Wednesday, October 19, 2011

11-11-11 Confusion Caused By Sin

And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
Exodus 26:7-8

Eleven!  What a number in scripture.  It adds to the perfection of Divine order seen in the number 10, and it is just shy of God's perfect government seen in the number twelve. In short, it represents chaos, confusion of God's ways, and the confusion caused by sin.  It adds to what God has done or subtracts from what He wishes in right government.

When Joseph was sold into Egypt leaving only 11 sons at home, Israel descended into great anguish until Joseph was revealed to be alive.  His entire family became disorganized, hurt, and confused over the sin that sold a brother into slavery.  While the nation of Israel was at Mt. Horeb, they enjoyed the presence of God.  After an eleven day journey as recorded in Deuteronomy 1:2, the wheels fell off at the rebellion of Kadesh Barnea.  They were left to wander in the wilderness for forty years.  Two of Judah's wicked kings ruled for eleven years, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah.  It was in the 11th year of the reign of Zedekiah that Jerusalem was lost to the Babylonians and the temple was destroyed.  What was worse for Israel than the loss of that temple?  Maybe losing sight of the Son of God who was 3 x 11 at His crucifixion and resurrection.  Whose death was prophesied in the Psalm 2 x 11 or Psalm 22.  Christ the second person of the Trinity associated with the confusion caused by sin in this world.  Thank God!  He has overcome the world.  Also, let's not forget the confusion caused by sin when Judas Iscariot betrayed his Master leaving only eleven of the original apostles.  



So why all the talk about eleven?  It has to do with the significant date 11-11-11.  On this date according to a JPost article,  the UNSC may vote on a Palestinian State.  Talk about confusion caused by sin.  An organization that has left Christ out voting to cast His blood relatives from their God given home land--that is confusion.  It is also a part of prophecy.  It may signal that the eleventh hour of humanity is well under way!  


What a fateful decision. This is a significant date too.  It was the Balfour Declaration that led to the eventual fulfillment of the prophecy of the reestablishment of the nation of Israel.  Chaim Weismann's assistance in the creation of Chordite had greatly helped the British and the Allies in winning WWI.  Lord Balfour issued his famous decree as a result of this achievement making a way for the growing Zionist movement to reclaim the Promised Land.  It also shortened the war and on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour of 1918 the war ended.  Most see WWI as the tipping of the end time hourglass.  Here again on 11-11-11 we will see what could be the tipping point to the world's collision course with the holiness of Almighty God!


If you are unprepared for the coming darkness caused by the confusion of sin--there is a neat pattern of eleven to address it.   One of the sections of coverings for the tabernacle was a section that was made from 11 panels of goat's hair.  Why eleven?  Notice the placement--five over six.  Five is the number of grace and six, of course, represents man.  God in His infinite grace has covered man.  Man brought sin and confusion--God covered it by the grace of Christ at the cross.  Are you covered by the grace of God offered to you through the blood of Jesus Christ?  If not, ask today as He is truly Soon2Come! 

And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
Exodus 26:9

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Monday, October 17, 2011

The Justice of the People--Lukewarm

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Revelation 3:15-16

Lukewarm water--nearly good for nothing!  Lukewarm Christianity--just as useless. The people decided that they knew better how to run God's church, so they had put Him out.  It was their plans, their programs, their doctrines, their ideas, and their ways that ran the organization of Laodicea.  God did not want an organization but a living organism.  One that relied on, trusted in, clung to, and lived for the Word of God and the Holy Ghost.  


He still wishes this for His church today, a church that sees its life as wholly dependent on the bloody cross of Calvary.  One that sees the great and overwhelming cost of salvation which Jesus Christ the God/man paid on that cross.  One that loves the Lord their God with all of their heart soul mind and strength.

