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The Troff

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During a time in my life when I was warring with immorality, I had a vision of a troff.    It snaked from side to side and was filled with perfect bodies.  Every one of them was face down and sliding along in a clear liquid. (It appeared like an endless water slide, in which the bodies floated en mass)  There was no ability for them to move or speak.  And I could detect no ability of these people to resist their position in their state.  I perceived that they had no control of their muscles.  I knew, without doubt, that this was the place of discipline for those who were caught up in any form of immorality in their lives here.  They are consigned to this place untill the Father has considered their punishment enough to drive this desire from them.  As if to say, “You desire the body?  Then here, I will give you bodies untill you are eternally sick of them.  You will NOT desire perverse pleasure from My creation!”

Now, I’m not going to tell anyone that this vision is absolute.  There would be no supporting scripture.  And I can’t draw worth a bean.  So it would do no good to try.  But what I can tell you is that God the Father is deadly serious about immorality in His children.  And the impact of His judgment against the immoral will be severe.  In short, He’s not Joking, as Americans often seem to believe.

I will post this following scripture as a reminder to us all.  This passage comes from Hebrews chapter 10.  If you even dabble in the thought that your bend toward immorality will be over looked, I’d strongly (STRONGLY) recommend that you rethink your position.

26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”  31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

The Father is absolutely serious about His commands.  And those who allow themselves to be caught up in sin will suffer the consequences.  I don’t care if you mock the Lord’s solid commands.  But I can testify that such visions alone are enough to burn the conscience. 

Beautiful are the Lord’s commands!  He alone has it in His hand to accomplish salvation.  May the peace He had from the foundation of the world return to Him in full.  And may He reap the sweet fruit of obedience from all His children.  His enemies will suffer endless punishment.  But His mercy to those who desire Him will endure forever.  Do not be deceived, a man will reap what he sows.  God will not be mocked.

By His Grace.

Glenn Beck and the “Two Witnesses” of Revelation.

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Flag of the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem

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(Since this entry was written nothing has come about to warrant its writing.  I will leave this post on my blog.  I see that a lot of people are searching for such things.  But I will remind the reader that prophecy has its place.  All the while, leading a life filled with the Holy Spirit of God is of vastly more importance.  While we search for what is to come, let us remember to live a life worthy of God’s blessing.  Prophecy will do nothing to help us as we stand before the Throne of Christ Jesus.  Obedience, however, will help us immensely.)

I just posted a difference in beliefs between Glenn Beck and the children of the Most High God through Jesus’ sacrifice.  So I feel a bit redundant bringing him back to my blog.  But something is transpiring which demands attention.

Glenn is planning to take his media power to Jerusalem.  It is his belief that he must stand with Israel in the coming days.  I pondered this move in light of the Lord’s plans and wondered how this might fit in.  Though I don’t have direct word from the Lord on this, I’ve come to a realization that might hold some water.

The current media ignores Israel, being quite liberal and ungodly in their approach to the world’s plight.  And we have heard of the two witnesses which will appear to testify to the world’s ungodly behavior.  It’s not likely that the current media would even notice them, given their present bend to sin.  But we are told that these two witnesses will be seen by the entire world.  Is it possible that Glenn’s move to Jerusalem (along with his powerful outreach) is a direct hand of God?  Perhaps the Lord is setting up the stage on which these two men will carry out their appointed tasks.

The following is the account of these two men from the book of Revelation chapter 11.  I present this, not as the direct word of God, as something for all men to ponder and respect.  God will move against the sins of this world.  How He will do it is only in our hands to watch.

1 I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. 2 But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. 3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”  5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

 7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

 11 But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.

 13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

 

May all who seek life from the Lord through Jesus be made to wake.  The time is nearer now than ever before.  Do not get caught sleeping.

As a supplement to this post, I invite you to read Man’s Understanding of Holy Lacks a Bit.   (which is another post on my blog)

By His Grace.

It is Finished.

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In the way of the Christian life we are required to war against all manner of enemies.  But what exactly are our enemies and by what means shall we conduct this war?  We do not war with implements of bodily damage as does a soldier on a battle field of this world.  How often I have wished that I could just face my enemies and do a physical battle once and for all.  But this is not the lot of a Christian. 

From the point of view of the physical, we swat the unseen around us.  We thrash and churn the air against what is not apparent.  We have dreams of our sins and wake upset.  We speak a lie without thinking and regret that sound had come from our lips.  We find ourselves thinking of something we know is wicked and loathe our brains.  We see the ungodliness of those around us and ponder the difference between ourselves and those who hold themselves accountable to no one.  Then we are doused with regret that we should compare ourselves to anyone.  We notice, in retrospect, that we have omitted an action which should have been accomplished.  And we hate ourselves for being so blind to what is right and good.  And we note that all these things and more are the nature of our war.

In citing the “more”, we consider the onslaught of temptations toward ungodly evil.  All day long and even into the night, we are tempted as is any other man.  Greed, hatred, slander, idolatry, doubt, and godless thoughts assault the Christian every moment of every day.  Sometimes they are brought about by advertisements we witness around us.  The media (TV, magazines, billboards, bumper stickers, window dressings in a store, the actions of others, and even the memories of our sinful and godless days) press us with temptations toward unfaithfulness toward our God, Jesus.  In citing the “more” there is not enough paper or time to mention every aspect of temptations.

