, ease of life, and an unholy trust in all that is unholy has gripped them in an iron grip of death.  They think they are gaining freedom.  But the freedom they desire is bondage to lies, corruption, and every wicked thing man has ever devised to rebel against the Holy God who gives them life.

Then the Lord came to comfort me in my sorrow.  He spoke only a few words and my soul was lit with joy.  “Blood to blood”, came His words.  “As it was begun in blood so shall it be sealed with blood.”  These things have come to pass that those words might be fulfilled.  Who is he who will render the blood of Jesus’ people?  Isn’t it he who hates the very concept of the word Holy?  Therefore they must appear.  NOW THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS, THE GLORIOUS CHRIST OF GOD, SPROUTS TEETH!

They will revel in their perceived victory.  They will marvel at the liar they now support.  But this liar will turn on them with detachment.  He will have no pity on those who now think they are bound to receive all good things from his hand.  Their joy will turn to absolute loss of hope for the things they expected to give them life.

During their celebration the Lord is building His people into that Holy Faith which was at first.  Listen to your brothers and sisters speak of the Lord with a renewed interest.  The smell of putrid sin is carried on the breeze.  Even into the inner rooms the whisper of horror begins to murmur.   The sense of urgency is beginning to come to the sleepy minds of my family in Christ Jesus.  And I am encouraged to witness this marvelous transformation begin.

When the joy of sin dissipates from the corrupt they will turn in a violent desire to know what is true and lasting.  They have desired what they have gained.  And when it appears to them that their desire is false, they will desire what is true.

As God’s people begin to endure persecution the “awakened” corrupt will witness my family’s plight and how they stand with courage, even joy, to receive what is dealt to them.  They will ask and we will answer with the hope that is within us.  Though we continue to speak of what is true and good, there will be an asking.

Many will believe and come to a living faith in the Son of God.  Many will hear and believe, but when shown what they must do they will be too weak in their soul to strive with the Saints.  They will turn again to all their old ways and will encourage one another to more violence against the Lord’s people.  They will even vent their hatred on one another.  And thus, “Blood to blood” will come to pass.

Now, my beautiful brothers and sisters of “The Way”, gather yourselves and turn away from her.  She is full to overflowing with sin.  And as you embrace even a slice of her ways you will embrace her sins.  Judgment is coming upon the entire earth, from the sins of Cain to the present wickedness, the judgment is coming.  Therefore depart from her ways.  Count yourself dead to the things of this world and seek with great earnestness the strength we will need to survive in our faith at the coming persecution.

I cannot urge you beyond these words, my family in God.  If we stand it will be by His strength.   And make no mistake in this:  He who does what is right is righteous.  He who is holy is he who divides himself from all that is unholy.  He who loves with the Love of God rebukes himself and makes right judgments regarding sin and righteousness.

Where does the strength to do what is righteous, holy, and pure come from?  Do you not know that prayer is essential to such strength?  Look at your desire to pray.  Enhance it to a fire.  Let the desire in you grow for a love of God’s ways.  Stop looking to the world for the joy of your heart.  Was not Lot’s wife turned to a pillar at such longing?

I have sought the Lord’s blessing that I might give account of what has just happened.  Darkness has set over America with finality.  Do not suppose there is a resurrection of what was before.   A new darkness is now appearing.  And it will not be taken out-of-the-way.  Prepare to glorify the Lord Jesus with your dedication and even blood.

As I wrote these things, I wrote by faith.  All things are of faith from first to last.  Even your reception of these things will be of faith or not.  But now I will recount something I think of value to all my brothers and sisters.

I appeared before the Lord to ask if there was anything false in what I wrote.  “All things are come from faith among my people”, was His reply.  Then I spoke before Him of our sins as a family.  I confessed for us that we were taught some of our lazy approach to His Holy ways.  But that even in this the Holy Word of God has been before us.  We joined in the lies willingly that we might benefit from the things of this world.

Then I turned my attention to my own sin (or at least what I perceived as a sin).  You see, my family, I drive truck for a living.  The freight I carry is not necessity.  I do not build tents to keep people sheltered.  I do not produce or provide clothing or food of an essential nature.  I deliver trinkets of sin this world creates so that the people of this world might cover themselves with displays of pride.  And in this I find no joy.

His reply was that this is the way of man to earn a living according to where the Lord places him.  This is among men and is not counted against any one of us.  There are trades which are wicked and should be abandoned.  But such things as are involved in the machinery of America are not counted against His people.