So what would a lukewarm church look like today?  Maybe it is a church that would rather be entertained than to dig deep into the infinite well of living water.  It would be a church that needed to be pampered and coddled or else they will run off huffy puffy to another fellowship until they find someone who will treat them like the immature believer that they are.  They might be one like the ones discussed in this recent Christian Post article that discussed churches spending more money on making their members happy than seeing the lost saved. Tithing Hits Record Low; Churches Spend More to Make Congregants Happy, Christian News  It is a church that needs to restore its fear of the Lord and the Judgement Seat of Christ.   Judgment Seat of Christ - Leonard Ravenhill - YouTube



What is a lukewarm church.  It's one that hides from the great wickedness of the world for fear of being politically correct or controversial.  While it hides as an ostrich with its head in the sand, the world begins to get darker and darker as the light of Christ is purposefully being hidden.  In a society such as that gross sin and immorality would set in.  Immorality such as:

It seems that there are many signs pointing to a lukewarm church!  What about you?  Are you going to leave Jesus Christ standing at the door or your heart or the door of your church?  Let Him in!  He wishes to sup with you.  You better let Him in--He is Soon2Come! 



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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Second Best

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 1:20

Of the seven churches Jesus addressed through John's pen five were given a rebuke.  What a loss!  Ephesus had lost their love for the LORD.  Pergamos had begun to accommodate some unbelief in their midst.  Thyatira fell into sickly compromise with worldliness even allowing false teachers to propagate their lies.  Sardis was so corrupt that the Living Christ said they were mostly dead.  His final rebuke was to the terribly apathetic Laodicean Church.  They had all fallen so far!  When our love for Christ wanes, we often begin to make accommodations for sin in our lives which leads us into lives of compromise barely clinging to anything of the Living Savior while we grow terribly apathetic.  What a wretched condition.

Many note that there is something missing in this verse from Haggai 1:8, "Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD." There should be five letters in the phrase, "I will be glorified,"(grace) but there are only four (world).  The letter "hey" is missing which can mean "Behold".  "Behold, you are not walking as a son or daughter of grace but as a worldling!" 

Some teach that the reason a letter "hey" is missing from God's statement is that it points to the loss of 5 things between the first and second temples.  Like the faltering churches above, there was loss.  Scripture never mentions the Ark of the Covenant as being in the second temple.  Also missing were the holy, heavenly fire on the altar, the shekinah glory cloud, the Divine Spirit who had left in Ezekiel's vision, and the urim, thummim and breastplate.  What a wretched condition.



Can you notice the parallels?  They seem obvious.  When we accept second best in our relationship with the Lord, we are the losers.  Our lives begin to lack many of the things God wishes us to have to be the effective witness to the world.  Like Ephesus, when our love grows cold the spirit of mercy, loving kindness, and favor begins to disappear from our lives.  Like the Ark missing from the second best temple, we lose track out on the fruit of the Spirit in our lives.  When Pergamos accommodated the world, they began to lose the fire of ever present prayer.  How can one pray effectively while harboring sin?  Thyatira’s compromise led to a loss similar to the missing glory of the second best temple. When we are carried away by the world,  a dead corrupt church just like the second best temple loses the gifts of the Spirit in operation.  God's Divine presence is conspicuously absent.  Apathy leads also to a very real lack of discernment--that is what the urim and thummim were used for.  Also, an apathetic church does not stand in the gap for a lost world.  Like the second best temple, they have no breastplate of a priest.  Are we not to be Kings and Priests?  

Make a change in your relationship with Jesus today.  Instead of allowing coldness to reign fall in love with Jesus all over again.  Refuse to allow the world to come in, so be obliging of the Lord's presence.  Don't compromise--walk in truth!  Rather than allowing death and corruption, return to striving for purity and holiness of life with His Divine guidance and direction.  Remove apathy.  Become zealous for the Lord once again.  If we choose to accept the best, we shall have what we desire in Him!   

Will you accept second best in your relationship with Jesus?  Or will you be one of those who allow His glorious presence to tabernacle with you.  Remember, you are the temple of God.  It is that time when Jesus wishes to dwell richly in your heart--to tabernacle with you.  "Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand, John 7:2." Don't let Ichabod, thy glory has departed, be written above your relationship with Yeshua!  Remember, HE is Soon2Come!   



  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Today's News
Maan News Agency: Shaath: Palestine has 9 votes in Security Council  This is a very serious event if it is true.  It means that the UN may soon try to remove Jerusalem from  Israeli ownership.  It would be like the UN taking Washington DC away from America.  UN, read Zechariah 12 before you make such a foolish decision!
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Monday, October 10, 2011

Jesus--What a name!