And what are we tempted to do?  We are tempted to do two things:

We are tempted to sin; to ignore the holy life God is calling us to live and pursue selfish gain which we cannot keep.  We are tempted to satisfy the lust of our bodies by chasing after a certain fulfillment of desire we experience in the now.  Anything which is not eternal or offends our conscience before the Most High God is sin.  And we are tempted to consider the Lord of Life a liar.  In this we are most viciously tempted.  When Jesus said on the cross, “It is finished”, He did not intend that anything was left to do.  We are tempted to allow ourselves to give in to regret for sins we commit.  And in this particular temptation we are set to task in a ferocious manner.

If the Lord of all creation is not complete in His sacrifice on the cross, then we war in vain.  But this is the central point in all our warring.  We live as if to testify that Jesus is complete and that His word is absolute, final, true, and Holy.  We war to prove the Lord correct.   We do not war to be saved from certain condemnation before the Father God.  We war to prove the effectiveness of Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf.  It has been mentioned by many that we do not live as Christians to become saved.  This task is done for us.  No man can please God on his own merit.  Instead, we war to bring glory to Jesus by believing what He has said and done for all men.  And we war in this Holy battle to be considered by Jesus for a promised reward and place in His heavenly kingdom. 

Now, this brings the very point of the pin into view.  If we fight the battle with the glory of Jesus in mind, we are more than conquerors, as Paul has said.  For in the sacrifice of Jesus, we have already won.  And all that is left is to secure our standing before Him.  This will release the child of God to live.  This way of fighting will release the man of God to live a victorious life.  A life filled with hope and free of shame.  When we become aware of sin and temptation in our lives, we submit ourselves to God through prayer through confession and requests and believe as we have heard Him testify, “It is finished”. 

Hope is the result of His work.  We have no hope without Him.  Yet we have the right to hope.  For He who cannot lie has promised!  We war with the very essence of our beings as a people without hope.  And we war against what we cannot see by believing He who we cannot see.  This will be foolishness to anyone who does not believe.  There are no bruises, no blood, no cuts, or broken bones.   There is nothing to prove that a war is even necessary.  Yet we who believe are constantly aware of the war against us. And the closer we get to Him the more the battle rages.  Curiously, however, the closer we get to Him, and the more the battle rages, the less fear we experience.

In all things Jesus will be glorified, and that to the glory of the Father in Heaven.  For He has performed our righteous for us!  He has spoken in a body the perfect will of God for all who would dare believe.  As He has said, “It is finished”.  Believe and live!

By His Grace.

I’m sorry Lord.

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I’m sorry Lord, for the place we have created by the works of our own hands.  We have said, “We don’t need You now.  We have technology”.  We set our feet against the pull of Your Love.  We resist to the point of our own death to jerk loose from Your mercy.  The world has chased lies in lew of truth.  And we are proud that we have become independent of God.

Lies are the rule of the day.  Men create laws so abundant that even the most lawful of men can be caught as a law breaker.  America has become filthy with lies and pride.  You pulled your hand back from protection, and we ran head long after a president who would promise the fulfillment of our desire to break free from You.  And now look.   Lies are all that spew forth from the mouth of the leader of this, once great, county.  Where truth was the foundation of this place, now we pronounce a liar as the greatest among us. 

I am sorry Lord, for the horrible filth we have desired to become.  You remain pure and lifted up above the sins of these people.  And all your judgments will be pure. 

Please have mercy on those who desire to be ruled by Your ways.  Protect and guide those who desire to live. 

By Your Grace.

The Place of Shadows.

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He prepares a table for His people in the midst of their enemies.

What we are and what we have belongs to Jesus.  This is not eternity, though we float under His gaze.  This is the place of shadows.  What we see, hear, taste, feel, and think are but shadows of what is True.  There is a place of Truth.  And to that place we all will enter.  Right now we live in a place of testing.  Do you love God and His things?  Or are you taken in by all the shadows.  Do you love the world more than you love God?  If so, you will be horribly disappointed when you appear before Him.

Repent of all things ungodly and seek His lovely face while you live in this place of shadows.  If you wait till death it will be too late to prove your allegiance. 

By His Grace.

Vain Superstitions

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We are not called to frolic in the guestimations of the world regarding the Holiness of God.  We are called to join with Him in implementing His will among men.  While men make guesses regarding end times, the “Way”, the nature of Jesus’ salvation and glorification, God remains steady and sure.  He does not shift or change according to the limited understanding of man’s wicked contrivings regarding Holy.  God is.  And it is enough for us to live by the faith He gives each one of us.

Cease your constant wandering and rest.  It is God who works His will in His people.  Do not be swayed by all kinds of foolish words with which man builds his kingdoms.  They speculate about what is true.  It is God’s domain to KNOW what is true.  The one who follows Jesus will lay aside all this foolishness and pick up what is absolute.  God is willing to share wisdom to anyone who will ask.  And He will share this vast resource without judgment of any man’s history or bend toward wickedness.  Only, let us not give in to believing all the short sighted superstitions the world begs us to endure.  Hold firmly to Jesus and the truth He reveals.

Let those who will chase after vain knowledge; knowledge that is puffed up by the mind and wicked heart of man.  It is not the lot of Christians to cave to the foolish of the world around them who do not know the Lord of Glory.

By His Grace.