I mention this because I know that as we come alive in the Spirit of God such things will come to mind.   As we strive to rid ourselves of every wicked thing, we will encounter that question regarding our source of employment.  And with this word I strive to put at ease false accusation of our trades which the Lord Himself has granted that we inhabit.  I will not have the wicked one accuse my brothers unjustly.  And I will not have them suffer under lies.

By His Grace.

Three Iniquities


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SIN (Photo credit: robswatski)

Three iniquities I perceive.  Three times man shall proclaim his rebellion from God.  Two have come to be.  One must appear.

The first rebellion came before the flood and was answered with death from the Lord.

The second rebellion is present and shall receive the same response from the Lord.

There is a third rebellion to come against the Lord.  This rebellion will usher in the Lordship of Jesus, the Son of the Most High God.

Three times man will state clearly that it desires none of God’s commands.  Each time more severely will man stand to proclaim.

And at the consummation of the third, the Lord will answer with finality.

Know the times in which we live.  Be wise and stand apart from those who call down death upon their heads.  Understand that the Lord is not willing for any to perrish.  But He will certainly answer their desire to die if that is what they prove before His Holy Throne.

Solidarity of Soul


Cover of "The Book of Enoch"

Cover of The Book of Enoch

“Approach not integrity with a double heart nor be associated with double-minded men:

But walk, my children,  in righteousness which will conduct you in good paths, and be truth your companion.”

(from the book of Enoch)

Solidify your mind and make haste to acquire what is good from He who is Good.  The day will soon come when the door will close.  Grasp this with urgency within your heart.  From the day the Lord appeared among us till now, this has been the message delivered through the generations.   Though the world has determined to divert from righteousness, may all God’s people strive all the harder to acquire the blessing of truth which comes from God.

By His Grace.

The Law of the Land


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1 Peter 1:23 | Born Again Through the Living Word of God (Photo credit: UnlockingTheBible)

There is a body of laws which the world demands all it’s citizens obey.  I will recount them as I have heard them spoken by perception of the ways of man.

1.  You shall love money and the work of man’s hands.

2. You shall not make accusation against any man for the love of money or the work of man’s hands.

3. You shall be allowed to love your version of God, but you are forbidden to love the Living God.

4. You shall not proclaim any of the Living God’s precepts among your fellow men.

5. You shall receive whatever benefit you can grasp, understanding that we retain the right to take it from you.

 

And there are many other laws which the world employs among its members.  But these laws are primary.

The Living God does not recognize as valid any of these laws.  And those who submit to their lordship do not find themselves submitting to the laws of the Living God.  There is a distinction between what is pure and what is evil.

The Holy Puzzle of God


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An icon from icon theme Crystal Clear. Русский: Иконка из темы Crystal Clear. Česky: Ikonka z ikonkové sady Crystal Clear. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Men create puzzles for themselves.  These puzzles test and stretch their abilities, both mentally and physically.  Games of various kinds are created for this purpose.  Some games created by man lend that certain aspect of the threat of death to them.  And these games are reserved for the “mighty of heart” among us.

With this in mind I ask you to consider the following:  Man is a puzzle created by God to test His mind and strength.  Consider His Patience, Mercy, Righteous Judgment, and His Perfect command of all things at all times for eternity.

He created man and gave this creation a will to choose.  Then He applies Himself to watch them, draw them to a knowledge of Himself, and provoke those chosen toward all things perfect.

While men may encounter a puzzle and finally admit they are not able to complete the tasks required, this is not so with God’s puzzle.  He has had in mind, from the first, the finishing of this puzzle He has created.  And He will accomplish that for which He began this place of testing.

Now I see and freely admit that I have been mistaken in light of this revelation.  I have called this place we live a “place of testing”.  And from our perspective this is true.  However it is not complete to say that only man is being tested.  God has created a test worthy of His Majesty.  And for this reason all praise will be given to Him at its completion.  Who else is capable of solving the puzzle the Lord has created?  Even the Lord Jesus gives honor to His Father by admitting there are certain things the Father has kept for himself.

Let this revelation provoke us to renewed praise for what the Father of Life has done.  Let this give a glimpse to the reasons for the praise we will give and witness when we appear before His Glory.  For now the “living puzzle” presents praise as best we can.  At its completion there shall be a united and vibrant shaking of heaven at the sound of perfect praise.  Thus will the puzzle be complete.

For this I say, “Come taste and see that the Lord is Good.  His mercy endures forever.  He is First in all things and amazing to behold (even through eyes blinded by virtue of our position among the pieces of His Holy Puzzle).

Amen.