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6

The name of Jesus in Hebrew transliteration is Yeshua, of course. It is spelled with these letters. Yod, Shin, Vav, and Ayin. Again, using ancient Hebrew pictographic meanings, this name is very telling both forwards and backwards! No matter how you look at Jesus--you absolutely need Him for life!

Yod--(arm and hand), work, deed--ideomatic meaning (to create)
Shin--(teeth), eat, consume, destroy
Vav--(a nail) nail, peg, securing, adding
Ayin--(an Eye)knowing, experiencing, seeing



Using the ideomatic meanings we get: The one who creates and destroys (as in judgment); the one who secures (saves) you and wants to know you!

Salvation belongs to Jesus! (John 14:6)
All judgment was given to the Son! (John 5:22)
By Him you are saved and secured! (John 3:16)
He wants to know you and have a personal relationship! (John 15:14)

Look back on Jesus! Ayin, Vav, Shin, Yod.
Shin can at times be used as a stand alone for El Shaddai--the one with all power!
Look back at Yeshua! See the nail in El Shaddai's Hand! Do you clearly see Yeshua?


 The letter "yod" can mean an arm, hand, work, or power. The letter "vav" represents a nail or peg. Finally, the Hebrew letter "hey" is similar to the use in English. It is used to get attention and can mean--Behold! While the ancient practice of using these ideomatic and pictographic meanings needs to be a careful study, there are times when their meaning must have been inspired.

Y--Hand
H--Behold
W--Nail
H--Behold

Thus, the name of God, YHWH, can be formed into this sentence, "Behold the Hand; Behold the Nail!  

Have you beheld the hand?  Have you beheld the nail?  Do you see the nail in El Shaddai's hand?  Accept Jesus today!

News!  (I will be doing a lot on prophecy soon!
Human Stem Cells Created Using Cloning Technique | Fox News
Erdogan: Israel a "Nuclear Threat" to Mideast - Defense/Security - News - Israel National News
PA Seeking to Amend Paris Agreement - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News
'Abbas Advancing Israeli Plots' - Defense/Security - News - Israel National News
Dem Slams Republicans For Tripling Budget For Defense Of Gay Marriage Ban | Fox News
Israel: Palestinian UNESCO bid is 'a rejection of negotiations' - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
PA Pushes for Full UNESCO Membership
Hacker Group Anonymous Threatens To Attack Stock Exchange | Fox News
U.S. Congress officially confirms blocking Palestinian aid, explains reasoning - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
IDF boosts security around Eilat amid threats - JPost - Defense
Rice says US 'outraged' after vet... JPost - Diplomacy & Politics
Russia, China veto UN resolution ... JPost - Diplomacy & Politics
An EMP Attack on America? | FrontPage Magazine
The California boy, 11, who is undergoing hormone blocking treatment | Mail Online
PA Unshod By US Aid Freeze - Defense/Security - News - Israel National News
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Godly Sibling or a Gossip?

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.  A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 16:27-28

I had intended to share much news and continue the posts on the church of Laodicea, but I felt led to share a message from this morning's devotion instead.  Over the last few weeks I have been studying and sharing messages on "toxic sins" that are often overlooked or ignored.  Many of these sins of the flesh are so deadly that they destroy individuals, fellowships, and friendships not to mention hurting or stopping our relationship with Christ.  They are actions and attitudes such as jealousy, anger, variance, unforgiveness, hatred, and prejudice to name a few.  One of these poisonous transgressions is the sin of gossip--the subject of the verses above.



The English word, gossip, originated from the joining of two words: God and sibb.  God?  Sibb?  The word "sibb" was a shortened version of the word sibling.  This  14th century word linked God with a relative as a term for a woman relative who would assist in childbirth.  Today, we might use the word midwife.  Through the course of time the ladies gathering around the one giving birth probably had lots to discuss so the word began to be used in a more negative way. (Sorry ladies!  I didn't make the word.  Take comfort in knowing that men are just as guilty!)  During the early 1800s the term began to be used for idle talk and groundless rumors.  I wonder if this is where  "God" and "sibb" were left out and replaced with other sounds?

That is exactly what gossip does!  It leaves God out because God is concerned greatly with things like love and unity.  You cannot be trashing your brother or sister in Christ and expect to be blessed by God.  God is love and love does not run people down--it builds them up.  Hate tears people down.  It is kind of fitting that God and sibling are no longer discernible in this word.  You lose both when you gossip!  How can you prove that you love God while destroying your brothers and sisters in Christ? "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?  And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also."  1 John 4:20-21 



It is also interesting to note that the origin of gossip was associated with birth.  A Spirit filled child of God is about birth and new life.  They are always looking for ways to assist their siblings in Messiah to birth new works.  They are concerned with life so they build others up.  They want newness so they pray and encourage.  Being a help in crucial times is what they long for.  They wish to be a tool of God and not of the adversary. So which is it for you?  Are you a Godly sibling to your spiritual family by bringing life, or are you a bringer of division and death as a gossip?  Remember--it is satan that is the accuser and destroyer of the brethren.  As always, the choice is yours!  

  "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. " Ephesians 4:29   
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

ALERT! Warning To Assad!

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Isaiah 17:1

The Day of the Lord is drawing nearer!  Are you ready for it?  Have you accepted the full gift of pardon in Jesus Christ that He purchased for you at the cross!  He paid an awesome price to purchase your forgiveness.  God is so holy that one sin--ONE SIN--will keep you from His presence.  There had to be a payment for sin so that you could be forgiven.  That payment for your sin required eternal blood because sin was a crime against an eternal God and the punishment for it was eternal as well.  Only one man, EVER, has claimed to be both God and man in one--Jesus!  Only one man's blood was of eternal origin so that it could pay for the eternal crimes against an eternal God--The blood of the LAMB, JESUS CHRIST! He also backed His claim with infallible proofs including a verified resurrection!  Turn to Him and accept in prayer the forgiveness that is yours!  Don't procrastinate!  Don't put it off another minute!  Time is so short!  Turn your case God has against you over to the Divine Advocate, Jesus Christ.  He is God's only anointed Lamb for sinners!  There is NO OTHER WAY TO GET TO A HOLY GOD!  Unless you are as perfect as Adam was before the ONE SIN marred him you have no hope without that payment of Christ for your sin!



There is an air of urgency with this request.   Have you seen today's news?  It is a harbinger of the fulfillment of  one of the Bible's yet to be fulfilled prophecies.  It is the total annihilation of Damascus, Syria when they make the fateful decision to attack God's covenant land and people--Israel!  Read it for your self!  The fulfillment is close.  Soon there will be no more Syria!  Southern Lebanon will be taken. Western Jordan will also become an Israeli possession.  Egypt will be destroyed and uninhabitable for forty years.  It is Soon2Come!  The Great Day of the Lord is near upon all heathen!

Not only that, but a great, GREAT economic collapse is on the horizon.  It will make the Great Depression look like a bump on the highway.  Zephaniah saw this terrible day!  Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off....The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly....And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. Zephaniah 1:11, 14, 17-18  This war and this collapse are near!  Even at the door.  Are you ready?  ARE YOU READY!  Turn now says the LORD!  TURN!!!



You think a Holy God plays with sin?  The Israelites thought that God would not judge their sin due to the Temple of Solomon!  Yet, we know that it was torn down just as God's prophets said.  God does not play with sin!  He is just and must punish evil!  It is just as much a part of HIS character as the love and grace of the cross!  You must choose!  Love or justice--it is your choice!  He is judging now.  Do you realize that the stock market in America was at 12,571.91 shares on July 20th and all looked well?  It seemed the economy was on the rebound after the mess of 2008 (which was also related also to judgment!).  That day--the 20th of July--was the day that Obama said that the military was going to be opened to the godless rebellion of homosexuality.  (Again, like any sin--there is hope in Jesus for even this.  But you must repent and be saved!)  

That day was also the 17th of Tammuz on the Jewish Calendar--the Day Moses broke the 10 Commandments at the base of the mountain when God's people were committing gross immorality in front of the golden calf!   The market is at 10,484.56 at the time of this post.  That means we have had a drop of -2087.35 shares since the land espoused godlessness as a normal behavior as declared by the President. America was birthed in revival and the nation was dedicated to God by our first President George Washington.  It has been cursed by the last few President's as well as the Congress and Supreme Court.  God does not play with sin--He forgives it through the blood of Jesus Christ or He judges it--there is no middle ground!  Turn!  The coming Day of the Lord, Jacob's Trouble, the Great Tribulation is near!  Turn before it is too late!  Maybe you will be hidden before that Great Day of the Lord comes! 

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:6-7
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Monday, October 3, 2011

The Justice of the People

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Revelation 3:14

Of all of the letters that Jesus dictated through John, the letter to the church of the Laodiceans is most troublesome.  Like Sardis, the Laodicean church never received a word of commendation from the LORD Jesus.  This being the case, we should pay extra close attention to this correspondence so that the grave errors committed by this congregation will not be repeated in our personal walk with Jesus.  We must heed the warnings given by Messiah and allow God to search our hearts through the presence of the Holy Ghost to be certain that the deception and blindness found here doesn't perpetuate in our relationship with Him.  

The name of the church and Jesus' introduction speak much about their condition.  Laodicea means "the justice of the people."  The letter reveals that the one who shed His blood to purchase their salvation had been left out of this human organization bearing His holy name.  The people, not God, were in control.  The devices, strategies, thoughts, ideas, doctrines, and methods of this professional church were men's inventions and not of the Holy Spirit's direction.  Therefore, Jesus immediately introduces Himself as "the Amen."  

It seems that everyone today is an authority on scripture.  The new science of textual criticism has many chasing the wind while trying to discern what is and what is not inspired in Holy Scripture.  Where was this lie of modern science throughout the ages past?  The recent development of such a study should be a hint as to its satanic origins. Take this warning!  When you begin to judge the Bible through a merely human lens and not by the illumination of the Holy Spirit and prayer, you have ceased being a student of God's word and are now an editor.  Are you that smart that you can tell God what should or should not be in His word?  


Add to this lie the many who interpret scripture any way they please. You can find preachers who place the broken, crucified Christ at the same level as Muhammad, Buddha, Krishna, or some other man.  Yet, none of these liars ever came back from the dead to validate their claims. This is why Luke wrote in Acts 4:12, "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." It is why Jesus stands out as no other.  He worked miracles.  He was the fulfillment of two-thirds of Bible prophecy (with the other third being fulfilled at His second coming).  He was virgin born.  He was without sin.  He was crucified, buried and risen again the third day! He is surely coming again without sin unto salvation! Only Jesus stands out as no other man because only Jesus saves!  Only Jesus claimed to be man and God in one and proved His claims with infallible proofs! There is no other way to God but through Christ and the cross.  He is "THE AMEN", the final say, the final authority, the final word.  Quit believing a lie and follow Jesus the author and finisher of authentic faith!



The fact that He also introduced himself as the faithful and true witness also lets us know that there were many lies being bantered about in this "church".  It sounds like today.  Name a sin and I can find you a list of preachers that will say that it is not sin.  "Alcoholism is a sickness."  "Abortion is a choice."  "Homosexuality is a gift."  "Marriage is what law defines it as."  At the same time, living for God is seen as a sin by many of these "sons of heaven."  "Saying Jesus alone saves is harsh and intolerant."  "Holiness of life is only legalism."  "Don't be so judgmental."  It seems the church does need a faithful and true witness after all. 

Oh!  Creation!  Jesus said I am the Beginning of the Creation of God.  Without Him nothing was made that was made.  Of course, this name came because men had superseded the truths of God with the lies of men and held to them wholeheartedly.  No wonder Jesus--the Creator of all--is standing outside looking in.  Who do you believe Christ or men?  Let God be true and all men be liars!  Open the door for Christ--He is Soon2Come!

Today's News
News from Apostates
Speaking of judgment--Has anyone noticed that the economy has been on a downhill slope since DADT was repealed?


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